Rachel Harrison is the USA Today bestselling author of Play Nice, So Thirsty, Black Sheep, Such Sharp Teeth, Cackle, and The Return, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and in her debut collection Bad Dolls. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and their cat/overlord.

PHILIP FRACASSI is the Bram Stoker and British FantasyAward-nominated author of the novels A Child Alone with Strangers, Gothic, Boys in the Valley, The Third Rule of Time Travel, and The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre.

He is also the author of the story collections Behold the Void, Beneath a Pale Sky, and No One is Safe! 

His stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Black Static, Best Horror of the Year, Nightmare Magazine, Interzone, and Southwest Review. He has several projects in development for film and tv, and studio A24 recently adapted his short story, “Altar”, into a feature film.

Philip lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Copps Literary Services, Circle M + P, and WME. You can find him on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky, or visit his website at www.pfracassi.com.

Markus Redmond is an actor, director, screenwriter, and author. Known for his roles on Doogie Howser, MD, NYPD Blue, Murder One, Mad About You, Angel, and Fight Club, he wrote and starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Sharon Stone in the indie film If I Had Known I Was a Genius. He wrote, directed, and starred in the Amazon Prime thriller The 6th Degree, and has multiple screenplays in development. He lives in Los Angeles and Blood Slaves is his first novel.

Rae Wilde (she/her) is a queer woman and author of dark fiction who has published numerous works under the pen name Rae Knowles. Her available works include The Stradivarius, Merciless Waters, and I Can Fix Her, and she is represented by Carleen Geisler at Arthouse Literary.

Clay McLeod Chapman writers books, comic books, children's books, as well as for film and television. His most recent novels include Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters. 

You can find him at www.claymcleodchapman.com

Marie Still, AMZ number one bestselling horror and thriller author, torments her characters from Tampa Bay. Her novels include My Darlings (currently in development as a television series with Amazon MGM Studios), Bad Things Happened in This Room (September 2025), We're All Lying (named by Buzzfeed as one of the most anticipated mystery/thrillers of 2023), and Beverly Bonnefinche is Dead (a Silver Falchion Award finalist).

Off the page Marie can be found attempting to corral her five mostly friendly cats for a cuddle, surviving the affection from her very cuddly 150 lb Rottweiler, or keeping up with her four children. She's also known to surprise her incredibly supportive husband with a new cat, to which he doesn't complain (too much).

Connect with Marie at MarieStill.com or on Instagram and TikTok at @MarieStillWrites 

Robert P. Ottone is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE TRIANGLE and is also the best-selling author of CURSE OF THE COB MAN, THE SLEEPY HOLLOW GANG, THE VILE THING WE CREATED and NOCTURNAL CREATURES.

His short fiction has been collected in WRAPPED IN PLASTIC AND OTHER SWEET NOTHINGS as well as HER INFERNAL NAME & OTHER NIGHTMARES. 

He holds two master’s degrees in Education, as well as an MFA in Children’s Literature.

A bagel-loving fabulist of spooky absurdity, Ottone enjoys cigars, cocktails and time with his wife.

J.H. Markert, the author of SLEEP TIGHT, THE NIGHTMARE MAN, MISTER LULLABY and the forthcoming SPIDER TO THE FLY, is the pen name for writer James Markert, an award-winning novelist of historical fiction. James is a produced screenwriter, husband, and father of two from Louisville, Kentucky, where he was also a tennis pro for 25 years, before hanging up the racquets for good in 2020. He graduated with a degree in History from the University of Louisville in 1997 and has been writing ever since. With a total of 11 published novels under his belt, James writes historical fiction under his name and horror/thriller under J.H. Markert. He has recently completed his next historical novel, RANSOM BURNING, a civil rights era family/crime drama that James calls “my best book yet!” James recently finished another horror novel called DIG, and is currently hard at work on his next novel, I AM MALLARD MALONE, both of which will release with Crooked Lane in 2026!

