Angela Yuriko Smith is a third-generation Shimanchu-American and award-winning poet, author, and publisher with 20+ years of experience as a professional writer in nonfiction. Publisher of Space & Time magazine (est. 1966), a two-time Bram Stoker Awards® Winner, and HWA Mentor of the Year for 2020, find her at angelaysmith.com.

Caryn Larrinaga is an internationally best-selling mystery and horror author. She has won multiple awards for her work, including the League of Utah Writers Silver Quill and the Cat Writers Association Muse Medallion. In 2021, she was named Writer of the Year by the League of Utah Writers.

Watching scary movies through split fingers terrified Caryn as a child, and those nightmares inspire her to write now. Her 90-year-old house has a colorful history, and the creaking walls and narrow hallways send her running (never walking) up the stairs. Exploring her fears through writing makes Caryn feel a little less foolish for wanting a buddy to accompany her into the tool shed.

Caryn lives near Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and their clowder of cats. Visit www.carynlarrinaga.com for free short fiction and true tales of haunted places.

Anna Taborska was born in London, England. She is a filmmaker and writer of horror stories, screenplays and poetry. Anna has written and directed two short fiction films, two documentaries and award-winning TV drama 'The Rain Has Stopped'. She also worked on eighteen other films and was involved in the making of two major BBC television series: 'Auschwitz: the Nazis and the Final Solution' and 'World War Two behind Closed Doors - Stalin, the Nazis and the West'. Her stories have appeared in a number of Year's Best anthologies, including 'The Best Horror of the Year Volume Four' and 'Best British Horror 2014'. Anna's short story 'Bagpuss' was an Eric Hoffer Award Honouree, and the screenplay adaptation of her story 'Little Pig' was a finalist in the Shriekfest Film Festival Screenplay Competition, 2009. Anna's debut short story collection, 'For Those who Dream Monsters', released by Mortbury Press in 2013, won The Children of the Night Award. Anna is a two-time Bram Stoker Award nominee and a three-time British Fantasy Award nominee. You can view Anna's full resume here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1245940/, watch her films and book trailers here: http://www.youtube.com/annataborska and learn more about her short stories and screenplays here: http://annataborska.wix.com/horror.

Tracy Cross’s work has been featured in several podcasts, including ‘Nighty Night with Rabia Chaudry (advocate and author of the New York Times bestselling book “Adnan’s Story”). Her work can be found in several anthologies, including Don’t Break the Oath, Pandemics Unleashed and 99 Tiny Terrors. Her first book, Rootwork, a folk horror homage to her late grandmother, will be published by Mother Horror's New Imprint-Dark Hart Publishing. Tracy understands what it feels like to be the 21st Century invisible woman. She creates strong female characters to debunk the stereotype that women should be seen and not heard. Her protagonists are strong, Black women, that any reader can see and support. She describes her writing as “exciting stories with breadcrumbs” that lead the reader to an unexpected yet rewarding ending. Tracy has been the recipient of the Horror Writer’s Association Scholarship from Hell in 2022, a grant from the Ladies of Horror Fiction, the 2019 New Voices Fellowship from the Emerging Writers Festival and participated in a Residency with Under the Volcano in Mexico. She lives in Washington, DC, is an active member of the HWA, and is a huge Prince fan. She loves disco and shares her latest exploits and information on her blog: tracycwritesonline.com

Sonora Taylor is the author of several short stories and novels, including Seeing Things, Little Paranoias: Stories, and Without Condition. In 2020, she won the Ladies of Horror Fiction awards for Best Collection (Little Paranoias) and Best Novel (Without Condition). Her short stories have been published by Camden Park Press, Burial Day Press, Kandisha Press, Cemetery Gates Media, Sirens Call Publications, Tales to Terrify, and others.

Along with V. Castro, Sonora co-manages Fright Girl Summer (frightgirlsummer.com), an online book festival promoting marginalized authors and voices. In 2022, Sonora and Nico Bell will edit an anthology of fat-positive horror called Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology.

Sonora is currently working on her fourth novel. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and a rescue dog.

Visit Sonora online at sonorawrites.com.

K.P. Kulski is the author of the novel, Fairest Flesh. Her short fiction has appeared in Unnerving Magazine, anthologies Not All Monsters and Typhon Vol. 2. She is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and Air Force. When she’s not writing, she teaches history at a small college in Northeast Ohio.

Marie McWilliams lives and works in Northern Ireland. Interested in human behaviour, she studied at Queens University, Belfast where she obtained a degree in Psychology. Her short stories have been featured in several anthologies, magazines and book boxes. When not writing, she discusses books and horror on her YouTube Channel, TikTok (@mariemcwilliams1) and Instagram page (@bookishmarie). Head to her website for all the details on her previous work and up coming projects - www.mariemcwilliams.com.

I live in the UK near the Bronte moors where I walk my rescue dog, Roxy. I write dark fiction, and ghost stories. I was obsessed with historic haunted houses growing up and old movies especially film noirs of the 1940's. I blend the two genres in my fiction. I teach creative writing, edit and mentor writers. Away from my writing I swim, craft, sing, eat chocolate and laugh a lot with friends.

