K. H. Vaughan is a refugee from academia with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. In his other life he taught, published, and practiced in various settings, with particular interest in decision theory, forensic psychology, psychopathology, and methodology. He lives with his wife and three children in New England. He writes and edits dark speculative fiction including horror, science fiction, and fantasy.

Carina Bissett is a writer, poet, and educator working primarily in the fields of dark fiction and fabulism. Her short fiction and poetry have been published in multiple journals and anthologies including What Remains, Upon a Twice Time, Bitter Distillations: An Anthology of Poisonous Tales, Arterial Bloom, Gorgon: Stories of Emergence, Weird Dream Society, Hath No Fury, and the HWA Poetry Showcase Vol. V, VI, and VIII. She has also written stories set in shared worlds for RPGs at Green Ronin Publishing and Onyx Path Publishing. In addition to writing, she has edited several projects; the most recent is in the role as co-editor for the award-winning anthology Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas.

As an educator, Carina has taught at Pikes Peak Community College, Glendale Community College, and Arizona State University. She also participated in the Colorado Writing Project and works with educators to develop writing instruction in college and secondary school classrooms. She currently offers workshops focused on story generation at The Storied Imaginarium. Her fiction has been nominated for the Sundress Publications Best of the Net Award and was a finalist for the Ron L. Hubbard Writers of the Future Awards. Her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Sundress Publications Best of the Net Award. In her editorial capacity, she’s received recognition as a Winner at the Colorado Book Awards 2022 (Anthology) and as a Finalist in the Fiction: Anthologies category of the 2022 International Book Awards.

Angela Yuriko Smith is a third-generation Shimanchu-American and award-winning poet, author, and publisher with 20+ years of experience as a professional writer in nonfiction. Publisher of Space & Time magazine (est. 1966), a two-time Bram Stoker Awards® Winner, and HWA Mentor of the Year for 2020, find her at angelaysmith.com.

Roni Stinger lives in the Pacific Northwest, USA. When not writing strange, dark fiction, she's often wandering the forests, beaches, and streets in search of shiny objects and creative sparks. Her work has been published in Hypnos Magazine, Through Other Eyes by All Worlds Wayfarer, and The Crypt, among others. She’s a member of the Horror Writers Association, Science Fiction Poetry Association, Codex Writers and Willamette Writers. You can find her online at www.ronistinger.com and on Twitter @RoniStinger.

Holly Lyn Walrath’s poetry and short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Fireside Fiction, Daily Science Fiction, Luna Station Quarterly, Liminality, and elsewhere. She is the author of the Elgin Award-winning chapbook Glimmerglass Girl (Finishing Line Press, 2018), a chapbook in Italian, Numinose Lapidi (Kipple Press 2020), and The Smallest of Bones (Clash Books, 2021). She holds a B.A. in English from The University of Texas and a Master’s in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. She is a freelance editor and host of The Weird Circular, an e-newsletter for writers containing submission calls and writing prompts. Find her online at www.hlwalrath.com or on Twitter @HollyLynWalrath.

Hillary Dodge is the author of several speculative short fictions as well as three nonfiction books, including Gather 'Round the Table: Food Literacy Programs, Resources, and Ideas for Libraries (ALA Editions, 2020). Also a practicing editor, she co-edited the dark fiction anthology Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas (Hex Publishers, 2021). Hillary spends a good deal of time traveling, going places that are forbidden, and eating. She once had tea with a Roma in a cave in the mountains of Spain. Another time found her eight hours from civilization in the heart of the Atacama with a mad desert hermit. She has been published in online magazines, podcasts, and print anthologies, including Pseudopod, Space Squid, Hellbound Books, and Hex Publishers. You can find her at www.hillarydodge.com.

Dan B. Fierce loves humor and horror alike, and many things in between. A long-time fan of authors such as Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Edgar Alan Poe, he lets his darker side come out to play in the macabre, "Revenge," demonstrates the tension caused by the coronavirus with "Mistaken," and gives the reader a taste of dark humor with "Warning Shot," all contained between the covers of the 2020 Indie Authors’ Short Story Anthology. His suspense-filled story “Abandoned Bikes” was published in Crimes and Culprits: An Anthology by the Indie Author Group. Both books were put out by Heathory Press.

He has over twenty years of experience writing stand-up and sketch comedy and over 10 years of competitive creative writing in online forums. His work can be found in the archives of various wrestling-based "E-Federation" websites, such as XWF, WGWF, and PCW, with beloved characters such as "The Lunatic," "The Fabulous One" Dan Fierce, Nathan Saniti, and Joey "The Handyman" Handy. He has also had some opinion pieces published in KC Lifestyles Magazine.

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