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!

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.

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AR Johnston is just a small-town girl from Nova Scotia, Canada, looking to share her tales with others. She is known to write mostly urban fantasy, though she goes where the muses lead her and you never know where that may be. She is a lover of coffee, good tv shows, horror flicks, and a reader of good books. She pretends to be a writer when real life doesn’t get in the way. Pesky full-time job and adulting!

Becky Benishek has a B.A. degree in English, and loves to create stories that help children believe in themselves and find the magic in ordinary things. She also writes science fiction, fantasy, and is working on her first YA novel. Becky is married with guinea pigs.

C.L. Steele creates new worlds and mystical places filled with complex characters on exciting journeys. Her typical genre is Sci-Fi/Fantasy, where she concentrates on writing in the sub-genres of Magical Realism, Near Future, and Futuristic worlds. Published in numerous anthologies, Steele looks forward to the release of her debut novel. In the interim, she works on other books and continues to write short stories, novellas, and poetry. She is featured as one of five international authors in ICWG Magazine through Clarendon Publishing House and is a contributing author to Blood Puddles Literary Journal. Follow her growing career at:

Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/author.CLSteele/

Instagram - clsteele.author@instagram.com

Blog - https://clsteeleauthor.wordpress.com/

Bio

Two new books are available by 7/1/2019. "Blaze" by Clarendon Publishing features UNMATCHED by CL Steele. It is a light fantasy about what really happens to those missing socks. Also if you like super short stories I have two appearing in "Beyond" by Black Hare Press. The HOUR OF SCOUR is a dark comedy of a supernatural realm and FLASK OF GUILT is a dark tragedy both exactly 100 words each. I hope you will add them to your library.

Casey Douglass was born in Norwich, UK in 1982. Growing up, he had a love of writing that always saw him pestering his English teachers for new assignments that might give him the chance to write his own stories. This twinned with horrific nightmares through childhood planted the seeds for what he has become today.

He fell ill in 2000 and has suffered with chronic ill health ever since. This gave him cause to re-evaluate much of what he thought about life and what he wants from it. Eventually he rekindled his love of writing and even though it physically pains him, he now knows what he wants to do. He has a love of the macabre, the twisted and the dark and enjoys the way a good story can momentarily distract from, or reduce by comparison, the pain found in the real world.

He completed a Diploma in Literature and Creative Writing with the Open University and ever since has been developing his own style and voice, both with fiction and non-fiction. He places regularly in writing competitions, writes articles and reviews for various websites and has his writing published in a handful of places. He is quietly pleased that his efforts are now bearing fruit and that the journey continues.

Cassandra Angler is a lifelong resident of the buckeye state (Ohio) and a happily married mother of four. When she isn't corralling her four minions of darkness she is busy conjuring nightmares in literary form, reading and overall trying to better the world. Cassandra has always been a fan of all things horror and macabre. Some of her influences include Eleanor Merry, Stephen King, Paige Dearth, and Brian Keene.

Be kind always, and nightmare on.

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.

Crystal L. Kirkham resides in a small hamlet west of Red Deer, Alberta. She is an avid outdoors person, unrepentant coffee addict, part-time foodie, servant to a wonderful feline, and companion to several delightfully hilarious canines - Treble and Freddie, the Standard Poodles, and Nahni, the Australian Shepherd. Crystal has published novels across several genres and is a contributing author to multiple best-selling anthologies.

She will neither confirm nor deny the rumours regarding the heart in a jar on her desk or the bottle of readers' tears right next to it. However, she will confirm that she once broke the metal handle to a 4-tonne car jack with her bare hands.

DM Burdett was born in the UK, roamed as an army brat, and now lives in Australia where she spends her days avoiding drop bears and killer spiders.

She has published a Sci-Fi series, had success with short stories, and is currently working on a YA dystopian series.

She has worked in software development for three decades and has published two children’s series on the subject.

A life of roaming the shores of Australia in her teardrop caravan calls to her but, until then, there always seems to be just one more software project to complete.

