Dave is a member of the British Fantasy Society. His website can be found at: www.davejeffery.webs.com
Kate Jonez
Kate writes dark fantasy fiction. Her debut novel, “Candy House” will be available from Evil Jester press in June 2013. She is also chief editor at Omnium Gatherum / Odium Media, a small press dedicated to providing unique dark fantasy and horror fiction in print, ebook and audio formats. When she's not writing editing or doing her publishing chores, she reads, takes photos, investigates odd and obscure historical stuff and collects things in jars.
Emile-Louis Tomas Jouvet
Born in Evry, France in 1993, Emile-Louis has won many scholastic prizes for his minimalist short fiction. His first story in English appeared in “Phobophobia” (Dark Continents Press, 2011) followed by those in “Cities of Death” (Static Movement, 2012) and “Demonology” (Static Movement, 2013). Now studying literature at the Sorbonne, he is working on a collection of horror stories, which will see publication in 2013.
Tracie McBride
Tracie is a New Zealander who lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband and three children. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in over 80 print and electronic publications, including “Horror Library” Vols 4 and 5, “Dead Red Heart”, “Phobophobia” and “Horror for Good”. Her debut collection “Ghosts Can Bleed” contains much of the work that earned her a Sir Julius Vogel Award in 2008. She helps to wrangle slush for Dark Moon Digest and is the vice president of Dark Continents Publishing. She welcomes visitors to her blog at http://traciemcbridewriter.wordpress.com/
William Meikle
William is a Scottish writer with fifteen novels published in the genre press and over 250 short story credits in thirteen countries. His work appears in a number of professional anthologies and magazines. He lives in a remote corner of Newfoundland with icebergs, whales and bald eagles for company. In the winters he gets warm vicariously through the lives of others in cyberspace, so please check him out at http://www.williammeikle.com
Sandra Norval
Sandra is a writer and environmentalist and working hard to combine the both. She has contributed to several anthologies and more about her can be discovered at www.sandranorval.co.uk
John Palisano
John is the author of the novel “Nerves”, the novella “The Biploar Express”, as well as over a dozen published short stories. He's also a screenwriter and touring rock n' roll musician. His story, “Available Light” was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. Check him out at: http://www.johnpalisano.wordpress.com
Daniel I. Russell
Daniel has been writing horror since 2004 with many short stories published in publications such as Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Psuedopod and The Zombie Feed from Apex. His debut novel “Samhane” and short story “By the Banks of the Nabarra” were both nominated for Western Australia Tin Duck awards in 2011, as was the story “Broken Bough” in 2012. He is the author of “Come Into Darkness”, “Critique” and “The Collector Book 1: Mana Leak”. His novel “Mother’s Boys” from Blood Bound Books and collection “Tricks, Mischief and Mayhem” from Crystal Lake Publishing are due to be released in 2013. Daniel is currently the vice president of the Australian Horror Writer’s Association and was a special guest editor of Midnight Echo.
Sam Stone
Sam is the award winning author of several horror/fantasy novels, many short stories and two novellas. She loves all things Gothic and Steampunk and is currently working on her double-tap for the impending Zombie apocalypse. Failing that she has established a comprehensive list of all the zombie-proof toilets she can find on her travels. More about her can be found at: www.sam-stone.com
Sean Sweeney
Sean Sweeney’s love of reading began in 1988, when he was handed J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic “The Hobbit”, and was given a needed reading boost with John Grisham novels and the “Star Wars Expanded Universe” in the 1990s. His passion for writing began in 1993, as a sophomore in high school, when he began writing sports for his local newspaper. Born and raised in North Central Massachusetts in 1977, Sweeney has written for several newspapers and radio stations. When he is not writing, he enjoys playing golf, reading, watching movies, enjoying the Boston Red Sox, New England Revolution, Arsenal F.C., and the Gold Coast F.C. Sean is the author of sixteen novels. He lives in Bolton, Massachusetts with his girlfriend Jennifer and their three horses: J.R., Alex, and Cheesi, as well as their four cats, Ziggy Puff, Diva, Squeaky and Spooky.
Andy Taylor
Andy spends his days wondering what would happen if zombies were treated more humanely when he isn't planted firmly in front of his computer typing away like a madman. He grew up with an intense interest in horror fostered by an uncle who took him to see “Night of the Living Dead” at seven years old followed by a lesson in all things horror. Since then he's been a constant lover of the genre and enjoys creating his own stories. The days he can pull himself away from his keyboard he's either running around Saint Louis, MO or hunting down the paranormal.
Simon Kurt Unsworth
Simon was born in Manchester in 1972 on a night when, despite increasingly desperate research, he can find no evidence of mysterious signs or portents. He currently lives on a hill in the north of England awaiting the coming flood, where he writes essentially grumpy fiction (for which pursuit he was nominated for a 2008 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story) whilst being tall, grouchier than he should be, and owning a wide selection of garish shirts and a rather fine leather waistcoat. His latest collection is the critically acclaimed “Quiet Houses”, and his work has been published in a number of anthologies including “At Ease with the Dead”, “Shades of Darkness”, “Exotic Gothic 3” and “Lovecraft Unbound”. He has also appeared in four “Mammoth Book of Best New Horror” anthologies and also “The Very Best of Best New Horror”. His first collection of short stories, “Lost Places”, was released by the Ash Tree Press in 2010 and he has further collections due, “Strange Gateways” from PS Publishing in 2013 and an as-yet-unnamed collection that will launch the Spectral Press “Spectral Signature Editions” imprint in 2014. You can find him on Twitter or Facebook, or in various cafés in Lancaster staring at his MacBook and muttering to himself.
