Sheldon Woodbury worked for some of the top advertising agencies in New York City then returned to school to get an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from New York University where he also taught screenwriting. He’s an award winning writer (screenplays, plays, books, short stories, and poems). His book “Cool Million” is considered the essential guide to writing high concept movies. His short stories and poems have appeared in many horror anthologies and magazines. His poem, The Midnight Circus, was selected by Ellen Datlow as an honorable mention for Best Horror 2017.

Henry Herz writes fiction and creative nonfiction for children. He authored MONSTER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES (Pelican, 2015; Best Picture Book at SoCal SCBWI Editor's Day), WHEN YOU GIVE AN IMP A PENNY (Pelican, 2016), MABEL AND THE QUEEN OF DREAMS (Schiffer, 2016; Finalist, Foreword Indies Best Picture Book), LITTLE RED CUTTLEFISH (Pelican, 2016), CAP'N REX & HIS CLEVER CREW (Sterling, 2017), GOOD EGG AND BAD APPLE (Schiffer, 2018), HOW THE SQUID GOT TWO LONG ARMS (Pelican, 2018), ALICE'S MAGIC GARDEN (Familius, 2018), TWO PIRATES + ONE ROBOT (Kane Miller, 2019), I AM SMOKE (Tilbury House, 2021).

His children's short stories have appeared in Highlights for Children, Ladybug Magazine, and elsewhere.

Henry edited three anthologies: BEYOND THE PALE (adult fantasy by Peter Beagle, Heather Brewer, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Kami Garcia, Nancy Holder, Jane Yolen), COMING OF AGE (Albert Whitman & Co., MG #ownvoices), and THE HITHERTO SECRET EXPERIMENTS OF MARIE CURIE (Blackstone Publishing, YA horror by Mylo Carbia, Stacia Deutsch, Sarah Beth Durst, Alethea Kontis, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler). He is an editor for Running Wild Press.

Stacey Jaine McIntosh is a USA TODAY Bestselling Author who hails from Perth, Western Australia where she resides with her husband and their four children.

While her heart has always belonged to writing, she once toyed with being a Cartographer and subsequently holds a Diploma in Spatial Information Services.

When not with her family or writing she enjoys reading, photography, genealogy, history, Arthurian myths and witchcraft.

Kevin J. Kennedy is a horror author, editor, and anthologist. He is also the owner of KJK Publishing and he runs the best selling 'The Horror Collection' series.

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

I was born in Hull and I've loved books from an early age. I read English at The University of Hull before graduating in Social Sciences with The Open University. I'm really pleased that Hull won the U.K. City of Culture 2017 as I saw what it did for Liverpool.

I never thought I'd write poetry. But I was drawn to a book on Haiku in 2014. I started working with this form towards the end of that year. I had 'Hearts of the matter' commended in a National Magazine. Some of my other poems appear in a 2016 International anthology with all proceeds to Rescue animals.

In 2018, I've contributed to the album 'Safe and warm' by 'Musicians for homeless' with a monologue kindly read by the actor Ian Ralph. Please support those less fortunate.

WINNER: November 2019 - 'The Hermit' - Blue Animal Literature @BlueLiterature .

Poetry can be just as weighty as a novel. It's condensed but not watered down. I'm currently working on fiction projects. Short stories and poems have appeared in The Horror Tree: Trembling With Fear, Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine, Aphotic Realm, Rune Bear, Detritus, Fiction Kitchen Berlin, The Cabinet of Heed, Nymphs, Spelk, Eerie River, Dodging The Rain, InkPantry, Red Cape Publishing and more.

I hope you enjoy reading the fictions and poems as much as I did shaping them.

Horror Anthologies:

Red Cape Publishing - 'A - Z of Horror': Aliens through to Genies.

Eerie River Publishing

Nocturnal Sirens Publishing

Macabre Ladies

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I love words. I always have. I remember being five years old at Christmas and my parents gave me a crazy set of "Children's Classics." Black Beauty, Water Babies, The Man in the Iron Mask. I couldn't read any of them, but the potential was heady. By 8th grade, I knew I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. I had landed in honour's english class, which was all about words. I learned about Shakespeare and wrote my own Greek myth. And I never looked back.

