Freelance writer, novelist, award-winning screenwriter, editor, poker player, poet, biker, Travis Heermann is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop, an Active member of SFWA and the HWA, and the author of the Tokyo Blood Magic, The Hammer Falls, The Ronin Trilogy, and other novels. His more than thirty short stories appear in Baen Books’ anthology Straight Outta Deadwood, plus Apex Magazine, Tales to Terrify, Fiction River, Cemetery Dance’s Shivers VII, and others. As a freelance writer, he has contributed a metric ton of work to such game properties as Firefly Roleplaying Game, Legend of Five Rings, EVE Online, and BattleTech, for which he’s been nominated for a Scribe Award.

He enjoys cycling, collecting martial arts styles and belts, torturing young minds with otherworldly ideas, and monsters of every flavor, especially those with a soft, creamy center.

Debbie Mumford specializes in speculative fiction—fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction. Author of the popular Sorcha’s Children series, Debbie loves the unknown, whether it’s the lure of space or earthbound mythology. Her work has been published in multiple volumes of Fiction River, as well as in Heart’s Kiss Magazine, Spinetingler Magazine, and other popular markets. She writes about dragon-shifters, time-traveling lovers, and ghostly detectives for adults as Debbie Mumford and contemporary fantasy for tweens and young adults as Deb Logan.

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Eric Kent Edstrom is a fantasy and SF writer.

Starside Saga: Fantasy

1. Thief of Sparks

2. A Raven's Dream

3. Mind of Mercusine

4. The Raven Throne

5. The Force of Destiny

6. The Shadline Rises

7. Fortress of Shadow

8. Dagger of Deception

The Scion Chronicles: YA Dystopian

1. Daughter of Nothing

2. Child of Lies

3. Sister of Shadows

4. Scions of Sacrifice

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Find Eric's short stories in Fiction River: Visions of the Apocalypse, Tavern Tales, Haunted, Last Stand, Not Only Humans, Superpowers, Justice, Wishes, and Chronicle Worlds: Feyland, and more.

Edstrom lives in Wisconsin with his wife, daughter, and two crazy Brittany dogs named Lucky and Arrow. To learn about upcoming releases, join his mailing list at www.ericedstrom.com/newsletter

Kelly is a former soldier who now writes in the romance, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Past lives include flutist, soldier, trainer, security assistant, intelligence analyst, and executive assistant. She and her family call Washington, DC, home. Contact her anytime at:

email: kellywashwrites@gmail.com

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Hailed as “one of the best writers working today” by bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith, Dayle A. Dermatis is the author or coauthor of many novels and more than a hundred short stories in multiple genres, including urban fantasy novel Ghosted. She is a founding member of the Uncollected Anthology project, and her short fiction has been lauded in year's best anthologies in erotica, mystery, and horror.

She lives in a book- and cat-filled historic English-style cottage in the wild greenscapes of the Pacific Northwest. In her spare time she follows Styx around the country and travels the world, which inspires her writing.

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Patrick O’Sullivan is a writer living and working in the United States and Ireland. Patrick’s fantasy and science fiction works have won awards in the Writers of the Future Contest as well as the James Patrick Baen Memorial Writing Contest sponsored by Baen Books and the National Space Society.

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Scott T. Barnes grew up on a farm, lived, studied and worked in multiple countries, and now resides in Orange County, California as a proud husband and father of two girls. He studies samurai arts (Nami Ryu Aiki Kenjutsu) with James Williams and Russian Systema with Joseph Stoltman. He writes primarily fantasy and science fiction, but also has a keen interest in history. His science fiction story “Insect Sculptor” won the Writers of the Future award. He also edits the magazine NewMyths. You can find him at work in independent coffee houses all over the southland.