Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection YOU LIKE IT DARKER, HOLLY (a New York Times Notable Book of 2023), FAIRY TALE, BILLY SUMMERS, IF IT BLEEDS, THE INSTITUTE, ELEVATION, THE OUTSIDER, SLEEPING BEAUTIES (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: END OF WATCH, FINDERS KEEPERS, and MR. MERCEDES (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works THE DARK TOWER, IT, PET SEMATARY, DOCTOR SLEEP, and FIRESTARTER are the basis for major motion pictures, with IT now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

Michael Bailey is a recipient of the Bram Stoker Award (and nine-time nominee), a multiple recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Award, a five-time Shirley Jackson Award nominee, and over thirty independent publishing accolades. He has authored numerous novels, novellas, novelettes, and fiction & poetry collections. Recent work includes AGATHA'S BARN, a tie-in novella to Josh Malerman’s CARPENTER'S FARM, a collaborative novella with Erinn L. Kemper called THE CALL OF THE VOID, and SIFTING THE ASHES, a collaborative a poetry collection with Marge Simon.

He runs the small press Written Backwards and has edited and published twelve anthologies, such as THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAD, the CHIRAL MAD series, MISCREATIONS: GODS, MONSTROSITIES & OTHER HORRORS, and the critically-acclaimed YOU, HUMAN. He lives in Costa Rica where he is rebuilding his life after surviving one of the most catastrophic wildfires in California history, which is explored in his memoir SEVEN MINUTES.

(Art by Erik Wilson) Richard Thomas is the award-winning author of seven books: three novels—Disintegration and Breaker (Penguin Random House Alibi), as well as Transubstantiate (Otherworld Publications); three short story collections—Staring into the Abyss (Kraken Press), Herniated Roots (Snubnose Press), and Tribulations (Cemetery Dance); and one novella in The Soul Standard (Dzanc Books). With over 150 stories published, his credits include The Best Horror of the Year (Volume Eleven), Cemetery Dance (twice), Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders (Bram Stoker winner), PANK, storySouth, Gargoyle, Weird Fiction Review, Midwestern Gothic, Shallow Creek, The Seven Deadliest, Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories, Qualia Nous, Chiral Mad (numbers 2-4), PRISMS, Pantheon, and Shivers VI (with Stephen King and Peter Straub). He has won contests at ChiZine and One Buck Horror, has received five Pushcart Prize nominations, and has been long-listed for Best Horror of the Year six times. He was also the editor of four anthologies: The New Black and Exigencies (Dark House Press), The Lineup: 20 Provocative Women Writers (Black Lawrence Press) and Burnt Tongues (Medallion Press) with Chuck Palahniuk. He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, and Thriller awards. In his spare time he is a columnist at Lit Reactor. He was the Editor-in-Chief at Dark House Press and Gamut Magazine. His agent is Paula Munier at Talcott Notch. For more information visit www.whatdoesnotkillme.com.

Eric J. Guignard has twice won the Bram Stoker Award (the highest literary award of horror fiction), won the Shirley Jackson Award, and been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award and International Thriller Writers Award for his works of dark and speculative fiction. He has over 100 stories appearing in publications internationally; has edited multiple anthologies (including his most recent, PROFESSOR CHARLATAN BARDOT’S TRAVEL ANTHOLOGY TO THE MOST (FICTIONAL) HAUNTED BUILDINGS IN THE WEIRD, WILD WORLD, and A WORLD OF HORROR, each a showcase of international horror short fiction. His next anthology is a Middle Grade-revisiting of classic literature tales, SCARING AND DARING ADVENTURES to be released 2025 by HarperCollins. He currently publishes the acclaimed series of author primers created to champion modern masters of the dark and macabre, EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION. He is also publisher and acquisitions editor for the renowned +HORROR LIBRARY+ anthology series. Formerly, he was curator of the series HAUNTED LIBRARY OF HORROR CLASSICS, through SourceBooks with co-editor Leslie S. Klinger. His latest books are LAST CASE AT A BAGGAGE AUCTION; DOORWAYS TO THE DEADEYE; and short story collection THAT WHICH GROWS WILD: 16 TALES OF DARK FICTION (Cemetery Dance). His second collection A GRAVESIDE GALLERY: TALES OF GHOSTS AND DARK MATTERS will be out in 2025 (Cemetery Dance). Visit Eric at his website, blog, or social media.

JASON V BROCK is an award-winning and -nominated writer, editor, filmmaker, composer, artist, scholar, and speaker. He has been widely published online, in comic books, magazines, nonfiction works, and anthologies, such as THE PS BOOK OF FANTASTIC FICTIONEERS, DISORDERS OF MAGNITUDE (Nonfiction Finalist for both the Bram Stoker Award and the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards), THE DARK SEA WITHIN: TALES & POEMS, FUNGI, WEIRD FICTION REVIEW (print edition), FANGORIA, S. T. Joshi's BLACK WINGS series, and many, many others. He describes his Pushcart Prize-nominated work as Dark Magical Realism. He has mentored numerous other writers who have likewise gone on to be nominated for and/or earn Clarion West scholarships, as well as World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, and other awards. In addition, he administers the Estate of William F. Nolan.

