Bernard Schopen received his degrees at the University of Washington and the University of Nevada, Reno. He held faculty positions at TMCC and at St. Anselm's College in New Hampshire before returning…
Daniel has wanted to be a writer ever since he was in elementary school. He has published stories and articles in such magazines as Slipstream, Black Petals, Ken*Again, Aphelion, Spindrift, Zygote in …
Jemil Metti was born in Long Island, New York to an Iraqi father and a Hungarian mother who passed away when he was two months old. After two years of American boarding school commencing in 1954, he w…
Erica-Lynn Huberty is the author of the literary Gothic novel The Crewel Wing (Briar Press 2025), and Dog Boy and Other Harrowing Tales (Rising Star, 2010), which was shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer A…
Leland James is the winner of the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award and the Conclave Character Prize in fiction. In addition to fiction, Leland has published poetry worldwide, authoring eight poetry c…
MY LIFE AS A DUST DEVIL (2025) A young girl's hardscrabble with humor coming-of-age story (for grown-ups). Star Garza somehow makes it through, with her loony mother, across the desert and hills of New…
Scott Johni is a seasoned trial attorney and legal thriller author who turns real courtroom battles into edge-of-your-seat fiction. With over three decades in the trenches of the American justice syst…
Karen grew up in Indiana annoying her family with endless questions. That need to know persisted into adulthood and she would spend all her time on research if she could. She lives with her husband in…
Chris von Halle has had many different lives in many different worlds—the near and distant future Earth, other planets, and even other dimensions—and his books recreate his childhood memories of such …
Mae Bunseng Taing is a survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. His story and that of his family inspired the documentary Ghost Mountain, released in 2019 and directed by his son, James, and …
Ted Laughton was born in Boston and taught literature for many years. He is the author of the fantasy-horror novel, We Burn Our Dead, as well as two collections of short stories.
Tom Herrington writes dark, unsettling fiction rooted in folklore, memory, and the grotesque. His debut novel, Black Toad: A Gothic Thriller from Cornwall, blends gothic horror, black comedy, and rura…
Jane Vawer lives in Paris with her husband and their son. An eternal romantic at heart, she writes out of pure passion, stories that blend friendship, heartbreak, and healing. When she’s not at her de…