Visit her website : www.dmburdett.com

Eddie D. Moore travels hundreds of hours a year, and he fills that time by listening to audiobooks. When he isn’t playing with his grandchildren, he writes his own stories. His stories have been published by Kzine, Alien Dimensions, Black Hare Press, Nomadic Delirium Press, Fantasia Divinity Publishing and by dozens of online publishers. You can find a list of his publications on his blog, eddiedmoore.wordpress.com. Be sure to pick up a copy of his mini-anthology Misfits & Oddities.

Evan Baughfman works in a very scary place: a middle school! (He’s a teacher.) He writes all genres, but horror is where he’s most comfortable. His horror fiction has been published in numerous anthologies, including titles from Improbable Press, 4 Horsemen Publications, No Bad Books Press, and Grinning Skull Press. Evan has penned a collection of 13 short scary stories titled THE EMACIATED MAN AND OTHER TERRIFYING TALES FROM POE MIDDLE SCHOOL, published by Thurston Howl Publications. His spooky novella, VANISHING OF THE 7TH GRADE, is now available from D&T Publishing. D&T will publish Evan's first full-length novel, BAD FOR YOUR TEETH, in April 2023.

Evan has also adapted a number of his short prose works into screenplays, of which "The Tell-Tale Art," “A Perfect Circle,” and “The Creaky Door” have won awards in various film festival competitions.

Additionally, much of Evan's writing success has been as a playwright. He’s had many different plays produced across the globe. His children's play, “R.O.M.3.O. and Julia” (Romeo and Juliet with robots) has been published in PLAYS Magazine. His play for young adults, “Lipstick and Heroics,” is available through YouthPLAYS, as is Evan's all-ages script, "Sprout Wants Out". In addition, his middle grade play, "Percy Pangolin Wants to Go Viral," is published by Heuer Publishing. Heuer has also published Evan's play, "A Taste of Amontillado"(an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado") and his script, "Untragically Ever After". Next Stage Press has published Evan's horror-plays-for teens, "Fear Pressure" and "The Dodo Challenge".

Online theater education resource, Drama Notebook, has added many of Evan’s children’s plays to its catalog. His plays can also be found at New Play Exchange.

Known by his fans as "The Pastor of Horror", Ezekiel Kincaid brings a unique and original touch to the dark fiction genre. His twenty plus years in ministry have afforded him the opportunity to encounter people from all walks of life and in a myriad of situations. These experiences have leaked into his stories in numerous ways. Like life, his writings run the gamut of human existence. Fear, dread, grief, loss, sorrow, hardship, humor, joy, and perseverance; the paranormal, supernatural, demonic, ghastly, and macabre - you'll find it all in the pages of his work. Mr. Kincaid also has the ability to write in various styles and voices, giving each tale the narration and visceral characters needed to make the words jump off the page for his readers. The greatest compliment that he is most often given is that his stories are so different from one another, it's hard to tell they are written by the same author. This allows him to consistently churn out fresh stories for his readers and keep them on their toes. The only other language he is fluent in is sarcasm. One time, his fiance bet him he couldn't go two minutes without making a sarcastic comment. Zeke didn't last thirty seconds. Since then, he's stopped taking bets. He also has three theological degrees, along with a poetic and romantic side (which he usually ends up ruining with a snarky comment). He is from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has four children, and is about to start his residency as a chaplain. Zeke played football in college and likes to train in martial arts. He's also an avid Ash Williams fan and will fight anyone who says they don't like Bruce Campbell.

G. Allen Wilbanks, an internationally best-selling author on Amazon, is a retired police officer living in Northern California. For twenty-five years he wrote collision and crime reports to pay the bills while writing short fiction at nights to keep himself sane. In 2016, he retired from real life to focus on fantasy full time.

He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and has had over 200 short stories published in Deep Magic, Daily Science Fiction, Mythic, The Colored Lens, as well as many other magazines, e-zines and anthologies from all over the world.

He has published two short story collections of his own as well as multiple novels.

His novels include, When Darkness Comes, published in 2017, and A Life of Adventure which debuted as one of Amazon's Hot New Releases in July, 2020.

For more information about the author and his current writing projects, please visit www.gallenwilbanks.com.

Jim Bell, writing under the name J.D. Bell, had a nearly thirty-year career crafting creative copy in advertising. After he retired, he began to explore the world of writing fiction. He is currently an award-winning, internationally published, author of flash fiction and short stories. He has works published in the mystery, humor, fiction, horror, and science fiction genres. His works have appeared in anthologies published by Clarendon House Publications, Pure Slush Books, Black Hare Press, Blood Song Books, Raven and Drake Publishing, and numerous online publications.

