Born in the Year of the Dragon, Vonnie Winslow Crist is author of award-winning short stories, poems, and books. An active member of the Horror Writers Association, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, Society of Children's Book Writers & illustrators, and National League of American Pen Women - she taught creative writing for the Maryland State Arts Council for 10 years.

"Beneath Raven's Wing" is winner of The International Edgar Allan Poe Festival's Saturday Visiter Award and a Finalist for the Imadjinn Award. "The Enchanted Dagger" is a Compton Crook Award Finalist and Maryland Writers Association Book Award Winner. Both "Owl Light" and "The Greener Forest" are eFestival of Words Short Story Collection Award Winners. "The Greener Forest," "The Enchanted Dagger," and "Owl Light" were voted among the Top Ten books for Young Adults in the P&E Reader's Poll.

As an illustrator, she's had over 1,000 illustrations published in books, magazines, and calendars.

She is an avid JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis fan, and a firm believer in the magical world that surrounds us! A clover-hand who has found so many 4-leafed clovers she keeps them in jars, Vonnie is quite fond of Harry Potter & Hogwarts, The Hunger Games, A Song of Ice & Fire, Star Wars, Star Trek, and everything Faerie!

Stuart Conover is a father, husband, rescue dog lover, blogger, published author, geek, entrepreneur, and horror fanatic. He works IT during the day and tries to battle the urge to sleep with a healthy consumption of caffeine.

T.W.Garland has a stack of Victorian novels that taunt him with their unbroken spines. He buys more books than he could hope to read and is glad not to have been born in the nineteenth century or in a novel by Dickens.

Stacey Jaine McIntosh was born in Perth, Western Australia where she still resides with her husband and four children.

Although her first love has always been writing she once toyed with being a Cartographer and subsequently holds a Diploma in Spatial Information Services.

In 2011 she had her first short story Freya published in an anthology, since that time more stories have followed.

Stacey dedicated her novel Solstice to her mother who passed away unexpectedly in 2008, and she is currently working on several other novels simultaneously.

When not with her family or writing she enjoys photography, genealogy, history, Arthurian myths and witchcraft.

Runner-up in the Wicked Young Writer Awards: Gregory Maguire Award, Laurence Sullivan's creative writing has appeared in such places as: Londonist, The List, NHK World-Japan, Fish Publishing and Popshot Quarterly.

Sullivan became inspired to start writing during his studies at the universities of Kent, Utrecht and Birmingham – after being saturated in all forms of literature from across the globe and enjoying every moment of it. He is currently pursuing a PhD at Northumbria University in the Medical Humanities, exploring literary portrayals of women's domestic medicine during the eighteenth century. When not writing, he can probably be found playing video games whilst feeding his pathological addiction to tea.

More of his work can be found online at www.laurencesullivan.co.uk and on Twitter @LozzySullivan

Dawn spent much of her childhood making up stories filled with romance, drama and excitement. She loved fairy tales, although if she cast herself as a character, she’d more likely have played the part of the Court Jester than the Princess. She didn’t recognise it at the time, but she was searching for the emotional depth in the stories she read. It wasn’t enough to be told the Prince loved the Princess, she wanted to know how he felt and to see him declare his love. She wanted to see the wedding. And so, she’d furnish her stories with those details.

Nowadays, she hopes to write books that will engage readers’ passions. From poignant stories set during the First World War, to the zany antics of the inhabitants of the fictitious town of Basilwade; and from historical romances, to the fantasy adventures of a group of anthropomorphic animals led by a chicken with delusions of grandeur, she explores the richness and depth of human emotion.

A book by Dawn will offer laughter or tears – or anything in between, but if she touches your soul, she’ll consider her job well done.

She has been a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards for 2017 and 2020, Readers' Favorite Book Awards 2018 and Independent Author Network Book of the Year Award 2018.

Dawn has also written two plays about the First World War, which have been performed in England, Germany and France.

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S.N.Graves was born in the South and can’t see calling anyplace without a Waffle House home. She earned her M.F.A. in Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2014 and is a senior editor at Loose Id LLC.

It was either write or become the world’s lamest super villain and cat lady, so S.N.Graves focused all her spinster energy into tormenting her characters instead of laying siege to the world with monkey assassins and satanic subliminal messages in cute cat videos. She is happily married to the self-proclaimed victim of Stockholm syndrome, David Graves, and enjoys duct taping her two teenage sons to a chair and forcing them to read all the ugly first drafts of her urban fantasy books.

