Our Authors

Adrielle Reina is a spooky, kooky autistic lady from Appalachia. She studied biological anthropology and data engineering, but cursing her enemies and writing are her true passions. She has a cool son who often reminds her how uncool she is, three dogs, a cat, and a husband who looks like Nicholas Hoult (he’s also funny too). Legends say that she can be summoned with coffee, Pokémon, more dogs, horror movies/books, and the blood of those who wish her ill.

Aksheeya is obsessed with collecting stories like an old witch hoards crystals. Sometimes, she likes to take you on a trip and offer you these tiny capsules of fantasy to carry in your pocket, infect you with its energy, and challenge your own notion of reality.

Growing up in “Stephen King Country”, Alan has long dreamed of becoming a best-selling author (or at least getting a novel published). In the meantime, he teaches at the University of Maine where he has been on faculty for over a quarter century. After getting his M.A. in Creative Writing there, he simply never left. He teaches courses on writing and literature, including topics such as monsters, the apocalypse, vampires, and (yes) Stephen King. He recently received his MFA in Creative Writing from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. He is still working on that elusive first novel.

Alexandra Seidel writes stories that often turn out darker than she thought. She can't remember selling her soul to any demons however, so there is a logical explanation for these dark twists. Probably. As Alexa Piper, she writes (very queer) paranormal romance books which have been rumored to make people laugh out loud in public. Such rumors please this author.

Ali Seay (she/her) lives in Baltimore with her husband and kids and the ghost of a geriatric wiener dog who once ruled the house. She’s the author of several horror novellas which are usually packed with dark humor and feminine rage. Her shorter work can be found in numerous horror and crime anthologies. When not writing, she hunts vintage goods, haunts used bookstores, tempts folks with books at the local library, and is always down for a road trip.

Arlo “Zven” Graves lives in a salvaged shack deep in the woods. Zven enjoys hiking at night, weird rocks, and ocarinas. They’re not so good at small talk, but exceptional at Dance Dance Revolution. Their short work can be found at Dragon Soul Press, the 96th of October, and others. Zven’s short memoir about the CZU Lightning Complex fire won the Stories That Need to be Told 2023 grand prize.

B. Green is a Dark Fantasy/Paranormal Romance Author, based in the mythical landscape of the United Kingdom. B spins spellbinding tales of love and passion in realms that the supernatural reside. Dark chocolate and red wine are best served with her spicy books.

Briana N Cox is a queer, Black writer born and raised in rural Tennessee. She’s the oldest of seven children and a first-generation college graduate with a Master’s degree in speech-language pathology. You can find her short stories in the Bookends Review Best of 2020 Anthology. She is a 2020 TN Playwrights Studio fellow in addition to being a 2024 Stage 32 Feature Screenplay fellow recently featured on the 2024 Next List for up-coming screenwriters.

Drawn to the monstrous and macabre, Christina Bergling has been weaving nightmares since childhood. Her horror tales slither from post-apocalyptic (Savages, Screechers) to monster (Red Walls) psychological (The Waning) to comedy (The Rest Will Come) to mystery (Followers) and anything in between (various anthologies and zines including The Horror Collection series, 96th of October, Graveyard Girls, Demonic Wildlife). Bergling is a member of the Horror Writers Association, Denver Horror Collective, and Midnight Monster Club and a dedicated voice in the horror genre. She has been featured on panels at Colorado Festival of Horror. She devours horror in all its forms—movies, books, festivals, conventions, stores, haunted attractions. By day, she navigates the shadows of the IT world. By night, she turns trauma into art. When she’s not writing, she hikes rugged Colorado trails, dances wildly, and sucks out all the marrow of life with her family.

Craig Crawford grew up reading constantly. After being wowed by so many great novels he wondered if he could do it too. Since 2020, he has published more than twenty short stories, plus a novella and a four-book serial through many different presses. He writes science fiction, fantasy, YA, horror, humor—whatever his imagination gives him.

A native Floridian, C. L. Sidell grew up playing with toads in the rain and indulging in speculative fiction. She draws inspiration from the natural world, travel, and all things spooky. A Pushcart Nominee, Best of the Net Nominee, and Rhysling Finalist, her work appears in 34 Orchard, Apparition Lit, The Cosmic Background, The Dread Machine, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Factor Four Magazine, Stupefying Stories, and others. You can find her on various social media platforms @sidellwrites.