Nicholas Vince
Nicholas played The Chattering Cenobite in Clive Barker's “Hellraiser” and “Hellraiser II: Hellbound”. He also played Kinski in Barker's “Nightbreed”, which has found a new audience through “The Cabal Cut”; a version much closer to Barker's original vision for the film. In 2012 he returned to writing full time with the publication of his short story anthology, “What Monsters Do”, which has received nothing but 5* reviews on Amazon sites. www.zombiehamster.com said of the book: “... a range of stories which will delight, disgust and terrify. An erudite, charming and brutal examination of relationships, obsession and ghastliness...” His second anthology of short stories, “Other People's Darkness” has just been published. For the most recent information on his writing and personal appearances please go to www.nicholasvince.com.
Mark West
Mark was born in Northamptonshire in 1969 and now lives there with his wife Alison and their young son Matthew. Writing stories since the age of eight (when he continued the adventures of various “Star Wars” characters), he discovered the small press in 1998 and since 1999 has published almost seventy short stories, two novels, a collection and the well-received chapbook "What Gets Left Behind" from Spectral Press. Forthcoming are more short story appearances and two novellas from Pendragon Press. Mark is currently working on a novel and can be contacted at his website www.markwest.org.uk
Barbie Wilde
Barbie Wilde is best known as the Female Cenobite in Clive Barker’s classic cult horror movie Hellbound: Hellraiser II. She has performed in cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand, robotically danced in the Bollywood blockbuster, Janbazz, played a vicious mugger in the vigilante thriller Death Wish III, appeared as a drummer for an electronica band in the so-call
ed “Holy Grail of unfinished and unreleased 80’s horror” Grizzly II: The Predator, AKA Grizzly II: The Concert (featuring a then unknown George Clooney), and was a founder member of the mime/dance/music group, SHOCK, which supported such artists as Gary Numan, Ultravox, Depeche Mode and Adam & the Ants. During the 1980s and 1990s, Barbie also hosted and wrote eight different music and film review TV programs in the UK.
Horror short stories by Barbie include “Sister Cilice” (for the Hellbound Hearts anthology, edited by Paul Kane and Marie O’Regan), “U for Uranophobia” (for the Phobophobia anthology, edited by Dean M. Drinkel), “American Mutant: Hands of Dominion” (for the Mutation Nation anthology, edited by Kelly Dunn) and “Polyp” (for The Mammoth Book of Body Horror, edited by Paul Kane and Marie O’Regan).
On November 1st 2012, Comet Press published Barbie’s debut dark crime-real life horror novel, The Venus Complex: “The book has been garnering great reviews, firmly confirming the literary course that is now defining Wilde's life. Damaged people, ultraviolence, murder and explicit sex -- what's not to love about her work?” - Fangoria #321
Barbie is now co-writing the book for a musical drama with composer-lyricist Georg Kajanus and screenwriter-playwright Roberto Trippini called Sailor, which contains a unique perspective on life, violence, vengeance and love. Sailor is not only a romantic voyage, it also depicts the brutality of war and life on the fringes of society. Sailor has been conceived as both a stage and film musical. More about Barbie can be found at: www.barbiewilde.com
James Powell – Cover Artist
Artist James is a native of Mississippi, where he quietly resides, surrounded by the dark woods that provide inspiration for much of his work. He has numerous cats, and a vast accumulation of old books and weird things. He has worked with a variety of authors, including Neil Gaiman, Brian Hodge, and Scott Nicholson. He has done design work for actor Lance Henricksen, and has painted guitars for Eddie Van Halen. James is also the co-founder of Nightwatch Studio with fellow artist Oliver Twisted. More about James can be found at: http://greyhaven.weebly.com and facebook.com/artistjp
About The Editor
Dean M Drinkel is the compiler and editor of the award nominated and critically acclaimed “Phobophobia” (Dark Continents, 2011); “Cities of Death” (Static Movement, 2013); “Demonology” (Static Movement, 2013) and is currently working on “Phobophobias” (Dark Continents, 2013).
Acknowledgements
I’d like to personally thank the following:
Thomas; Christophe; Martin; Fabian; Jeremie; Yohan; Nico; Emile; Etienne; Stephan; Baird; Benoit; Tim; Jim; Fabian; Simon & Lizzie; Martin & Helen; Greg; Jason & Dee; Denise & Tucker; Ed; Graham; John Gilbert.
Gary; Jason & Mandy; Niven & Janine.
Ashley; Hannah; Steve.
Chris; Ines; Anne.
Leonardo; Kristin; Rob & Sheri; JB.
James Powell; John Palisano; David Griffith.
Mother; Nigel & Sinead; Simon & Harriett.
Much Love All...Dean
Monte Carlo, Monaco
December 2012
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