Facebook: jim.writes.stories

Twitter: @JimBell58

J.W. Garrett is a multi–award winning author and has been writing in one form or another since she was a teenager. Her love of the Fantasy genre goes all the way back to elementary school when she read The Hobbit for the first time - she's been hooked ever since. Her works include novels and poetry as well as short stories.

When she's not hanging out with her characters, her favorite activities are reading, running and spending time with family.

Check out Remeon's Quest, the latest book in her fantasy scifi series, Realms of Chaos.

Visit her website at www.jwgarrett.com to subscribe to her newsletter and find out the latest updates regarding new releases and works in progress.

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Jasmine Arch is a writer, poet, narrator and artist who lives in a rural part of Belgium along with four dogs, two elderly horses, and a husband who knows better than to distract her when she's writing. During the day, she works as an X-ray technician in a hospital. At least, that's what her hands do. Her mind is always on the go, generating more ideas than she can manage. Creating has become a vital outlet through which she processes the world around her.

She has narrated for The Other Stories and the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast. Her written works have appeared in Illumen, ParABnormal Magazine, Digitally Disturbed, The Other Stories Podcast, Nightingale & Sparrow, Quatrain Fish, and Scifaikuest. Find out more about her at JasmineArch.com or connect with her on Twitter via @jaye_arch.

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.

John A. DeMember is a U.S. Army veteran and a high school English teacher with a passion for writing horror. His recent publications include the short horror story "'Till Death" in the book Feast of the Dead; Hors D'oeuvres, the flash fiction horror story "The Thud" published by DarkFuse, and the story "The Toe-Eater" published by Acidic Fiction. In addition to his fiction, John's journalism has been published in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Worcester Magazine, and the Landmark. He is also a member of the Worcester Writers Collaborative, the Worcester County Poetry Association, and is an affiliate member of the Horror Writers Association.

Joshua D Taylor is an author who started writing a few years ago when he realized he was too old to play make-believe. He lives in southeastern Pennsylvania with his wife and a one-eared cat. He enjoys gardening, comic books, ska-punk music, Disney World, and traveling with his wife. Raised during weirdness that was the late 20th century Josh’s eclectic interests produce eclectic works. He loves to mix-n-match things from different genres and story elements to achieve a madcap hodgepodge of the truly unexpected.

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.

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.

Paula R. C. Readman was born in Essex and has family roots in Whitby, North Yorkshire. She's married. After leaving school with no qualifications, she worked in low-paying jobs until redundancy changed the direction of her life. Encouraged by her husband, she taught herself how to write from books purchased from eBay.

In 2010 her first short story was published by English Heritage in an anthology. In 2012, she was the overall winner in the Writing Magazine/Harrogate Crime Festival Short Story competition. Since then she has had over other a hundred short stories and flash fiction published in various anthologies and online.

Paula writes mainly about the darker side of life in her gothic crime tales. Her first gothic crime novella is The Funeral Birds published by Demain Publishing and a collection of short dark tales published by Bridge House called Days Pass Like A Shadow. Her first full-length gothic crime novel, Stone Angels was published by Darkstroke Books in August 2020 and they also published her second gothic crime novel, Seeking the Dark in May 2021 and The Phoenix Hour in 2022.

Paula is busy writing a follow-on novel to The Funeral Birds called, As The Crow Flies. two graves and one body.

You can catch up with all her latest news at https://paularcreadmanauthor.blog/or join her on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Goodreads, YouTube, BookBub

R.A. Goli is an Australian reader, writer, gamer and sometime hiker. She writes horror, fantasy, speculative fiction and erotic horror. Hobbies include bugging her pets and husband.

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Stephen Coghlan is a burgeoning author who hails from the oft-frozen national capital of Canada. When not attempting to create worlds and describe characters, he can be found constructing buildings, entertaining his children, or annoying his long-suffering wife.

