Raised in the Pocono Mountains, Catherine Jordan is inspired by comeuppance and Flannery O’Connor. Catherine’s writing has been featured in a variety of anthologies. She is the review coordinator for horrortree.com, the email announcement manager for HWA (active member), and edits at Fortress Publishing. Ms. Jordan has judged writing awards, and she facilitates creative writing courses and critique groups. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark sparked her horror writing, and she is thrilled to be included in the fourth installment, Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Her first novel, Seeking Samiel, came out in 2012. It did well enough to inspire more. Ms. Jordan lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and five children.

Her books are available at Sunbury Press, amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com and through her website, catherinejordan.com

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Buck Hanno grew up on the wide open plains, but eventually stampeded to the wide open ocean of a tropical island, where his writin' life is goin' nowhere slow. On occasion, he has been known to surf wearing his denim cowboy hat. His favorite movie is pretty much any double feature, so long as he has plenty of buttered popcorn, a bladder bustin' soda pop, and his best girl at his side. He hopes you enjoy his Schlock Zone Drive-In Theatre novella, Ratfish, and that all y'all start a social media campaign to get the SyFy Channel to add it to their Saturday nite line-up, along with all the other monster and disaster flicks we all know and love. A good schlock movie ain't too stupid; it's just stupid enough.

Sara Jordan-Heintz is a writer, editor, historian and award-winning newspaper journalist. She has written hundreds of articles for newspapers and magazines, ranging from human interest stories, business profiles, non-profit sector, education, women's issues, local and regional history, antiques and collectibles, health and wellness, animal welfare, and more.

Her cultural critique of the 1950-era Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book was published in the Queen's Quarterly summer 2022 issue. It is a Canadian peer-reviewed academic journal of cultural studies that was established in 1893. Over the years, the list of those who have contributed to the Quarterly is impressive and includes: Sinclair Ross, Margaret Laurence, W.O. Mitchell and Margaret Atwood .

Her short story "Escaping" was included in the June 2022 anthology "Movement: Our Bodies in Action" and in the August 2022 "Jewels in the Queen's Crown" anthology, both released by Sweetycat Press.

Her latest book "Who Killed Dorothy Kilgallen?" (2022) is based on her 2007 widely-read magazine article of the same name.

Her short horror story “The Reprisal” was published in Savage Realms Press' volume I anthology "Symphony of the Damned." (2022).

Her sci-fi/fantasy story “The Acquisition of Vidalia Somerset” was published in Inkd Publishing’s anthology "Hidden Villains" (2022).

Her poem “The Sounds of Nature” was published in the poetry anthology "World Common Literature" by India-based poet Sourav Sarkar in December 2021. Her poem “A.H. Haiku” was published in the poetry book "Cooch Behar Anthology" by India-based poet Sourav Sarkar (2022).

Jordan-Heintz is the author of "Going Hollywood: Midwesterners in Movieland," (2019) the first book of its kind to chronicle the story behind the story of twelve Hollywood legends from America’s Heartland: Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Anne Baxter, Jean Seberg, Jane Russell, Dorothy Dandridge, Rock Hudson, Marilyn Maxwell, Jane Wyman and Louella Parsons.

Her debut work of fiction, "A Day Saved is a Day Earned", a novella set in 1961, is available as an eBook. It was also published in Rod Serling Books’ inaugural anthology "Submitted For Your Approval" in 2015, edited by Anne Serling, rereleased in 2022.

Her short stories (primarily speculative fiction), have been published in the following: “101 Words,” “Red Planet Magazine,” “365 Tomorrows,” “Friday Flash Fiction,” "Better Than Starbucks," "Potato Soup Journal,” “Blink Ink” and “The Mambo Academy of Kitty Wang.”

Her sci-fi/fantasy short story “Skeptic in the Woods” was published in Brilliant Flash Fiction’s print anthology "Branching Out" (2021).

Her short story “Sardines” was nominated for the 2021 Pushcart Prize for Best Small Fictions and the Best Microfiction by "The Mambo Academy of Kitty Wang."

Jordan-Heintz is a recipient of the Genevieve Mauck Stoufer Outstanding Young Iowa Journalists Award from the Iowa Newspaper Association, and has received honors from the Associated Press (2018).

