by Peter Clines
In his day job, Joe McKinney is a sergeant with the San Antonio Police Department, where he helps run the city’s 911 Dispatch Center. He has also worked as a homicide detective and a disaster mitigation specialist. Many of his stories, regardless of genre, feature a strong police procedural element based on his fifteen years of law enforcement experience.
Tim Marquitz
Tim Marquitz is the author of the Demon Squad series, the Blood War Trilogy, co-author of the Dead West series, as well as several standalone books, and numerous anthology appearances including Triumph Over Tragedy, Corrupts Absolutely?, Demonic Dolls, Neverland's Library, At Hell's Gates, That Hoodoo, Voodoo That You Do, and Blackguards. Tim has compiled and edited anthologies such as Fading Light: An Anthology of the Monstrous and Manifesto: UF, as well as Ragnarok Publications' Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters.
Lee Mather
Lee Mather writes dark fiction. Hailing from Manchester, England, he lives with his wife, Jen, and his daughter, Isabelle. At the time of writing, Lee is expecting his second child. Lee's standalone work includes The Green Man and First Kiss, Last Breath as well as contributions to anthologies such as Fading Light and Bloody Parchment volumes two and three.
Weston Ochse
Weston Ochse is the author of twenty books, most recently SEAL Team 666 and its sequel Age of Blood, which the New York Post called “required reading” and USA Today placed on their “New and Notable Lists.” He is a veteran with 30 years of military service.
Cat Rambo
Cat Rambo lives, writes, and teaches by the shores of an eagle-haunted lake in the Pacific Northwest. Her 150+ fiction publications include stories in Asimov’s, Clarkesworld Magazine, and Tor.com. Her short story, “Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain,” from her story collection Near + Far (Hydra House Books), was a 2012 Nebula nominee. Her editorship of Fantasy Magazine earned her a World Fantasy Award nomination in 2012. For more about her, as well as links to her fiction, see www.kittywumpus.net.
William Todd Rose
Named by The Google+ Insider's Guide as one of their top 32 authors to follow, William Todd Rose is a speculative fiction author whose short work has appeared in various magazines and anthologies, as well as several podcasts. In 2009, his debut novella Shadow of the Woodpile was released as the flagship publication for Fetid Press. This was followed by the apocalyptic novel Cry Havoc in 2010, as well as The 7 Habits of Highly Infective People: A Novel of Contagion, Drugs, Time Travel, The Living Dead, the grindhouse inspired e-book Shut The F*%k Up And Die!, his short story collection Sex in the Time of Zombies and The Dead and Dying. The 7 Habits was recently re-released by Permuted Press. While Mr. Rose has been known to delve into the worlds of Sci-Fi and cyberpunk, his main affinity is for dark fiction with a particularly special place in his heart for zombie lit.
A.D. Spencer
A.D. Spencer lives in Alabama with her Chihuahua side-kick. Her short stories have appeared in several anthologies, including Fish from Dagan Books and Menial: Skilled Labor in Science Fiction, published by Crossed Genres. "Oily" is her first tale to feature Cat's Eye. For more information, visit her blog at busyprocrastinator.blogspot.com.
Jeff Strand
Author of a bunch of demented books, including Pressure, Dweller, A Bad Day for Voodoo, Wolf Hunt, Single White Psychopath Seeks Same, Benjamin's Parasite, Fangboy, The Sinister Mr. Corpse, and lots of others. Three-time Bram Stoker Award finalist. Three-time Bram Stoker Award loser. Four-time Bram Stoker Award Master of Ceremonies.
Jason M. Tucker
Born and raised in the wilds of upstate New York, Jason M. Tucker now resides in the mystical land of California where he works as a full time writer. It's a place where the sun always shines and the only things rising faster than the cost of living are all the damned zombies. He's the author of Meat City, Wetwork, Lou vs. the Zombies, and more. Recently, he sold a short film (Greenies, based on his short "Coventry Greens") and a feature film called Deadwater Devil to Breaking Fate Entertainment.
Trisha J. Wooldridge
Trisha J. Wooldridge is the current president of Broad Universe and a senior editor for Spencer Hill Press. Under her full name, she writes grown-up horror short stories that occasionally win awards, like the EPIC 2008, 2009 for anthologies Bad-Ass Faeries 2: Just Plain Bad and Bad-Ass Faeries 3: In All Their Glory and a Stoker nomination for the anthologies Epitaphs and Wicked Seasons. You can also find her in Holiday Magick, Once Upon An Apocalypse, and Demonic Visions 5. She has co-produced the Spencer Hill Press anthologies Unconventional and Doorways to Extra Time. In her child-friendly persona of T.J. Wooldridge, she’s published three novels: The Kelpie, The Earl’s Childe, and Silent Starsong. As if she weren’t busy enough, Trish is also the writing partner for the webcomic Aurelio at www.thevampireaurelio.com. Find out more at www.anovelfriend.com.