Thomas Kleaton is a freelance horror writer whose stories have been published in The Horror ‘Zine and several anthologies including Final Masquerade; Pernicious Invaders, Spooky Halloween Drabbles 2014, 2015 and 2016; and What Has Two Heads, Ten Eyes, and Terrifying Table Manners? He lives in the woods near Auburn University, AL, with his wife, Sheila.

Website: Random Musings http://thomaskleaton.wordpress.com/

Born in the Year of the Dragon, Vonnie Winslow Crist is author of award-winning short stories, poems, and books. An active member of the Horror Writers Association, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, Society of Children's Book Writers & illustrators, and National League of American Pen Women - she taught creative writing for the Maryland State Arts Council for 10 years.

"Beneath Raven's Wing" is winner of The International Edgar Allan Poe Festival's Saturday Visiter Award and a Finalist for the Imadjinn Award. "The Enchanted Dagger" is a Compton Crook Award Finalist and Maryland Writers Association Book Award Winner. Both "Owl Light" and "The Greener Forest" are eFestival of Words Short Story Collection Award Winners. "The Greener Forest," "The Enchanted Dagger," and "Owl Light" were voted among the Top Ten books for Young Adults in the P&E Reader's Poll.

As an illustrator, she's had over 1,000 illustrations published in books, magazines, and calendars.

She is an avid JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis fan, and a firm believer in the magical world that surrounds us! A clover-hand who has found so many 4-leafed clovers she keeps them in jars, Vonnie is quite fond of Harry Potter & Hogwarts, The Hunger Games, A Song of Ice & Fire, Star Wars, Star Trek, and everything Faerie!

Ximena is an emerging Author of short stories and poetry.

Originally from Chile, she is the author of a translation into Spanish of the Broadway Musical "The Wizard of OZ" (2011), and of an original adaptation of the same, "Navidad en OZ" (2018). Having started a family in the UK 2005, it took her a while to feel confident enough to write in English, despite speaking it since childhood. In the meantime, she ran her own business teaching extra-curricular Spanish in primary schools, and telling "traditional stories with a twist", in schools and festivals, with "Pie in the Sky Storytellers". Though her degree in Communication Science set her aspirations on writing for the screen, she has, since resuming writing in 2018, devoted her time to poetry, short stories and micro fiction. Whilst her first novel waits to be written, she is enjoying every minute of this exploration through different literary genres.

Follow her on Facebook @ximenautora

and twitter @laximenin

Alyson Hasson grew up in New Brunswick, Canada, where she obtained a love for nature-based horror. Her interest in horror movies, combined with her background in biology, spurred a curiosity that drove her to write. She currently spends her days forecasting beer sales and her nights conjuring new monsters.

My name is Andrew Kurtz and I am a horror author.

I have not published any novels as of yet, but am in numerous anthologies, which you can view by going to my author link.

As a child I have loved horror, whether it was watching a horror film or reading horror literature.

I am a comic book collector and have an extensive library of book, mainly horror and science fiction.

If you ask me what my favorite horror film is, I can not answer because there are so many that I love.

Jason Voorhees murders at CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE, Michael Myers slaughters in HADDONFIELD, Freddy Kruger causes nightmares on ELM STREET, and I write horror short stories.

My vampires do not drink blood, they devour it. The werewolves in my stories do not resemble four legged dogs, but bipedal monstrosities that have an undying bloodlust during the full moon.

If you are looking for happy endings then do not read my stories because will be disappointed.

My characters die in the most gory manner possible and whether the are new born infants or 90 year old does not matter.

We all love dogs and cats. In my stories they are torn to pieces while still alive.

My human monsters are not who they seem to be because my tales of terror are full of twists and turns.

Bernardo is primarily a filmmaker. His formal filmmaking education was received at Fairleigh-Dickinson University as well as Long Island University - C.W. Post. His first film, "Suffer the Little Children," has won 4 awards and has been officially selected by 13 festivals worldwide (www.sufferproductions.com). Bernardo has also directed and edited seven short films, spanning many genres, at Stonestreet Studios an affiliate studio of NYU. He was selected to direct a staged reading of a screenplay for the HotINK reading series and has directed staged readings of feature-length screenplays and plays he has written.

Bernardo's experience includes feature film and short film editing, and well as television commercial copy-writing, direction and editing.