If you let me, I'll share that love with you, in ways you may not have explored before. We'll go on journeys into dark, forbidden places. We'll sigh and smile and turn the page and hold our breaths. I promise to bring you safely home.

A multiple-award nominated author, Steve Stred lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with his wife and son.

Known for his novels, ‘Mastodon,’ ‘Churn the Soil,’ and his series ‘Father of Lies’ where he joined a cult on the dark web for four years, his work has been described as haunting, bleak and is frequently set in the woods near where he grew up. He’s been fortunate to appear in numerous anthologies with some truly amazing authors.

His novel ‘Mastodon’ will be translated into Czech and Italian over the next few years.

He is an Active Member of the HWA.

Short-fiction author, and poet, Nerisha Kemraj, hails from Durban, South Africa. She is the mother of procrastination, and two beautiful girls.

Patricia Elliott lives in Beautiful British Columbia with her children and significant other. Now that their lovely kids are all teenagers, she has decided to actively pursue her passion for the written word.

When she was a youngster, she spent the majority of her time writing fanfiction and poetry to avoid the harsh reality of bullying. Writing allowed her to escape into another world, even if temporarily; a world in which she could be anyone or anything, even a mermaid.

Dreams really can come true. If you believe it, you can achieve it!

Born in the usual way, I started roleplaying Dungeons and Dragons at the age of 8. I stopped playing it for awhile but soon plunged back into this world of fantasy and magic once more. I discovered a world of imagination and loved the myriad of possibilities that it offered. For years I designed worlds and cities, even races, and just as quickly I brought them tumbling down in ruin. I could create pantheons of Gods, and heroes to battle against their evil plots. I also started reading avidly, thanks to a teacher in high school, and this opened up more worlds for me to peruse and dissect for my own purposes. For the last 30+ years I have been coming up with whole functioning societies......but what was next?

Well I was already writing short bio's for characters in our game, and elaborate back stories for interesting people that we would interact with, so how was that very different than writing a book? So in 2011 I started putting my brain to use on developing a new world, except this time I would have to fill in everything. Lythinall was born. I published The Darkness Returns (A Lythinall Novel) Book 1 in June 2017, and The Darkness Within (A Lythinall Novel) Book 2 in 2018. Then it happened. A publisher read my story and wanted me. In 2018 I was signed by Kyanite Publishing! i put out a lot of short stories with them but sadly they closed their doors in 2019...but Skullgate Media wanted to sign me! My complete trilogy is now out as well as an anthology of tales all based in Lythinall. Other than all of this I still play the game that started it all, and I still design places, people and items when I'm not hanging out with my family or working my ass off at my day job

Alanna Robertson-Webb is a rising star among short story writers, and one of the anthologies she is featured in (Monsters, by Black Hare Press) has been nominated for a 2019 Bram Stoker Award. Additionally, the novella she co-wrote (Storming Area 51: Horror at the Gates) reached the #1 spot in Amazon's sci-fi books in October of 2019.

Her stories are often infused with hair-raising horror, and her paranormal tales in particular add just the right amount of darkness to keep her readers intrigued.

For Alanna the spooky side of writing is a riviting journey through the human psyche, so whether you are looking for some of her wholesome horror (Monstronomicon by Haunted House Publishing) or wish to be transported into one of her grimmer worlds (Death and Butterflies by Suicide House Publishing) then grab a book and embark on a thrilling read!

Joel is a writer, librarian, ex-teacher and part-time human from the UK. He is constantly planning stories, novels and screenplays, a very small number of which actually get written. His genres of choice are horror and sci-fi, although the odd bit of sentiment does manage to sneak in between the freakishness and disturbing twists.

To date, Joel's stories have found their way into anthologies such as the Multispecies Cities (World Weaver Press), With Blood and Ash (Eerie River Publishing), and the Dark Drabbles series (Black Hare press), as well as featured on sites including EveryDayFiction.com, RuneBear.com and CreepyPasta.com.