I love words. I always have. I remember being five years old at Christmas and my parents gave me a crazy set of "Children's Classics." Black Beauty, Water Babies, The Man in the Iron Mask. I couldn't read any of them, but the potential was heady. By 8th grade, I knew I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. I had landed in honour's english class, which was all about words. I learned about Shakespeare and wrote my own Greek myth. And I never looked back.

If you let me, I'll share that love with you, in ways you may not have explored before. We'll go on journeys into dark, forbidden places. We'll sigh and smile and turn the page and hold our breaths. I promise to bring you safely home.

Short-fiction author, and poet, Nerisha Kemraj, hails from Durban, South Africa. She is the mother of procrastination, and two beautiful girls.

C.L. Williams is an independent author from central Virginia. He is a writer of poetry, short stories, recently released his first novel, and is a contributor to multiple anthologies. When C.L. Williams is not writing, he is reading the works of other independent authors

Peter got locked in a bookstore as a child and has been reading his way to freedom ever since.

His first tales developed from Dungeons & Dragons campaigns that never got played, and watching Babylon 5 on repeat. After having several dozen short stories published through various publishers, Peter has switched to longer forms of writing.

The science fiction “Consensus” novels depict one family’s struggle in the face of alien invasion, and the “Vol’kris Chronicles” are a series of standalone tales that explore humanity’s misadventures in a world ruled by insects.

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G. Allen Wilbanks, an internationally best-selling author on Amazon, is a retired police officer living in Northern California. For twenty-five years he wrote collision and crime reports to pay the bills while writing short fiction at nights to keep himself sane. In 2016, he retired from real life to focus on fantasy full time.

He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and has had over 200 short stories published in Deep Magic, Daily Science Fiction, Mythic, The Colored Lens, as well as many other magazines, e-zines and anthologies from all over the world.

He has published two short story collections of his own as well as multiple novels.

His novels include, When Darkness Comes, published in 2017, and A Life of Adventure which debuted as one of Amazon's Hot New Releases in July, 2020.

For more information about the author and his current writing projects, please visit www.gallenwilbanks.com.

Rich Rurshell is a writer of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction. From his home in Suffolk, England, Rich likes to ponder the existence of the sinister, the fantastic, and the downright terrifying. He likes to explore the darker side of life and what lies within us, and celebrate the beauty in the world and what lies beyond.

M. M. MONTELIONE is a horror writer and historian born and raised on Long Island in New York. His work has been published in "HATE: A Dark Drabbles Anthology" and "Retro Horror," among other titles.

Hari Navarro has for many years now been locked in his neighbours cellar. He survives due to an intravenous feed of puréed extreme horror and Absinthe infused sticky-spiced unicorn wings.

His anguished cries for help can be found via Black Hare Press, Raven & Drake Publishing, Black Ink Press, Hellbound Books, 365 Tomorrows, Breachzine, AntipodeanSF and Horror Without Borders.

Hari was the Winner of the Australasian Horror Writers’ Association [AHWA] Flash Fiction Award 2018 and has, also, succeeded in being a New Zealander who now lives in Northern Italy with no cats.

SHAWN M. KLIMEK is the award-winning poet and author of more than 200 published poems and short stories in several genres, including the illustrated, poetic fantasy tale, “Hungry Thing”. He travels the globe with his military nurse wife and their Maltese. Follow him on Facebook @shawnmklimekauthor, on Twitter @shawnmklimek, or via his blog, https://blog.jotinthedark.com/.

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Luis Manuel Torres went in search of El Dorado but instead found an old curse which should remain buried. He escaped Raccoon City after it suffered a biological outbreak. He participated in the mages rebellion in the city of Kirkwall. Okay, maybe he did all this in video games but they have inspired his writing.

Luis Manuel Torres was born in Puerto Rico, lived in Boston Massachusetts for thirteen years and currently lives in Springfield Mass. He has a love for stories in all forms they come in, from books to television to video games. His work can be found in multiple anthologies. He is always working on multiple writing projects.

You can follow him on twitter at https://twitter.com/Luis1989Manuel

A.S. Charly writes speculative fiction from her home 1,100m above the sea. To date, her works have been published in various online literary outlets and appeared in more than 50 print anthologies. When she’s not dreaming up new worlds, she's busy running the European half of Starry Eyed Press.

Find her at: www.starryeyedpress.com or https://www.facebook.com/A.S.Charlydreams/

The stars align, eldritch monstrosities awaken and somewhere in England, K.T.Tate is struck with feverish creativity. Inspired to write weird fiction, dark tales and strange stories, she commits them to paper in the hopes of enthralling her readers. Or at least appeasing her abominable muses and having a nice cup of tea.