Bernardo has also branched out into the world of theatre, including a stage adaptation of "Peter and the Wolf" he authored, which premiered as part of the Pillow Play series, while another children's play he wrote, "The Walled City," premiered in the same series. He has also written two other short plays one "Dementia Unlimited" participated in the Chrysalis One-Act Festival winning 4 awards and "The Grasshopper Child," which was selected for the First Draft Playwright's Circle.

Bernardo most recently wrote and directed the award-winning short film "The Watermelon Wagon Killer," and published his premier novella, "The Isle of Helyr." Bernardo is currently in pre-production on the original horror feature "All Hallows' Eve."

He has a few more fiction and non-fiction offerings in the works.

You can follow Bernardo on:

Twitter: @bernardovillela

Youtube: www.youtube.com/bernardoproductions

and read his movie blog at: http://www.themovierat.com

or visit his production company's page:

www.miller-villela.com

Birgit lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. They write short speculative fiction and have a soft spot for the slightly bizarre and characters who view the world with a healthy dose of sarcasm.

Working as a scrum master by day, they also have a PhD in toxicology, which they consult for the occasional (literary) poisoning.

You can find them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BirgitKGaiser).

Birgit’s work has been shortlisted for the Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award and published or accepted by Black Hare Press, Daikaijuzine, WolfSinger Publications, Black Ink Fiction, Ghost Orchid Press and 50-Word Stories.

As a writer from Ontario, Canada, Brianna Witte has a passion for spinning tales of sci-fi, horror and fantasy. She enjoys taking readers on a ride through the realm of fiction by weaving twisted, futuristic and magical stories that materialise from her wildly creative dreams and vivid imagination. Brianna has had her first novel, “Witches and Vampires”, published in December 2019. To date she has had a number of short stories and drabbles published, as well as her short story, ‘The Hunt’ commended for the 2019 Author of Tomorrow award.

Charlotte Langtree is the award-winning author of Fractured: Tales of Flame & Fury. She has been published in several magazines and anthologies, as well as online. In September 2021, she was voted the Great Clarendon House Writing Challenge winner. Dragon Soul Press selected her story ‘The Shadow Queen’ as an Editor’s Pick of 2021. She was also longlisted in the Bedford International Poetry Competition 2022.

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

Constantine E. Kiousis spends most of his time wandering through the worlds he has created, exploring every nook and cranny and constantly discovering new places and stories that need to be told. He is in the company of his fictional characters more often than he likes to admit, sharing in their ordeals and time of joy, and has had some very interesting conversations, as well as legendary arguments, with may of them.

He currently resides in Athens, Greece, plotting ways to unleash the terrifying stories hiding in his mind upon the rest of the world, one word at a time.

Dale Parnell was born and raised in Norwich, and moved to Staffordshire in 1999. He has been writing for almost thirty years, but it wasn’t until 2017 that he self-published his first collection, “The Green Cathedral”, a selection of seven contemporary fantasy short stories.

This was followed by a second collection in 2019, “Bramble and other stories”, this time branching out to include horror and science-fiction as well as fantasy.

Dale’s first foray into poetry came in 2018, when he was fortunate enough to have three pieces accepted for the anthology “Further Within Darkness & Light” from Nothing Books. Since then, Dale has featured in over forty fiction and poetry anthologies from some of the best independent publishers around the world.

In 2022, Dale released his third collection, “Foundations”, featuring a variety of short stories that have been featured in previously published anthologies, along with a brand new, exclusive tale.

Dale lives in Staffordshire with his wife and their imaginary dog, Moriarty. He is currently working on a second science-fiction novella whilst he waits for the first one to be published, and his strangest wish is to find a copy of one his books for sale in a charity shop.

Beneath Darlene’s sweet exterior lies a darkness that fans the flames of her horrific tales. Darlene’s love for the macabre stems from authors whose stories filled her childhood, from the twisted mind of Edgar Allan Poe to the terrifying brilliance of Stephen King. Darlene is a writer, editor, and educator with an MA in English and Creative Writing. She currently resides in Murrieta, California, where she enjoys reading and writing horror stories while spending time with her husband and cats. Prepare to be scared with her contributions to Eerie River Publishing’s Dark Magic drabble collection, Red Cape Publishing’s A - Z of Horror: J is for Jack-O’-Lantern, and Black Hare Press’ 666 Dark Drabbles anthology.

