Lisa Mannetti's debut novel, THE GENTLING BOX, garnered a Bram Stoker Award and since then she has won the award for short fiction and has been nominated five additional times for the award in both the short and long fiction categories. Her work has been translated into Italian, and her story, "Everybody Wins," was made into a short film by director Paul Leyden starring Malin Ackerman and released under the title Bye-Bye Sally. "Dissolution" (a Bram-Stoker nominated novella in her collection, DEATHWATCH) will soon be a feature length film also directed by Paul Leyden (Come Back to Me, The Factory).

Recent short stories include two Bram Stoker-nominated tales, "The Hunger Artist" in Zippered Flesh II (February, 2013); "Arbeit Macht Frei" in the anthology, GUTTED: Beautiful Horror Stories (2016); and the Stoker Award winning short story, "Apocalypse Then" in NEVER FEAR: THE APOCALYPSE (April 2017).

She has also authored THE NEW ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER AND HUCK FINN (new adult and YA editions from Smart Rhino Publications), two companion novellas in DEATHWATCH, (new edition Nightscape Press, December 2013), a macabre gag book, 51 Fiendish Ways to Leave your Lover, (Bad Moon Books, Feb 2010) as well as non-fiction books, and numerous articles and short stories in newspapers, magazines and anthologies.

Her novella about Houdini, THE BOX JUMPER has won the 2015, "This is Horror Award" and was nominated for both the Bram Stoker and the Shirley Jackson Awards.

She is currently working on several longer works including a historical, paranormal novel, RADIUM GIRL about the dial painters tragedy in the post WW I era.

Lisa lives in New York.

Visit her author website: www.lisamannetti.com

Visit her virtual haunted house: www.thechanceryhouse.com

Past Bram Stoker Award(R) nominee James Dorr combines the charm of a gentleman born in the US South with the wiles of a near-New York City upbringing, the canniness of a one-time New England resident, and the guile of an outwardly stolid Midwesterner, or so he says. It is known that he was born in Florida, grew up in New Jersey, went to college in Massachusetts, and currently lives in Indiana where he harbors a Goth cat named Triana. He is a short story writer and poet working mainly in dark fantasy and horror with forays into science fiction and mystery, an active member of HWA and SFWA, and has previously worked as a technical writer for an academic computing center, associate editor on a city magazine, a nonfiction freelance writer, and a semi-professional Renaissance musician.

See http://jamesdorrwriter.wordpress.com for more information on James's doings, past, present, and possible future. Feel free to drop a note as the spirit moves -- he's always happy to hear readers' comments, and often will answer, so let your friends know too.

Martin (Marty) Zeigler writes genre fiction, primarily mystery, science fiction, and horror. His stories can be found in various anthologies and magazines, either in print or online. His earlier stories reside comfortably and companionably in a self-published collection called A Functional Man and Other Stories.

Besides writing, Marty enjoys taking long walks, watching movies, and dabbling on the piano. He makes his home in the Pacific Northwest.

Adrian Ludens is the author of the new short story collections The Tension of a Coming Storm (Dark Owl Publishing) and Bottled Spirits (Lycan Valley Press). He has contributed stories to the anthologies Blood Lite III: Aftertaste, The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories, Gothic Fantasy Science Fiction Short Stories, Shadows Over Main Street, The Beauty of Death, and many others.

Recent anthology appearances include Generation X-ed (Dark Ink), Something Wicked This Way Rides (Dark Owl Publishing), The Lost Librarian's Grave (Redwood Press), and the Bram Stoker nominated anthology Under Twin Suns (Hippocampus Press).

He lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota where he stays busy as a library associate and the public address announcer for a AAA hockey team. Adrian is a fan of hockey, dark fiction, all kinds of music, and exploring abandoned buildings and remote places.

Carson Buckingham knew from childhood that she wanted to be a writer and began, at age six, by writing books of her own, hand-drawing covers, and selling them to any family member who would pay (usually a gumball) for what she referred to as “great literature.” When she ran out of relatives, she came to the conclusion that there was no real money to be made in self-publishing, so she studied writing and read voraciously for the next eighteen years, while simultaneously collecting enough rejection slips to re-paper her living room…twice.

When her landlord chucked her out for, in his words, “making the apartment into one hell of a downer,” she redoubled her efforts, and collected four times the rejection slips in half the time, single-handedly causing the first paper shortage in U.S. history.

But she persevered, improved greatly over the years, and here we are.