Jo Seysener is a mum of three crazy kids, and a rambunctious (if affectionate) GSD living near Brisbane, Australia. When she's not exposing her kids to cult story books from her childhood she can be found tending a dying range of kitchen herbs. She adores alpacas and is building her own alpaca park. She writes romance as USA Today bestselling author Sofia Aves.

www.joseysener.com

Jim Bell, writing under the name J.D. Bell, had a nearly thirty-year career crafting creative copy in advertising. After he retired, he began to explore the world of writing fiction. He is currently an award-winning, internationally published, author of flash fiction and short stories. He has works published in the mystery, humor, fiction, horror, and science fiction genres. His works have appeared in anthologies published by Clarendon House Publications, Pure Slush Books, Black Hare Press, Blood Song Books, Raven and Drake Publishing, and numerous online publications.

Facebook: jim.writes.stories

Twitter: @JimBell58

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Amber M. Simpson is a dark speculative fiction writer from Northern Kentucky with a penchant for horror and fantasy. Her fiction has been featured in multiple themed anthologies as well as online. She has acted as Assistant Editor for Fantasia Divinity Magazine since 2017, where she's gotten to work with many talented authors from all over the world.

While she loves to create dark worlds and diverse characters, her greatest creations of all are her sons, Maxamus and Liam, who keep her feet on the ground even while her head is in the clouds.

To learn more, visit: https://ambermsimpson.com.

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Maxine lives in Essex UK with Steve her husband of over 35 years. She has recently started writing poetry and short stories some of which have been included in anthologies by Stormy Island Publishing, Clarendon House Publishing and Black Hare Press. Her interests include reading, walking, teaching yoga and playing with her grand children.

J. M. Meyer ( Jacqueline Moran Meyer )is a writer, artist and small business owner living in New York, where she received her master’s degree from Teachers College, Columbia University. Jacqueline loves to read short stories, especially by O. Henry, Alice Munro, and Ray Bradbury. She also enjoys time with her family, hiking with her dog, and watching scary movies.

Jasmine Jarvis is an Australian Author of Speculative Fiction. After joining a local writing group in May 2019, she was encouraged to try her hand at writing fiction - sending off her first pieces of fiction into Black Hare Press’ call out for Beyond. Realizing how much fun this writing gig is, and how much she loves to tell stories, Jasmine has continued to shape her writing and is drawn to the absurd, the creepy and the downright terrifying.

Since landing her spot in Beyond, she has had 23 drabbles and 4 short stories published. Jasmine hopes her readers enjoy her stories as much as she enjoys writing them.

Kathleen Halecki possesses a B.A. and M.A. in history and a doctoral degree in interdisciplinary studies. She currently resides in a seventeenth century home in New England.

Jodi Jensen, author of time travel romances and speculative fiction short stories, grew up moving from California, to Massachusetts, and a few other places in between, before finally settling in Utah at the ripe old age of nine. The nomadic life fed her sense of adventure as a child and the wanderlust continues to this day. With a passion for old cemeteries, historical buildings and sweeping sagas of days gone by, it was only natural she’d dream of time traveling to all the places that sparked her imagination.

David A.F. Brown is a Canadian author whose fiction has appeared in various anthologies, magazines and podcasts. He was a finalist in the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge 2019, an international competition of over 4,500 writers. You can find David A.F. Brown on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/browndavidaf

As a writer from Ontario, Canada, Brianna Witte has a passion for spinning tales of sci-fi, horror and fantasy. She enjoys taking readers on a ride through the realm of fiction by weaving twisted, futuristic and magical stories that materialise from her wildly creative dreams and vivid imagination. Brianna has had her first novel, “Witches and Vampires”, published in December 2019. To date she has had a number of short stories and drabbles published, as well as her short story, ‘The Hunt’ commended for the 2019 Author of Tomorrow award.

Thomas was born into the harsh winters in the Nordic Finland. Tempered by the shamanic winds, thousand lakes with a thousand stories, the whispers of the birch filled forests, he fell in love with horror at the tender age of 6 when he saw Re-Animator. That led him to search for the source story and that was it. Cosmic horror wrapped it’s nebulous tentacles around his imagination and it has been feeding it ever since.

Consuming book after book, he realized his dream; to be a writer. And that dream has guided him his entire life.