She began writing for her family business, Midwest Today magazine, at age 14. For that publication, she has written everything from fashion and advice columns, recipe guides, restaurant reviews and feature stories.

Her articles have appeared in: Iowa Historical Review, Antique Trader, Farm Collector, Rock & Gem, Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, Collectors Journal, Barr’s Postcard News & Ephemera, Antique Back Roads, Antique Doll Collector, Auction Central News, Classic Images: The Newspaper of Film Fandom, Electrical Apparatus magazine, Queen’s Quarterly (based in Canada), Iowa Grocery Industry Association, The Witness, Equine Wellness, Animal Wellness, Discover Vintage America, DM Juice, MSN, Hola America News and Cooch Behar magazine (based in India).

She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies and history from the University of Iowa.

She lives in Iowa with her husband Andy Heintz, whose debut book "Dissidents of the International Left" was published by New Internationalist (2019).

Marie Lanza writes fast-paced horror, thrillers. She is the author of post-apocalyptic horror series Fractured, the short story e-series The Colony, and a novella The Strangers, along with other short stories part of larger Anthologies.

She currently resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband and two daughters.

To learn about upcoming book releases and projects for Marie Lanza, visit her website. www.MarieLanza.com

Margaret McGoverne enjoys weaving historical facts and fiction with speculative Sci-Fi in her writing.

The Battle of Watling Street is Margaret's first published novella, an alternate history tale that re-imagines the end of the Celtic Queen Boudicca. Margaret is currently writing the full-length sequel set in modern-day Britain.

Margaret's flash fiction has featured in Reflex Fiction's Flash Anthologies Vol 1 & 2, and has been long listed for the Bath Flash Fiction Award. Her short horror and Cthulhu mythos fiction have been published in several anthologies.

She lives with her family of humans and felines, not too far from London.

Margaret blogs about writing at https://www.margaretmcgoverne.com, or you can catch up with her on Twitter: @sureyourewrite

NERD ICARUS. HOMELESS BUSKER BREATHING FIRE. AUTHOR ARTIST LUNATIC.

Growing up as a "really repressed nerd playing Dungeons and Dragons and running around in the woods with imaginary swords and an overinflated sense of heroism," it was probably inevitable that Damon would end up a storyteller with a flair for adventure and an outsider perspective.

Despite coming of age hopelessly sexually obsessed and "in a childhood timewarp" that he believes left him developmentally behind his peers, Damon nonetheless obtained an associate degree in Radio and Television, attended Skidmore College where he studied psychology and creative writing and then moved out to San Francisco—like Kerouac, Ginsberg and Ferlinghetti before him—to forge his path as a writer, in one way or another.

He didn't find literary fame in the Bay area but, during a stint in a bookstore working undercover in loss prevention, he was hit hard by two revelations. First, turning writing into a viable career was proving to be harder than he imagined. Second, a homeless guy in front of the store begging for change made about 300% more money than Damon did at his job—a "free market" lesson he wouldn't forget.

Determined to walk away from "wage slavery," see the world on his own terms and become a writer the old-fashioned way (living as a Bohemian and scrawling notes as he went along), he wandered homeless for the next five years. Beginning his drug-addled, sex-crazed, inspired and ultimately enlightening journey in Europe, he describes this period as, "the most crucial, life-changing event in my life, when I really started coming into my own and figuring out who I am." The entire wild ride is documented in Damon's colorful memoir, You Pretty Things.

He has since self-published three other books: Space Chicken, a highly imaginative children's story about the value of dreams and importance of overcoming fear; The Shadow Keep, a choose-your-own-adventure style fantasy; and Dead High, a zombie apocalypse choose-your-own-adventure style book with incredible illustrations by Andy Atom Taylor. Now with Severed Press, a leading independent publisher of horror and science fiction, Damon makes his literary debut with Destiny Nowhere.

He lives in Minoa, NY with his fiance, children, and a cat named Ghost.

Living in Berlin but still a Mancunian at heart!

Victoria was raised on a steady diet of James Herbert and Hammer horror, which could explain her penchant for gore, ghouls and all things macabre.

In addition to writing twisted tales, she likes to immerse herself in the world of interactive gamebooks, revisiting her misspent youth, where she always cheated and never died.