Author of thrills, suspense, and horror fiction and host of The Suspense is Killing Me Podcast. Author of The Haunting of the Whispering House series, including titles Bury the Child, Burn the Girls, and Bless the Mother. Lucas is also owner of the Spineless Reads indie online bookstore and CEO of a training company that helps nonfiction authors create training products from their expertise. His nonfiction titles include Monetize Your Book with a Course and Course Pricing Strategies. Lucas is a retired veteran of the US Coast Guard and earned his Doctor of Engineering degree from The George Washington University. He now lives in a pile of trees in Virginia.

Rebecca Rowland is a Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-nominated author and editor; Cemetery Dance states that her work “reeks of The Twilight Zone in all the best ways” and that she is “one of the best short story writers today.” Her upcoming work Eminence Front is available for preorder now. Stalk her at RowlandBooks.com. 

Ronald Malfi is a bestselling, award-winning author of dark fiction. He is the recipient of two IPPY Awards, the Beverly Hills Book Award, the Vincent Preis Horror Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award for Popular Fiction, the William G. Wilson Award, and is a Bram Stoker Award nominee. Most recognized for his haunting, literary style and memorable characters, Malfi's work has gained acceptance among readers of all genres.

Christina Henry is a horror and dark fantasy author whose works include THE HOUSE THAT HORROR BUILT, GOOD GIRLS DON’T DIE, HORSEMAN, NEAR THEBONE, THE GHOST TREE, THE GIRL IN RED, THE MERMAID, LOST BOY, the CHRONICLES OF ALICE series (ALICE, RED QUEEN and LOOKING GLASS) and the seven-book urban fantasy BLACK WINGS series.

Her short stories have been featured in the anthologies HOWL, ELEMENTAL FORCES, CURSED, TWICE CURSED, GIVING THE DEVIL HIS DUE and KICKING IT.

She enjoys running long distances, reading anything she can get her hands on and watching movies with samurai, zombies and/or subtitles in her spare time. She lives in Chicago with her husband and son.

You can visit her on the web at

www.christinahenry.net

BlueSky: @christinahenry.bsky.social

Threads: authorChristinaHenry

Instagram: authorChristinaHenry

Goodreads: goodreads.com/CHenryAuthor

Diana Rodriguez Wallach is a multi-published author of young adult novels, most recently YA horror novels. Her newest book, THE SILENCED, is a haunted tale tackling the Troubled Teen Industry and releases in September 2025 through Random House/Delacorte. In October 2023, she released HATCHET GIRLS, a modern twist on Lizzie Borden, and in 2021, she published SMALL TOWN MONSTERS, named one of the “13 Scariest Books of 2021” by Kirkus Reviews (both Random House).

Additionally, Diana is the author of the Anastasia Phoenix Series, a trilogy of young adult spy thrillers. The first book in the series, Proof of Lies, has been optioned for film and was chosen as a finalist for the 2018 International Thriller Awards for Best

Young Adult Novel. Additionally, Bustle listed her as one of the “Top Nine Latinx Authors to Read for Women’s History Month,” and her debut novel, Amor and Summer Secrets, placed second in the International Latino Book Awards.

In 2026, Diana will publish her first horror short story in Ghosts of Where We’re From, a Latinx horror anthology, and she will publish a personal essay analyzing Rosemary’s Baby in the upcoming horror-movie anthology Diabolical Motherhood.

Diana is a co-host on the writing podcast, The Paper Trail. She currently teaches an annual writing workshop through the Highlights Foundation, and she previously taught Creative Writing through Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented

Youth for more than six years. She holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University and lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband, two kids, and two cats.

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C.J. Dotson possesses the statistically average number of body parts for a human being to have. Her debut horror novel, The Cut, is out now, and her short fiction can be found in 99 Tiny Terrors, FOUND 2: More Stories of Found Footage Horror, the Pseudopod podcast, and more. She and her husband, stepson, and children (all of whom also appear human) share a cabin in the woods with more bugs than she would ever like to see. In her limited spare time she enjoys reading, video games, painting, baking and decorating cakes (with…questionable success), and petting her dog and six cats. 

