Larry Hinkle is the least famous writer you’ve never heard of. A copywriter living with his wife and two doggos in Rockville, Maryland, when he's not writing stories that scare people into peeing their pants, he writes ads that scare people into buying adult diapers so they’re not caught peeing their pants. "The Eris Ridge Trail," his new cosmic horror road trip novella (with dogs!) was released in March 2025, while his debut collection, “The Space Between,” came out in February 2024. His work has also appeared in "October Screams: A Halloween Anthology," "The Rack: Stories Inspired by Vintage Horror Paperbacks," and The NoSleep Podcast, among others. He's an active member of the HWA (his short stories made the preliminary Stoker ballot in 2020 and 2022); a graduate of Fright Club and Crystal Lake’s Author’s Journey program; an HWA mentee; and a survivor of the Borderlands Writers Bootcamp.

Renan Bernardo is a Nebula and Ignyte finalist author of science fiction and fantasy from Brazil. His short fiction appeared in Reactor/Tor.com, Clarkesworld, Apex Magazine, Podcastle, Escape Pod, Daily Science Fiction, and others. He writes from secondary world fantasy to dark science fiction, and he enjoys the intersection of climate narratives with science, technology, and the human relations inherent to it. His solarpunk/clifi short fiction collection, Different Kinds of Defiancé, was published in 2024. His dark space opera novella, Disgraced Return of the Kap’s Needle, was released in 2025.

Nick Botic is a writer based in Milwaukee, WI. In 2016 he rose through the ranks of the now 20-million member Reddit community dedicated to short horror stories known as NoSleep, cementing himself as one of the all-time most popular contributors. He has since gone on to have his work featured in various anthologies, magazines, and podcasts, and has had stories translated into over fifteen languages. 2023 will see the release of his highly-anticipated debut novel "Daughter's Drawings", based on the viral short story "My Family Was Stalked for Four Years", as well as a non-fiction book featuring conversations with the modern masters of the horror genre, including Ramsey Campbell, Laird Barron, Paul Tremblay, Ellen Datlow, John Langan, Nadia Bulkin, and more.