R.B. PAYNE (“Paper Doll Hyperplane”) got really serious about writing as a member of the Dark Delicacies Writing Group in Burbank, California about a decade ago. His story “Eddie G. at the Gates of Hell” was well-received in the award-winning and Stoker-nominated Midnight Walk anthology way back then. About twenty stories later, (he is admittedly a slow writer), his work has appeared in a multitude of magazines and anthologies, including 18 Wheels of Horror, Madhouse, All-American Horror of the 21st Century, Monk Punk, and the original Chiral Mad. He is an active member of the Horror Writers Association and soon the Science Fiction Writers Association. He loves dark speculative fiction and is very near to finishing that novel he started some years ago. Meanwhile, the tales “paddlejumpers” and “>>>last of the bark-men}” will see print in the near future. A nomad by choice, R.B. Payne currently lives in Paris, France, with his wife, dog, and cat. He can be found frequently at the local brasserie where wine and conversation impede the writing process but provide an endless source of story ideas. Online, he is at www.rbpayne.com.
CHRISTINA SNG (“The Vodyanoy” / “The Old Gods of Light”) is the Bram Stoker Award®-winning author of A Collection of Nightmares (Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2017). Her poetry has been nominated multiple times for the Rhysling Awards, Dwarf Stars Awards, and Elgin Awards, received honorable mentions in the Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and Best Horror of the Year anthologies, and appeared in numerous venues worldwide. Visit her at www.christinasng.com and connect on social media @christinasng.
LUCY A. SNYDER (“My Knowing Glance”) is the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated and five-time Bram Stoker Award®-winning author of over 100 published short stories and 13 books. Her most recent titles are the collection Garden of Eldritch Delights and the forthcoming novel The Girl With the Star-Stained Soul. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders, The Library of the Dead, Chiral Mad 2, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Apex Magazine, Nightmare Magazine, Pseudopod, Strange Horizons, and Best Horror of the Year. She lives in Columbus, Ohio. You can learn more about her at www.lucysnyder.com and you can follow her on Twitter at @LucyASnyder.
MICHAEL WEHUNT (“A Heart Arrhythmia Creeping Into a Dark Room”) lives in the woods of Atlanta with his partner and dog. His stories have appeared in multiple best-of anthologies and other well-known spooky homes. His debut fiction collection, Greener Pastures, shortlisted for the Crawford Award, a Shirley Jackson Award finalist, and the winner of Spain’s Premio Amaltea for Foreign Translation, is available from Apex Publications.
STEPHANIE M. WYTOVICH (“A Benediction of Corpses”) is an American poet, novelist, and essayist. Her work has been showcased in numerous venues such as Weird Tales, Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories, Fantastic Tales of Terror, Year’s Best Hardcore Horror, Vol. 2, The Best Horror of the Year, Vol.8, as well as many others. Wytovich is the Poetry Editor for Raw Dog Screaming Press, an adjunct at Western Connecticut State University, Southern New Hampshire University, and Point Park University, and a mentor with Crystal Lake Publishing. She is a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, an active member of the Horror Writers Association, and a graduate of Seton Hill University’s MFA program for Writing Popular Fiction. Her Bram Stoker Award®-winning poetry collection, Brothel, earned a home with Raw Dog Screaming Press alongside Hysteria: A Collection of Madness, Mourning Jewelry, An Exorcism of Angels, Sheet Music to My Acoustic Nightmare, and most recently, The Apocalyptic Mannequin. Her debut novel, The Eighth, is published with Dark Regions Press. Follow Wytovich on her blog at http://stephaniewytovich.blogspot.com, and on twitter @SWytovich.
MERCEDES M. YARDLEY (“The Making of Asylum Ophelia”) is a whimsical dark fantasist who wears stilettos and poisonous flowers in her hair. She is the author of Beautiful Sorrows, the Stabby Award-winning Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love, Pretty Little Dead Girls: A Novel of Murder and Whimsy, and Nameless. She won the prestigious Bram Stoker Award® for her short story “Little Dead Red.” Mercedes lives and creates in Las Vegas. You can find her at mercedesmyardley.com.
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