Jill Girardi is the author of Hantu Macabre, the best-selling novel featuring punk rock paranormal detective Suzanna Sim and Tokek the toyol. The book was shortlisted for the 2019 Popular/The Star Readers’ Choice Awards. Suzanna and Tokek will also be taken to the big screen, as a full-length film based on the characters is set to start shooting, with former MMA Fighter Ann Osman starring as Suzanna.

Jill has several short horror stories published (many of which feature various small, wicked creatures) and will soon begin working on the next volume in the Hantu Macabre series. She currently lives in New York where she is the editor of the Kandisha Press Women of Horror Anthology books. Please find her on Facebook, Goodreads and Amazon, and on Instagram/Twitter @kandishapress

www.kandishapress.com

Lydia Prime is a New Jersey born creature of the night. Her short story, Sadie, (published in Kandisha Press’, Under Her Black Wings: 2020 Women in Horror Anthology) won the 23rd Critters Annual Readers Poll for Best Horror Short Story (2020). When Lydia isn’t releasing monstrosities from her mind, she happily helps others work with their brain children through her editing services. On Fridays, she even offers free faulty advice to those in need. Charitable, and chilling—what a gal!

Sheela Kean is a Michigan-based author of horror and paranormal suspense stories. Inspired by her late grandmother's book collecting, she is an avid reader of multiple genres and active in the bookish community. She enjoys spending time in Northern Michigan with her husband and children, quilting, and being a full-time geek.

You'll often find her furiously scribbling away in the many notebooks she keeps in her basement office, I wouldn't read them if I were you.

As a stay-at-home parent, she also values coffee and silence.

Website: SheelaKean.com

Twitter & Instagram: @SheelaKean

Trading in a police badge, Janine is now a full-time Splatterpunk Award nominated writer, whilst also being a mum, wife and Disney addict. Influenced by the works of King from a young age, she likes to shock readers with violence and scare them with monsters - both mythical and man-made.

Coming 2022 SAUSAGES - The Making of Dog Soldiers.

You'll likely find her devouring work by Glenn Rolfe, Hunter Shea and Tim Meyer or watching Neil Marshall movies.

Her biggest fans are her hubby and daughter.

Follow her on Twitter https://twitter.com/janinepipe28

Jennifer Soucy is just a regular girl with an abiding love for the supernatural/paranormal--a proud nerd of anything involving horror & dark fantasy. Born in Connecticut and forever a New Englander at heart, she moved away at 19, unable to resist the call of adventure. She settled again in the Atlanta area with her family and delights in being called a "Damn Yankee." She also lived nearly two years in Las Vegas, her home away from home. Back in Georgia now, she started writing again to fulfill her childhood dreams. This writer, assistant editor, and 25-year veteran of the service industry hopes to continue publishing books that occasionally make people sleep with the light on.

Check out her website at www.jenniferlsoucy.com for updates, blogs, and more!

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.

Roxie Voorhees (she/he/they) is the type of ghoul people call a great slay. She is a tangled threesome of Gag me with a Spoon, Welcome to the Darkside, and Catch me Outside. When she isn’t reading, she is writing, and when she isn’t writing she is creating something with her hands while binge-watching Buffy.

Originally from Central California, he now resides with his service dog, a mastador named Bellatrix, in NE Indiana, where he refuses to use the word pop, is hella progressive, and dreams of a proper taco.

In 2022, Roxie created Book Slayer Press, a home for diverse/queer dark fiction projects. His first publication will be HENTAI ECTOPLASM, coming 2023. He is currently working on too many writing projects and really should calm down.

Roxie has come out as gender fluid! She prefers any pronouns and doesn't mind being included in women specific lists, but asks you please note their fluidity.

Instagram: @the.book.slayer

Twitter: @theb00kslayer

Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/rvthebookslayer

Website: www.roxievoorhees.gay

Cassie Daley is a blogger, artist, and writer living in Northern California with her boyfriend and three dogs. Her first published short story, "Ready or Not", debuted as a part of Fright Girl Summer, and is available to read online. Her nonfiction has appeared in UNNERVING MAGAZINE, and she's a contributing author in two anthologies: WE ARE WOLVES, and THE INFERNAL CLOCK: INFERNO.

Aside from writing, she runs an online art shop and is a contributing team member to the Ladies of Horror Fiction website. She is the creator of THE BIG BOOK OF HORROR AUTHORS: A Coloring & Activity Book, and is also a host on The PikeCast, a book podcast dedicated to reading and discussing the works of Christopher Pike. You can find Cassie on Twitter as @ctrlaltcassie, or letsgetgalactic.com.

R. A. Busby is the 2021 Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of the creepy hit "Not the Man I Married" (Black Petals Issue #93), "Holes" (Graveyard Smash), "Bits" (Short Sharp Shocks #45), the elegiac "Street View" (Collective Realms #2), and the pandemic-inspired "Cactusland" (34 Orchard #2) and others. When not writing stories to scare you, R.A. Busby goes running in the desert with her dog.