The stars align, eldritch monstrosities awaken and somewhere in England, K.T.Tate is struck with feverish creativity. Inspired to write weird fiction, dark tales and strange stories, she commits them to paper in the hopes of enthralling her readers. Or at least appeasing her abominable muses and having a nice cup of tea.

Yvonne Glasgow is an author, poet, artist, crafter, healer, Pagan, and nature lover.

Yvonne created her first poetry book in the first grade. Since then, she has never stopped writing. However, writing isn't Yvonne's only love. She has a passion for art, crafting, teaching, and healing. Yvonne's passion for helping and healing people drove her to get her Ph.D. in Holistic Life Coaching Degree in 2011 and her D.Div. in Spiritual Counseling (2018). She's an eternal learner with many certifications, diplomas, and masterships. She is also a Reiki Master.

Yvonne started as a professional writer in 2000, writing concert reviews and CD reviews. After a few years of writing reviews for Music Revue Magazine in Grand Rapids, in 2003, Yvonne was hired as their editor-in-chief and would be the final editor-in-chief under the original owner. She remained with the magazine until September 2005. In the next few years, Yvonne honed her online writing skills, and in 2010 she started working freelance from home full-time.

Before that, in 2008, Yvonne published her first book (in the traditional manner). It was a children's picture book that she also created all the art. "Frankie the Firefly Belongs" would lead to numerous self-published books in multiple genres. Yvonne now focuses on teaching wellness, witchcraft, and self-help topics. She also writes murderous poems as Ivy Rose.

When not writing, Yvonne is busy crafting witchy and spooky items for Skulls & Cauldrons and doing oracle readings.

Amber M. Simpson is a dark speculative fiction writer from Northern Kentucky with a penchant for horror and fantasy. Her fiction has been featured in multiple themed anthologies as well as online. She has acted as Assistant Editor for Fantasia Divinity Magazine since 2017, where she's gotten to work with many talented authors from all over the world.

While she loves to create dark worlds and diverse characters, her greatest creations of all are her sons, Maxamus and Liam, who keep her feet on the ground even while her head is in the clouds.

To learn more, visit: https://ambermsimpson.com.

L.P. Hernandez is an author of horror and speculative fiction. His stories have been featured in anthologies from Cemetery Dance, Dark Matter Ink, and the Howl Society among others. He is a regular contributor to The NoSleep Podcast and has released two short story collections. His third collection titled No Gods, Only Chaos will be published by Cemetery Dance in 2024. His novella, Stargazers, kicked off the My Dark Library line of novellas curated by Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann and published through Cemetery Gates Media. L.P. also hosts Dog-eared Nightmares, a podcast about well-loved horror. When not writing, L.P. serves as a medical administrator in the U.S. Air Force. He is a husband, father, and a dedicated metalhead.

S. C. Morgan lives outside of Toronto, Ontario with his wife, three kids and a dog, and spends the daylight working for a big bank’s Marketing Dept and the night time putting pen to paper. His short story Watch Your Step appeared in the Unleashed: Monsters Vs Zombies Anthology and will have three stories appear in the Forgotten Ones: Drabbles of Myth and Legend, along with a further four stories appearing in the Phantoms in the Moonlight Halloween Anthology. For more information about S. C. Morgan’s stories and reviews, you can follow him on Twitter at @SCMorganAuthor and #SCMorganReviews.

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Chris Bannor is an LGBTQIA+ speculative fiction writer who lives in Southern California. Chris learned her love of genre stories from her mother at an early age and has never veered far from that path. You can find her serial novels on Kindle Vella. Chris has also been published in over 50 anthologies. Her stories range from horror and science fiction, to romance, fantasy, and steampunk.

When Chris isn’t writing, she enjoys movie marathons, binge-watching TV shows, musical theater, and road trips with her family. Otherwise, she is a general homebody who lives with her two teenagers, a cat, and two dogs. You can follow Chris on Facebook @chrisbannorauthor or at her homepage at www.ChrisBannor.com

Emma K. Leadley (they/she) is a UK-based speculative fiction writer and a queer, creative geek. They’ve had over 30 pieces of flash fiction and short stories published by independent presses, including Eerie River Publishing, Bag of Bones Press and Fox Spirit Books, and their debut science-fiction novella, Telling the Bees, is forthcoming in 2023 from NewCon Press. Publishers Weekly once described one of their stories as ‘standout’ and they were a 2019 Grindstone Literary Microfiction Winner. Emma lives in Nottingham and regularly argues with their rescue greyhound for space on the sofa. They can be found online at autoerraticism.com.

