Robert S. Wilson is the author of THE QUIET, the EMPIRE OF BLOOD dystopian vampire series, the LIFELINE cyberpunk/noir series, the long fiction collection ​LONG SHADOWS: VOLUME 1, and the new serial ​HEX: A Novel of Cosmic Horror. He is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated editor of ​ASHES AND ENTROPY, BLOOD TYPE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF VAMPIRE SF ON THE CUTTING EDGE, HORROR FOR GOOD: A CHARITABLE ANTHOLOGY and NIGHTSCAPES: VOLUME 1, and Co-Editor in Chief and co-owner of ​Nightscape Press alongside his wife, Jennifer Wilson. He lives in Middle Tennessee with his family, an equally adorable and obnoxious dog, and a few psychotic cats skilled in the martial arts.

Robert's short fiction has appeared (and/or is forthcoming) in numerous publications including ​Vastarien, ​Daily Science Fiction, ​Factor Four Magazine, ​Test Patterns: Creature Features, 32 White Horses on a Vermillion Hill: Volume One, Cosmic Scream, Darkfuse Magazine, Gothic Lovecraft, and more. His LIFELINE Lovecraftian/cyberpunk/noir novella EXIT REALITY was chosen as one of e-thriller.com’s Thrillers of the Month in July 2013.

He is currently working hard to finish a number of novels and novellas all at once like a blind juggler given knives and led into oncoming traffic.

John Claude Smith has had three collections, four chapbooks, and two novels published, along with tales and/or poems in Vastarien, Pluto in Furs, and many more magazines and anthologies. His debut novel, Riding the Centipede, was a Bram Stoker Award Finalist. He is presently shopping four novels and a novella, while putting together a short story collection and a poetry collection. Busy is good. Reissues of his OOP earlier books are in process as he types this sentence (one is out now!). He splits his time between the East Bay across from San Francisco, and Rome, Italy, where his heart resides always.

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Brandon Barrows is the author of a dozen novels, his most recent Long Before They Die from Full Speed Publishing.

He has also published over one hundred short stories for which he is a three-time Mustang Award finalist and a two-time Derringer Award nominee.

Find more online at brandonbarrowscomics dot com

Donald is the CEO and Founder of Hybrid Sequence Media.

As a writer, his work has appeared in multiple anthologies and zines. (also displayed)

Doug is an ex-pat Buckeye and Army veteran living in Nuremberg Germany with his wife and daughter. His (dis)formative years were spent in Newark Ohio, the real world counterpart to Gary Braunbeck's "Cedar Hill".

Doug was On-line Editor for "Weird Tales Magazine" and editor of Weird Tales' sister eZine "Weird Aether".

He also writes the blog "Uncle Doug's Bunker of Vintage Horror Paperbacks"

He can be found evenings, when not writing, lecturing and hosting observing sessions at Nuremberg's "Regio-Montanus" public observatory where he spent almost 10 years on the advisory board.

By day he hides behind the guise of mild mannered electronics technician.

He also recently became a proud supporting member of the "Horror Writers Association"

Doug's goal is to eventually graduate from being an aspiring hack writer in the horror genre to becoming an established hack writer in the horror genre.

Doug is currently the Managing and Fiction Editor for "Weirdbook".

Most of my written work is speculative fiction of one kind or another, often horror-adjacent, often satirical, periodically humorous. I also write traditional horror, noir, and am a practicing journalist. Occasionally I come down with poetry and once in a great while I make what I call art. I've given up on publishing other people but still edit things from time to time.

Am a cat-daddy, dog-daddy, herbal enthusiast, musician, foodie, grump. You can find me on twitter and facebook if you like, if they're still there, and on Mastodon,

My daily baseball things are at Bleed Cubbie Blue. My political writings are classifiable. My pronouns are he/him. hey you.

Charles Haugen is a New York expat residing in the humid swamp of Florida. Along with many short stories published, he also has edited numerous publications. From magazines to collections, to anthologies and textbooks on burial traditions, and even scripts for films and more. He is currently in the final stages of completing his first novel, a science fiction space opera that will soon take the world by storm.

S. L. Edwards enjoys dark fiction, dark poetry and darker beer. He is a Texan currently residing in California, specializing in weird fiction and poetry.

Jill Hand is a member of International Thriller Writers. Her Southern Gothic novels, White Oaks, and Black Willows, are available on Amazon and from the publisher, Black Rose Writing.

Advance readers called White Oaks a fast-paced, hilarious account of three siblings who are competing for their father's forty-billion-dollar fortune while trying to prevent the destruction of Planet Earth.

Diane Donovan, senior reviewer from Midwest Book Review praised White Oaks, calling it, "an unusually multifaceted tale that holds the ability to prompt laughter from thriller-style tension."

A sequel to White Oaks, Black Willows, follows the adventures of the squabbling, dysfunctional Trapnell family. Red Pines, third in the series of Trapnell family thrillers, will be released in April 2024.

Maxwell I. Gold is a Jewish-American prose poet, author, and editor, with an extensive body of work comprising over 300 poems since 2017. His writings have earned a place alongside many literary luminaries in the speculative fiction genres and his work has garnered nominations for multiple awards including the Pushcart Prize, the Eric Hoffer Awards, Rhysling Awards, and the Bram Stoker Awards. His work has appeared in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies such as Weird Tales Magazine, Startling Stories, the recent Horror Writers Association anthology Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology, Chiral Mad 5, and many more

Maxwell has taught several poetry workshops and co-edited several anthologies. He’s the author of the Bram Stoker nominated poetry collection Bleeding Rainbows and Other Broken Spectrums.

A true New England born soul, Matthew lives in Western Massachusetts with his wife and three cats. A long time seeker and lover of the strange and unusual led him to the darker corners of his mind where he discovered a trove of disturbing tales waiting to be told. In addition to writing, Matthew is a musician and magician, having performed his music and magic on the East Coast for over 20 years in dank dark pubs where only locals dare tread.