Stuart Conover is a father, husband, rescue dog lover, blogger, published author, geek, entrepreneur, and horror fanatic. He works IT during the day and tries to battle the urge to sleep with a healthy consumption of caffeine.

Stephen is an IT Geek, writer, actor and film maker based in Canberra Australia. He has been writing for over twenty years and has completed a couple of dodgy novels, sixteen feature length screenplays and numerous short stories and scripts.

Stephen was very successful in this year’s International Horror Hotel screenplay competition, with his scripts TITAN winning the Sci-Fi category and Dark are the Woods placing second in the horror category.

Last year two of his short stories Death Spores and We came in peace were published in Sproutlings – A compendium of little fictions and his short story Alone was published in the Hells Bells Christmas horror story anthology published by the Australasian Horror Writers Association.

This year Stephen is elated be published in The Body Horror Book and to have his story Andromeda appear in Anemone Enemy both through Oscillate Wildly Press. His stories Eyes of Glass, Pig Man and The Carollers have been chosen by OzHorror.Con for inclusion in their Below the Stairs, Trickster’s Treats and Shades of Santa anthologies.

In 2018, Stephen’s story The Curious Case of the Sleeper will appear in the anthology Sherlock Holmes in the realms of H.G. Wells.

Dale Parnell was born and raised in Norwich, and moved to Staffordshire in 1999. He has been writing for almost thirty years, but it wasn’t until 2017 that he self-published his first collection, “The Green Cathedral”, a selection of seven contemporary fantasy short stories.

This was followed by a second collection in 2019, “Bramble and other stories”, this time branching out to include horror and science-fiction as well as fantasy.

Dale’s first foray into poetry came in 2018, when he was fortunate enough to have three pieces accepted for the anthology “Further Within Darkness & Light” from Nothing Books. Since then, Dale has featured in over forty fiction and poetry anthologies from some of the best independent publishers around the world.

In 2022, Dale released his third collection, “Foundations”, featuring a variety of short stories that have been featured in previously published anthologies, along with a brand new, exclusive tale.

Dale lives in Staffordshire with his wife and their imaginary dog, Moriarty. He is currently working on a second science-fiction novella whilst he waits for the first one to be published, and his strangest wish is to find a copy of one his books for sale in a charity shop.

Kevin J. Kennedy is a horror author, editor, and anthologist. He is also the owner of KJK Publishing.

He lives in the heart of Scotland with his wife and his three cats, Carlito, Ariel and Luna. He can be found on Facebook most days if you want to chat with him.

Jonathan Inbody is a filmmaker, author, and podcaster from Buffalo, New York. He enjoys B-movies, pen and paper RPGs, and New Wave Science Fiction novels. Jon can be heard every other week on his improvisational movie pitch podcast X Meets Y.

Patrick Winters is a graduate of Illinois College in Jacksonville, IL, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. As a student, he was a two-time co-editor in chief of the college's literary and art magazine, Forte, and is a member of the international English honors society, Sigma Tau Delta.

Winters is now a proud member of the Horror Writers Association. His works have been published in numerous anthologies and magazines and have been featured on various web-based offerings, including the Horror Tree, the Sirens Call, Deadman's Tome, Fantasia Divinity Magazine, Sanitarium Magazine, and many more. While appreciating an array of genres, his favorite to both read and write in is Horror, because he's just plain weird like that!

Winters is an avid listener of all things hard-rock and heavy-metal, a compendium of comic-book knowledge, can (and will) do a perplexing array of voice impersonations, and can bend his thumbs further back than any person should have the right/capability of doing. It is all quite odd . . .

A full list of his publications can be found at: http://wintersauthor.azurewebsites.net/Publications/List

Dawn DeBraal lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband, Red, a rescued dorky dog, and a stray cat. Dawn also writes under the pen name of Garrison McKnight. Along with the books on these pages, Dawn has been published in many online magazines, was runner-up in the 2022 Short Story Horror Contest, Author of the Month Spillwords x2, Member of the Month in The World of Myth x2, Your Daily Poem contest winner, 2000. She was nominated by the Falling Star Magazine for the 2019 Pushcart Award, a song published in the House of Harmony, International Habitat for Humanity Song Book, and, was a finalist in the "Great American Song Writing Contest." 2016.

