Emily C. Hughes (she/her) wants to scare you. Formerly the editor of Unbound Worlds and TorNightfire.com, she writes about horror and curates a list of the year’s new scary books. Her first book, Horror For Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch, will hit shelves in September 2024 […]

Matt Dovey is very tall, very British, and probably drinking a cup of tea right now. Although his surname rhymes with “Dopey”, any other similarities to the dwarf are sheer coincidence. He lives in a quiet market town in rural England with his wife and three children, and cannot adequately express his delight in this […]

Maureen O’Leary lives in California. Her short stories, poems, and essays can be found recently in Bourbon Penn, The Esopus Reader, Reckon Review, Occulum Journal, Black Spot Books’ Under Her Skin anthology, Flame Tree Press’ Alternate History anthology, Penumbric Speculative Fiction, Sundog Literary, and Sycamore Review, among other places. Her work has been nominated for […]

Ozzie M. Gartrell is a librarian, speculative fiction writer, gamer, anime nerd, and lover of all things spooky and creepy. Her fiction has appeared in FIYAH Literary Magazine, Midnight & Indigo, and The Year’s Best Science Fiction Vol. 2. When not writing, she can be found actively avoiding social situations somewhere north of Seattle, Washington […]

Zachary Rosenberg is a Jewish horror writer living in Florida. He crafts horrifying tales by night and by day he practices law, which is even more frightening.  His forthcoming debut novellas will be published by Brigids Gate Press and Of Limits Press. You may find his works released or forthcoming with Seize the Press, Dark […]

Joan Tierney is a poet and author based in Virginia. She has published three collections of poetry and short stories and her upcoming thriller novella The Killing Grounds will be released in 2023.

Avi Burton (he/they) currently moonlights as a writer and daylights as a university student. He enjoys studying theater and history. His stories often feature queer characters, revenants, and—on occasion—laser swords. You can find more of their stories in Escape Pod, PodCastle, and Apparition Lit, or find the author themself on twitter under @avi_why.

Isha Karki is a writer based in London. Her short fiction has won the Dinesh Allirajah Prize, Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize, and Mslexia Short Story Competition. Her work appears in publications such as khōréō, Lightspeed Magazine, and Best British Short Stories 2021. She is a Clarion West alumni and a 2023 Hedgebrook Writer-in-Residence. […]

Jonathan H. Smith, M.D. (he/him) is a neurologist with over 50 peer-reviewed publications in medical and scientific journals. He is an avid horror fan, and resides with his family in Chicago, IL. Twitter: @JHSmithMD

Rae Knowles (she/her) is a queer woman with multiple works forthcoming from Brigids Gate Press. Her debut novel, The Stradivarius, is coming May ’23; her sapphic horror novella, Merciless Waters, is due out winter ’23, and her collaboration with April Yates, Lies That Bind, in early ’24. A number of her short stories have been […]