Kathleen Halecki possesses a B.A. and M.A. in history and a doctoral degree in interdisciplinary studies. She currently resides in a seventeenth century home in New England.

K. B. Elijah is a speculative fiction author from Brisbane, Queensland. To date, she has appeared in over 30 anthologies and has published two collections of her own: The Empty Sky and Out of the Nowhere.

Her latest work, Whispers in the Dark, a horror-fantasy novella, is available now.

Kim Plasket is a Jersey girl at heart relocated to sunny Florida. She enjoys writing mainly horror and paranormal stories. She lives with her husband and 2 kids. When she is not slaving away at her day job, she can be found drinking coffee and planning the demise of some poor character. She has moved from horror to paranormal romance. It’s a switch but so far it’s been fun.

Runner-up in the Wicked Young Writer Awards: Gregory Maguire Award for Fiction, Laurence Sullivan's creative writing has appeared in such places as: Londonist, The List, NHK World-Japan, Firewords Magazine and Popshot Quarterly.

Sullivan became inspired to start writing during his studies at the universities of Kent, Utrecht and Birmingham, after being immersed in all forms of literature from across the globe and enjoying every moment of it. In 2023, he completed his PhD at Northumbria University, analysing literary portrayals of women's domestic medicine during the eighteenth century. When not writing, he can probably be found playing video games whilst quaffing copious quantities of tea.

More of his work can be found online at www.laurencesullivan.com and on Twitter @LozzySullivan

Wendy Cheairs lives in the middle of New Mexico. She avoids the melting heat by writing in a wonderfully air-conditioned house with her husband and herd of cats that believe they run the place. Wendy has been writing for several anthologies, short fiction, and breaking out into novels now. She writes under her pen name W.M. Dawson. She often is lurking on social media when pondering too many story arcs.

You can follow her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWendyCheairs/

She occasionally shows up on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Mauvekat

Ron is a new author of horror and dark fiction. Although just starting his writing career he has spent the better part of his life reading horror and is a proud supporter of indie authors, publishers and artists.

Ron lives in the dark woods of Pennsylvania with his wife and three sons.

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Charles was born and raised in Coventry, Rhode Island, but currently lives in West Warwick. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a BA in English Literature in 2012. Currently, he works as a museum tour guide. He's had numerous short stories and poems published, with several appearing in various books such as One Night in Salem, Cursed, and More Lore for the Mythos. Besides writing, he also has an interest in travel, history, horror films, the outdoors, baking, and the paranormal.

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

Connect

Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/~/e/B082WJJPQ3

Facebook: www.facebook.com/matthewaclarkeauthor

Callum Pearce is a Dutch storyteller, originally from Liverpool.

Lover of the magical as well as the macabre. He lives in a foggy old fishing town in the Netherlands with his husband a cat shaped sprite and a couple of fabulous rescue dogs.

Callum also runs House Of Loki. publishing books for young people as an Imprint of Nordic Press.

You can follow and see what's coming up in these places:

house-of-loki.com

https://m.facebook.com/calmpeace13

https://mobile.twitter.com/Aladdinsane79

Unofficial paranormal investigator, toy collector, and horror writer, Heinrich von Wolfcastle has an affinity for both wolves and castles. He is an affiliate member of the Horror Writers Association and a member of the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers. He currently resides in the crooked foothills of the Carpathian Mountains and can be reached by email at HeinrichvonWolfcastle at gmail dot com. ...Careful, he bites.

www.heinrichvonwolfcastle.com

Charlotte O’Farrell is a horror writer. A lifelong fan of the genre, she writes about all manner of the weird and wonderful. Her stories have appeared in anthologies and podcasts.