Dawn DeBraal lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband, Red, a rescued dorky dog, and a stray cat. Dawn also writes under the pen name of Garrison McKnight. Along with the books on these pages, Dawn has been published in many online magazines, was runner-up in the 2022 Short Story Horror Contest, Author of the Month Spillwords x2, Member of the Month in The World of Myth x2, Your Daily Poem contest winner, 2000. She was nominated by the Falling Star Magazine for the 2019 Pushcart Award, a song published in the House of Harmony, International Habitat for Humanity Song Book, and, was a finalist in the "Great American Song Writing Contest." 2016.

Elle Jauffret is a French-born American lawyer and writer with a Twilight Zone obsession. She writes novels and short stories across genres, from children's sci-fi and adventure to speculative fiction and romance. You can find her at http://ellejauffret.com/ or on Instagram @ellejauffret

Gary Smith has a day job while trying to become a famous author. The day job pays the bills and supports his family. The writing provides an outlet for his out-of-control imagination. The fame isn't really wanted but is the only way he can think of to have what he loves to do pay the bills and support the family. The family loves to eat and have electricity, or they would all be living in a cardboard box close enough to a coffee shop to get a good wifi signal, while Gary wrote.

Jameson Grey's work has been published in magazines (Dark Recesses Press, Dark Dispatch, Medusa Tales, Polar Borealis), online (Dark Moments, The Birdseed, Trembling with Fear) and in anthologies from Ghost Orchid Press, Black Hare Press, Black Ink Fiction, Nordic Press, Hellbound Books, Shacklebound Books, Heads Dance Press and Love Letters to Poe.

Jodi Jensen, author of time travel romances and speculative fiction short stories, grew up moving from California, to Massachusetts, and a few other places in between, before finally settling in Utah at the ripe old age of nine. The nomadic life fed her sense of adventure as a child and the wanderlust continues to this day. With a passion for old cemeteries, historical buildings and sweeping sagas of days gone by, it was only natural she’d dream of time traveling to all the places that sparked her imagination.

John Ward is a Vancouver-based writer, filmmaker, and podcaster. His recent comic book credits include Acausal, Scratcher, Offbeats and Ultrabot Go Go Go. He is a graduate from the UCLA professional program in screenwriting and was previously a recipient of the Telefilm Canada New Voices Award. He’s the creator and host of the 49 Degrees North Writers Podcast, and has made award-winning short films such as Solus, and Linda. John was previously a theoretical physicist, holding a PhD in string theory from Queen Mary University of London and was once almost run over by Stephen Hawking. He worked at CERN, the University of Iceland, and the University of Victoria.

Kyle was born in Missouri but doesn’t remember it. He grew up in Texas and bounced around a bit before ending up back there, for better or worse. He spends his days hanging out with his daughter, Harper, reading and writing, playing video games, and obsessively listening to death metal (send some recommendations his way!). He has been writing most of his life, but only started submitting works in 2017.

He’s very excited to see where this writing journey takes him but probably plays too much Smash Bros to do it full-time. He's always changing his main, like a dumbass.

Check out his website kylejshepherd.com

Karen Bayly’s passion for writing began as a child when she wrote soap operas for her dolls to perform under her careful direction. These days it’s her biology PhD and research background that informs her writing, a fusion of science fiction, horror, and fantasy.

Her short stories, flash fiction, and poems have appeared in journals such as Toasted Cheese, Overland, Yellow Mama Webzine, Skive Magazine, Voluted Tales, and Every Day Fiction. Her stories have been featured in anthologies from Black Beacon Press, Black Hare Press, and Crystal Lake Publishing.

In 2019, Mary Celeste Press published Karen’s first novel, Fortitude. This steampunk adventure is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Apple Books, Smashwords and Lulu. A companion story, Foul Beasts, appeared in Black Beacon Press’s recent anthology, Murder and Machinery.

She lives in the outer suburbs of Sydney, Australia with two cats, a guitar, and a

Maggie D Brace, a life-long denizen of Maryland, teacher, gardener, basketball player and author attended St. Mary's College, where she met her soulmate, and Loyola University, Maryland. She has written 'Tis Himself: The Tale of Finn MacCool and Grammy's Glasses, and has multiple short works and poems in various anthologies. She remains a humble scrivener and avid reader.

