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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 […]

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Melissa V. Hofelich

Melissa V. Hofelich is originally from South Jersey, but now lives in Atlanta with her husband Alex and their cats Zoey and Violet. She’s worked for both The Man and The Devil over the years (though not at the same time), trying her hand at jobs such as accounting, professional box-slinging, fraud detection, and lingerie […]

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Devin Marcus

Devin Marcus is a writer and editor whose love for spooks is, to his knowledge, unparalleled. He would love it if you sent him cool horror-related stuff on Twitter @DubbleOhDevin. He lives in Olympia with his partner and their handsome pupper, Emmett.

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Leighanna DeRouen

Leighanna DeRouen is freelance writer and proofreader who lives with her husband and their dog GG somewhere in Ohio. When she’s not rewatching the 1990 hit film Rockula, she can be found lurking in the abyss that is Twitter at @fleurdleigh.

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Danielle Ranucci

Danielle Ranucci graduated Princeton University able to read horror stories in English, Spanish, and Russian. Her work has appeared in Uncharted Magazine and J Journal, and she is currently penning a novel. She reviews books and talks about writing on her blog danielleranucci.wordpress.com. When not immersed in literature, she enjoys Broadway shows, tennis, and traveling. […]

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Alex Puncekar

Alex Puncekar writes fantasy, science fiction, and horror. His fiction has appeared in Jenny Magazine. He is also the assistant editor for Nightmare Magazine, an interviewer for Lightspeed Magazine, and writes reviews at Grimdark Magazine. He won a cookie stacking contest when he was six or seven (he can’t remember the age but yeah it […]

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Xander Odell

Former Nightmare assistant editor Xander Odell lives in Washington state with their husband, sons, and an Albanian miniature moose disguised as a dog. Their work has appeared in such venues as Jim Baen’s Universe, Daily Science Fiction, Crossed Genres, Pseudopod, and Cast of Wonders. They are a Clarion West 2010 graduate, and an active member of the SFWA. […]

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Lisa Nohealani Morton

Born and raised in Honolulu, Lisa Nohealani Morton lives in Washington, DC. By day she is a mild-mannered database wrangler, computer programmer, and all-around data geek, and by night she writes science fiction, fantasy, and combinations of the two. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Lightspeed, Daily Science Fiction, and the anthology […]

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Arley Sorg

Former Nightmare associate editor Arley Sorg is an associate literary agent at kt literary. He is a two-time World Fantasy Award finalist and a two-time Locus Award finalist for his work as co-Editor-in-Chief at Fantasy Magazine. Arley is also a SFWA Solstice Award Recipient, a Space Cowboy Award Recipient, and a finalist for two Ignyte […]

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Cory Skerry

Cory Skerry writes amusing lies and paints what he shouldn’t. He lives in a quirky old house with his partner, his other partner, her partner, and their menagerie. When his human meatsuit falls apart, he’d like science to put his brain into a giant octopus body, with which he will be very responsible and not […]

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