Brock was Art Director/Managing Editor of DARK DISCOVERIES magazine for more than four years, and publishes a pro journal called [NAMEL3SS], which can be found on Twitter/X: NAMELESS_DIGEST, and on the Interwebs at NAMELESSDIGEST. In addition, Brock and his wife, Sunni, run CYCATRIX PRESS (a few of their books include A DARKE PHANTASTIQUE [Bram Stoker Award Finalist], THE BLEEDING EDGE, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated debut short story collection THE MIRRORS by author Nicole Cushing). They also have a technology consulting business.

As a filmmaker, his works include the critically acclaimed documentaries CHARLES BEAUMONT: THE LIFE OF TWILIGHT ZONE'S MAGIC MAN, THE ACKERMONSTER CHRONICLES! (Winner of the 2014 Rondo Hatton Award for Best Documentary), and IMAGE, REFLECTION, SHADOW: ARTISTS OF THE DARKE PHANTASTIQUE. He is the primary composer and instrumentalist/singer for his band, CHIAROSCURO.

Popular as a speaker and panelist, he has been a Special Guest at numerous film fests, conventions, and educational events, and was the 2015 Editor Guest of Honor for ORYCON 37, the largest science fiction convention in Oregon. Brock loves his wife, their family of herptiles, travel, and vegan/vegetarianism. He is active on social sites such as Facebook and Twitter/X (JASONVBROCK), and their personal website/blog, JASUNNI.

**2021 Pushcart Prize Nominee (SHORT FICTION): “Verlassen”**

**2015 Bram Stoker Award Finalist (BEST ANTHOLOGY): A DARKE PHANTASTIQUE**

**2015 Bram Stoker Award Finalist (BEST NONFICTION BOOK): DISORDERS OF MAGNITUDE: A SURVEY OF DARK FANTASY**

**2015 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award Finalist (BEST BOOK): DISORDERS OF MAGNITUDE: A SURVEY OF DARK FANTASY**

**2014 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award Winner (BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM): THE ACKERMONSTER CHRONICLES!**

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About His Work:

**SIMULACRUM AND OTHER POSSIBLE REALITIES (Debut Collection)**

“Jason V Brock. . . A bold new voice in American fiction. Watch this man! You may be in at the birth of a legend.”

—William F. Nolan (co-author, LOGAN'S RUN; screenwriter, BURNT OFFERINGS)

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“[Brock] makes the fantastic utterly believable. . . a fine writer, indeed.”

—George Clayton Johnson (writer for STAR TREK and THE TWILIGHT ZONE; co-author, LOGAN'S RUN)

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“Bravo!”

—Ray Bradbury (author, FAHRENHEIT 451 and THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES)

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“. . .a clever young man, Jason Brock.”

—Harlan Ellison (author, DEATHBIRD STORIES and “A Boy and His Dog”)

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“[Brock] knows how to tell a story. . . [he] has heart. . . real emotion. . . [it's] a strong part of writing that most writers never capture.”

—James Robert Smith (author, THE FLOCK)

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“[Brock] takes. . . characters into places I never expected. . .”

—Richard Matheson (author, SOMEWHERE IN TIME and I AM LEGEND)

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**MILTON'S CHILDREN (Novella)**

“Fun and clever and full of storytelling energy. You are bound to like this one.”

—Joe R. Lansdale (Edgar Award winning author, THE THICKET)

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“This richly textured novella is a triumph—a splendid fusion of horror and science fiction, of the cosmic and the human. It fulfills the promise of Jason V Brock's earlier work and establishes him as a force to be reckoned with in contemporary weird fiction.”

—S. T. Joshi (World Fantasy Award winning scholar/editor, H. P. LOVECRAFT: A LIFE; THE WEIRD TALE)

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“As satisfying as a novel, Jason V Brock's story MILTON’S CHILDREN combines classic elements of H. P. Lovecraft and Jules Verne with modern sensibilities to spin a yarn that is part adventure tale and part horror story. I loved it, but it is thoroughly a dire warning: When we become monsters, we also create monsters.”

—Ray Garton (World Horror Convention Grand Master and author, LIVE GIRLS)

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“Venture into the Antarctic, where Jason V Brock will plunge you into one of the most terrifying Lost Worlds stories imaginable: Make no mistake, this is no Lovecraft or Crichton knockoff; the S-F/Horror story revealed here on this undiscovered island is original and scientifically plausible. The writing is crisp, precise, and easily accessible; the plotting sharp and compelling; and once the action starts it is non-stop, the reader only able to catch their breath at its very conclusion. . .

“Underlying the writing, one is totally convinced that they are in good authorial hands—what I call the marvelous 'Allstate Effect,' achieved rarely by only the most highly skilled authors. Snag this book! Copy its byline: Jason V Brock, and put it up on the fridge, then underline it—after that, be sure to watch for more exciting, literate stories to come. Highly recommended.”

—Gene O'Neill (Bram Stoker Award winning author, TASTE OF TENDERLOIN)

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Meghan Arcuri is a Bram Stoker Award®-nominated author. Her work can be found in various anthologies, including Borderlands 7 (Borderlands Press), Madhouse (Dark Regions Press), Chiral Mad, and Chiral Mad 3 (Written Backwards). She is currently the Vice President of the Horror Writers Association and is the recipient of the 2022 Richard Laymon President’s Award.

She recently made her first foray into children's literature with her non-horror picture book, Milk the Cat (art by Ogmios).

Prior to writing, she taught high school math, having earned her B.A. from Colgate University—with a double major in mathematics and English—and her masters from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

She lives with her family in New York’s Hudson Valley. Please visit her at meghanarcuri.com, facebook.com/meg.arcuri, or on Twitter (@MeghanArcuri).