Damir is the author of the story collection Collapse Years, the novels Kill Zone and Always Beside You, and short stories featured in multiple horror and speculative fiction magazines and anthologies. An auditor by trade and traveler by heart, he does his best writing on cruise ships, thirty-plus thousand feet in the air, and in the terminals of far-flung airports. He lives in Virginia with his wife. When not writing fiction, he reviews horror movies, discusses books, and shares his unsolicited opinions on just about everything on his blog, Darker Realities.

David Rose is newly Italian after being an anglo-Scot all his life (but mostly an anglo). He still lives in England. For now. But it is hard. And still teaches philosophy. For now. He publishes mostly horror and fantasy, is currently working on a werewolf novel. An urban gothic tale, A Day Before Tomorrow, One Day After Yesterday, resides rather uncomfortably on Amazon.

Elizabeth Guilt lives in London, UK, where history lurks alongside plate glass office buildings and stories spring out of the street names. Her fiction has appeared most recently in Pseudopod, Escape Pod, and Cosmic Horror Monthly.

Graveside Press is a new imprint focused on horror, managed by members of the publishing teams that bring you Paper Angel Press, Water Dragon Publishing, and Cupid’s Arrow Publishing.

Gregg Stewart is an HWA author, award-winning songwriter, musician, screenwriter, journalist, and film composer whose dark fiction tales have appeared in The Sirens Call, Crimson Quill Quarterly, Crystal Lake Publishing’s Patreon series, and print anthologies Hotel Macabre Volume 1, Shallow Waters, Dead Letters: Tales of Epistolary Horror, Sley House Presents (2025), Black Cat Tales, and To Hell and Back (Hellbound UK). Find him on social media at: Bluesky: @greggstewart; X: @thegreggstewart; and Instagram: @thatgreggstewart.

Hannah Birss is a writer and aspiring magpie based out of Ontario, Canada. She lives with her partner, children, and multiple animals. She can usually be found in a nest constructed of books, writing journals, and shiny trinkets.

Hannah Rebekah Graves is an AuDHD ball of nerves and chaos. Her special interests include horror and Anne Boleyn. Shes resides in the Redwoods with her wife and is bossed about by a cockatiel named Bananakin. Please do not feed her after dark. Please do not let her in your house.

J C Lee is the penname of an Anglo/Chinese, male/female authorial partnership. They share a passion for myth, fairytales, and ghost stories from Chinese and Western cultures, and a taste for good whisky from anywhere. Both are published authors in their own right, but this is their first collaboration in horror fiction.

J. Brian Ballinger is an aspiring new writer with a taste for the historic and the macabre. He writes both novels and short stories and is best known for skin-chilling tales that take you back through the centuries. J. Brian Ballinger lives in Canada and loves bewildering coworkers and friends with his wild tales and unique style of horror and nonsense.

Born and raised in New York's haunted Hudson Valley and more recently a resident of North Carolina’s equally haunted Cape Fear region, JG Faherty is the author of 23 books, 4 collections, and more than 85 short stories. JG has been a finalist for both the Bram Stoker Award (twice) and ITW Thriller Award. He writes adult and YA horror, science fiction, dark fantasy, and paranormal romance, and his works range from quiet, dark suspense to over-the-top comic gruesomeness. He is proud to be a relative of Mary Shelley. You can follow him on X, Facebook, and Instagram as @jgfaherty.

Born in Canberra, Australia, JJ has been writing books since she was six years old—a collection of kooky tales she would staple together and hide in a shoebox under her bed. Penning her first novel at age twelve, her love of all things creepy, supernatural, and wild has never left her. Join JJ as she journeys through haunted places and chilling mysteries of the beautiful country and rich history of Australia. JJ’s other works include The Corner of Her Eye, a series of Australian ghost stories exploring the concept of purgatory.

Mark London Williams wrote the Los Angeles Times best-selling Danger Boy time travel series, among other books and anthology contributions. He covers show business, its content and discontents, as a columnist in Los Angeles. He has taught storytelling at Disney’s Creative Academy, keeps a watchful eye out for Santa Ana winds, and has two grown sons.

