(Art by Erik Wilson) Richard Thomas is the award-winning author of seven books: three novels—Disintegration and Breaker (Penguin Random House Alibi), as well as Transubstantiate (Otherworld Publications); three short story collections—Staring into the Abyss (Kraken Press), Herniated Roots (Snubnose Press), and Tribulations (Cemetery Dance); and one novella in The Soul Standard (Dzanc Books). With over 150 stories published, his credits include The Best Horror of the Year (Volume Eleven), Cemetery Dance (twice), Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders (Bram Stoker winner), PANK, storySouth, Gargoyle, Weird Fiction Review, Midwestern Gothic, Shallow Creek, The Seven Deadliest, Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories, Qualia Nous, Chiral Mad (numbers 2-4), PRISMS, Pantheon, and Shivers VI (with Stephen King and Peter Straub). He has won contests at ChiZine and One Buck Horror, has received five Pushcart Prize nominations, and has been long-listed for Best Horror of the Year six times. He was also the editor of four anthologies: The New Black and Exigencies (Dark House Press), The Lineup: 20 Provocative Women Writers (Black Lawrence Press) and Burnt Tongues (Medallion Press) with Chuck Palahniuk. He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, and Thriller awards. In his spare time he is a columnist at Lit Reactor. He was the Editor-in-Chief at Dark House Press and Gamut Magazine. His agent is Paula Munier at Talcott Notch. For more information visit www.whatdoesnotkillme.com.

Craig Wallwork lives in West Yorkshire, England. His short stories have appeared in many journals, magazines and anthologies in the UK and US. He is the author of the Tom Nolan detective series, Bad People and Labyrinth of the Dolls, as well as the novels, Heart of Glass, The Sound of Loneliness, and the story collections, Quintessence of Dust, and Gory Hole. He was also the co-author of the micro collection, Serious Moonlight, along with Amanda Gowin. Get a free ebook by Craig by visiting here: https://landing-page.craigwallwork.com/

Gordon Highland is the author of the novels Flashover and Major Inversions, as well as Submission Windows: a collection of stories and verse. You'll find his short fiction in such publications as Word Riot, Black Heart Magazine, Noir at the Bar Vol. 2, Warmed and Bound, and many others. Gordon lives in the Kansas City area, where he makes videos by day and music by night. Visit him at http://gordonhighland.com.

Michael Paul Gonzalez is the author of the novels ANGEL FALLS and MISS MASSACRE’S GUIDE TO MURDER AND VENGEANCE. His newest project is the serial horror audio drama LARKSPUR UNDERGROUND, available for free on iTunes and Stitcher. A member of the Horror Writers Association, his short stories have appeared in print and online, including Great Jones Street, Lost Signals, Gothic Fantasy: Chilling Horror Stories, the Booked. Podcast Anthology, FCJR, HeavyMetal.com, and the Appalachian Undead Anthology. He resides in Los Angeles, a place full of wonders and monsters far stranger than any that live in the imagination. You can visit him online at MichaelPaulGonzalez.com

Amanda Gowin lives in the foothills of Appalachia with her husband and son. She has always written and always will.

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Bob Pastorella lives in Southeast Texas. He's published with Nefarious Muse, Outsider Writers Collective, Thundadome, Troubadour 21, and has short stories featured in The Zombist: Undead Western Tales, Warmed And Bound: A Velvet Anthology, In Search of a City: Los Angeles in 1,000 Words, and the Booked. Anthology. Please visit Bob at his website, www.bobpastorella.com.

Dennis Cruz has been writing and performing his poetry for over 30

years. Born in Costa Rica and brought to the United States as a

young boy, he inhabits the voice of the perpetual outsider and the

purely American dissident. Cruz is the author of No One: Poems

2009 and Moth Wing Tea. He has been published in numerous

anthologies as well as online publications including THE CHIRON

REVIEW, The Nervous Breakdown, Crush Fan Zine, and Sensitive

Skin Magazine. He has lectured at the USC Community Literature

Initiative, the Harvard-Westlake preparatory school, as well as the

LA County Jail for men and women. He was also selected as one of

the newer poets to watch in 2009 by the ALOUD series at the Los

Angeles Public Library. His latest collection of poetry: The Beast is We

is out now on Punk Hostage Press. He lives in Northeast Los Angeles with his

wife and son

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Nikki Guerlain lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Stuart Gibbel was born in Hollywood, California. His work has appeared in Menacing Hedge and In Search of a City: LA in 1,000 Words. This is his first novel. He has worked in the corporate world and for several Internet concerns, but can’t remember why. Currently he is working on a piece about the place he calls home, the coolest house in Far Rockaway, NY where he lives with some talented musicians/artists who are doing their best to reinvent reality. When he is not drinking Mate’ or watching the sunset fall over the Manhattan skyline from the couch in his backyard he can be reached at sgibbel@yahoo.com.

Simon West-Bulford lives in Essex, England earning his keep as a Clinical Trials scientist. Having spent too many hours tinkering with game design, painting bugs and battling theologians, he settled down as a writer. You can find out more about his writing at www.simonwb.com or at his Facebook author page at http://www.facebook.com/SimonWestBulfordAuthorPage

Ryan Elliot Wilson's first novel, SPIRAL BOUND BROTHER is available now from Perfect Edge Books. His writing has appeared in The Painted Bride Quarterly, Thunderdome, Drift, and the anthology IN SEARCH OF A CITY: Los Angeles in 1000 words. He lives with his family on the East Side of Los Angeles.

Jay Slayton-Joslin is a writer from the London suburb of Beaconsfield, England. His work has appeared online and in print in journals such as Solarcide, Short, Fast and Deadly, Leodegraunce, Bizarro Central and Blink Ink. He has also appeared in the anthologies In Search Of A City: Los Angeles In 1,000 Words and Nova Parade. He is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree in American Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. His first book, a poetry collection titled Kicking Prose is published by KUBOA Press. He can be found on his website, http://www.jayslaytonjoslinforever.com.