Lavie Tidhar

Lavie Tidhar's fiction has been published in Infinity Plus, Nemonymous, Blackest Death Vol. 1 and 2, DeathGrip: Legacy of Terror, Fortean Bureau and elsewhere. Lavie is the winner of the 2003 Clarke-Bradbury Prize (awarded by the European Space Agency), of the James Ragan Poetry Prize, and writes for The Fix, The Internet Review of Science Fiction and elsewhere.

Ray Wallace

Ray Wallace hails from Brandon, FL, a suburb of Tampa where he runs a record label with his brother, composes electronic music, and writes his fiction. He has published stories in The Blackest Death, Cthulhu Cultus, Erotic Fantasy: Tales of the Paranormal, Monster’s Ink, Night to Dawn,Thirteen Stories, Welcome to Nod, Whispers from the Shattered Forum, and at Bloodfetish, Bloody Muse, Camp Horror, Dark Muse, Delirium, and Errata (a story written with Geoff Cooper and Brett Savory). A few of his other stories have appeared at the The Chiaroscuro website where he took first place in a fiction contest. He also wrote a long running book review column for The Twilight Showcase webzine and now writes reviews for Chizine and SFReader.com. He is currently slaving away at his first novel and is a member of the THWN and Underside writers groups.

John Sunseri

John Sunseri interviewed a stripper for three hours to get all the facts right for this story.  He spent fifteen bucks on drinks, got completely depressed, and came away with a greater appreciation for his decision not to take his clothes off for a living.  His friends thank him, as well.


Michael Arnzen just won his second Bram Stoker Award for his free newsletter, The Goreletter. The first was for his novel, Grave Markings.  His latest books are 100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories (Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2004) and Freakcidents (Shocklines Press, 2004).  His next novel, Play Dead, is forthcoming in hardcover from RDSP in 2005.  Arnzen currently teaches horror in the MA in Writing Popular Fiction program at Seton HillUniversity, near Pittsburgh, PA.  His website, gorelets.com, is a popular stop for horror fans online.

Jonathan William Hodges

Jonathan William Hodges.  Southerner.  Author.  Editor.  Publisher. ProjectPulp.com. Wicked Hollow.  Twenty-three.  Forgetful.  Shy. Scandinavian metal.  Clueless.  Fewer fans than Scott Peterson. http://blindside.net/JonHodges.  jon@blindside.net.  Visit.  Write. Visitors are allowed from 9-5 weekdays.

Darren Speegle

U.S. born and bred, I currently live in Germany with my wife and our two daughters, who are in the German educational system and are called upon more than they like to act as translators for their parents. When I'm not pounding my head on the keyboard, I enjoy biking and hiking and experiencing Europe by its less beaten paths.

My fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in such publications as The Third Alternative, Flesh and Blood, Brutarian, Crimewave, ChiZine, Fangoria Frightful Fiction, Gothic.net, and Verte Brume: The Anthology of Absinthe. I saw two short story collections released in 2004: Gothic Wine from Aardwolf Press and A Dirge for the Temporal from Raw Dog Screaming Press.

Tanya Twombly

Tanya Twombly pays the bills by being the English teacher kids dread, with a sick sense of humor and a working pillory in the room. She lives in southern Pennsylvania with her two kids and a black cat that thinks all ankles are evil and must be destroyed. She is a graduate of Seton Hill University's Master's program in Writing Popular Fiction where she was mentored by Stoker Award winner Michael Arnzen. As a fairly new author, Tanya enjoys having her work published in the same magazine as her old mentor. “I must be doing something right,” she says.

Craig Sernotti

Craig Sernotti has had fiction is Cthulhu Sex, Broken Pencil, Black as Hell II, and Suspect Thoughts. He is currently editing the e-anthology Crown of Bones, guidelines available at http://www.yellowbat.com.

Ted Kopsaftis

Ted Kopsaftis, a minimally trained artist, attended the art institute of fort lauderdale. He now works in a country club and triesto draw and paint as much as he can. He believes there are too many artists in the world, and definitely too many bad ones. He hopes to be one of the bad ones.

For more info check out http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/t/theoko/

Jim Ordolis

Jim Ordolis is a native of Toronto, Canada and studied Fine Art, Illustration & Graphic Design in College. His graphic stories and illustrations have appeared in a number of small press publications and genre magazines. Having done a long stint as a designer, Jim now pursues freelance artwork. You can visit his web site for more information: http://www.mayflyarts.com

Dale Michael Houstman

51 years of age, born in King's Lynn, England, and now lives in Minneapolis Minnesota. With friends Tom Clarkson and Barret John Erickson, he produces an irregular surrealist publication called "Blue Feathers" and also musical projects of an "undefined" quality. "Poetry is the main by-product of an obstructed colon minced in a cosmopolitan fashion, and acid-stressed to bring out highlights."— Therman R. Rugport

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