Michael Leonberger is a writer and a teacher from Virginia, where he currently lives with his wife and their pet bearded dragon.

He graduated from VCU with a degree in Cinema, where he made a short horror film called Hair Grows In Funny Places that has played internationally in film festivals. He also worked jobs as disparate as a horror make-up effects artist for Kings Dominion's Halloween Haunt to being an extra in the Steven Spielberg film, Lincoln.

In 2014, his first feature film, Goodish, was an official selection in the VA Film Festival in Charlottesville, VA. That same year he published his first book, Halloween Sweets.

Since then, his work has been featured in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/12/weathering-coronavirus-pandemic-with-an-anxiety-disorder/), the Richmond based digital magazine Digital America (http://www.digitalamerica.org/category/column/michael-leonberger/), and various anthologies.

Lawrence Berry sold his first story to Cavalier Magazine and went on to have a 'best of' in that publication. His work can be found in a number of new anthologies, magazines, and podcasts. Lawrence specializes in horror fiction.

Vivian Kasley hails from the land of the strange and unusual, Florida! She’s a writer of short stories and poetry which have appeared in various science fiction anthologies, horror anthologies, horror magazines, literary journals, and webzines. Some of her street cred includes Deaths Head Press, Blood Bound Books, Grimscribe Press, Ghost Orchid Press, Kandisha Press, The Denver Horror Collective, and poetry in Black Spot Books inaugural women in horror poetry showcase: Under Her Skin.

When not writing or subbing at the local middle school, she spends her time reading in bubble baths, snuggling her rescue cats and dogs, going on foodie adventures with her other half, and searching for seashells and other treasures along the beach.

We are a publishing house based out of Sydney, Australia. Writing is our thing, and, if you're here, we're guessing that it is yours too. Specialising in short stories and novellas, our aim is to get great fiction out into the public forum so that you, the reader, can enjoy it just as much as we have.

Our two digital publications, Colp and Thuggish Itch, are designed to give every author, no matter their experience or background, the opportunity to get their work out there. We'll give any submitted story a read so please don't hesitate to send your work through to us via the submissions page on our website.

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