Joseph Rubas is the author of over 200 short stories, many nonfiction pieces, several novels, and a nonfiction book. His work has appeared in: The Horror Zine; Eschatology Journal; Nameless Digest; The Storyteller; Horror Bound Online; and many others. His short fiction is collected in Pocketful of Fear (2012) and After Midnight (2014). He currently resides with his family in Florida.

Jill Hand is a member of International Thriller Writers. Her Southern Gothic novels, White Oaks, and Black Willows, are available on Amazon and from the publisher, Black Rose Writing.

Advance readers called White Oaks a fast-paced, hilarious account of three siblings who are competing for their father's forty-billion-dollar fortune while trying to prevent the destruction of Planet Earth.

Diane Donovan, senior reviewer from Midwest Book Review praised White Oaks, calling it, "an unusually multifaceted tale that holds the ability to prompt laughter from thriller-style tension."

A sequel to White Oaks, Black Willows, follows the adventures of the squabbling, dysfunctional Trapnell family.

Born and raised in Hoboken, Florence Ann Marlowe has lived from one end of New Jersey to the other. She has been published in several publications such as Macabre Cadaver, Psuedopod, 69 Flavors of Paranoia, and Wiley Writers; and also in several anthologies including Dedman's Tome, Behind The Mask, Creepy Campers Quarterly, Fear's Accomplice Halloween and the upcoming Ladies and Gentlemen of Horror 2016. She has just finished writing her first nove, The Bitter Dead about an international paranormal research association located in Philadelphia. Florence resides in Southern New Jersey; the same neighborhood where the Jersey Devil was born. Rumor has it, he lives next door.

S. Alessandro Martinez is a Bram Stoker Award® -nominated author of Mexican and Spanish descent, and a native Southern Californian with Autism/Asperger’s who writes horror and fantasy for adults and children. His writings have appeared in several magazines and anthologies such as Sanitarium, Jitter, Deadman’s Tome, and Indiana Horror Review. He enjoys writing about all sorts of horror, especially about unspeakable creatures, body-horror, and supernatural terror. He also enjoys writing fantasy. He has a fantastical world of his own creation filled with stories of mystical and terrible creatures, wondrous cultures and races, and powerful magic. Helminth is his debut novel. You’re always welcome to contact Alessandro at salessandromartinez@gmail.com with any comments or questions.

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Matthew Johnson is a graduate of the MFA Creative Writing program at University of Riverside Palm Desert. He has published stories in both fantasy and horror genre, Lazarus Rising a zombie play, and is currently working on two novels and another play. He resides in Riverside California with his wife, director and actress Wendi Johnson, and his three lovable puppies. You can find more about his works at www.professorgrimdark.com