Michael Marshall (Smith) is a bestselling novelist and screenwriter. His first novel, ONLY FORWARD, won the August Derleth and Philip K. Dick awards. SPARES and ONE OF US were optioned for film by DreamWorks and Warner Brothers, and the Straw Men trilogy - THE STRAW MEN, THE LONELY DEAD and BLOOD OF ANGELS - were international bestsellers. His most recent novels are THE INTRUDERS, BAD THINGS and KILLER MOVE. He is a four-time winner of the BFS Award for short fiction, and his stories are collected in two volumes - WHAT YOU MAKE IT and MORE TOMORROW AND OTHER STORIES (which won the International Horror Guild Award). He lives in Santa Cruz, California with his wife and son.

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Became vegetarian after writing MEAT. Fond of meditation, unfathomable questions and cats. Repped by Robert Dinsdale. "Joseph D'Lacey rocks!" Stephen King.

JG Faherty is a Bram Stoker Award® and ITW Thriller Award nominee and the author of six novels, nine novellas, and more than 50 short stories. He writes adult and YA horror/sci-fi/fantasy, and his works range from quiet, dark suspense to over-the-top comic gruesomeness. His novels and novellas, all of which are listed on Goodreads, include THE CURE, CARNIVAL OF FEAR, GHOSTS OF CORONADO BAY, CEMETERY CLUB, THE BURNING TIME, LEGACY, CASTLE BY THE SEA, FATAL CONSEQUENCES, THIEF OF SOULS, THE COLD SPOT, and HE WAITS. He enjoys urban exploring, photography, classic B-movies, good wine, and pumpkin beer. As a child, his favorite playground was a 17th-century cemetery, which many people feel explains a lot. His personal motto is "Photobombing people since 1979!" You can follow him at www.twitter.com/jgfaherty, www.facebook.com/jgfaherty, http://about.me/jgfaherty, and www.jgfaherty.com.

D. Harlan Wilson is an American novelist, critic, editor, playwright, and college professor. His body of work bridges the aesthetics of literary and film theory with various genres of speculative fiction. Recent books include Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination: A Critical Companion (2022), Minority Report (2022), Jackanape and the Fingermen (2021), Outré (2020), The Psychotic Dr. Schreber (2019), Natural Complexions (2018), and J.G. Ballard (2017).

Joseph McGee is the author of several novels including In the Wake of the Night, Snow Hill, The Fallen, Angel of Tears and Dead Winter, he is also co-writing The Hollow with acclaimed novelist, Eric Enck, which is a forthcoming release. His most recent acknowledgments has been the success of his short story trilogy, Phil’s Place which is exclusive to Amazon.com, and recipient of high reviews and his “masterful storytelling” of Snow Hill (Blu Phi’er Publishing; June 2008). Born and raised in Massachusetts, his love for writing started, like most acclaimed writers, at an early age. He honed his skills early in high school when he made his first major sale of his novella Pictures & Photos. So far he has written near 80 short stories which were sold to every type of circulation magazine imaginable; from hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands, thus making professional sales, and some can be found in the anthologies: The Sound of Horror and Gifts from the Flesh. He also doubles on occasion as a review/interview of which he has done interviews with such people as Bram Stoker award-winning author, Christopher Golden and author, Jon Merz (The Lawson Vampire series). Joseph McGee claims his influences to be Dean Koontz, Jack Ketchum, Tom Piccirilli, Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon. He resides in Massachusetts with four felines and continues to worship the Boston Celtics.

Hi! I'm Steve Vernon and I'd love to scare you. Along the way I'll entertain you. I guarantee a giggle as well. If I listed all of the books I've written I'd bore you - and I am allergic to boring. Instead, let me recommend one single book of mine. Pick up SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME for an example of true Steve Vernon storytelling. It's hockey and vampires for folks who love hockey and vampires - and for folks who don't! For more up-to-date info please follow my blog at: http://stevevernonstoryteller.wordpre... And follow me at Twitter: @StephenVernon yours in storytelling, Steve Vernon