She writes daily flash fiction on Twitter (@ChaOFarrell) and Facebook (@AuthorCharlotteOFarrell). She lives in the East Midlands of England with her husband, daughter and cat.

Elizabeth Nettleton grew up in Queensland, Australia, and now lives in Oxfordshire, England, with her family. Her short stories and drabbles have been included in The Sirens Call eZine, Trembling with Fear, Short Fiction Break, and several anthologies by Eerie River Publishing. Her horror novel, "The Price of Gold," and middle-grade fantasy novel, "Solum's Landing," are available on Amazon.

Derek Dunn is an author of horror and fantasy fiction whose works have appeared in various anthologies. He’s been a musician and film enthusiast for many years and received a bachelor’s degree in Media Arts Studies. Derek grew up in Middle Tennessee but now resides in Kansas with his family, dog, and fish.

An Amazon bestselling author of horror and dark fiction, Drew Starling is a husband and dog dad who loves strong female leads, martial arts, and long walks in the woods with canine companions. He would like to think his plots are better than his prose, but strives to make his words sound both beautiful and terrifying at the same time. He listens to Beethoven, Megadeth, and Enya when he writes, and all of his work can be found at drewstarling.com. His only rule of writing: the dog never dies.

Jennifer Winters is a writer of dark fiction, horror, and low fantasy, with elements of magical realism and the weird. Originally from Alcorn County, Mississippi, she currently resides in Central Maryland. Her work has been featured in various print and electronic publications, and on the NoSleep Podcast. She can be found on Twitter @wordywinters.

Andrew was born and raised in Bathgate, Scotland, in the last millennium. He is a full-time civil servant writing flash fiction and short stories, alternating between general fiction, crime, sci-fi and fantasy themes.

His most recently published work can be found in Selcouth Station Press, Five Minute Lit, The Drabble, and Glittery Literary.

@soorploom

Michelle hails from Ontario, Canada where she is lives with her wonderful husband, fearless daughter and newborn son. A lover of hot black coffee and everything dark and terrifying, she spends her nights writing, publishing and dreaming about all things that go bump in the night. To her husband's dismay, she thrives on multiple projects, tight deadlines and revels in the chaos around her.

She runs Eerie River Publishing, focusing on promoting indie authors and publishing high-quality dark fiction anthologies, novels and novellas.

Follow her adventures in publishing and writing here:

www.EerieRiverPublishing.com

Twitter: @EerieRiver

Twitter: MRiver_Writes

Facebook: www.Facebook.com/EerieRiver/

Facebook: www.Facebook.com/MichelleRiverAuthor/

Melody Grace is a writer of all things terrifying and unsettling. She began her journey to the dark side at a very young age, as a way to bring her fears to life. As you read her stories, you will find that her dreams are now your nightmares, as she sweeps you into the dark realm of horror.

You can frequently find her work on Reddit's horror platform: NoSleep, as well as their podcast. This year alone she will be published in several upcoming anthologies that are sure to keep you up at night. To stay up to date on all things nocturnal, visit her author page at: https://www.facebook.com/nocturnalnanny/

MATT LUCAS writes varying forms of speculative fiction, including urban fantasy, paranormal, sci-fi, and horror. He weaves these genres in an action-packed, thought-provoking manner. Teeming with fresh ideas, Matt’s broad skill set includes apocalyptic literature, sword & sorcery epics, paranormal alternate history, and even romance. Cultivating complex characters, Matt guides you into questioning the hero's motives and empathizing with the villain's tortured past. Red herrings abound as you follow twisting plots adorned with subtle hints that culminate in shocking conclusions. Each of Matt’s works serve as an allegory for faith, ultimately pointing to the world’s true and only hero, Jesus Christ.

Holley Cornetto is a writer, librarian, professor, book reviewer, and transplanted southerner who now calls New Jersey home. Her debut novella, WE HAUNT THESE WOODS, is available from Bleeding Edge Books. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines such as Daily Science Fiction, Flame Tree Press Newsletter, Dark Recesses Press, and anthologies from Cemetery Gates Media, Eerie River Publishing, Dark Ink, and several others. In 2020, she was awarded a grant from the Ladies of Horror Fiction. In addition to writing The Horror Tree’s weekly newsletter, she regularly reviews for Booklist, Ginger Nuts of Horror, and The Horror Tree. She teaches creative writing in the online MFA program at Southern New Hampshire University. Find her on Twitter @HLCornetto.

