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Rosalind Barden's zany, cozy noir mystery novel set in 1930s Depression-era Los Angeles, SPARKY OF BUNKER HILL AND THE COLD KID CASE, is a Firebird Book Award 1st Place Cozy Mystery Winner, Literary Titan Gold Medal Book Award Winner, Author Academy Top 10 Mystery Winner, and Critters Readers Poll Top 10 Finisher for both Best Mystery and Best Young Adult Books. Over thirty of Rosalind Barden's short stories have appeared in print anthologies and webzines, such as the U.K.'s acclaimed WHISPERS OF WICKEDNESS. Mystery and Horror LLC has selected her stories for multiple print anthologies, including FAPA President's Book Award Silver Medalist HISTORY AND MYSTERY OH MY! She is a regular contributor to the STRANGELY FUNNY anthology series. Ellen Datlow selected her short story LION FRIEND as a Best Horror of the Year Honorable Mention after it appeared in CERN ZOO, a British Fantasy Society nominee for best anthology, part of DF Lewis' award winning NEMONYMOUS anthology series. TV MONSTER is her print children's book that she wrote and illustrated. In addition, her scripts, novel manuscripts and short fiction have placed in numerous competitions, including the Writers Digest Screenplay Competition and the Shriekfast Film Festival. She writes in Los Angeles, California. Photo credit: Guy Viau.

Alec Sillifant was born in 1965 in Somerset but as a kid moved to Liverpool, the city he considers home though he has little understanding of football or what the fuss around The Beatles is all about.

He was first published at a tender age - could have been 9 or 10, he forgets - in a comic called 'Krazy' that has long since vanished before working for a couple of decades on the next words, to make them perfect as possible not because he is genetically lazy, to get published in a magazine called AWoL, which also has now ceased to be. (He understood at the time that a pattern seemed to be emerging) He also had his scribblings published in Back Street Heroes another magazine...that is still in print before anyone asks and rightly so, check it out if you like your motorcycles with a touch of finely engineered individuality.

Eventually he found some nice people, at Meadowside Children's Books, who thought his words should go into books and since then they have published nine books with him, the latest of which is 'Jake Highfield Chaos Unleashed'; a book even Sillifant was surprised to find himself finish as it contains more than 20 words. This one even got into The Times as part of a Book Pack and was accompanied with some nice words of praise, which made him a bit big headed and a pain to be around. Both were partly due to the fact this was the first time a Sillifant had made the broadsheets since the Great Sheep Rustling Trials in Devon during 1784.

He has done other stuff in his time on the planet but this is all about his writing so we will leave it there.

He's got a website now, all new and shiny, see it at alecsillifant.wixsite.com/alecsillifant. So if you want to shout at him for something that is the best place to try to do so. But be warned he has a tendency to make stuff up and lie on reflex so don't believe everything you read or hear about him.

That's alecsillifant.wixsite.com/alecsillifant go over and check it out.

Sarah E. Glenn loves mystery and horror stories, often with a sidecar of humor. Several have appeared in mystery and paranormal anthologies, including G.W. Thomas’ Ghostbreakers series, Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, and Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology.

She developed strong ideals from her parents, a salesman turned missionary and a social worker. Despite their tutelage and a short stint as a classical languages grad student, she still loves Kolchak, superheroes, geek fandoms, and pop culture.

Her great-great aunt served as a nurse in WWI, and was injured by poison gas during the fighting. After being mustered out, she traveled widely. A hundred years later, 'Aunt Dess' would inspire Sarah and co-author Gwen Mayo to create the Three Snowbirds series.

Max Sparber is an author, journalist, and playwright from Minneapolis. His speculative fiction has appeared in “The Best of Strange of Strange Horizons: Year One” and “People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy.” Publications in 2018 include having stories anthologized in “Fangs and Broken Bones,” “Strangely Funny,” “Sanctuary,” “Black Buttons Vol. 3,” “Ye Olde Magik Shoppe,” and “Under the Full Moon’s Light.”

Juliet Boyd is a British writer and lives in Somerset in the south-west of England. She writes both novels and short stories. Her main interests are fantasy and science fiction, although her short stories, usually flash fiction, also incorporate weird fiction and horror. She also has a number of writing-related non-fiction titles.

When not writing, she can often be found reading, baking, or gardening. The reading has, of late, extended to Italian books, as she started learning Italian in December 2020. In addition to these more sedate pastimes, she has discovered a passion for hooping and is gradually adding to her extremely small repertoire of moves.

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Full details of her work can be found on her website at:

www.julietboyd.com.