For all the latest news, reviews and flights of fancy, visit her at www.victoriahancox.com

R.M. Breslin lives in the North of England with her fiancée, their fish and their African Pygmy Hedgehog! After writing little projects here and there throughout her life, R.M. Breslin finally published her first book, In Plain Sight, in 2020, shortly followed by Through the Corn in 2021. As well as these, R.M. Breslin has also participated in the horror anthology The Dire Circle.

Keep up-to-date with all new releases using the following:

Instagram: r.m.breslin

Facebook: RMBreslin.Author

Facebook Group: The Breslin Bookworms

Matt Martinek is a singer/songwriter and author from Johnstown, PA, whose passion is the creative process itself. Whether it’s through song or the written word, Matt’s works always find their audience. His writing credits include short stories for Sirens Call Magazine, Hellbound Books, and Coffin Bell Journal, amongst many other publications. Matt has also recently published his first collection of short horror stories, "What Evil Lurks...", as well as his newest horror release "The Oddest Couple". Be on the lookout for The Oddest Couple II: Three's A Clown, coming in Fall of 2022! If you can handle it, that is!

James was born in Canterbury, Kent in the mid 1970's. By the age of four, he and his mother and sisters moved to Lincoln where he would live until 2017. He was an avid fan of the Fighting Fantasy book series by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. Excelling in infant school winning a 3 gold star accolade for an adaptation of The Wizard Of Oz, James would leave high school with few good results due to troubles at home. His interest in interactive literature remained, and he has now met his aforementioned heroes several times. He is good friends with Mark Lain and several other modern gamebook authors, and decided to write a few himself.

In 2020, when Coronavirus had everyone in lock down, he seized his chance, and inside a year three Literally Immersive Gamebooks were published. The Druids Of Pneuma was written years earlier when he was just 19, but not happy with the result he was later inspired to rewrite the background, with new characters inspired whilst walking his dog along the beach where he currently lives in Scotland.

Amongst writing, he enjoys raising money for charity, gardening, fishing and spending time with his family.

Debra was born in London and grew up in NYC. She studied art in high school, majored in anthropology in college, and became an archaeologist. Seeking adventure, Debra lived on a small island in Micronesia for four years where she began to write travel and human interest articles that were published in Pacific area magazines and newspapers. During that time she also worked with the local historical preservation society to promote the island's stone ruins and museum.

Debra has traveled all over the world and has visited over 50 countries and all seven continents. She wrote travel articles and published a travel zine while raising two daughters in southern New Hampshire.

When not writing, Debra creates art from natural objects and is a juried member of the NH Art Association. Her work is displayed and sold in local galleries.

She lives on the seacoast of New Hampshire and she still loves to travel.

Review for THE NOMAD: Book One--

“A bold and adventurous vision of humanity’s future history, tapping into elements of sci-fi, philosophy, and pop culture. Readers are pulled into a well-crafted puzzle of prose, as Tillar has a sharp and clever pen. Compelling characters may drive this novel, but the futuristic worlds Tillar builds are highly inventive. The Nomad has a deeply creative premise, savage plot twists, and a narrative style that playfully bends the boundaries of storytelling.” –Self-Publishing Review

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Maybe you already knew that Lynn TroyAnthony Schermer is an author, game designer, and a publisher, but did you know that he can also make a mean Filipino eggroll (lumpia)?

An avid collector of interactive fiction and gamebooks, like Fighting Fantasy and Choose Your Own Adventures, it should come as no surprise that Troy’s first book, Balance of Fate: The Legorian Kings Saga, is also a choice-based narrative adventure. The third and much-anticipated title in the Savage Realms Gamebooks series, a high fantasy adventure entitled Malivor: Cataclysm’s Edge, drops later this year.

J. Miles Parker is the author of “Sins in the Flesh”, a novella from the chilling collection “Symphony of the Damned”. He is an author of horror and fantasy.

A.E. Jackson writes uncanny speculative fiction for your enjoyment.

He believes there are malevolent forces, just below the surface, tugging us all down. He knows another force, more benevolent than we deserve, works to keep us buoyant.

He reads Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, Roald Dahl, Stephen King, Paulo Coelho, Richard Matheson, H.P. Lovecraft, and Richard Bach.

He lives in Delaware and is married with two children.