Linda L. Richards is the award-winning author of over a dozen books. The founder and publisher of January Magazine and a contributing editor to the crime fiction blog The Rap Sheet, she is on the National board of Sisters in Crime. Richards is from Vancouver, Canada and currently makes her home in Phoenix, Arizona. ENDINGS, this first in a series featuring a hit woman stumbling towards redemption, was published by Oceanview Publishing in 2021 and was recently optioned by a major studio for series production. A PW starred review said that this “harrowing tale of love, loss, and the value of life is not to be missed.” A sequel, EXIT STRATEGY, was published spring 2022. The third book in the series, DEAD WEST, will be published autumn 2023.

Will “the Thrill” Viharo is a freelance writer, pulp fiction author, B movie impresario and lounge lizard at large. His published bibliography includes the retrospective anthology series The Thrillville Pulp Fiction Collection Volumes 1-3, featuring the standalone novels A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge, Freaks That Carry Your Luggage Up to the Room, Down a Dark Alley, Lavender Blonde, and Chumpy Walnut, plus sundry short stories; the erotic horror noir novella Things I Do When I’m Awake; a collection of erotic horror stories VIHORROR! Cocktales of Sex and Death; the omnibus The Vic Valentine Classic Case Files; a sub-series called “The Vic Valentine Mental Case Files”: which includes Vic Valentine: International Man of Misery, Vic Valentine: Lounge Lizard For Hire, Vic Valentine: Space Cadet, Vic Valentine, Private Eye: 14 Vignettes, and the latest, Vic Valentine Fever Dreams. Gutter Books published the Vic Valentine novels Love Stories Are Too Violent For Me and Hard-boiled Heart. Additionally, Will has written two sci-fi collaborations with Scott Fulks, It Came From Hangar 18 and The Space Needler’s Intergalactic Bar Guide. For more info visit www.willviharo.com and www.thrillville.net.

Greg Barth is the author of Selena, Diesel Therapy, Suicide Lounge, Road Carnage, and Everglade. Greg cut his literary teeth reading the Parker novels by Richard Stark. The Stark influence is evident in Barth's lean, compact prose. As a fiction writer, he has a thing for amoral characters in bad situations without good options who proceed to make things worse for themselves. He lives and writes in Bowling Green, KY.

Eryk Pruitt is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker living in Hillsborough, NC with his wife Lana and cat Busey. His short films FOODIE and LIYANA, ON COMMAND have won several awards at film festivals across the US. In 2015, he was a finalist for the Derringer Award for his short story "Knockout.". In 2018, his third novel, WHAT WE RECKON, was nominated for the prestigious Anthony Award. He produced and wrote the eight-part, true crime podcast THE LONG DANCE about the North Carolina Valentine's Murders. His latest novel, SOMETHING BAD WRONG, will be published in Spring of 2023. He can be found either at his desk, hard at work on another story, or mixing drinks at his bar, Yonder, in Hillsborough, NC. A full list of credits can be found at erykpruitt.com.

Sarah has worked a variety of odd jobs, from script reader to private investigator assistant. She’s published numerous short stories and a children’s chapter book. Her noir novella, CLEANING UP FINN, with All Due Respect Books, was an Anthony finalist and IPPY Award winner. She’s the co-editor of THE SWAMP KILLERS and THE NIGHT OF THE FLOOD with E.A. Aymar and has written for the Los Angeles Review of Books, Hapa Mag, and P.S. I Love You, among others. Visit her at https://sarahmchen.com.

Michael Pool is the Shamus Award-nominated author of both the Riley Reeves and Rick Malone private investigator series. He lives and writes in Denver, Colorado, where he investigates real mysteries by day as a private investigator and teaches Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by night. He can often be found roaming the countryside in his home away from home, Vancy Pants. Join Michael's email list for updates on his latest releases and FREE copies of his work at www.michaelpool.net!

Dietrich Kalteis is the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of nine novels. His debut, Ride the Lightning, was hailed as one of the best Vancouver crime novels. And fifty of his short stories have been published internationally. He enjoys life with his family on Canada’s West Coast.

S.W. Lauden is the co-editor of the essay collections, "Go All The Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop," and the sequel, "Go Further." His power pop-themed crime fiction novellas include "That’ll Be The Day: A Power Pop Heist" in 2019, and "Good Girls Don't" in 2020. Lauden's Greg Salem punk rock PI series includes "Bad Citizen Corporation," "Grizzly Season" and "Hang Time." S.W. Lauden is the pen name of Steve Coulter, drummer for Tsar and The Brothers Steve. https://swlauden.medium.com/

Patrick Cooper's fiction has appeared in Thuglit, Spinetingler, Ghost Parachute, Out of the Gutter, Shotgun Honey, Dark Corners, Dime Show Review, and heaps more. He co-wrote the film "Sex Madness Revealed." He lives in Trappe, PA with his wife and dog. Dig his work at: www.patrickgcooper.com