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Authors

‘Pemi Aguda

‘Pemi Aguda is from Lagos, Nigeria. She is currently a fellow at the Helen Zell Writers Program at University of Michigan where her work won a Henfield Prize and Hopwood Awards. She received a 2019 Octavia Butler Memorial Scholarship Award by the Carl Brandon Society for the Clarion Workshop, and a 2018 Bread Loaf Conference Work-Study Scholarship. Her work appears in Granta, American Short Fiction, Zoetrope: All-Story, among others you can find at pemiaguda.com

A.C. Wise

A.C. Wise’s fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Shimmer, Tor.com, and the Year’s Best Horror Volume 10, among other places. She has two collections published with Lethe Press, and a novella forthcoming from Broken Eye Books. In addition to her fiction, she contributes a monthly review column to Apex Magazine, and the Women to Read and Non-Binary Authors to Read series to The Book Smugglers. Find her online at www.acwise.net and on twitter as @ac_wise.

A.L. Goldfuss

A.L. Goldfuss’s work has been longlisted for the Locus Award, British Science Fiction Association award, and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. For past work and newsletter updates, visit algoldfuss.com

A.R. Morlan

A.R. Morlan’s short fiction (under her own name and three pen names) has been published or is forthcoming in over one hundred twenty different magazines, anthologies, and webzines in the United States, Canada, and parts of Europe. Her stories are collected most recently in Of Vampires & Gentlemen: Tales of Erotic Horror, The Fold-O-Rama Wars at the Blue Moon Roach Hotel and Other Colorful Tales of Transformation and Tattoos, The Chimera and the Shadowfox Griefer and Other Curious People, and The Hemingway Kittens and Other Feline Fancies and Fantasies.

A.T. Greenblatt

A.T. Greenblatt is a mechanical engineer by day and a writer by night. She lives in Philadelphia where she’s known to frequently subject her friends to various cooking and home brewing experiments. She is a graduate of Viable Paradise XVI and Clarion West 2017. Her work has won a Nebula Award, has been in multiple Year’s Best anthologies, and has appeared in Uncanny, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Clarkesworld, as well as other fine publications. You can find her online at atgreenblatt.com and on Twitter at @AtGreenblat.

Aaron Duran

Aaron Duran is a writer in Portland, OR. He’s the founder and co-host of the popular podcast, Geek in the City Radio. Aaron is an author of multiple comic books, including his creator-owned series Dark Anna and the Pirates of Kadath and Dial F for Foodie, as well as the Forgotten Tyrs young adult horror series of novels. Aaron draws much of his literary inspiration from the creepy folktales told to him by his small but feisty abuela. When he isn’t writing, you can find Aaron in the kitchen. Where he spends time coming up with tasty recipes and experimental beer and cider brewing for his incredibly supportive wife to enjoy.

Adam Howe

Adam HoweAdam Howe is an English writer of screenplays and fiction.  He lives in Greater London with his partner and their hellhound, Gino.  His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Horror Library Volume 5, Beware the Dark, One Buck Horror, and Bete Noire.  Writing as Garrett Addams, his short story “Jumper” was chosen by Stephen King as the winner of the On Writing contest; the story was published in the UK paperback edition, and he was granted an audience with The King, who advised the fledgling screenwriter to “write a fucking novel.”  An expert procrastinator, he has still yet to do so.  Tweet him @Adam_G_Howe.

Adam L.G. Nevill

Adam Nevill

Adam L.G. Nevill was born in Birmingham, England, in 1969 and grew up in England and New Zealand. He is the author of the supernatural horror novels Banquet for the Damned, Apartment 16, The Ritual, Last Days, House of Small Shadows, No One Gets Out Alive, and Lost Girl. In 2012 The Ritual was the winner of The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel, and in 2013 Last Days won the same award. The same two novels were awarded Best in Category: Horror, by R.U.S.A. Adam lives in Devon and can be contacted through www.adamlgnevill.com.

Adam R. Shannon

Adam R. Shannon is a career firefighter/paramedic, as well as a speculative fiction writer, aspiring cook, and steadfast companion of dogs. His work has appeared in Apex, Compelling Science Fiction, Every Day Fiction, and other magazines and anthologies. His story “On the Day You Spend Forever With Your Dog” was a finalist for the 2019 Sturgeon Award and appeared in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019. He’s a graduate of Clarion West 2017.

Adam-Troy Castro

Adam-Troy Castro made his first non-fiction sale to Spy magazine in 1987. His books to date include four Spider-Man novels, three novels about his profoundly damaged far-future murder investigator Andrea Cort, and six middle-grade novels about the dimension-spanning adventures of young Gustav Gloom. Adam’s works have won the Philip K. Dick Award and the Seiun (Japan), and have been nominated for eight Nebulas, three Stokers, two Hugos, one World Fantasy Award, and, internationally, the Ignotus (Spain), the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire (France), and the Kurd-Laßwitz Preis (Germany). The audio collection My Wife Hates Time Travel And Other Stories (Skyboat Media) features thirteen hours of his fiction, including the new stories “The Hour In Between” and “Big Stupe and the Buried Big Glowing Booger.” In 2022 he came out with two collections, His The Author’s Wife Vs. The Giant Robot and his thirtieth book, A Touch of Strange. Adam lives in Florida with a pair of chaotic paladin cats.

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