Charles was born and raised in Coventry, Rhode Island, but currently lives in West Warwick. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a BA in English Literature in 2012. Currently, he works as a museum tour guide. He's had numerous short stories and poems published, with several appearing in various books such as One Night in Salem, Cursed, and More Lore for the Mythos. Besides writing, he also has an interest in travel, history, horror films, the outdoors, baking, and the paranormal.

Nikki DeKeuster invites you to sit with her around the fire as she weaves you dark tales of mischief, mayhem, and mad love. Stories that stick to your ribs long after the lights have been doused and your head hits the pillow.

She enjoys crunching leaves underfoot while exploring the bluffs of Lake Michigan with her daughter and husband.

Stalk her at NikkiDeKeuster.com

Chris lives in the beautiful garden of England and in the odd moment he’s not walking the dog he pursues his passion for writing fiction. Specialising in horror, fantasy, and science-fiction Chris has stories in print with several publishers. To keep up with future stories be sure to follow @ https://mused.blog

Holley Cornetto is a writer, librarian, professor, book reviewer, and transplanted southerner who now calls New Jersey home. Her debut novella, WE HAUNT THESE WOODS, is available from Bleeding Edge Books. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines such as Daily Science Fiction, Flame Tree Press Newsletter, Dark Recesses Press, and anthologies from Cemetery Gates Media, Eerie River Publishing, Dark Ink, and several others. In 2020, she was awarded a grant from the Ladies of Horror Fiction. In addition to writing The Horror Tree’s weekly newsletter, she regularly reviews for Booklist, Ginger Nuts of Horror, and The Horror Tree. She teaches creative writing in the online MFA program at Southern New Hampshire University. Find her on Twitter @HLCornetto.

My name is Andrew Kurtz and I am a horror author.

I have not published any novels as of yet, but am in numerous anthologies, which you can view by going to my author link.

As a child I have loved horror, whether it was watching a horror film or reading horror literature.

I am a comic book collector and have an extensive library of book, mainly horror and science fiction.

If you ask me what my favorite horror film is, I can not answer because there are so many that I love.

Jason Voorhees murders at CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE, Michael Myers slaughters in HADDONFIELD, Freddy Kruger causes nightmares on ELM STREET, and I write horror short stories.

My vampires do not drink blood, they devour it. The werewolves in my stories do not resemble four legged dogs, but bipedal monstrosities that have an undying bloodlust during the full moon.

If you are looking for happy endings then do not read my stories because will be disappointed.

My characters die in the most gory manner possible and whether the are new born infants or 90 year old does not matter.

We all love dogs and cats. In my stories they are torn to pieces while still alive.

My human monsters are not who they seem to be because my tales of terror are full of twists and turns.

I was born and raised near St. Petersburg, Florida. I went into the Army straight out of high school and worked as a Military Intelligence Analyst for 5 years; to include working with Special Forces and a tour in South Korea. Following my honorable discharge, I spent a number of years in college, completing a BA in Anthropology, a BA in History, and a certificate in Crime Scene Technology. My working years have included being a licensed repossession agent and part-owner of a repossession service, skip tracer, and wandering the stacks at college libraries. Currently, I am the owner/editor of Tacitus Publishing. I have edited three anthologies, 'It's a Grimm Life', 'Haunted by the Past', and 'Shattered Space'. I have published a few short stories and write for a number of blogs, to include the serial 'Chronicles of Ballidrous - The Tales of Devryn'. When not writing or editing, I spend my time as a traditional and digital artist.

Author of twisted horror tales as well as innovative science fiction and epic fantasy stories. Chisto is a genre author with an unstoppable imagination who writes 7 days a week and tries to write at least one story or chapter every single day. It's his biggest passion. The only thing that means as much as his writing is being a dad to his awesome kids. He also dabbles in art and music and being an interesting person. His fiance refers to his dog as his other girlfriend. His baby refers to him as urrrrghhaaaa. People that know him share the opinion that he's a little crazy and he doesn't necessarily disagree with them. It makes for good art. He loves hearing from people that enjoy his work. He loves networking and connecting with authors, artists, publishers, agents, and readers. He is living his dream and recommends that you go live yours and be your best self. It's the key to happiness.

