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Anne Woods 

Anne Woods is the author of various short stories published by Creepy Podcast, as part of the Horror Over Handlebars anthology, and in 7th Circle Pyrite, with others forthcoming. When not writing horror, she can be found reading horror, watching horror, or walking her beloved mutts and listening to podcasts about horror (or DnD).

Bryan Holm

Bryan Holm grew up in Minnesota and lives in St. Louis Park with his wife and dog. He is a photographer by day who spends his nights writing and consuming all things horror. His short fiction has been published in anthologies by Sinister Smile Press, Eerie River Publishing, HellBound Books, and Strange Wilds Press. He was featured on the Bloodlist as a Fresh Blood Selects for his screenwriting. His debut novella, Satanic Static, was published by Anuci Press. www.bryanholm.com

David Rider

David Rider grew up roaming the alleyways of Calumet City, Illinois. Like most Gen X kids, he lived an unsupervised, feral existence. This included consuming horror movies and Stephen King novels at too young an age. His stories have appeared in anthologies from Sinister Smile Press and Grendel Press. He has published three novels: We Are Van Helsing Books One and Two and Anca’s Undead Playlist. He lives with his wife, kids, and dogs, and he needs coffee to transform into a functional adult. Visit his website at www.davidriderauthor.com.

E.J. Bramble

E.J. Bramble is an author of horror with a degree in psychology who enjoys writing weird things. Her work has been published in anthologies and magazines such as Crawling and Seaside Gothic, and often incorporates aspects of body horror and a sense of unease. She lives in England, and, while working towards that elusive novel, enjoys running, cooking, and being by the sea.

Frederick Street

Frederick was born and raised in Maine but now resides in Southern California. When not learning to cook new things or exploring his love of archery and the outdoors, he writes stories inspired by his rural upbringing, his career in close-protection security, and his fascination with the fire that drives the human heart, for good or for ill.”

G.M. Garner

Growing up amidst the violent anxieties of Northern Ireland’s “Troubles,” G.M. Garner quickly found escape in the fictional world of the macabre. Fantastically reclusive, he currently resides in Nottingham, England, with his wife, dogs, and a lasting infatuation with all things monstrous and grim.

Jay Dane

Jay T. Dane is a Canadian author who started her writing journey at a young age. With one self-published horror novel from her high school years, she continues to create stories filled with all things scary and psychologically twisted. A lifelong lover of art and creativity, Jay spends much of her time drawing or painting, and enjoys studying art history. She resides in Ontario, Canada, with her family, her extra slobbery dog, and her partner, who’ve always encouraged and supported her in her storytelling endeavours.

L.W. Young

L.W. Young graduated from the University of Kent with a BA Honors degree in English literature and creative writing. He has experience with writing for theatre, film and YouTube, and is a passionate advocate of mindfulness and raising awareness of mental health issues. His favourite authors and influences include an eclectic bag: ranging from Stephen King to Cormac McCarthy to Ray Chandler to David Mitchell to Kazuyo Ishiguro to Margaret Atwood and Colson Whitehead. However, if you ask him, he will probably tell you his favourite books are the Point Horror novels he read in his High School library as a teenager.

Marcel Feldmar grew up in Canada, and then left.

He spent some time in Denver and Seattle but ended up living in Los Angeles, where his words get caught in traffic.

He has been a regular contributor to The Big Takeover Magazine since the mid 90’s and has also been working on some spoken word / music collaborations, which can be found under the name Blue Discordant Way on Bandcamp. Feldmar has contributed poetry to the Curious Nothing, 7th-Circle Pyrite, Rabbit’s Foot, Low Life Press, and Pulp. Feldmar’s full-length novel, Awkward on the Rocks, is coming soon from Dead Sky Publishing. His work can also be found online on Reddit’s nosleep forum, as the six-part serial “I Have To Get Rid Of This Guitar I Found” co-written with musician Kirk Hammett.

Marzia La Barbera

Marzia La Barbera is an Italian fiction writer and academic researcher. She writes science fiction and horror with a little bit of romance and a whole lot of blood, and enjoys delving into the mysteries of the human monster. Her short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies in Italy. When she’s not writing, she’s definitely paying too much attention to pop culture phenomena and putting together eclectic, vaguely anarchist reading lists.

She is currently based in Palermo, Italy, with her two dogs and misfit family.

Matt Dodge

Matt Dodge is a Canadian writer of short stories, comics and a novel. His work has been featured in Shotgun Honey, JMWW, Grim & Gilded, Underwood Press, Cold Creek Review, and the Tales From The Cloakroom Vol. 1 anthology from Cloakroom Comics.

Neil Williamson

Neil Williamson lives in the often inhumanly frigid city of Glasgow, Scotland. His most recent book is the urban folk horror novella, Charlie Says (Black Shuck Books), and he has been a finalist for British Science Fiction Association, British Fantasy and World Fantasy awards. Find out more at neilwilliamson.blog

William Jensen

William Jensen is the author of Cities of Men. His short fiction has appeared in North Dakota Quarterly, The Texas Review, Mystery Tribune, and elsewhere. In 2022, he edited the anthology Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, Vol. 7. He resides in Central Texas with his wife and daughters. Discover more at www.williamjensenwrites.com