Writer (of various sorts of fiction and, as professionally required, copy). Editor/copyeditor/proof reader (my own and others’ writings). Reader (catholic, if not Roman). Designer (as far as it goes). Seamster (out of practice these days). Gardener (presently sans garden, alackaday). Listener (to music, to friends, to crazy people). Commenter (not so much, really, though I do talk, perhaps too much, to the cats). Drinker (put-hair-on-your-chest* black coffee mostly, spiced with the occasional Earl Grey, pinot grigio, Campari, gin, or Irish whiskey). Smoker (I know, all right, so just be quiet). Dreamer (actually, I almost never recall my dreams). Ivy League grad (it’s true!). Tattooed and pierced person (you can take that on trust). Quasi Muslim (if, you know, I believed in God). Football fan (no, no, no, not American football: real football, what you call soccer). Gay man. Autobiographer? Not just no, fuck off and die no. * not that that’s worked for me, dammit

Elaine Pascale is the author of The Blood Lights; If Nothing Else, Eve, We’ve Enjoyed the Fruit; The Kitchen Witches; The Language of Crows; and the soon to be released The Solstice. She is the co-editor of Dancing in the Shadows: A Tribute to Anne Rice. She is a regular contributor to Pen of the Damned and the Ladies of Horror Picture-Prompt Challenge. Elaine enjoys chocolate, a robust full moon, reading spam emails, and paddleboarding. Find out more at elainepascale.com, https://www.amazon.com/author/elainep..., Facebook: elaine.pascale X and Instagram: @doclaney TikTok @elainepascale YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@elainepascal... Newsletter: https://elainepascale.substack.com/

I was born in Anchorage, Alaska, and spent my childhood in Tacoma, Washington. And now I live on the East Coast. I’m not quite sure how that happened…. By day I’m a secretary. I file papers, create spreadsheets, update calendars, sort papers—the usual secretarial things. At night, I write about lonely young girls who can speak to engines, Nikola Tesla’s secret journals, long-horned demons lost in Northwest suburbia, giant biomechanical insects, mothers who are good monsters, monsters who are good mothers, lots of consensual human-&-creature sex, and even more broken hearts. You can also find me on my website, where I talk a lot about ants (too many), coffee (too little), and cheese (never enough!).

Victoria Janssen currently writes science fiction romance for Kalikoi. Her most recent print novel is The Duke and the Pirate Queen, fantasy erotica (Harlequin). It has pirates, sharks, and the Island of the Lotus Eaters. It's set in the same universe as her first novel, The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom, and Their Lover. Her second novel, The Moonlight Mistress, is an erotic historical set during World War One. It has a tie-in story with a cross-dressing soldier heroine, "Under Her Uniform." Janssen has sold over thirty short stories. For her blog and a full list of her publications, please visit her website at victoriajanssen.com. She's a member of The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Social Media: Twitter. Romancelandia at Mastodon. Wandering Shop at Mastodon. Tumblr. Facebook Author Page.

From a base in southern Arizona, I explore the universe. I've been exploring, writing, drawing, making photographs, and teaching as long as I can remember. And I can remember a long time. I currently manage social media for a small museum. I also personally run two podcasts, at least one YouTube channel, and a blog or several. I have been a stamp collector for a whole lotta years, and kept fishes for over 40 years, birded all my life (my first word was "owl"), and been a dinonut almost as long (the encyclopedia I used as a picture book STILL falls open to the dinosaur entry). I have a degree in Environmental and Systematics Biology from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and have worked and studied biology around North America.

LEE THOMAS is the Bram Stoker Award and the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of STAINED , ASH STREET , THE DUST OF WONDERLAND , and THE GERMAN . Recent and forthcoming titles include LIKE LIGHT FOR FLIES , and BUTCHER’S ROAD . Forthcoming titles include DOWN ON YOUR KNEES (Oct 2016), and DISTORTION (May 2017). ADDITIONAL TITLES: TORN IN THE CLOSET, UNDER THE BED FOCUS THE BLACK SUN SET CRISIS PARISH DAMNED

Christopher M. Cevasco writes fiction inspired by history. His novel Beheld: Godiva's Story (April 2022, Lethe Press) is a darkly twisted psychological thriller set in 11th-century England, exploring the legend of Lady Godiva's naked ride through the streets of Coventry. Some of his recent short stories have appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Distant Echoes (Corazon Books), Nightmare Magazine, Black Static, and the Prime Books anthologies Shades of Blue and Gray: Ghosts of the Civil War and Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages.