Debbie grew up in the UK in the East London suburb of Barking. She has lived in Israel, New York and North Carolina and somehow ended up in St. Louis, where she works as a writer, editor, and freelance puzzle constructor of word puzzles and logic problems. She lives with her family including two very opinionated felines. She believes that with enough tea and dark chocolate you can achieve anything!

The P.A.W.S. Series

Book 1 - P.A.W.S.

Book 2 - Argentum

Book 3 - Umbrae

Book 4 - Londinium

Book 5 - Cotula

Book 6 - Jhara

Book 7 - Manus Wu

Book 8 - Akash

Book 9 - Rhyfedd

Book 10 - Madarak

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D.R. Perry writes primarily in Revealed World. These are open UF YA Academy books with diverse characters and cute magical critters. She lives with her spouse, child, and dog in Rhode Island.

This is one geeky author who loves writing for the sense of adventure and wonder. In her books, you’ll find real characters, fantastic worlds, and a handful each of humor and hope.

D.R. hopes you have as much fun reading her books as she did writing them.

You can find her on the web here: http://www.drperryauthor.com

Laura Roberts writes travel themed contemporary romance and short women’s fiction, with steamier stories under the pen name Laure L’Amour. She currently lives in Sacramento, California with her artist husband and their literary kitties, and can be found online at Buttontapper Press (buttontapper.com). When she’s not writing, she can be found editing manuscripts for indie authors, transcribing reality TV (her day job), watching rom-coms, testing chocolate recipes, or searching for more typewriters to add to her collection.

As a hybrid author, Laura has penned both traditionally and independently published books, including the alphabetical travel guides Montreal from A to Z and San Diego from A to Z, the offbeat writing guides NaNoWriMo: A Cheater's Guide and Confessions of a 3-Day Novelist, a collection of capital city meet-cutes called Sacramento Love, several YA career guides for ReferencePoint Press, and a variety of steamy romances under the pen name Laure L'Amour. She has also contributed shorter works to the following anthologies: SDW/EG's 5th edition of The Guilded Pen; The Secret Lives of Writers; Stardust, Always; Book Lovers: Sexy Stories from Under the Covers; and Ironology 2014: The Iron Writer Championship Series. In addition to her writing, Laura is also the editor of the poetry collection Haiku for Lovers and the ethnomusicological anthology Everything I Need to Know About Love I Learned from Pop Songs, and the founder of the literary magazine Black Heart.

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Carol Gyzander was a prolific reader of classic science fiction and Agatha Christie mysteries in her early days. Now that her kids have flown the coop, she writes and edits horror, dark fiction, and sci-fi stories set in various time periods from her couch, with a Velcro cat firmly attached to her side.

Carol has short stories in over a dozen anthologies. Her most recent story, "The Yellow Crown" in UNDER TWIN SUNS: ALTERNATE HISTORIES OF THE YELLOW SIGN, gives a new take on Robert W. Chambers’s classic work of weird fiction, The King in Yellow (1895). Edited by James Chambers, it is being released by Hippocampus Press on June 29. She's honored to have her story among great authors such as Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Lisa Morton, John Langan, Sarah Read, Darrell Schweitzer, Greg Chapman, JG Faherty, Todd Keisling, Linda Addison, Tim Waggoner, and a dozen other awesome authors.

Carol is honored to have a dark fantasy story in the alternative Beatles anthology, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE: TALES OF ALTERNATIVE BEATLES, with some astounding authors such as Spider Robinson, Gregory Benford, David Gerrold, Pat Cadigan, Jody Lynn Nye, Gregory Frost, Cat Rambo, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Gordon Linzner, and Sally Wiener Grotta.

Other recent anthologies include STORIES WE TELL AFTER MIDNIGHT, CAT LADIES OF THE APOCALYPSE, HELL'S HIGHWAYS, THE DEVIL'S DUE, and HELL'S MALLS. Carol also has a number of short stories and poems in charity-based anthologies supporting breast cancer and Alzheimer's research.

She’s the Editor of Writerpunk Press, which creates anthologies of various genres of ’punk stories based upon classics.

Carol is quite busy with the Horror Writers Association as Chapter Program Co-Coordinator, Co-Coordinator of the NY Chapter, and co-host of Galactic Terrors, the monthly online reading series every second Thursday. See HWANY.org for more info!

See what else Carol is working on at www.CarolGyzander.com, or follow her on Twitter @CarolGyzander or Instagram @carolgyzander

Rachel A. Brune graduated from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts in May 2000, and was immediately plunged into the low-stakes world of entry-level executive assistant-ship. Her unexpected journey out of that world and into the military is chronicled in her self-published book Echoes and Premonitions.

Rachel served five years as a combat journalist, including two tours in Iraq, and a brief stint as a columnist for her hometown newspaper. After her second tour, she attended graduate school at the University at Albany in NY, where she earned her MA in Political Communication, and her commission as a second lieutenant in the military police corps. She returned to the Army Reserve in November 2014.

Rachel continues to write and publish fiction, both short stories, novellas, and full-length novels. She is also the founder and editor of Crone Girls Press, an indie horror micro-press.

In addition to writing fiction, she blogs her adventures, writing and otherwise, at The Infamous Scribbler. You can also follow her on Twitter, where she goes by the handle @rachelabrune.

Science fiction books are great, because you can fit so much into them: romance, westerns, adventure, horror, military, animal stories, children's, YA, fantasy, urban fantasy, chicklit, and more. This is why I write science fiction.

I won the first annual Riverdale Avenue Books NaNoWriMo contest (2013) (thanks, Riverdale Avenue Books and Lori Perkins!). It was my first time being published, with a book called an LGBTQ Handmaid's Tale. Since then, I have contributed to a number of charity anthologies. Plus I'm in a bestselling anthology, 42 and Beyond (thanks, Hydra Productions!)! I have won NaNoWriMo every year since.

I have been writing fiction of one form or another for about fifty years. My great love is science fiction, but I enjoy writing comedy, romance, and mystery. These elements often show up in my writing. Then there's the dystopian work, and the quirky bits.

Be on the lookout for (except for in Untrustworthy, which isn't set on Earth) the following Easter eggs:

* Someone from Boston (which is where I live)

* Someone named Shapiro (I have no idea why this name has stuck in my work, but it has)

The future is a strange and fascinating place. Let's explore it together.

I greatly appreciate your unwavering support and kindness. You lift me up.

But you better buckle up, 'cause it's a wild ride.

After doing almost nothing with his writing for over 20 years, and being nagged by his daughter to enter, Andrew Barber beat 7,000 other poets to become the inaugural Poetry Rivals Slam Champion in 2010, and has since completed three volumes of poetry and four novels in The Cybermancer Chronicles.

He was runner-up in the 2015 Individual Writer's Games, and captain of the Longest Night Watch team, runners-up in the Team events. He also writes satire, music, poetry reviews and computer programs.

Andrew was one of the organisers and editors of the Stardust, Always anthology, after contributing to the Terry Pratchett-themed Longest Night Watch anthology in 2015, in aid of Alzheimer's research.

Mayra Pérez González is a self-proclaimed wordsmith, professional daydreamer, papercut survivor, and optimist. She grew up in both suburban Los Angeles and rural Mexico. Mayra is a student at UCLA, the Editor-in-Chief and Founder of Books & Quills Magazine, and a staff writer at La Gente Newsmagazine.

Learn more about Mayra by visiting www.mayraperezglez.com

Kate Post is a fiction writer, poet, and general wordsmith who hails from Wyoming, grew up in Kentucky, and currently resides in the Dallas, Texas area. Her poetry has appeared in Notations and Stardust, Always. Her short story, "The Fringe Point," is forthcoming in The Longest Night Watch Volume 2. By day, she works as an editor. By night, she volunteers as a writer and editor with Writers Colony Press and freelances like the wind. Articles by Kate have appeared in The News-Enterprise, Buzzfeed, and Teen Ink Magazine. When she isn't working on upcoming fantasy and science fiction projects, Kate can be found crocheting, knitting, baking, attending comic conventions, or hanging her beloved travel hammock in new and questionable locations.

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R.R. Virdi is a USA Today Bestselling author, two-time Dragon Award finalist, and a Nebula Award finalist. He is the author of two urban fantasy series, The Grave Report, and The Books of Winter. The author of the LitRPG/portal fantasy series, Monster Slayer Online. And the author of a space western/sci fi series, Shepherd of Light. He has worked in the automotive industry as a mechanic, retail, and in the custom gaming computer world. He's an avid car nut with a special love for American classics.

The hardest challenge for him up to this point has been fooling most of society into believing he's a completely sane member of the general public.

Follow him on his website. http://rrvirdi.com/

Or twitter: @rrvirdi or https://twitter.com/rrvirdi

Georgette Frey currently lives outside Allegheny National Forest in rural Pennsylvania. When she isn't writing, reading or working with young people she is enjoying the wonders of the nature around her either through her camera lens or with her family, which consists of her partner, her adult children and both feathered and furry housemates.

My lovely photo was taken by the extremely talented Kim McClellan of The Immortals' Whimsy.

Becca Bachlott lives in Rockville, Maryland with her husband and two children. She has been writing stories since high school. She is predominantly a Young Adult author but loves to write in all genres.

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Sophia Diaz has been writing most of her life, both prose and poetry, and has published a few of each in multiple anthologies. She graduated from Florida International University with a Bachelor’s in English Literature. Currently living in Naples, Florida, with her crazy family and three dogs, she spends most of her time reading a variety of genres, especially Fantasy and Romance, drinking coffee, and catching up on shows.

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a dinosaur whisperer by day, and a fierce, magical volcano by night. She's really just a clumsy flamingo.

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Lacey Sutton is an aspiring author and prolific (and unpaid) editor. She spends her days getting paid to sit in front of a computer, and her nights not getting paid to do the same. She has had a long and varied number of things she wanted to do when she grew up, none of which included actually growing up. This explains her tendency to snicker at anything that would make a 2nd grader laugh, the fact that she watches more cartoons than her four-year-old son, and the huge kick she’s getting out of talking about herself in the third person.