Born in Germany, Kerri was raised on the Eastern plains of Colorado and currently lives in Utah with her husband, dog, and cat. She is an author and mentor, having worked with middle and high school writing clubs. Kerri's characters portray warmth, heart, and wit, giving them lives with which readers can identify. She writes multi-genre but focuses mainly on speculative fiction. At age fifty-eight, she published her first short story in Dastaan World Magazine, followed by short stories in other ezines, including Spillwords.com, Fifty-Word Stories and the prestigious Inner Circle Writers' Magazine. She has published short stories in many anthologies, “Dark X-mas: 100 Word Holiday Horror Stories,” “Portal: The Inner Circle Writers’ Group Children's Anthology 2019,” "Ancients: A Dark Microfiction Anthology," "Unity," a charity anthology for Doctors Without Borders, "Alpha One: A Christian Cornucopia" which includes a true Christian experience, "Poetica 2, Poetica 3, Poetica 4, Poetica 5, and Poetica 6: The Inner Circle Writers' Group Poetry Anthologies for 2020 - 2022," "Galaxy 2: The Inner Circle Writers' Group Sci-fi and Fantasy Flash Fiction Anthology 2021". She also was accepted into the "Who's Who of Emerging Writers 2020 and 2021". She has an essay in "I, the Writer". All three were published by Sweetycat Press. She has an essay and a poem in "To Be Or Not To Be A Writer," also by Sweetycat Press, on which she was an editor. She was the editor for "The Wordsmith Chronicles," by Sweetycat Press and "Journeys," published by Stone Pony Press as well as publishing two short stories in that volume. She participated in a unique anthology in which 80 authors from around the world wrote individual episodes to bring together, "The Whole Wide World: An Episodic International Criminal Manhunt Anthology" published by Sweetycat Press. Her episode was number 39. Five drabbles each have been published in "Legends of the Night: Infection" and "Legends of the Night: Bloodlust" by Black Ink Fiction. In addition, three drabbles and a short story have been published in "Discordia: Stories of a World in Chaos," an anthology published by Dastaan World on which she was also an editor. A short story was published in "Dimensions of Fantasy, Volume Two" published by Writers Unite! And four new anthologies by Sweetycat Press titled, "A Love Letter (or Poem) To," "Stories & Poems in the Song of Life," "Beautiful: In the Eye of the Beholder" and "Movement: Our Bodies in Action," the last a tribute to the love between her parents. She has been a blogger since 2004 and currently has one about writing which can be found here: https://kerriwrites342770527.wordpress.com/. As an editor, you may find her website here: https://kljesmer79.wixsite.com/website.

Elin Olausson is a fan of the weird and the unsettling. She is the author of the short story collection "Growth" and has had stories featured in The Ghastling, Luna Station Quarterly, Nightscript, and many other publications.

Elin’s rural childhood made her love and fear the woods, and she firmly believes that a cat is your best companion in life. She lives in Sweden.

Thomas Sturgeon Jr was born in March 14th, 1986 to his parents. His birthplace is in Lawrenceville, Georgia. He is 34 and just had his first book published called , "Red Carnival". During his teen years he found out that he had mental health issues which made it harder for him to achieve what he wanted out of life itself. He arrived to finally achieve his dreams. He has been published in 23 anthologies. Some teachers said that he never would achieve success in the writing field. He had a few teachers rooting for him to do his best. He was a very early reader and started writing at the age of 13. His favorite authors are R.L. Stine and Stephen King.

He's a very intelligent person despite his disabilities with a kind and loving heart. He cares about people. He was once even told a few year's before he got his book published that his work was good and saw that people really enjoyed listening to his poetry at Ziggy's Underground Music Bar in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He made great friends with a singer and now has a poetry album cd called "Master of Storms". Thomas also writes lyrics to song's. He longs to have his own place again. He also loves horror movie's and video games. His favorite horror director is George A. Romero and the living dead series. His favorite video game series is "Resident Evil". He is currently at work on a second short story collection.

Warren Benedetto writes dark fiction about horrible people, horrible places, and horrible things. He is an award-winning author and a full member of the SFWA. His stories have appeared in publications such as Dark Matter Magazine, The Dread Machine, and Haven Spec; on podcasts such as The NoSleep Podcast, Tales to Terrify, and The Creepy Podcast; and in anthologies from Apex Magazine, Scare Street, Eerie River Publishing, and more. His hobbies include sleeping, hitting snooze, sleeping some more, and naps. For more information, visit www.warrenbenedetto.com and follow @warrenbenedetto on Twitter. For more information, follow @warrenbenedetto on Twitter.

Paul J. Scribbans always wanted to write, but due to a busy working and family life didn't seriously start until his early forties. He lives in the Lake District, UK, which he finds a huge inspiration for his work. His primary writing genre is speculative fiction, adopting strong environmental and survival themes.

His day job is in Information Technology, and apart from writing, he enjoys reading and exploring the local countryside with hobbies such as trail running and hiking.

