BRIAN KEENE is the author of over forty books, mostly in the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. His 2003 novel, The Rising, is often credited (along with Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead comic and Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later film) with inspiring pop culture’s current interest in zombies. Keene’s novels have been translated into German, Spanish, Polish, Italian, French, Taiwanese, and many more. In addition to his own original work, Keene has written for media properties such as Doctor Who, The X-Files, Hellboy, Masters of the Universe, and Superman.

Several of Keene’s novels have been developed for film, including Ghoul, The Ties That Bind, and Fast Zombies Suck. Several more are in-development or under option.

Keene’s work has been praised in such diverse places as The New York Times, The History Channel, The Howard Stern Show, CNN.com, Publisher’s Weekly, Media Bistro, Fangoria Magazine, and Rue Morgue Magazine. He has won numerous awards and honors, including a World Horror Grand Master award, two Bram Stoker awards, and a recognition from Whiteman A.F.B. (home of the B-2 Stealth Bomber) for his outreach to U.S. troops serving both overseas and abroad. A prolific public speaker, Keene has delivered talks at conventions, college campuses, theaters, and inside Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, VA.

Bev Vincent is the author of several non-fiction books, including The Road to the Dark Tower, The Dark Tower Companion and Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life and Influences. In 2018, he co-edited the anthology Flight or Fright with Stephen King.

He has published over 120 stories, with appearances in Ellery Queen’s, Alfred Hitchcock’s and Black Cat Mystery Magazines, as well as several SHIVERS anthologies and two Mystery Writers of America anthologies. He has published numerous essays, interviews and book introductions. His book reviews can be found at Onyx Reviews.

His work has been published in 20 languages and nominated for the Stoker (twice), Edgar, Ignotus and ITW Thriller Awards. Recent works include “The Ogilvy Affair” and “The Dead of Winter,” the latter in Dissonant Harmonies with Brian Keene. To learn more, visit bevvincent.com

He lives in Texas with his wife.

Stephen Kozeniewski (pronounced "causin' ooze key") is a Splatterpunk Award-winning author and two-time World Horror Grossout Contest champion. His published work has also been nominated for the Voice Arts and Indie Horror Book Awards, among other honors. He lives in Pennsylvania with his fiancée and their two cats above a fanciful balloon studio.

Wile E. Young is an author who not only has a price on his head but also

specializes in southern themed horror stories, both terrifying and

bizarre. His novels include Catfish in the Cradle (2019), The Perfectly Fine House (2020), and the Magpie Coffin (2020). His short stories have been featured in various anthologies

including the Clickers Forever (2018), Behind the Mask- Tales From the Id

(2018), Corporate Cthulhu (2018) and And Hell Followed (2019).

Candace Nola is a multiple award-winning author, editor, and publisher. She writes poetry, horror, dark fantasy, and extreme horror content. She is the creator of Uncomfortably Dark Horror, which focuses primarily on publishing marginalized voices, and promoting indie horror authors and small presses with weekly book reviews, interviews, and special features.

Books include Breach, Beyond the Breach, Hank Flynn, Bishop, Earth vs The Lava Spiders, The Unicorn Killer, Unmasked, The Vet, Desperate Wishes and many more. Her short stories can be found in The Baker's Dozen anthology, Secondhand Creeps, American Cannibal, Just A Girl, The Horror Collection: Lost Edition, Exactly the Wrong Things and many others.

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Annie is an award-winning writer and actress from London. She writes books, screenplays and for stage. Her script work has received international success at film festivals all over the world, and her original stage play was reviewed as 'breathtakingly emotive' during it's limited one-week run in May 2022.

Working mainly in dark drama, horror, and psychological thriller. She loves any and all monster stories.

Kayleigh Dobbs (formerly writing as Kayleigh Marie Edwards) is a freelance writer, who lives in South Wales with her spouse and cats. She writes horror and comedy/horror, and is obsessed with zombies. She spends most of her free time locked in her office, trying to get through her TBR bookcase.

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Gavin Dillinger is an author based out of Nashville. His debut novel, AN EXPLORATION OF EXISTENTIAL INDIFFERENCE IN A VOID OF CONFIDENCE (or Good Boy: a Novel), is an exhibit of his absurdist humor, youthful wit, and unapologetic appreciation of hyper violence. It is a marked departure from his previously published stoic short stories.

D.C Hill has written stories for Red Cape Publishing and 'The Other Stories' podcast. He resides near Worcester in the UK with his wife, daughter and guinea pig and his proudest achievement is having his dress sense described as "Indiana Jones meets Johnny Knoxville".