She is also a five-time winner of NaNoWriMo, which just goes to show you that anyone can do it if they ignore the responsibilities of being an adult long enough.

Currently Lacey writes pretty much things that falls under the speculative fiction umbrella. Check out the Works In Progress page to get a sneak-peek at what that actually means. She also writes weekly reviews of whatever books snag her interest – mostly indies and small publishers in every single genre possible.

You can follow Lacey on twitter @LaceyDSutton or e-mail me… um her at laceydsutton@shadowandclay.com.

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I live in a small town that has a lot of history. I have always enjoyed creating a place to get lost within and writing is my escape. I love dark and mysterious but also anything that comes into my mind has a potential to become a part of my world and that is why I write. I do what I love. I want to bring others into the worlds that I create and see the emotions that are created.

Zoe Perrenoud was born in 1987 in Lausanne, Switzerland. She grew up listening to the stories her parents read her and told her, wishing she could visit the wonderful worlds they conjured with their words. Eager to test her imagination, she started writing her own tales, most of which never made it past the first three pages, thank goodness. But her love of writing stuck and she eventually went on to study for a BA in English Literature with Creative Writing, followed by an MA in Creative Writing, both at Bangor University in North Wales.

Zoe’s work has appeared in Aesthetica's Annual Creative Works, Crossing the Lines, Delano Magazine (online), Story Seed Vault (online), and in charity anthology Stardust, Always. Her stories have been shortlisted for the 2016 Bridport Prize and the 2017 SiWC Storyteller Award, and she was a finalist in the 2019 NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge.

She currently runs her own copywriting and translating business from her home in Luxembourg, where she lives with her husband, two children and two cats

Find out more at https://zoeperrenoud.com/

Kell Willsen is a fantasy novelist who lives mostly online; with neither spouse, child, nor pet to take care of. She enjoys crochet, reading, and pondering the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

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Stacy lives in Colorado Springs, CO. Her origins bring her back to southern Oregon but she has lived in many places and she is a lover of traveling. Stacy is a AF veteran, animal lover, and cancer survivor. Primarily Stacy enjoys writing fiction, dabbling in fantasy, magical realism, science fiction, and short stories.

Twitter: @_writershideout

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thewritershideout/

Email: thewritershideout@gmail.com

A Cancer born in early July, Tucker (they/them) is a tri-state river rat, born and raised where Ohio, West Virginia, & Pennsylvania meet. In addition to fostering an early love for cemetery tailgate parties, trooper tag, muscle cars, indie rock, & Lion's Den adult stores, Tucker also discovered an equal love of boys & girls at an age that would make most people blush. Determined to bust out of the rolling hills of Appalachia, Tucker devoured every book available, developing an intense addiction to outlaw and genre fiction. After a brief, failed stint as a gonzo journalist, Tucker invented “Gonzo Smut” and has been happily penning mixed-genre erotic romance ever since.

Tucker travels extensively and has a resume that looks like an exercise in espionage & identity theft. They know a little bit about everything, and like Hermione Granger, they're an insufferable know-it-all. When not staying up all night, texting like a fiend, or, of course, writing, Tucker can be found playing any number of table-top role-playing games, though it’s a good bet it’ll be second edition Dungeons & Dragons, and Tucker will be wielding the FINGER OF GOD as the resident Dungeon Master.

Tucker likes dark chocolate, foot rubs, fresh fruit (especially pineapple), cannabis, sex in all flavors, Diet Mountain Dew, & technology. Tucker hates planes, cola drinks, migraine headaches, bad drivers, people who don't use lube, poor grammar, & technology. They're legally married, a registered Libertarian, and a practicing Wiccan. Tucker lives in a polyamorous household with a spouse, several partners of both genders, children (a son who is Tucker’s), and Emperor Inka, a very aloof black cat.

If you meet A.R. Harlow in person, you’ll realize what a nerd she is. With festive holiday clothes and fandom accessories, she is unmissable.

She has an interest in the stars, video games, reading, dancing, art, and music. She has big dreams, too many plot bunnies, and sees universes on the whispers of the wind. When she isn’t found doing one of those things, she is building tiny cities with a maniacal tiny human and playing the evil super villain who destroys them for the amusement of said tiny human.

She can be found on the following platforms:

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Caroline Centa is a Paranormal Fiction Author who lives in Perth, Western Australia. She has always had an interest in writing but didn’t get serious about it until 2012, when she began writing Daughter of Hell (released 2016). Caroline has always been spiritual in nature, working for some time as a spiritual guidance reader, and spirituality and mythology feature strongly in her work.

She is a mother of two children and married to a very supportive man who has been her partner since she was nineteen. She has a very active lifestyle, enjoying gymnastics, rock climbing, archery and pilates on a regular basis, and loves playing board games with her friends.

Born and raised in New York, S. R. Betler now lives in Kentucky, where she passes her days collecting stray animals, torturing her characters, and inventing new worlds while attempting to keep her husband and offspring from destroying this one.

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