Her technology for authors channel can be found at:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzJjLlz1wtQRWsn3g62ZnrA

Ken Teutsch is a writer, performer and film maker. His newest novel is the fast-paced farce, "No Good Stuff in the Book of Job." His short stories have have appeared in such diverse publications as Mystery Weekly, Adromeda Spaceways Magazine, Cowboy Jamboree, Halfway Down the Stairs, as well as in the anthologies Shadow People, Old Weird South, First Came Fear, Into the Yonder 2, and Strangely Funny. In addition, he records and performs as his comedy alter-ego, perennially emerging country music almost-superstar, Rudy Terwilliger.

Judith Field was born in Liverpool and lives in London. She is the daughter of writers, and learned how to agonise over fiction submissions at her mother’s (and father’s) knee.

She has two daughters, a son, a granddaughter and a grandson (who inspired her first published story when he broke her laptop keyboard. Unlike in the story, a magical creature didn’t come out of the laptop and fix her life). Her fiction, mainly speculative, has appeared in a variety of publications, mainly in the USA. She speaks five languages and can say, “Please publish this story” in all of them. She is also a pharmacist, freelance journalist, editor, medical writer, and indexer.

DJ Tyrer is probably best known as a horror writer, but has written in many other different genres and styles, as well as being behind the Atlantean Publishing small press.

Paul Wartenberg developed an interest in writing as far back as the first grade, and pursued an interest in creative writing alongside studying for a career in journalism. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1992 with a bachelors in Journalism, but during his studies he worked as a part-time student at the campus library, which redirected his professional interests. He quickly went to the University of South Florida to study librarianship, earning a Masters in Library and Information Sciences in 1993.

His professional career has mostly been in libraries. Working Broward County Libraries from 1994 to 2003. Then at the UF Smathers Libraries from 2003 to 2006. He then worked at Pasco County Libraries from 2006 to 2008. He is currently working as the reference librarian at Bartow Public Library.

He's been a resident of Florida since childhood, which means that, yes he has seen a lot of crazy stuff...

Writer, gamer, pro-wrestling aficionado. Dad.

I claim to write stories, but really I just find them in The Closet, dust them off, add a few commas and send them out into the world.

Proudly Canadian, born and raised in Newfoundland, fine-tuned and educated in Toronto and currently residing in Ottawa with a beautiful wife, two wonderful children and various furry four-legged companions.

Robert Allen Lupton is retired and lives in New Mexico where he was a commercial hot air balloon pilot. Robert runs and writes every day, but not necessarily in that order. More than 200 of his short stories have been published in various print anthologies and online magazines.

His novel, "Foxborn," was published in April 2017 and the sequel, "Dragonborn," a year later. His novel, “Dejanna of the Double Star” was published in December 2020. Several of his previously published short stories of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, humor, and horror have been published in five collections, “Running Into Trouble,” ”Through a Wine Glass Darkly.” “Strong Spirts,” “Hello Darkness,” and “Visions Softly Creeping."

He has edited and published two anthologies, "Feral: It Takes A Forest To Raise A Child,” and “Are You A Robot?” His third anthology, “Witch Wizard Warlock,” is scheduled to be published in September 2023.

Over 1800 drabbles, short stories exactly 100 words long, and several articles are available to read at: https://www.erbzine.com/lupton/

Told by a high school teacher that he had writing talent, Steve Carr’s career as a writer began right after graduation. He spent three years in the Army as a military journalist, writing articles for newspapers all over Florida, and followed that up with four years in the Navy where he taught in the Psychiatric Technician Program at Portsmouth Naval Hospital, training Hospital Corpsmen how to provide care and support in an inpatient setting for young men with psychiatric disorders. He then finished college, majoring in English/Theater and then spent the next 13 years working in non-profit health care development and management, mostly in rural communities, during which time several of his plays that he wrote in his spare time were produced in several states. He gave up the steady income to pursue his dream of writing/producing/directing his own plays and began a theatrical production company in Arizona. He retired early and in June 2016 began writing short stories. Since then he has had over 550 short stories published internationally in over 280 different print and online magazines, literary journals and anthologies. Collections of his short stories, Sand, Rain, The Tales of Talker Knocks, and the hardback edition The Very Best of Steve Carr: 52 stories, was published by Clarendon House Publications. His collection of short stories, Heat, was published by Czykmate Productions. His self-published debut novel, Redbird, was released in November, 2019. He independently published LGBTQ: 33 Stories, which was released in January, 2020. In May of 2020 his short story collection The Theory of Existence: 50 short stories, was released. His guidebook Getting Your Short Stories Published was also published by Clarendon House. He has over 130 publications and books that contain his short stories listed on his Amazon bibliography. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize twice. In 2019, he was on the cover of the Inner Circle Writers’ Magazine inaugural issue and dubbed “The King of Short Stories.” He’s a native of Cincinnati but has traveled extensively in the United States and abroad. He currently lives in Richmond, Virginia where when he’s not writing he frets about his writing peers not getting the attention they deserve. He is the founder of Sweetycat Press, a Facebook Group, that produces publications as promotion tools for emerging writers

Tony Evans is a crafter of horror and dark fiction, father, wildlife biologist, and member of the Horror Writers Association. Originally from the Appalachian foothills of eastern Kentucky, Tony grew up listening to stories of mountain monsters and holler witches, and his writing tends to reflect the culture and folk-tales of the area. While he sometimes enjoys what is termed 'quiet horror', Tony is much happier watching good old-fashioned slasher movies and reading about the boogeyman, demons, and anything else that may be hiding under the bed or in the closet.