Michelle Brett is a New Zealand based author, writing horror, thriller, and speculative fiction.

Her short stories have been published by Black Hare Press, in Australian newspapers and she is currently working on her first novel.

In her free time, she likes to question the choices of horror movie characters and report on historic crimes for a local paper.

Patrick Winters is a graduate of Illinois College in Jacksonville, IL, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. As a student, he was a two-time co-editor in chief of the college's literary and art magazine, Forte, and is a member of the international English honors society, Sigma Tau Delta.

Winters is now a proud member of the Horror Writers Association. His works have been published in numerous anthologies and magazines and have been featured on various web-based offerings, including the Horror Tree, the Sirens Call, Deadman's Tome, Fantasia Divinity Magazine, Sanitarium Magazine, and many more. While appreciating an array of genres, his favorite to both read and write in is Horror, because he's just plain weird like that!

Winters is an avid listener of all things hard-rock and heavy-metal, a compendium of comic-book knowledge, can (and will) do a perplexing array of voice impersonations, and can bend his thumbs further back than any person should have the right/capability of doing. It is all quite odd . . .

A full list of his publications can be found at: http://wintersauthor.azurewebsites.net/Publications/List

S Jade Path is an author of short fiction and a creator of dark poetry. She has had a life-long obsession with crawling into the depths of the psyche and forging shadows into words. Her work parallels this penchant for delving into the fantastical and strolling amongst demons.

https://linktr.ee/SJadePath

SIMON CLARKE lives and writes in Norfolk, United Kingdom. His first published story, ‘Loss’, appeared on Black Hare Press Press. He enjoys writing fiction and poetry and has been published by Hedgehog Press, Black Hare Press and Fifty Word Stories. He regularly submits to UK and international publications as well as reading short pieces and poetry at open mic events. He is currently working on his first novel. https://www.facebook.com/sclarkenp

The main influences for his writing reflect the authors he enjoyed reading as a young teenager: J.R.R. Tolkien, Ian Fleming, Peter O'Donnell, H.P. Lovecraft, Raymond Chandler, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Graham Masterton. He loves Gothic literature and all things mystical and mysterious.

Bibliography

The Hedgehog - Hedgehog Poetry Press, 2018

Dream, and I’ll Come to You - Fifty Word Story, 2019

Loss - ANGELS, Black Hare Press, 2019

I Seek Ancient Truths - ANGELS, Black Hare Press, 2019

This Wild Water - APOCALYPSE, Black Hare Press, 2019

Wingbone - MONSTERS, Black Hare Press, 2019

Jean Macbeth - UNRAVEL, Black Hare Press, 2019

Blood Ritual - WHAT IF? Black Hare Press, 2019

The Lost Shoes of Paris - LOVE IS LOVE, Breaking Rules Publishing, 2020

Steven Lord is a fantasy and sci-fi author from the UK. After leaving university, he spent 16 years travelling the world, meeting interesting people. He has seen the sun setting in the Himalayas, dust storms rolling through the deserts of Afghanistan, hurricanes tearing through the Caribbean and icebergs drifting in the South Atlantic.

Since 2019, he has settled down a bit, taking advantage of the change of pace to follow a long-held ambition to write fiction. His influences include Neal Stephenson, Stephen King and Iain M Banks.

Steven currently lives in the south of England with his wife, baby son, dog and two cats and is resigned to his place at the bottom of the pecking order in the house...

Susan Vita is a transplanted New Yorker who currently lives near Nashville, Tennessee.

For years, Susan spent her nights scribbling in journals, not sharing her writing with anyone while teaching young children during the day. 5 years ago, she realized that it was time to pivot and dedicate herself to writing. She signed up for the MA program at Southern New Hampshire University in English and Creative writing and quickly found a job as a writing tutor. While you’re now more likely to find her making comments on a student paper than up to her neck in Legos, she still volunteers as a literacy tutor, so she hasn’t turned her back on small people altogether.

Tim (Timothy) Law, is a proud librarian from a little town in Southern Australia called Murray Bridge.

He only recently discovered the world of online publishing in late 2019 and hasn’t stopped submitting stories since.