Chris lives in the beautiful garden of England and in the odd moment he’s not walking the dog he pursues his passion for writing fiction. Specialising in horror, fantasy, and science-fiction Chris has stories in print with several publishers. To keep up with future stories be sure to follow @ https://mused.blog

Tor-Anders Ulven is a father, husband, and horror fiction writer hailing from the cold mountains of Norway. He became known through his horror alter ego hyperobscure, primarily posting short stories on the vast writing subreddit of NoSleep. He has since had work published in several anthologies, and will continue to expand his dark universe for as long as people dare visit it.

David A.F. Brown is a Canadian author whose fiction has appeared in various anthologies, magazines and podcasts. He was a finalist in the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge 2019, an international competition of over 4,500 writers. You can find David A.F. Brown on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/browndavidaf

Greetings, from one who lives where feline eyes glitter in dark places between monstrous red trees, where occult apes lurk with unseen tread and unclean purpose, where sacrifices to forgotten devils lie drowned, profaned, forgotten in Stygian waters.

Do you like me pine for steaming jungles within the island kingdom of the imagination, where beats the heart of savage drums, and there live philosophic yet murderous crustaceans, shattered robots, buried sacrifices to forgotten devils, and dark countries yet unfounded?

If so then hail and well met, fellow traveler!

Elin Olausson is a fan of the weird and the unsettling. She is the author of the short story collections "Growth" and "Shadow Paths" and has had stories featured in The Ghastling, Luna Station Quarterly, Nightscript, and many other publications.

Elin’s rural childhood made her love and fear the woods, and she firmly believes that a cat is your best companion in life. She lives in Sweden.

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Jim is an award-winning author whose stories and poems have appeared in nearly four-hundred online and print publications. His collection of short stories Resilience was published in March 2021, by Bridge House Publishing. Short Stuff a collection of flash fiction and drabbles was published in October 2021, by Chapeltown Books. Periodic Stories and Periodic Stories Volume Two were published in July and September 2021, by Impspired. Dreamers a collection of short stories was published in March 2022, by Clarendon House Publishing. Something Better a dystopian adventure novella was published in July 2021, by Dark Myth Publications. Most recently, Periodic Stories Volume Three – A Novel was published in April 2022, by Impspired. His short story “Aliens” was nominated by The Zodiac Press for the 2020 Pushcart Prize. His story “The Maple Leaf” was voted 2021 story of the year for Spillwords. He lives in a small-town west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. All of his work can be found on his blog at www.theviewfromlonglake.wordpress.com.

Joe Scipione lives in the suburbs of Chicago with his wife and two kids. He is the author of Mr. Nightmare, Decay, Zoo: Eight Tales of Animal Horror and Perhaps She Will Die. He is a member of the Horror Writer's Association and a Senior Contributor and horror book reviewer at Horrorbound.net. When he’s not reading or writing you can usually find him cheering on one of the Boston sports teams or walking around the lakes near his home. Find him on twitter: @joescipione0 or at www.joescipione.com

Sandy Butchers is an author and an artist, known for her elaborate dystopian sci-fi worlds and creature designs. After living in Scandinavia for a year and traveling throughout the world, she now settled in the countryside along with a variety of pets and maps on which 'X' marks the spot.

With the launch of The Singularian Grimoire Anthologies, she's set a new bar for illustrated science fiction, breaking the boundaries of self-publishing through crowdsourced media. Today, she works as a freelance cover designer for Urano World USA, and artist working on commissions.

For more information on her stories and work, go to: https://www.sandybutchers.com

Faith Pierce writes horror, dark fantasy, and other forms of speculative fiction. She grew up in a small town in Texas and now lives in the Midwest. Find her on Twitter @faithepierce.