His writing influences include: Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, and Ray Bradbury, whose early work and short fiction leaves him wondering where 'true horror' has gone. He currently lives in Bardstown, Kentucky where he spends his time with his wife and two young daughters - his favorite little monsters.

Follow him on Twitter/Instagram: @tonyevanshorror

Publishing Credits:

SHORT STORIES/ANTHOLOGIES

"Blood Sacrifice" - featured in the Thirteen O'Clock Press 'Sacrifice' Anthology (October 2017)

"Red Christmas" - featured in the Deadman's Tome 'Cthulhu Christmas Special' (December 2017); Voted 'Best Story' in Cthulhu Christmas Special Readers Poll.

"An Infestation of Rats" - featured in the Thirteen O'Clock Press 'Revenge' Anthology (January 2018)

"Trouble Dolls" - featured in the Thirteen O'Clock Press 'Revenge' Anthology (January 2018)

"Grandma's House" - featured in 'Dark Dossier #19' (February 2018)

"Fecesnura: The Demon Lord of Shit" - featured in the Deadman's Tome 'Shit Fest' Anthology (March 2018)

"The Mutant Disposal" - featured in Mystery and Horror, LLC's 'Strangely Funny: Volume 5' Anthology (May 2018)

"The Annual Soiree" - featured in Horror Bites Magazine (June 2018)

"A Collection of Souls" - featured in the Thirteen O'Clock Press 'Locked In' Anthology (June 2018)

"I See A Monster" - featured in Jack of No Trades Productions' 'Nothing's Sacred: Volume 4' (October 2018)

"The Bone Lady" - featured in the Owl Hollow Press 'Under the Full Moon's Light' Anthology (October 2018); Voted Best Horror Short Story of the year in the 21st Annual Critters Readers' Poll

"All I Want for Christmas" - featured in the Deadman's Tome 'Psycho Holiday' Anthology (December 2018)

"Adam's Collection" - featured in 'Deep Fried Horror #4', published by Deadman's Tome (February 2019)

"A Bedtime Story" - featured in the Great Lake Horror Writers Association magazine, 'Ghostlight Magazine' (March 2019)

"Blood is Always Thicker" - featured in 'Appalachian Horror', published by Aphotic Realm (May 2019)

"The Perfect Father's Day Gift" - featured in 'Deep Fried Horror's June 2019 Father's Day Issue' (June 2019)

"The Schoolhouse Inn" - featured in the Lycan Valley Press 'Welcome Home' Anthology (December 2019)

"Like Flies" - featured in the Soteira Press 'The Monsters We Forgot: Vol. 2' Anthology (December 2019)

Forthcoming Short Stories:

"Shadows" - to be featured in Jack of No Trades Productions' 'Nothing's Sacred: Volume 6' (projected publication of early 2020)

COLLECTIONS/NOVELLAS/NOVELS

"Better You Believe" - debut short story collection published by Deadman's Tome (February 2019)

"Sour" - debut novel published by Deadman's Tome (October 2019)

Published Short Stories

Under D. H. Lewis

Tommy Bloody Bones, Fear's Accomplice: Halloween, Noodle Doodle Press, 2014.

The Jigarkhwar, Superhero Monster Hunter: The Good Fight, Emby Press, 2015.

Whomsoever Digs A Pit, Deathlehem Revisited: An Anthology of Holiday Horrors for Charity, Grinning Skull Press, 2015.

Under Eldon Litchfield

Lester, Tales From The Boiler Room, Mighty Quill Books, 2017.

Ghost Girl, Strangely Funny V, Mystery and Horror, LLC, 2018.

Prey Heed To The Preacher Man, Generation X-ed, Dark Ink Press, 2022.

Influences

H. P. Lovecraft, Neil Gaiman, Stephan King, Creepy and Eerie magazines of the 70s and 80s, any horror comic, Ray Harryhausen, John Carpenter, John Keel, Stan Lee, old folktales, Fate magazine, Fortean Times, myths and legends from around the world, Dion Fortune, Joseph Campbell, Bernie Wrightson, Terry Pratchett, every good and terrible monster movie I watched as a kid, Shirley Jackson, John Ajvide Lindqvist, and I best stop here or it’ll be too long a list.

Hometown

Winston-Salem, NC.

Social Media

Facebook: Eldon Litchfield

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