His stories have appeared in Black Ink Fiction, Black Hare Press, The World of Myth Magazine, Inner Circle Writer’s Magazine, Spillwords, Short Story Avenue, Sweetycat Press, Short Story Town, Pure Slush, Academy of the Heart and Mind and narrated in The Poet’s Lounge—a channel on YouTube.

Tim has a host of stories and poems published in anthologies of various genres, his favorite being fantasy. He was awarded June 2021 Spillwords author of the month and was included in “Who's Who of Emerging Writers 2021.” His stories are inspired by everything and anything. For more about Tim you can check out his blog at https://somecallmetimmy.blogspot.com

In addition to various international magazines, Victor Nandi's works of horror, fantasy and sci-fi have featured in anthologies from several publication houses around the world. When he isn't spending time with the characters from his imagination, he is usually chatting with the ones in his life about investment tools, sugar-free diets, and workout regime. He can often be found curled up in his cave with a novel or trying to cheer up a dispirited friend with a horror story. He lives in Bangalore, India.

Warren Benedetto writes dark fiction about horrible people, horrible places, and horrible things. He is an award-winning author and a full member of the SFWA. His stories have appeared in publications such as Dark Matter Magazine, The Dread Machine, and Haven Spec; on podcasts such as The NoSleep Podcast, Tales to Terrify, and The Creepy Podcast; and in anthologies from Apex Magazine, Scare Street, Eerie River Publishing, and more. His hobbies include sleeping, hitting snooze, sleeping some more, and naps. For more information, visit www.warrenbenedetto.com and follow @warrenbenedetto on Twitter. For more information, follow @warrenbenedetto on Twitter.

Pauline Yates (she/her) is the Australian author of Memories Don’t Lie; a fast-paced science fiction novel inspired by her love for dark and dangerous action and adventure.

An Australian Shadows Awards finalist, her short-form horror, dark fiction, and poetry appear in publications including Black Hare Press, IFWG Publishing Australia, Redwood Press, Midnight Echo, PseudoPod, Aurealis, Tales To Terrify, Black Hart Publishing, Metaphorosis, plus others, and her AHWA winning short story, “The Best Medicine,” was translated in the Mondi Incantati series produced by Riflessi di Lunare (RiLL), Italy.

She’s a member of the Australasian Horror Writers Association (AHWA), and the Horror Writers Association (HWA), and helps to judge the Australia Shadows Awards in various categories.

On the social scene, she goes by @midnightmuser1 because she loves writing at midnight when her muse is the most volatile. She shares her writing space with her aged cat, who is determined to break the world’s oldest feline record, and a dog who is terrified of the cat. She enjoys taking photos of the sunrise—if she wakes up in time—and loves to encourage native wildlife and birds into her garden. https://paulineyates.com/

Alex Azar is an award winning author bred, born, and raised in New Jersey. He had aspirations beyond his humble beginnings, goals that would take him to the skyscrapers of Metropolis and the alleys of Gotham. Alex was going to be a superhero. Then one tragic day, tragedy tragically struck. He remembered he wasn't an orphan and by law would only be able to become a sidekick. Circumstances preventing him from achieving his dream, Alex's mind fractured and he now spends his nights writing about the darkest horrors that plague the recesses of his twisted mind and black heart. His days are filled being the dutiful sidekick the law requires him to be, until he can one day be the hero the world (or at least New Jersey) needs.

Alex was first published in 2010, and he's since published over a dozen short stories, including his award winning collection "Nightmare Noir." Alex is a two time winner of the Preditors & Editors Best Horror Short Story of the year. Alex lives with his wife and their two cats, Leonidas and Miles Davis.

Jasmine Jarvis is an Australian Author of Speculative Fiction. After joining a local writing group in May 2019, she was encouraged to try her hand at writing fiction - sending off her first pieces of fiction into Black Hare Press’ call out for Beyond. Realizing how much fun this writing gig is, and how much she loves to tell stories, Jasmine has continued to shape her writing and is drawn to the absurd, the creepy and the downright terrifying.

Since landing her spot in Beyond, she has had 23 drabbles and 4 short stories published. Jasmine hopes her readers enjoy her stories as much as she enjoys writing them.