C. Marry Hultman (born 1977) is an expatriate Wisconsinite. He currently works teaching High School, yet still finds time to write all forms of genre fiction. He hosts the podcast W.A.R.G -The Guild where he talks to various indie authors about the craft of writing. You can follow him on https://wisconsinnoir.wixsite.com/wisnoir and delve into the cosmic horror of Wisconsin. He currently lives in Europe with his wife Marie, two children and the cat Fizzgig.

Kase Glidewell is a law student at the University of Missouri School of Law. He is an aspiring (and now published) writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He began writing in elementary and has been at it ever since. When Kase isn't studying how to argue with people or writing his next story, you may be able to find him reading out by the pool or climbing up a fake rock wall somewhere. You can follow him at https://twitter.com/kaseman742 on twitter and https://www.instagram.com/kaseman742/ on Instagram.

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I live in southern New Hampshire with my family, where I teach high school full time while writing. I've long had an interest in fantasy and science fiction, with The Hobbit and Star Wars being formative movies for me as a child and serving as a gateway to numerous franchises and books across both genres. Horror came later as I came to know the Aliens franchise and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (with the original artwork!), and I've been writing here and there for most of my life, all of which served as excellent practice.

Abiran Raveenthiran is a first-generation born Canadian as many are in the cultural melting pot that is Toronto, Ontario. He has one foot in the culture of his past and one foot in the present culture with views into both. His works are written in a way to merge concepts of the eastern and western culture together; a product mirroring his own identity. Abiran has been previously published works of non-fiction essays published as part of The Lemon Theory and TamilCulture. In early to mid-2020, Abiran also has upcoming short stories to be published in anthologies: Mystical Girls Anthology and Unreal Anthology.

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Thomas was born into the harsh winters in the Nordic Finland. Tempered by the shamanic winds, thousand lakes with a thousand stories, the whispers of the birch filled forests, he fell in love with horror at the tender age of 6 when he saw Re-Animator. That led him to search for the source story and that was it. Cosmic horror wrapped it’s nebulous tentacles around his imagination and it has been feeding it ever since.

Consuming book after book, he realized his dream; to be a writer. And that dream has guided him his entire life.

Hannah Hulbert is an author from Dorset, UK. She writes fantasy and haiku when she is not chasing after her children.

T. J. Lea (he/they) is a nonbinary English writer of short stories and novellas from Buckinghamshire, England.

Best known for their viral horror hit "The Expressionless", TJ has focused their efforts on routinely creating top-ranked stories on NoSleep as well as writing for the award winning "NoSleep Podcast" and producing two Podcasts of his own in the form of "The Writers Mythos" and "The Table Read", both available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all podcasting platforms.

Their debut novella "The Last Sin Eater" was released in May 2021 and will be the first of six releases that T.J has scheduled, the second: "The Spaces In Between" was released October 30th 2021.

They are represented by Marc Manus at World Builder Entertainment.

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Al-Hazred is a young independent horror author. His love story with the genre goes back to his days lurking the basement of the only bookshop in town providing books in his native language. While there, he came across the likes of Algernon Blackwood, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer or Carlos Ruiz Zafón. This inspired him to get involved with the horror fiction community. To the date, this has successfully landed his work in anthologies such as Horror d’oeuvres (volumes II and III), the Monstronomicon, Scary Snippet’s Christmas special and Forgotten Ones: Drabbles of Myth and Legend.

More than anything, I am a lover of stories. To tell them, to be told, to listen to, to watch, to play, to read, to write, there are so many ways for stories to be conveyed and I have yet to find a medium I don't enjoy. Stories are a huge part of my life, and being a nerd has exposed me to some of the best. Whether it's Asimov, King, Bradbury, Jacques, Tolkien, Crichton, Adams, Abnett, Ross, or any of the other uncountable storytellers I've been so lucky to witness, I am inspired and awed by those who have come before me.

I live in southern Iowa with my wife, our two dogs, and a herd of four cats.

Sarah Matthews is an author of horror/fantasy/humor from New Albany, Indiana. She’s been a fan of scary stories ever since the days of “Goosebumps” and “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”. She writes stories for people who want to be entertained and forget about life for awhile. Follow her on Twitter @superbfinch.