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Valjeanne Jeffers is the author of the award winning Immortal series which includes: Immortal, Immortal II: The Time of Legend, Immortal III: Stealer of Souls, and Immortal IV: Collision of Worlds. She is also the author of The Switch II: Clockwork (includes The Switch I and II), Colony: Ascension An Erotic Space Opera, Mona Livelong: Paranormal Detective, and Voyage of Dreams, as well as The Story of Eve (nonfiction). Her novels are available at http://www.vjeffersandqveal.com and http://tehotep.wixsite.com/immortalii... Valjeanne is a graduate of Spelman College and has been published in Steamfunk!, Genesis: An Anthology of Black Science Fiction, Griots II: Sisters of the Spear, Possibilities, Revelry, Drumvoices Revue, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, Liberated Muse: How I Freed My Soul, Pembroke Magazine Vol 39, Say it Loud: Poems about James Brown, PurpleMag, The City and more recently, Fitting In, Sycorax's Daughters (nominated for the Bram Stoker Award) and Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler (winner of the Locus Award, nominated for the Hugo Award). She also writes under the pen name Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson and Valijeanne Jeffers.

Librarian Note: Also writes under the name Lawana Holland-Moore. American speculative fiction writer and poet LH Moore has been published in multiple anthologies and publications. She is also a historian and accomplished artist.

L. Marie Wood is an award-winning author and screenwriter. She is the recipient of the Golden Stake Award for her novel The Promise Keeper, as well as the Harold L. Brown Award for her screenplay Home Party. Her short story, "The Ever After" is part of the Bram Stoker Award Finalist anthology Sycorax's Daughters. Wood was recognized in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15 and as one of the 100+ Black Women in Horror Fiction. Wood holds an MFA in Speculative Fiction from Southern New Hampshire University and serves as the Director of Curricula for the Diverse Writers and Artists of Speculative Fiction (DWASF.org). She is also the Director of the horror track for MultiverseCon. Visit lmariewood.com to learn more.

John Linwood Grant lives in Yorkshire with a pack of lurchers and a beard. He may also have a family. When he's not chronicling the adventures of Mr Bubbles, the slightly psychotic pony, he writes a range of supernatural, horror and speculative tales, some of which are actually published. You can find him every week on his website which celebrates weird fiction and weird art, greydogtales.com, often with his dogs.

Michele Tracy Berger is a professor, a creative writer, and a pug-lover. Her main love is writing science fiction though she also is known to write poetry and creative nonfiction, too. Her fiction has appeared in UnCommon Origins: A Collection of Gods, Monsters, Nature and Science by Fighting Monkey Press, You Don’t Say: Stories in the Second Person by Ink Monkey Press, Flying South: A Literary Journal, 100wordstory, Thing Magazine, and The Red Clay Review. Her sci-fi novella, Reenu-You is recently published from Book Smugglers Publishing. Her nonfiction writing and poetry has appeared in The Chapel Hill News, The Red Clay Review, Glint Literary Journal, Oracle: Fine Arts Review, Trivia: Voices of Feminism, The Feminist Wire, Ms., Carolina Woman Magazine, and Western North Carolina Woman, A Letter to My Mom, and various zines. Michele is completely undone by the sight of pugs and has to restrain herself from collecting any item they appear on. She lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina with her partner Tim.

Jeff Carroll is a Texan whose ancestors arrived in the 1820s. Reared in Houston and Weimar, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard, earned a Bachelor's Degree of Forestry from Stephen F. Austin and a Master's Degree of Environmental Education from the Universtiy of Michigan. During a 25-year career with the U.S. Forest Service, he advanced from being the first "Interpretive Forester" in the Southeastern Region, to the International Coordinator of Education. Jeff Carroll's Legendary Texas Back home, his "Legendary Texas" column appeared in 21 newspapers, and his radio program reached listeners on 62 stations. After writing for the new Handbook of Texas, he taught Texas history at Texas A&M University and then at Blinn College, where he received the Teaching Excellence Award and twice was elected by students to Who's Who Among America's Teachers. He is the author of six books and a life member of the Texas State Historical Association.

Dear reader, wish to know about speculative fiction author Kai Leakes? Well, keep all eyes on your surroundings or you might find yourself swallowed by the dark or embraced by love's light. Hailing from the Midwest, St. Louis, Missouri to be exact, author Kai Leakes has had an imaginative mind since childhood. Her world-building gift has led her to dip into her love of romance, and fantasy. It was her love for all-things vampires that also led to honing her pen on dark fantasy and horror in the form of her popular series 'Sin Eaters: Devotion Books 1-2 & Sin Eater Chronicles novellas (Rebel Guardians).' Having the goal of adding color to a gray literary world. Kai's unique passion for romance with a touch of darkness has allowed her to be featured in the horror anthology 'Sycorax's Daughters", and sci-fi anthology 'The City'. So, with fantasy and romance always on her mind, watch out for the darkness and magic that always follows. Still curious to learn more about author Kai Leakes? Or wish to reach out? Visit her website at: www.kwhp5f.wix.com/kai-leakes "The Light Always Prevails." - Kai Leakes.