Nicole Henning is a book-a-holic who lives in a big-little town in Wisconsin. She surrounds herself with all things scary and bizarre and enjoys creating unique art. When she isn’t writing she enjoys playing video games and spends a lot of time snuggling with her dog Allie aka Princess Prissy Pants. Reading, writing, and horror are her biggest passions in life.

Originally from Cincinnati, Lamont Turner now resides in the swamps just outside of New Orleans where he collects all manner of occult and arcane lore, and performs forbidden and blasphemous experiments. When not busy communing with the damned, he tells scary stories to the four little demons who claim to be his children.

My name is Andrew Kurtz and I am a horror author.

I have not published any novels as of yet, but am in numerous anthologies, which you can view by going to my author link.

As a child I have loved horror, whether it was watching a horror film or reading horror literature.

I am a comic book collector and have an extensive library of book, mainly horror and science fiction.

If you ask me what my favorite horror film is, I can not answer because there are so many that I love.

Jason Voorhees murders at CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE, Michael Myers slaughters in HADDONFIELD, Freddy Kruger causes nightmares on ELM STREET, and I write horror short stories.

My vampires do not drink blood, they devour it. The werewolves in my stories do not resemble four legged dogs, but bipedal monstrosities that have an undying bloodlust during the full moon.

If you are looking for happy endings then do not read my stories because will be disappointed.

My characters die in the most gory manner possible and whether the are new born infants or 90 year old does not matter.

We all love dogs and cats. In my stories they are torn to pieces while still alive.

My human monsters are not who they seem to be because my tales of terror are full of twists and turns.

Born in Germany, Kerri was raised on the Eastern plains of Colorado and currently lives in Utah with her husband, dog, and cat. She is an author and mentor, having worked with middle and high school writing clubs. Kerri's characters portray warmth, heart, and wit, giving them lives with which readers can identify. She writes multi-genre but focuses mainly on speculative fiction. At age fifty-eight, she published her first short story in Dastaan World Magazine, followed by short stories in other ezines, including Spillwords.com, Fifty-Word Stories and the prestigious Inner Circle Writers' Magazine. She has published short stories in many anthologies, “Dark X-mas: 100 Word Holiday Horror Stories,” “Portal: The Inner Circle Writers’ Group Children's Anthology 2019,” "Ancients: A Dark Microfiction Anthology," "Unity," a charity anthology for Doctors Without Borders, "Alpha One: A Christian Cornucopia" which includes a true Christian experience, "Poetica 2, Poetica 3, Poetica 4, Poetica 5, and Poetica 6: The Inner Circle Writers' Group Poetry Anthologies for 2020 - 2022," "Galaxy 2: The Inner Circle Writers' Group Sci-fi and Fantasy Flash Fiction Anthology 2021". She also was accepted into the "Who's Who of Emerging Writers 2020 and 2021". She has an essay in "I, the Writer". All three were published by Sweetycat Press. She has an essay and a poem in "To Be Or Not To Be A Writer," also by Sweetycat Press, on which she was an editor. She was the editor for "The Wordsmith Chronicles," by Sweetycat Press and "Journeys," published by Stone Pony Press as well as publishing two short stories in that volume. She participated in a unique anthology in which 80 authors from around the world wrote individual episodes to bring together, "The Whole Wide World: An Episodic International Criminal Manhunt Anthology" published by Sweetycat Press. Her episode was number 39. Five drabbles each have been published in "Legends of the Night: Infection" and "Legends of the Night: Bloodlust" by Black Ink Fiction. In addition, three drabbles and a short story have been published in "Discordia: Stories of a World in Chaos," an anthology published by Dastaan World on which she was also an editor. A short story was published in "Dimensions of Fantasy, Volume Two" published by Writers Unite! And four new anthologies by Sweetycat Press titled, "A Love Letter (or Poem) To," "Stories & Poems in the Song of Life," "Beautiful: In the Eye of the Beholder" and "Movement: Our Bodies in Action," the last a tribute to the love between her parents. She has been a blogger since 2004 and currently has one about writing which can be found here: https://kerriwrites342770527.wordpress.com/. As an editor, you may find her website here: https://kljesmer79.wixsite.com/website.

