Angela Yuriko Smith is a third-generation Ryukyuan-American poet, author, and publisher of Space and Time magazine. A two-time Bram Stoker Awards® Winner and HWA Mentor of the Year, she currently serves as an HWA Trustee, coaches authors and shares Authortunities, a weekly calendar of author opportunities on Substack.

Tom Deady's first novel, HAVEN, won the 2016 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. He has since published several novels, novellas, collections, and his first YA horror novel. He has a Master's Degree in English and Creative Writing and is a member of both the Horror Writers Association and the New England Horror Writers Association. He resides in Arizona where he is working on his next novel.

Since its founding in August 2012, Crystal Lake Publishing has quickly become one of the world’s leading publishers of Dark Fiction and Horror books in print, eBook, and audio formats.

While we strive to present only the highest quality fiction and entertainment, we also endeavour to support authors along their writing journey. We offer our time and experience in non-fiction projects, as well as author mentoring and services, at competitive prices.

With several Bram Stoker Award wins and many other wins and nominations, Crystal Lake Publishing puts integrity, honor, and respect at the forefront of our publishing operations.

We strive for each book and outreach program we spearhead to not only entertain and touch or comment on issues that affect our readers, but also to strengthen and support the Dark Fiction field and its authors.

Not only do we find and publish authors we believe are destined for greatness, but we strive to work with men and woman who endeavour to be decent human beings who care more for others than themselves, while still being hard working, driven, and passionate artists and storytellers.

Crystal Lake Publishing is and will always be a beacon of what passion and dedication, combined with overwhelming teamwork and respect, can accomplish. We endeavour to know each and every one of our readers, while building personal relationships with our authors, reviewers, bloggers, podcasters, bookstores, and libraries.

We will be as trustworthy, forthright, and transparent as any business can be, while also keeping most of the headaches away from our authors, since it’s our job to solve the problems so they can stay in a creative mind. Which of course also means paying our authors.

We do not just publish books, we present to you worlds within your world, doors within your mind, from talented authors who sacrifice so much for a moment of your time.

There are some amazing small presses out there, and through collaboration and open forums we will continue to support other presses in the goal of helping authors and showing the world what quality small presses are capable of accomplishing. No one wins when a small press goes down, so we will always be there to support hardworking, legitimate presses and their authors. We don’t see Crystal Lake as the best press out there, but we will always strive to be the best, strive to be the most interactive and grateful, and even blessed press around. No matter what happens over time, we will also take our mission very seriously while appreciating where we are and enjoying the journey.

What do we offer our authors that they can’t do for themselves through self-publishing?

We are big supporters of self-publishing (especially hybrid publishing), if done with care, patience, and planning. However, not every author has the time or inclination to do market research, advertise, and set up book launch strategies. Although a lot of authors are successful in doing it all, strong small presses will always be there for the authors who just want to do what they do best: write.

What we offer is experience, industry knowledge, contacts and trust built up over years. And due to our strong brand and trusting fanbase, every Crystal Lake Publishing book comes with weight of respect. In time our fans begin to trust our judgment and will try a new author purely based on our support of said author.

To date we’ve published around 100 books, and with each launch we strive to fine-tune our approach, learn from our mistakes, and increase our reach. We continue to assure our authors that we’re here for them and that we’ll carry the weight of the launch and dealing with third parties while they focus on their strengths—be it writing, interviews, blogs, signings, etc.

We also offer several mentoring packages to authors that include knowledge and skills they can use in both traditional and self-publishing endeavours.

We look forward to launching many new careers.

This is what we believe in. What we stand for. This will be our legacy.

Welcome to Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.

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Besides writing, I have three other part-time jobs: clerking at the local library; singing and playing guitar at the local Catholic church; and hosting a radio program every Sunday afternoon at the local university.

If you'd like to read some of my free stuff first, copy-n-paste the following:

http://hyniof.livejournal.com/95025.html is "Familiars," the first story about Cluny the sorceress squirrel from vol. 19 of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress anthology. Sequels have appeared in every volume since 2008.

http://hyniof.livejournal.com/115821.html contains the science-fiction tall-tale "Why They Call Me Mr. Goddamn Happy," first published in the Winter 2007 edition of the HelixSF webzine.

http://hyniof.livejournal.com/116171.html has the "The Super Secret Origin of She-Man," also published on the HelixSF website in Fall of 2008.

http://www.fimfiction.net/user/AugieDog holds a selection of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfiction that I've put together under the name AugieDog.