Nigel Williams was born in the middle of England and is a voracious reader, geek, and true crime buff. He began writing in later life to stave off the terror of encroaching middle age. He lives in Sheffield with his wife and two young children. When not reading or writing, he usually spends his life fixing the house or wondering where his spare time went.

Paul Lamb lives and writes near Kansas City, but he escapes to his Ozark cabin whenever he can. His stories have appeared in dozens of literary magazines and his two novels, One-Match Fire and Parent Imperfect, are published by Blue Cedar Press.

Я.R. Harrow is a prolific on-spectrum reader and writer from the rural Adirondack regions of New York State. The former seminarian is the son of Scottish Immigrants, who developed an early fondness for the classics and especially horror, a passion that followed him throughout his adult life as he faced many harsh challenges and realities. Which culminated in his eventual medical disablement and retirement from coaching, and volunteer firefighting. Now, he dedicates his time between work and family, finding the time to invest in his lifelong passion, writing. linktr.ee/RRHARROW

Robert Bagnall was born in Bedford, England. He has written for the BBC, national newspapers, government ministers, and has been an L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future competition finalist. Five of his other stories have been selected for the annual "Best of British Science Fiction" anthologies. He is the author of the science fiction thriller 2084 - The Meschera Bandwidth and two anthologies, each of which collects 24 of his eighty-odd published stories. He can be contacted via his blog at meschera.blogspot.com.

Rose Strickman is a speculative fiction writer living in Seattle, Washington. Her work has been published over fifty times, in anthologies such as Sword and Sorceress 32, Nightmare Sky and Spring Into SciFi 2024, as well as several e-zines. She has also self-published several novellas.

Ryan Van Ells (he/him) is a queer lawyer and author of dark fiction from Wisconsin. His work has appeared in October Screams, Drabbledark III, Trembling with Fear, and other publications. When not writing, he can be found watching scary movies with his partner and their three cats.

Sandra J. Paul is an award-winning Belgian author, who has written over thirty novels. Her books have been translated in over fourteen languages. Her novel My Truth has been optioned for film or limited streaming series. Her novel The Girl without a voice will be published by Watkins Publishing Group (UK) and Penguin Random House (USA). Her novel Everyone is worried will be released in the US in the Fall of 2024. The author has been shortlisted for various writing competitions, such as Coverfly Cinematic Book/Short Story competition. She has won various awards for her psychological thrillers and children's books.

Skye Crawford has an Associate’s Degree in Traditional Art. They have also spent time studying Game Art & Design from the Art Institute. Currently, they work as a 24-hour caregiver for a disabled family member. They grew up on Dungeons & Dragons: from watching their parents play as a child, to becoming a player and DM as they grew older. In their spare time they enjoy watching and playing various scary media, along with reading fantasy books. Other hobbies include weightlifting, rockhounding, and gardening. What writing awards they’ve won are academic based, like for Best Game Design Document and Attitude Excellence.

While she is best known for her sentient object romances, Sylvia Morrow is most likely to be found binge-reading (or watching) something horror-related. Recently, Sylvia has decided to merge her love of both romance and horror into her own books.

Terry Campbell wrote extensively during the 1990s, appearing in numerous anthologies (Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, Blood Muse, Kiss and Kill: the Hot Blood Series) and small press magazines (Terminal Fright, After Hours, Into the Darkness). But sometime during the 2000s, he drifted away from the keyboard. Then, in 2023, spurred on by an odd dream he thought would make a good story, his wife surprised him with a new laptop. And the bug was back. He started writing again and hasn’t stopped, with appearances in anthologies such as What Lurks?: A Cryptid Anthology, Hellbound Book’s Horror Anthology, After Dark: A Horror and Thriller Anthology, and many more. Visit him on his website at alittlewestofweird.com.

Tom Vandermolen started out life as a military brat, born in Japan to a US Navy sailor and a Japanese mother, but raised primarily in the American South—in a town suspiciously similar to the one in “Male of the Species”. A retired Navy officer, he now works as a data scientist in Seattle, where he lives with his wife.