'Field of Heroes is a powerhouse of action and war, with an intrinsic dark humour reminiscent of Iain M. Banks. Very highly recommended.' - Andy Remic.

Craig Saunders is the author of around fifty novels and novellas, including the Amazon bestseller 'Vigil'. As 'Craig R. Saunders' he penned the seven-book fantasy saga of the world of Rythe, beginning in 'The Outlaw King' and culminating with 'Beneath Rythe'.

Since his first novel acceptance 'Rain' over ten years ago his short fiction has been published in periodicals, magazines, podcasts, 'Best of' anthologies, and his novellas have won a couple of awards. He's been a top 100 bestselling author in horror, fantasy and science fiction categories on Amazon, but it isn't the New York Times so he doesn't make a big song and dance about it.

As Craig Robert Saunders he is the author of 'Field of Heroes', 'Hush' and 'Lore' - space opera, space fleet and space marine stories. Some of his favourite modern science fiction comes from Neal Asher, Andy Remic, Iain M. Banks, Dan Abnett and Richard Morgan. As a reader he's a sucker for a great robot or a smart ship. His proudest moments to date are rare praise from NYT bestseller Tim Lebbon who called 'Xenophobia' 'Entertaining, shocking and brutal' , Andy Remic for 'Field of Heroes', which Andy described as 'A powerhouse of action and war reminiscent of Iain M. Banks.'

Craig publishes science fiction with Severed Press. He also publishes novels independently under the Dark Fable Books/Fable Books labels and considers himself a hybrid author.

Craig writes in a shed and blogs about writing and his ongoing battle with schizophrenic affective disorder and he is a fierce advocate for mental health rights.

He's always happy to talk over at:

www.craigrsaunders.blogspot.com

@Grumblesprout

Praise for Craig Saunders:

'Xenophobia is entertaining, shocking and brutal, a must read.' - NYT bestseller Tim Lebbon.

'Field of Heroes is a look at military life in a speculative future that will grip you from the first page.' - Colin F. Barnes.

[Masters of Blood and Bone] '...combines the quirkiness of Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas series with the hardcore mythology of Clive Barker to create an adventure that is both entertaining and terrifying.' - examiner.com.

[Vigil] 'A gripping accomplishment.' - Murder, Mayhem and More.

'Saunders is fast becoming a must read author...' - Scream.

[Bloodeye] '...razor-sharp prose.' Wayne Simmons, author of Flu and Plastic Jesus.

'Plain and simple, this guy can write.' - Edward Lorn, author of Bay's End.

'A master of the genre.' Iain Rob Wright.

[A Home by the Sea] 'Brutal and poetic...' - Bill Hussey, author of Through a Glass, Darkly.

[Rain] '...the best book I've read in a year.' - The Horror Zine.

"Jeff Burk writes some awesome shit. Just read it." -Carlton Mellick III

"...like Lloyd Kaufman and Sam Raimi's mutant offspring..." -Wil Wheaton

A fusion of pop culture insanity and pulp-punk action, JEFF BURK is the cult favorite author of SHATNERQUAKE, SUPER GIANT MONSTER TIME, and CRIPPLE WOLF. Like the literary equivalent to a cult B-Horror movie, Burk writes violent, absurd, and funny stories about punks, monsters, gore, and trash culture. Everyone normally dies at the end.

He is also the Editor-In-Chief for THE MAGAZINE OF BIZARRO FICTION and the Head Editor of ERASERHEAD PRESS’ horror imprint, DEADITE PRESS.

Born in the Pennsylvania backwoods, he was raised on a steady diet of Godzilla, Star Trek, and EC Comics. He now resides in Portland, Oregon. His influences include: Sleep deprivation, comic books, drugs, magick, and kittens.

You can stalk him online at www.facebook.com/literarystrange and www.JeffBurk.wordpress.com

Dustin Reade writes bizarro/horror/experimental literature and fiction, bro. His work has appeared online and in print in various magazines and anthologies, including The Magazine Of Bizarro Fiction, The New Flesh, Bizarro Central, and so on. He is the editor of the online surrealist magazine The Mustache Factor. He wrote this whole thing in the third person because that is what he does sometimes.

NICK CATO is the author of the novel DON OF THE DEAD, and the novellas THE APOCALYPSE OF PETER, THE LAST PORNO THEATER, THE ATROCITY VENDOR, UPTOWN DEATH SQUAD, CHEW TOYS and DEATH WITCH. He has two short story collections, the latest titled THE SATANIC RITES OF SASQUATCH AND OTHER WEIRD STORIES. His non-fiction film book SUBURBAN GRINDHOUSE was released by Headpress Publishing in 2020, who will also be publishing his second film book in late 2023.

Past Bram Stoker Award(R) nominee James Dorr combines the charm of a gentleman born in the US South with the wiles of a near-New York City upbringing, the canniness of a one-time New England resident, and the guile of an outwardly stolid Midwesterner, or so he says. It is known that he was born in Florida, grew up in New Jersey, went to college in Massachusetts, and currently lives in Indiana where he harbors a Goth cat named Triana. He is a short story writer and poet working mainly in dark fantasy and horror with forays into science fiction and mystery, an active member of HWA and SFWA, and has previously worked as a technical writer for an academic computing center, associate editor on a city magazine, a nonfiction freelance writer, and a semi-professional Renaissance musician.

See http://jamesdorrwriter.wordpress.com for more information on James's doings, past, present, and possible future. Feel free to drop a note as the spirit moves -- he's always happy to hear readers' comments, and often will answer, so let your friends know too.