Jim is an award-winning author whose stories and poems have appeared in nearly four-hundred online and print publications. His collection of short stories Resilience was published in March 2021, by Bridge House Publishing. Short Stuff a collection of flash fiction and drabbles was published in October 2021, by Chapeltown Books. Periodic Stories and Periodic Stories Volume Two were published in July and September 2021, by Impspired. Dreamers a collection of short stories was published in March 2022, by Clarendon House Publishing. Something Better a dystopian adventure novella was published in July 2021, by Dark Myth Publications. Most recently, Periodic Stories Volume Three – A Novel was published in April 2022, by Impspired. His short story “Aliens” was nominated by The Zodiac Press for the 2020 Pushcart Prize. His story “The Maple Leaf” was voted 2021 story of the year for Spillwords. He lives in a small-town west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. All of his work can be found on his blog at www.theviewfromlonglake.wordpress.com.

Mikko Rauhala is a Finnish SF author making their foray into the English speaking world. They often write their stories in both languages, which can get frustrating when there’s no one else to blame for the occasional double entendres.

Informed by their master’s degree in intelligent systems, they’re most at home in hard science fiction settings, though they’re not exclusive and like to cross genres. Whether the subject is steam powered gnomes or universal quantum suicide, Rauhala enjoys taking an eccentric premise and bringing it to its logical conclusion. As befits a Finn, their plot-driven narrative is often seasoned with a touch of dark, dry humor.

Rauhala is an Associate member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.

Michelle Brett is a New Zealand based author, writing horror, thriller, and speculative fiction.

Her short stories have been published by Black Hare Press, in Australian newspapers and she is currently working on her first novel.

In her free time, she likes to question the choices of horror movie characters and report on historic crimes for a local paper.

Denver Grenell is a writer of horror & dark fiction & musician who lives with his family in a small rural town in the lower North Island of New Zealand.

A life-long horror hound who got back into writing after a long break, he is now making up for lost time, furiously expelling every idea that has collected inside his skull over the years. His stories have been featured in various anthologies from Crystal Lake Publishing, Black Hare Press, Bloodrites Horror as well as on Hawk & Cleaver’s The Other Stories podcast.

His first collection 'The Burning Boy & Other Stories' was released in 2021.

Coming July 25th is 'Red Ruin,' a survival horror novel co-written with Ian J. Middleton.

Find out more at: https://www.bewarethemoon.co.nz

Follow him on Instagram @beware.the.moon.

More than anything, I am a lover of stories. To tell them, to be told, to listen to, to watch, to play, to read, to write, there are so many ways for stories to be conveyed and I have yet to find a medium I don't enjoy. Stories are a huge part of my life, and being a nerd has exposed me to some of the best. Whether it's Asimov, King, Bradbury, Jacques, Tolkien, Crichton, Adams, Abnett, Ross, or any of the other uncountable storytellers I've been so lucky to witness, I am inspired and awed by those who have come before me.

I live in southern Iowa with my wife, our two dogs, and a herd of four cats.

Frances writes novels and novelettes about vampires, and flash and micro flash aka drabbles about anything too slow to avoid being nailed to a page.

She lives in the North West of England and puts all that rainfall to good use as an avid gardener, notably of tomatoes and chillies. She enjoys visiting windswept historic sites around the UK, both romantic ruins and industrial icons and has a ‘bit of a thing’ for Hadrian’s wall. And steam trains. If it wasn’t for word processors, the internet and youtube's loop button, she would probably admit to being born in the wrong century.

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Maura Yzmore is a short-fiction author, writing mostly dark and speculative tales (horror, sci-fi, and fantasy). She lives with her family in the American Midwest and drives in the snow like a champ. Maura 's gainfully employed as a math nerd, but don't hold it against her. Website: https://maurayzmore.com Twitter: @MauraYzmore

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Abi Marie Palmer is a speculative fiction writer from the UK.

Alistair Crowe, like all humans, was born from the darkness of the womb into the world. Unlike most, he returned to the darkness.

As such he has written multiple articles credited as staff, acted on television (uncredited), and worked in radio where he was credited, but it was the overnight shift so no one listened to him.

He’s now determined to make a name for himself.

His initial attempt was by contracting a lifelong, but non-fatal, blood cancer that causes him to make too much blood. Way too much blood. It gets thick, he gets sluggish and the hematologist drains a lot out. He waited in vain for years to see if any true vampires showed up, but none did so he began to slander them in print. He hasn’t stopped and is now considered a horror writer.