R. B. Wood is a recent MFA graduate of Emerson College and a writer of speculative and dark thrillers. Mr. Wood recently has appeared in Crystal Lake Publishing’s Shallow Water’s anthology, as well as online via SickLit Magazine & HorrorAddicts.net, and in the award-winning anthology “Offbeat: Nine Spins on Song” from Wicked ink Books. Along with his writing passion, R. B. is the host of The Word Count Podcast—a show of original flash fiction.

R. B. currently lives in Boston with his partner Tina, a multitude of cats, and various other critters that visit from time to time.

Around the web:

Website: http://www.rbwood.com

Twitter: @rbwood

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rbwoodwriter

Podcast: http://thewordcount.libsyn.com

similar to most humans, alex kimmell is made from a high percentage of dihydrogen monoxide.

he inhales oxygen and exhales carbon dioxide.

to provide energy for survival, he consumes necessary resources.

with his spouse, he has two male offspring.

they reside together in the smallest american state.

his family’s two short legged canines keep the squirrels at bay.

he has nightmares…

visit him at alexkimmell.com

Shay West was born in Longmont, CO and earned a doctorate degree in Human Medical Genetics from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO. Dr. West currently lives in Grand Junction, CO with her two cats. When not writing novels, she plays with plushie microbes and teaches biology classes at Colorado Mesa University. She is the author of the Portals of Destiny series and the Adventures of Alexis Davenport series. She has also been published in several anthologies: Battlespace (military scifi), Orange Karen: Tribute to a Warrior (fund raiser), Ancient New (steampunk/fantasy), and Horror in Bloom.

Julie Glover is an award-winning author of teen novels and mysteries. She loves to both read and write quirky stories with intriguing characters, fresh humor, and lots of heart. Her debut YA novel, Sharing Hunter, was a Romance Writers of America Golden Heart® finalist.

Julie is known among close friends for her surplus sarcasm, her growing collection of boots, and her willingness to grab a karaoke microphone at the slightest nudge. A born-and-bred Texan, she now lives in the Lone Star State with her wonderful husband and a loquacious cat.

Jennifer Gracen writes contemporary romance and romantic women's fiction. She likes to write about tangled relationships, with equal doses of heart, humor, and passion. Mom to two teen sons, she originally hails from Long Island, New York and lives there currently. By day, she works as an editor for Big Pharma, and also does freelance copy editing and proofreading. A professed social media addict, she gives lively concerts in her car and dance parties in her kitchen.

More info can be found at her website: www.jennifergracen.com

THE HARRISONS series features the siblings of a wealthy dysfunctional family from New York.

Book 1: MORE THAN YOU KNOW

Book 2: SOMEONE LIKE YOU

Book 3: 'TIS THE SEASON

Book 3.5: HAPPILY EVER AFTER (novella)

Book 4: BETWEEN YOU AND ME

Book 5: IT MIGHT BE YOU

THE MCKINNON BROTHERS series features brothers from Ireland who find love both at home and abroad.

Book 1: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (originally part of a four-author anthology, CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK)

Book 2: THE DOCTOR'S LOVE

Book 3: MARRYING HIS BEST FRIEND

Book 4: LOVE IN DUBLIN

Book 5: HOLIDAYS IN MANHATTAN

She contributed a short story, A DOSE OF GELT, to the holiday anthology BURNING BRIGHT: Four Chanukah Love Stories, with other authors Megan Hart, Stacey Agdern, & KK Hendin.

The SEASONS OF LOVE series is a continuous story of a second chance relationship of a couple in their late 30s.

Book 1: AUTUMN GETAWAY

Book 2: WINTER HOPES

Book 3: SPRING SHADOWS

Book 4: SUMMER CHAMPAGNE

She is represented by agent Stephany Evans of Ayesha Pande Literary.

Andrew Butters is a 40-something married father of two living in New Brunswick, Canada and he will tell you that his first published work was Losing Vern as part of the Orange Karen: A Tribute to a Warrior anthology. In reality, it was a 500-word anecdote about the time he lit himself on fire. That story made it into the third installment of the Darwin Awards books.

Fire is not the only foe for Andrew. He has received several severe concussions and a few “minor” ones, the last coming in the summer of 2011. It goes without saying that he is one hundred percent on board with head protection and brain health.

Not all his distinctions are as dubious as appearing in a Darwin Awards book. There was the time he participated in a trick on stage with Penn & Teller. He had a solid minute of screen time on the Super Dave Osborne Show. He scored a game-winning goal at Maple Leaf Gardens and even did an art swap with filmmaker Kevin Smith. He was also given a whole three seconds of non-speaking airtime in a TV commercial, and who could forget when he appeared as a fighting homeless man in a rap video.

He writes, creates, eats snacks, blogs, toils over his next novel, creates videos, is a huge fan of golf, science, EQUALITY, and the Oxford comma. Andrew sometimes lets his love of attention override common sense. You can find evidence of this at his website, http://potatochipmath.com.

Christina Esdon is a hopeless romantic and dreamer extraordinaire. She loves to see the world through rose-colored glasses (literally) and has the uncanny ability to find humor and joy in the small things in life. When not writing, she can be found frolicking along the shores of Lake Huron, taking notoriously long bubble baths or contemplating the next renovation to her home in Ontario, Canada.