Michael Allen Rose is a writer, performance artist, and musician living in Chicago, IL. Originally from the frozen wastes of North Dakota, Michael's plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, Portland, and other major cities. He is founder and artistic director of RoShamBo Theatre, and releases industrial music under the pseudonym Flood Damage. His album "Instructions For The Assembly Of God(s)" is now available. His shorter pieces have been published in Mighty In Sorrow, Bizarro Bizarro, Imperial Youth Review, and Kizuna: Fiction for Japan, among others, and seen on stage at Chicago's famed Second City where he spent a year studying at the conservatory.

Support him on Patreon at www.patreon.com/michaelallenrose for cool stuff every month!

You can visit him at www.michaelallenrose.com for an overview, michaelallenrose.storenvy.com to get signed books and albums, and find www.gerbilprobe.com for more info on his noise, words and deeds.

Max Booth III is the Editor-in-Chief of Perpetual Motion Machine, the Managing Editor of Dark Moon Digest, and the host of two podcasts: Ghoulish and Castle Rock Radio. He's the author of many novels and frequently contributes articles to LitReactor, CrimeReads, the San Antonio Current, Fangoria, and Film-14. Follow him on Twitter @GiveMeYourTeeth or visit him at www.TalesFromTheBooth.com. He lives in Texas.

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Rocky Alexander is the author of the internationally best-selling apocalyptic horror novel, "Rag Men," published by Severed Press. His horror short stories, novelettes, and articles have been published in numerous anthologies and magazines.

Rocky is also an accomplished musician, animal behaviorist, and boxing coach. He lives with his wife and son in Atlanta, Georgia.

He is an active member of the Horror Writers Association.

Contact him at rr.alexander@yahoo.com, connect with him on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/rocky.alexander.56, or Twitter https://twitter.com/rockysboxing

Andrew Wayne Adams is an American-Canadian writer and artist. He has been in the military, worked as a bookseller, worked in warehouses, eaten a Belgian waffle in Belgium, parachuted, hugged his mom, gotten into trouble, and worked in a lab growing stem cells. He is currently pursuing a degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Computer Science and Karate and Advanced Partying.

G. Arthur Brown, when not sleeping, writes absurd and irreal fiction, especially in restrooms. The influence of Monty Python, Twilight Zone, Donald Barthelme, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, and the Reagan administration can be seen in much of his work. We can assume that at some point he went to one of those really wild churches where people speak in tongues and perform "the laying on of hands."

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Todd Nelsen currently resides in Denver, Colorado, with his dog, Krypto. His fiction has been featured in numerous publications.

goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5395679.Todd_Nelsen

Gabino Iglesias is a writer, journalist, professor, and literary critic living in Austin, TX. He is the author of ZERO SAINTS and COYOTE SONGS and the editor of BOTH SIDES and HALLDARK HOLIDAYS. His work has been nominated twice to the Bram Stoker Award as well as the Locus Award and won the Wonderland Book Award for Best Novel in 2019. His nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Electric Literature, and LitReactor. His reviews appear regularly in places like NPR, Publishers Weekly, the San Francisco Chronicle, Criminal Element, Mystery Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and other venues. He's been a juror for the Shirley Jackson Awards twice and has judged the PANK Big Book Contest, the Splatterpunk Awards, the Newfound Prose Prize, and the 2021 FIU Student Literary Awards, among others. He has offered keynotes at various institutions and events, including the Lighthouse Book Project, ARRTCon, the inaugural POP_UP Academic Conference on Popular Culture, and the Revolve Creative Conference. In 2021, he received the Horror Writer’s Association Diversity Grant. Iglesias has worked as a mentor with the San Francisco Creative Writing Institute and the Periplus Collective. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the Mystery Writers of America, and the National Book Critics Circle. He teaches creative writing at Southern New Hampshire University's online MFA program. You can find him on Twitter at @Gabino_Iglesias.

BOOKS in USA: "Anomaly" (2019 - Royal Hawaiian Press), "Escape" (2019 - Royal Hawaiian Press) and Spain: "La fuga" (2019 - Royal Hawaiian Press)

BOOKS in Poland: "Deathbirth" (2008 - Armoryka publishing house), "Anima vilis" (2010 - Initium publishing house), "Grobbing" (2012 - Novae Res publishing house), "Deathbirth and other stories" (2012 & 2017 - Agharta & Armoryka publishing house), "Z życia Dr Abble" (2013 - Agharta publishing house), "Orgazmokalipsa" (2016 - Alternatywne publishing house), "Anomalia" (Forma publishing house), "Ucieczka" (2017 - Dom Horroru publishing house), "Nie w inność" (2019 Waspos publishing house)

ANTHOLOGY in: USA, Poland, Russia, Germany

And he published his stories in the following magazines: PLAYBOY (Slovak edition), USA, England, Czech Republic, Russia, Brasil, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Italy,

Hungary, Mexico

In 1987, after hearing Poison's "Look What the Cat Dragged In" for the first time, Sean decided he wanted to play drums. After realizing all rock stars wore leather pants, he traded in those dreams of fortune and fame for 80's sitcoms, horror movies (which he reviews at HorrorNews.net), and punk rock. Sean's short stories can be found in Solarcide's "Flash Me! The Sinthology," Bizarro Plup Press's "Bizarro Bizarro: An Anthology," and online at Cease, Cows.