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Gerald Dean Rice is hard at work on something right now. Whether it's vampires, zombies, or something you've never seen before, he's always dedicated to writing something unique. He's the author of numerous short stories, including the Halloween eBook "The Best Night of the Year", "30 Minute Plan" which is free on Amazon, the anthology "Anything but Zombies" from Atria Books and the Kindle Scout selected "Dead 'til Dawn". Visit his Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GeraldRiceFanPage/ for details about upcoming works.

Steven Pajak is the author of novels, such as the U.S. Marshal Jack Monroe series, the Mad Swine trilogy, as well as short stories and novellas. When not writing, Steven works as an administrator at a university and COO, Managing Editor and Creative Director for Sinister Smile Press.

He continues to be an avid reader of Stephen King and Dean Koontz, John Saul, Richard Matheson, and many other favorite authors in the horror, suspense, thriller and general fiction areas.

Steven lives in the Chicagoland area with his wife and two teens.

Kayla Krantz is an international bestselling author of dark fantasy, psychological horror, and supernatural thrillers. She is fascinated by the dark and macabre. Stephen King is her all-time inspiration, mixed in with some faint remnants of the works of Edgar Allen Poe. When she began writing, she started in horror, but somehow drifted into thriller and fantasy. She loves the 1988 movie, “Heathers.” Kayla was born and raised in Michigan, but traveled across the country to where she currently resides, in Texas.

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Ms. Harris is the author of the award-winning YA psychological fantasy thriller series, the My Myth Trilogy. Book One, RIVEN, is optioned for a feature film. Jane loves to watch and study what makes us tick as humans. She’s definitely a dreamer. Her favorite thing to do is use her wild imagination to weave together settings and stories for characters to live and learn in...herself included. Jane also enjoys writing short stories, which provides her the perfect opportunity to delve into her emotions and psyche in order to breathe life into the characters and scenes that beckon to her in her waking and sleeping dreams. Her shorts are published in several anthologies.

When she isn’t working on her own manuscripts, you can find Jane teaching private creative and academic writing classes, and narrating audiobooks. You might say she’s a bit obsessed with the written word.

Mike was a cop for almost 12 years, but for the last 14 years, he’s been teaching Military, Law Enforcement, and Bodyguards high speed, tactical, and off-road driving as well as hand-to-hand Combatives and Blade tactics. He enjoys martial arts and has been a practitioner since 1989 of various styles. Filipino blade arts are his favorite. Since he was a teenager, he’s loved reading, writing, and watching movies, particularly in the horror and sci-fi genre. He’s also been a prolific reader of theology and has dabbled in philosophy as well. He has a beautiful, smart wife who is amazingly supportive and a son and daughter who are both graduated. His babies now are a German Shepherd named Ziva, a Daddy's girl who loves to play... even when he’s writing, and a Border Collie mix named Joey “The Bandit” who will steal anything and everything he can, even the toys right out of Ziva’s mouth. Mike is a lover of music, as well, and it is an integral part of his writing ritual.

Red Lagoe grew up on 80s horror and carried her paranoia of slashers and sewer creatures into adulthood.

When she’s not spewing her horror-ridden mind onto the page, or substituting at the elementary school like a normal upstanding citizen, Red enjoys amateur astronomy, and can be found lingering in the inky shadows among beasts for a better view of the stars.

Red's short story collection Lucid Screams released in February 2020. She is a staff writer for Crystal Lake Publishing's Still Water Bay series. Her stories have appeared in Dark Moon Digest, Sinister Smile Press's If I Die Before I Wake, volumes 1, 2, & 3, Crystal Lake Publishing’s Shallow Waters Volumes 1,2, 3&4, Trembling with Fear’s Year Two anthology, Owl Hollow Press’ Under the Full Moon’s Light anthology, and more. Her viral apocalypse novel Fair Haven released in 2017.

R.E. Sargent is the author of three novels, four novelettes, and many short stories in the genres of suspense, supernatural, and horror. He is also an editor and a publisher. He is an active member of the Horror Writers Association, the Alliance of Independent Authors, and the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses. His short story, “Lucy,” was featured in the 2021 Splatterpunk Award–nominated anthology If I Die Before I Wake Volume 3 – Tales of Deadly Women and Retribution.

R.E. lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and their Chocolate Lab. And the rain. Lots and lots of rain. He is thankful that writing is an indoor activity.

Find out more about R.E. at www.resargent.com.

RJ Roles grew up in the mountains of West Virginia. His love for horror and all things macabre was instilled in him at a young age as was reading when he discovered the Goosebumps series. He currently works as a private security guard when he’s not trying to peck out stories on the computer. He spends the majority of his time at home with his wife Jessica and their spoiled-rotten cats.

Cassandra Angler is a lifelong resident of the buckeye state (Ohio) and a happily married mother of four. When she isn't corralling her four minions of darkness she is busy conjuring nightmares in literary form, reading and overall trying to better the world. Cassandra has always been a fan of all things horror and macabre. Some of her influences include Eleanor Merry, Stephen King, Paige Dearth, and Brian Keene.

Be kind always, and nightmare on.

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Matthew A. Clarke writes horror, bizarro, and anything in between.

He has authored and published 6 novels, 2 novellas, and one collection. He has also had many short stories published, ranging from humorous to the horrific.

Bibliography

Coffin Dodgers, Self-Published, 2021

Things Were Easier Before You Became a Giant F*cking Mantis, Self-Published, 2021

The World Has Gone to Turd and the Only Way to Save It Is with a Big Ol’ Battle Royale, Self-published, 2021

Beyond Human, Black Hare Press, 2021

Those That Remain, Black Hare Press, 2021

Sons of Sorrow, Planet Bizarro, 2022

Dead Hard, Planet Bizarro, 2022

Ebola Saves the Planet! And Other Wholesome Tales, Planet Bizarro, 2022

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Sinister Smile Press is a publisher dedicated to the publication of anthologies and collaborative novels focusing on themes of horror, supernatural, karma and vengeance. Creating nightmares is our business...and business is good!

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L. K. Pinaire is an Indiana University graduate and a retired quality assurance manager who substitute teaches in the local high schools. He lives in Southern Indiana with Peggy, his wife of thirty-six years. His short stories have appeared in several publications including Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, Beyond Science Fiction, the Hero and Heroine Anthology, Corner Bar Magazine, Aphelion, and will appear in Shelter of Daylight, and If I Die Before I Wake II. He is a longtime member of the Online Writer's Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, and he has received three Writers of The Future honorable mentions.