Carson has been/is a professional proofreader, editor, anthologist, newspaper reporter, copywriter, technical writer, novelist, short story writer and comedy writer. She prefers fiction writing above all, since fiction, ultimately, is where the truth is. Her novels and short stories fall under the horror subgenres of dark fantasy (think Poe, not swords and sorcery) and paranormal suspense and are meant to chill the reader without blood and guts and veins in the teeth.

Her blog is at http://carsonbuckingham.blogspot.com/ and though she is a horror writer, Carson's blog is humorous (she hopes) with commentary on life's absurdities updated each week in THE WEEKLY RANT. THE CAPTIONED PHOTO OF THE DAY is there, too, along with the HORROR-SCOPES and even shots of her garden in Arizona. You can also find out about what she's up to in the world of dark fantasy in the BOOK BLURBS and CARSON'S NEWS sections.

She loves reading and gardening; but not at the same time. Though born and raised in Connecticut, she lives in Arizona now—and Connecticut is glad to be rid of her!

Jezzy Wolfe is a poet and author who has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications, such as Smart Rhino’s ZIPPERED FLESH trilogy, and their INSIDIOUS ASSASSINS and ASININE ASSASSINS anthologies, Crystal Lake’s SHALLOW WATERS anthology, Western Legends’ UNNATURAL TALES OF THE JACKALOPE, Space & Time Magazine, and Weird Tales Magazine.

Her debut horror poetry collection, MONSTRUM POETICA, is now available from Raw Dog Screaming Press.

When she is not being chased by her ferrets or hiking trails, you can find her on her blog at jezzywolfe.wordpress.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jezzywolfeauthor, and on Twitter at @JezzyWolfe…as well as Instagram. And Tik Tok.

Shaun Tawodi Meeks lives in Toronto, Ontario with his partner, Mina LaFleur. Shaun has been writing for many years now, with over 50 short stories in publication. He is proud of his Native American heritage, and has passed his passion of Native culture and history to his children who are Cherokee, Muskogee Creek, and Ojibwa. He is the author of the Dillion the Monster Dick series (The Gate at Lake Drive, Earthbound and Down, Altered Gate, and the forthcoming Heads, You Lose), Dark Reaches, Brother's Ilk, At the Gates of Madness, Shutdown and the novelette, Down on the Farm. His most recent work has appeared in Midian Unmade, Terror Unimaginable, Pulp Noir, Rogue Nation, A Feast of Feast of Frights, Fresh Fear, Dark Moon Digest 15, Of Devils & Deviants. Shaun will be releasing his latest novel, Maymon, and a new collection, From Nightmares, Dreams, in the new year. For more information or to contact him, go to www.shaunmeeks.com.

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JM Reinbold is the award-winning author of the DCI Rylan Crowe mystery series. She is also a haiku poet and editor. Her fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines, and on blogs and websites, as well as being nominated and selected for awards, grants, and literary fellowships.

Ernestus Jiminy Chald is an experimental radio artist, writer, composer, enigmatographer, sound designer, and radiophile. His radio work has been broadcast on Free Radio Santa Cruz, WPOX, WFMU, and Radiophrenia among others, and featured at the National Audio Theatre Festival. His literary work has been published by the Journal of Experimental Fiction, Oilcan Press, and Smart Rhino Publications. He lives in Chicago.

Chald's weekly experimental radio program "The Mind's Ear" airs every Saturday night at 9 p.m. (PST) and every Sunday night at 7 p.m. (PST) on Free Radio Santa Cruz (101.3 FM).

“Ernestus Jiminy Chald is a writer’s writer’s writer.”

–Dr. Steven Scheer, Professor of English, St. Meinrad; author of “The Heart Ages, But It Doesn't Grow Old”, and “Dancing with the Daffodils: Essays on Life and Love and Letters”

Doug was born and raised in the bowels of Connecticut. In 1995, he received his art degree in Computer Animation and Special Effects for stage and screen. However, writing dark fiction was his true calling. At the turn of the millennium, he joyously bid Connecticut a final farewell and relocated to Massachusetts where he continues to hone his writing and artistic skills. His work can be found in various anthologies from such publishers as Smart Rhino Publications, NEHW Press, and Scarlet Galleon Publications.

Patrick Derrickson has been a fan of speculative fiction from the age of nine when he first read The Stand, by Stephen King. Since then, he has been the majestic hero of kingdoms, galaxies, and unspoken horrors. A member of the Written Remains Writer’s Guild, he has finally found the outlet for the bizarre thoughts chasing each other inside his head.

His publishing credits include The Next King, published in the anthology Someone Wicked, and The Repo Girl, published in the anthology Insidious Assassins. Both are available in print and digital formats.

Patrick is a soccer referee, tracks technology obsessively, and follows too many podcasts. He lives in Delaware.