Caitlin Mazur is a multi-genre author whose works span science fiction, speculative fiction, horror, and supernatural genres. She has been published in multiple anthologies and is currently querying a five-part post-apocalyptic series. Caitlin co-founded the Writing, Prompts & Critiques (WPC) Facebook community with over 11k members, named one of Reedsy's 50 Best Places to Find a Critique Circle. She developed WPC Press, a spin-off independent publisher that publishes the occasional anthology with stories from the WPC group. When she’s not writing fiction, Caitlin is a freelance writer, wife to an insanely supportive husband, and mom to two amazing kids. Caitlin holds a degree in English Communications with a minor in Marketing from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA. Follow Caitlin: www.caitlinwritesstuff.com

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.

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

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Jennifer Hatfield (1972- present) was born in Haverhill MA. Eventually ending up in Northern NH. She has spent a large part of her life being a dedicated wife. She is now a widow and a mother of two grown children. She worked in the food industry and medical field, prior to her epilepsy diagnosis. She dealt with her epilepsy diagnosis, which included three brain surgeries.

As she improved her husband became ill with liver failure, he passed away of acute liver failure.

Through all this, she found comfort in writing. She was able to express her feelings and describe her thoughts and struggles. Jennifer started writing poetry and has moved into writing micro fiction. She loves reading thriller/horror stories and her writings (so far) have gone to the dark side so to speak.

She has recently begun a cooking adventure, hoping one day to write her own cookbook as well a novel with characters she has been humanizing for years.

Evan Baughfman works in a very scary place: a middle school! (He’s a teacher.) He writes all genres, but horror is where he’s most comfortable. His horror fiction has been published in numerous anthologies, including titles from Improbable Press, 4 Horsemen Publications, No Bad Books Press, and Grinning Skull Press. Evan has penned a collection of 13 short scary stories titled THE EMACIATED MAN AND OTHER TERRIFYING TALES FROM POE MIDDLE SCHOOL, published by Thurston Howl Publications. His spooky novella, VANISHING OF THE 7TH GRADE, is now available from D&T Publishing. D&T will publish Evan's first full-length novel, BAD FOR YOUR TEETH, in April 2023.

Evan has also adapted a number of his short prose works into screenplays, of which "The Tell-Tale Art," “A Perfect Circle,” and “The Creaky Door” have won awards in various film festival competitions.

Additionally, much of Evan's writing success has been as a playwright. He’s had many different plays produced across the globe. His children's play, “R.O.M.3.O. and Julia” (Romeo and Juliet with robots) has been published in PLAYS Magazine. His play for young adults, “Lipstick and Heroics,” is available through YouthPLAYS, as is Evan's all-ages script, "Sprout Wants Out". In addition, his middle grade play, "Percy Pangolin Wants to Go Viral," is published by Heuer Publishing. Heuer has also published Evan's play, "A Taste of Amontillado"(an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado") and his script, "Untragically Ever After". Next Stage Press has published Evan's horror-plays-for teens, "Fear Pressure" and "The Dodo Challenge".

Online theater education resource, Drama Notebook, has added many of Evan’s children’s plays to its catalog. His plays can also be found at New Play Exchange.