And http://pandora.xepher.net is the Pandora Family Comics hub site from which you can expose yourself to my two webcomics: Daily Grind, updated Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and Terebinth, updated every Monday.

Brian is a lifelong poet and reader, as well as a teacher and software developer. He spends his days at a keyboard dreaming up either weird poetry or code, and sometimes both.

Surrounded by gnomes, gargoyles, and poisonous plants, KT Wagner writes Gothic horror and op/ed pieces in the garden of her Maple Ridge, British Columbia home. She enjoys daydreaming and is a collector of strange plants, weird trivia, and obscure tomes. In her spare time, she organizes writer events and works to create literary community. KT graduated from Simon Fraser University’s Writers Studio in 2015 (Southbank 2013). A number of her short stories are published in magazines and anthologies. She’s currently working on a scifi-horror novel. KT can be found online at www.northernlightsgothic.com and @KT_Wagner

Kareem Hayes, known as Inf the Author, discovered his passion for writing early, with Mayor David Dinkins publishing his poem at 12. Despite a tumultuous upbringing marked by abuse and addiction, he found solace in running and spirituality. Dubbed INFINITY for his wisdom, he navigated between street life and community work, eventually choosing to rebuild rather than destroy. Now, as Inf the Author, he's sold over 150,000 books independently, aiming to enlighten and empower through his gripping storytelling.

Tom Guldin is a genre writer and poet living in the West Texas panhandle. He’s been writing in his spare time for many years. His work has been published or is forthcoming in Palabras, parABnormal, Scifaikuest, and the Whispers from Beyond, Texas Bards, The Drabbun Anthology, and the Ghosts, Echoes & Shadows anthologies.

NOTE: Tom is the one on the left, the one on the right is Her Majesty Amber the First, his cat overlord.

K. D. Bowers is a dark fiction writer who reigns in Western Pennsylvania. He found the love of writing at an early age from reading the greats like Ray Bradbury and Roald Dahl. When he is not writing, you will find him playing guitar in his band Ladylike, painting in acrylic, and cooking. Go follow him on Instagram @Diabolicalfiction.

Pixie Bruner is a writer, editor, poet and cancer survivor. She lives in Atlanta, GA with her doppelgänger and their deranged cats. Her Pushcart Prize nominated poetry has been published/is forthcoming Space & Time Magazine, “Hotel Macabre ” (Crystal Lake Publishing), Star*Line, Angry Gables Press, Dreams & Nightmares, Punk Noir, Abyss & Apex, Penumbric, and many more. The Body As Haunted was her first poetry collection. She is the 2025 Rhysling Award Chair. She has written for White Wolf Gaming Studio. Werespider characters at LARPs are all her fault. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

AJ Franks is an American author and playwright. He has authored more than thirty short stories, including "We All Scream" which is featured in Shallow Waters Volume 6: A Flash Fiction Anthology by Crystal Lake Publishing.

His debut horror collection, Keep You Cold: Chilling Tales, was a multi-category finalist in the American Book Fest 2019 Best Book Awards. The follow-up collection, Colder in Hell: More Chilling Tales is now available.

He wrote the stage play, Bereavement, which debuted at the 2015 Fertile Ground Festival and was a semi-finalist in FiLMLaB’s 2013 Script-to-Screen contest with his original short screenplay, Sometime Over Coffee. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association and currently resides in Portland, Oregon.

JAMAL HODGE is a NYC born multi-award winning director of Television and Film. As a writer Hodge is an active member of The HWA and The SFPA, being nominated for a 2021 & 2022 Rhysling Award, while his poem 'Colony' won 2nd place at the 2022 Dwarf Stars. His work is featured in Quail Nous 2, CHIRAL MAD 5, Unioverse: Stories of The Reconvergence, and The Years Best African Speculative Fiction 2022. Jamal’s debut Poetry collection ‘The Dark Between The Twilight’ and anthology 'Bestiary of Blood' is published by Crystal Lake Publishing.