Erica Summers is an independent filmmaker, artist, film industry grip, and writer with an unwavering passion for horror. Several of her award-winning feature films have screened worldwide including Obsidian, Mister White, & Loverboy (all available on Amazon and most streaming services) and have won awards around the globe. Upcoming Publications include Bad God's Tower on 7/1/23 and Vanity Kills on 9/1/23 (both available for pre-sale on Amazon) Recent publications include, “Tines” (It Calls From Below), “Painted in Vermilion” (Air: Elemental Series), “All the Same Color on the Inside” (Black Hare Press), "The Mother" (Their Ghoulish Reputation), and “Take a Breath” (Hellbound Books' Anthology of Splatterpunk) as well as a full-length novel, “Mantis” (2016) on Amazon & Godless. Though raised in Wyoming, Erica spent most of her life in the swampy American South, first in central Florida and later in southern Louisiana. She now resides in Connecticut where she works in film & television, and writes horror fiction. In her downtime, the bizarre bisexual is typically voraciously reading horror novels, slathered in garden dirt, kayak fishing, or devouring horror movies with her boyfriend, Dave, and their two jack russell TERRORS.