Four decades ago a black egg hatched and out sprang Tony Logan. Obsessed with horror stories and films, he devoured them all and eventually wanted to create his own. Now he twists and manipulates words intended to terrify. His hellhound Achilles and hellcat Stoker always at his side.

After being born on the flat and barren planes of Wichita, Kansas, Radar DeBoard had nothing but time on his hands. Plenty of time to hone his craft of writing stories that explored the darkest parts of his imagination. Once Radar had received his master's in economics, he took his works to another level, far more gruesome than the last. He can analyze your fear, truly find what keeps you up at night, and then give your greatest nightmares back to you in written form.

Gary McDonough graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a degree in Teaching and now lives with his wife and two sons in Cheshire. He loves all things horror and enjoys listening to a wide range of bands that fall within the heavy metal genre. He currently has short stories featured in a variety of publications and who knows what will come next...

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Rob D. Smith is an editor for Rock and a Hard Place Press. His work has appeared in Apex Magazine, Shotgun Honey, The Arcanist, Pyre Magazine, Thriller Magazine, Bristol Noir, Rock and a Hard Place Magazine, and Tough, plus several other crime, horror, and speculative print and online publications. He is a common man attempting to write uncommon fiction out of Louisville, KY. Find more about him at https://robdsmith.carrd.co/

Black Ink Fiction is a female-led, US-based based speculative fiction imprint focused on releasing exciting horror, sci-fi, and fantasy. Check out our upcoming works at www.BlackInkFiction.com.

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Birgit lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. They write short speculative fiction and have a soft spot for the slightly bizarre and characters who view the world with a healthy dose of sarcasm.

Working as a scrum master by day, they also have a PhD in toxicology, which they consult for the occasional (literary) poisoning.

You can find them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BirgitKGaiser).

Birgit’s work has been shortlisted for the Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award and published or accepted by Black Hare Press, Daikaijuzine, WolfSinger Publications, Black Ink Fiction, Ghost Orchid Press and 50-Word Stories.

Clint White writes weird fiction. His stories have appeared in several anthologies such as The Deep and Chlorophobia (Ghost Orchid Press), Drabbledark II (Shacklebound Books), and 100 Ways to Die (Crow’s Feet Journal). His flash fiction story, “Esse Quam Videri,” published in Coffin Bell Journal, was nominated for Best Small Fictions 2022. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his librarian wife, two children, and a gentlemanly cat with barely any teeth. You can find him on Twitter @clintrwhite.

Before focusing on writing, Harold attended the University of Oklahoma where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. After graduation, he taught English abroad in South Korea before moving to Los Angeles to attend law school at USC.

His other stories can be found here:

"Don't Let the Sleeping Bag Bugs Bite!" at The Horror Tree - Trembling with Fear

"Who are you talking to?" at Chamber Magazine

"Taking Teeth" at the Molotov Cocktail

"The Blue Whale of Catoosa" at Fiction on the Web

"It Feasts" at Grim & Gilded

Jameson Grey's work has been published in magazines (Dark Recesses Press, Dark Dispatch, Medusa Tales, Polar Borealis), online (Dark Moments, The Birdseed, Trembling with Fear) and in anthologies from Ghost Orchid Press, Black Hare Press, Black Ink Fiction, Nordic Press, Hellbound Books, Shacklebound Books, Heads Dance Press and Love Letters to Poe.

Born in North Carolina, Wes Addington now lives on the western slope of Colorado. He performs all of his own stunts.

Stephen Johnson is a retired Naval Officer, husband, father, and Chihuahua dad serving 22 years on four different ships over his career. Episode One from the Terror Tales from the Bluff City, The Deal With Madame Marguerite was released in January of 2022. The second episode, Let the Good Times Roll, was released in July. Jumpmaster Press will publish his first novel, The Fizz Prophecy, in 2023. His short stories appear in anthologies from Scare Street’s Night Terrors Volumes 8 and 17, No Bad Books’ Released, Red Penguins Pet on the Prowl, and Breaking Rules Europe’s Death Ship. His Drabbles have appeared in publications from Macabre Ladies, Black Hare Press, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Raven and Drake, Crow’s Feet Journal, Ghost Orchid Press, Black Ink Fiction, and Iron Faerie Publishing

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