Erik Williams is the author of DEMON, GUARDIAN, and BIGFOOT CRANK STOMP. Besides being a prolific writer of dark fiction, he's also an active freelance writer in the realm of non-fiction. Oh, and he's a former Naval officer and defense contractor (but he's not allowed to talk about it, nor does he really want to).

Tim Curran lives in Michigan and is the author of the novels Skin Medicine, Hive, Dead Sea, and Skull Moon. Upcoming projects include the novels Resurrection, The Devil Next Door, and Hive 2, as well as The Corpse King, a novella from Cemetery Dance, and Four Rode Out, a collection of four weird-western novellas by Curran, Tim Lebbon, Brian Keene, and Steve Vernon. His short stories have appeared in such magazines as City Slab, Flesh&Blood, Book of Dark Wisdom, and Inhuman, as well as anthologies such as Flesh Feast, Shivers IV, High Seas Cthulhu, and, Vile Things. Find him on the web at:

www.corpseking.com

David James Keaton's work has appeared in over 100 publications, including Grift, Needle, Thuglit, PANK, and Noir at the Bar II. His contribution to Plots With Guns #10 was named a Notable Story of 2010 by storySouth's Million Writers Award, and his (totally foolproof) casino scam in Crime Factory #8 won the 2012 Spinetingler Award for the Best Short Story on the Web. His first collection, FISH BITES COP! Stories to Bash Authorities (Comet Press), was named the 2013 Short Story Collection of the Year by This Is Horror and was a finalist for the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award. His second collection of short fiction, STEALING PROPELLER HATS FROM THE DEAD (Perpetual Motion Machine), received a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly, who said, "Decay, both existential and physical, has never looked so good." His first novel, THE LAST PROJECTOR (Broken River Books), was called "A loopy, appealing mix of popular culture and thoroughly crazy people" by Kirkus Reviews, and his second novel, the western PIG IRON (Burnt Bridge/Blastgun), has been optioned for film. He has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and was the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Flywheel Magazine. He is the co-editor of HARD SENTENCES: Crime Fiction Inspired by Alcatraz, and his third collection and latest book, OUR POOL PARTY BUS FOREVER DAYS (Comet Press), will be released this October. These days, he's tinkering with several screenplays, including a prison movie, a thriller, and a western, also adapting them into novels. He realizes this method is probably backwards. His books are available wherever insanity is sold. He can be contacted at davidjameskeaton[at]gmail[dot]com.

Randy Chandler is the author of the novels STOLEN ROADS, DIME DETECTIVE and DAEMON OF THE DARK WOOD, and of two previously published novels BAD JUJU and HELLz BELLz (all now available on Kindle). He also co-authored DUET FOR THE DEVIL with t. Winter-Damon (God rest his soul). Randy's collection of short stories is DEVILS, DEATH & DARK WONDERS. His first ever fantasy novel is ANGEL STEEL. He co-edits YEAR'S BEST HARDCORE HORROR with Cheryl Mullenax for Comet Press.

Randy has been an indie magazine editor/publisher, a freelance book reviewer, a mental health worker, a gas-pump jockey, an ambulance attendant, a soldier in Vietnam, and a funeral home flunky. He often haunts fields of carnage where angels and devils do battle.

Brandon Ford (b. 1981 - ) is an American author of horror and suspense fiction. His works include OPEN WOUNDS, THE FINAL GIRL, PAY PHONE, THE FACILITY, DECAYED ETCHINGS, and COFFEE AT MIDNIGHT. He has also contributed to more than a dozen genre anthologies. He currently resides in Philadelphia.

Fred Venturini has eleven scars from eleven separate incidents, the most interesting of which is the time he was set on fire. For the others, just ask. His short fiction has been featured in the Booked. Anthology, Noir at the Bar 2, and Chuck Palahniuk's BURNT TONGUES anthology. He is the acclaimed author of THE HEART DOES NOT GROW BACK and THE ESCAPE OF LIGHT (Turner, 2019). On the basketball court, he is a three-point specialist and defensive liability. He lives in Southern Illinois with his wife and daughter.

David Tallerman is the author of the historical science-fiction novel To End All Wars, thrillers A Savage Generation and The Bad Neighbor, fantasy series The Black River Chronicles and The Tales of Easie Damasco, and the Tor.com novella Patchwerk, among other works.

David's short fiction has appeared in over a hundred magazines and anthologies, including Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Nightmare, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and fourteen of his horror and dark fantasy stories were brought together in the collection The Sign in the Moonlight and Other Stories.

Further details can be found at his website www.davidtallerman.co.uk.

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Kelly M. Hudson was raised in Kentucky and has moved all around these United States, spending a great deal of time in New York City and San Francisco. He now resides back in Kentucky. He had over two dozen short stories published in as many anthologies, as well as two novels, all in the horror genre. You can read free short stories and learn more about his work by visiting www.kellymhudson.com