Samantha is best known for her Menopausal Superhero series of novels through Falstaff Books, well that and her banana bread. She writes heroes and horror stories, mostly featuring complicated women defying expectations. If all else fails, check the woods. She likes to get lost there.

After thirty years, Alicia McCalla accepted her calling as a writer of strong Black women heroines who fight back, sometimes to the death. Alicia’s stories are edgy, violent, and controversial with heart-pumping action and her protagonists are forced to make difficult choices. Alicia began writing and self-publishing professionally in 2012. In the beginning, she wrote part-time while she worked full-time as a School Media Specialist. Tragedy struck and her only child, an officer in the US Navy was lost at sea. This single event changed everything. With the overwhelming intensity of her grief brain, she had to re-learn how to live fully while honoring her son’s legacy (he was one of her largest supporters and champions. He even produced a theme song for her work). She often takes the time to acknowledge her grief journey in her blog posts. Now, Alicia is a full-time writer & merchandiser sharing stories and products of courageous, brave and strong Black women warriors. She enjoys writing Sistas with Skills, Swords & Superpowers. Alicia is Black Girl Nerd and regularly Cosplays strong female superheroes, warriors and maybe even a fairy. Because of her love of fan merchandise and desire to see Black women represented in SciFi and Fantasy Merchandise, she launched her shop Alicia McCalla’s Emporium featuring superheroines, vigilantes, huntresses and much more. Alicia's influences include Octavia Butler, LA Banks, Faith Hunter, and Patricia Briggs. She is an activist in the movement towards diversifying Science fiction and Fantasy (#diversityinSFF). She created the first "State of Black Science Fiction 2012" blog tour, is an active member in the State of Black Science Fiction FaceBook group and has a Pinterest account where she actively curates topics related to Black Warrior Women, Black Science Fiction, Fantasy and more. Alicia writes for both new adults and adults with her brand of Black superheroes, dark fantasy, paranormal, and horror. She is a former Women Marine-Reservist and a decorated war veteran. Alicia is a native Detroiter who currently resides in metro Atlanta with her loving husband and many nieces and nephews. Sign-up on www.aliciamccalla.com for free reads, updates, sneak peeks, and merchandise coupons.

Steve Van Samson is the author of "The Unpleasant Mister SNif", “Mark of the Witchwyrm”, "The Bone Eater King" and "Marrow Dust" and of the collections "Year of the Rattlesnake" & "Black Honey and Other Unsavory Things". A strong proponent of character diversity & of avoiding cliché like the plague, his short stories have appeared in anthologies including “SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire”, “More Lore From the Mythos volumes 1 & 2” and in the comic book anthology series “Gore Shriek: Resurrectus”. Steve is also the co-host of the Retro Ridoctopus podcast and watches entirely too many black and white monster films.

Born in the Year of the Dragon, Vonnie Winslow Crist has had a life-long interest in reading, writing, art, myth, fairytales, folklore, and legends. Having been a night person since infancy, she is also quite fond of stars, moonlight, forests, owls, and other creatures of the darkness. After attending Perry Hall Elementary, Parkville Junior High, and Perry Hall High, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education from Towson University. She married, then raised three children, did freelance illustrating and writing, and taught poetry for the Maryland State Arts Council’s Artists in Education Program. Thirty years after graduating from Towson, she returned to her alma mater and earned a Masters in Professional Writing. A firm believer that the world around us is filled with miracles, mystery, and magic, Vonnie still sees fairies amidst the trees, mermaids on jetties, and ghosts and goblins of all sorts in the shadows. Her garden overflows with herbs and statues of animals. Toadstool rings sprout regularly on her lawn. And she's found so many four-leafed clovers that she keeps them in a jar. Vonnie invites bookstores, book groups, science fiction and fantasy cons, book festivals, teachers, home schoolers, writing groups, faerie festivals, and interested readers to contact her via her website: http://vonniewinslowcrist.com or blog: http://vonniewinslowcrist.wordpress.com or Facebook Author's Page: http://tinyurl.com/Fb-Vonnie-Winslow-... for appearances, signings, school visits, interviews, and workshops.

Penelope Flynn is a speculative fiction author and 3D illustrator who enjoys adult-targeted mixed genre speculative fiction/urban fantasy featuring elements of horror, suspense, science fiction, erotica and fantasy. Notable works can be found in the Dark Universe anthology, The Steamfunk anthology, Genesis: An Anthology of Black Science Fiction Book II, Scierogenous II, and Zane’s Caramel Flava II. Penelope Flynn is author of Regarding Koescu; The Chronicles of Renfields, Revenant Lineage Book 1 and Chronicles of Renfields; The First Book of Ramona. She is also co-curator of the Blerdrotica I and Blerdrotica II anthologies. Works in Progress include Ascension, a Dark Universe: Expansion novel and a retelling of the story of Sleeping Beauty, The Seduction of Prince Charming. Penelope Flynn is cover artist and an interior artist for the second edition of Rorie Still’s Flash Bang anthology, cover illustrator for Carole McDonnell’s novelette, The Charcoal Bride and Stone P. Mays’ Blumeverse short “Ava Dianthus and her Minion of Evil.” More works can be found at PenelopeFlynn.com https://books2read.com/author/penelop...