Visit C.J. on bluesky here: https://bsky.app/profile/cj-dotson.bsky.social

Or on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/cj_dots/

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John Langan is the author of two novels and six collections of stories.  For his work, he has received the Bram Stoker and This Is Horror awards.  One of the founders of the Shirley Jackson award, he continues to serve on its board of advisors.  He lives in New York’s Mid-Hudson valley with his wife, younger son, and five harmonicas.

DANIEL BRAUM writes short stories that explore the tension between the psychological and the supernatural. His acclaimed debut short story collection The Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales was recently re-released in a new edition from Cemetery Dance Publications. Braum adopted the Robert Aickman’s term “strange tales” for his unique brand of writing which is reminiscent of the old Twilight Zone and Outer Limits television shows.

His most recent books are Creatures of Liminal Space, a fully illustrated edition of short stories from Jackanapes Press and Phantom Constellations, his fifth short story collection, from Cemetery Dance.  

His stories have appeared in places ranging from the The Best Horror of the Year Volume 12 edited by Ellen Datlow to Shivers 8 edited by Richard Chizmar where his work appeared alongside Stephen King.

He is the host of the New York Ghost Story Festival and the Night Time Logic reading series. Find him on social media and bloodandstardust.wordpress.com

Kevin Lucia’s short fiction has been published in many venues, most notably with Clive Barker, David Morell, Peter Straub, Bentley Little, and Robert McCammon. His first novel, The Horror at Pleasant Brook, was released from Crystal Lake Publishing, October 2023.

Krissie Williams is the author of several novellas.

She earned her B.A.in History/Secondary Education from Providence College and M.A. in Learning and Thinking from The Graduate Institute. Currently, she is a high school History teacher and founder of Barnstable Ally Group, a local civil rights

and social justice organization. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is the author of several novellas.

She has been awarded the Highlight in Education Award from her school district for creating a Black Studies curriculum at her school and The Unsung Heroes Award from the Barnstable County Human Rights Advisory Commission for her work in supporting marginalized people and antiracism.

When she is not teaching or writing you can find her doing retail therapy, soaking up a historical tour (in which ghosts may or may not be involved) and traveling. She also spends as much time as possible with her merry band of misfit friends and laughing with her mom, dad, and sister. She lives in Cape Cod, MA with her mischievous black cat Luna.

Her recent novel, There Ought to be Shadows, debuted as a #1 bestseller on Amazon (Black/African American Horror/ New Releases) this past summer and has held the spot multiple times.

There Ought to be Shadows has recently become a finalist for an Indie Ink Award for the category Writing the Future We Need: Black Representation by a Black

Author.

Her upcoming novel. The Stitch Witches, will be released in Fall of 2026.

For more info, press, and events: krissiewilliams.com

Email: krissiewilliamswrites@gmail.com

Instagram: @krissiekwilliamswrites

For media and press kits: publicrelations@quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com

There Ought to be Shadows is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Audible, and other retailers nationally and internationally.

DiLeo is a high school English teacher in New York's Hudson Valley, and a horror/thriller novelist—he also has two coffins in his office. You know, for decoration.

DiLeo's novels include What Ever Happeneded toJo Rose?, The Devil Virus, The Hands of Onan and Empty Devils.

Amazon reviewers are saying, “DiLeo’s horror skills are undeniable. He’s a master of suspense and understands the parameters and power of the monsters he’s created . . . [DiLeo’s] prose is first-rate and engaging . . . [It’s] like reading a horror movie . . . [With] deftly blend[ed] suspense, action . . . Dark, dramatic, and thoroughly chilling . . . [You’ll be] grabbed by the first page until the very last word . . . Disturbing and perturbing, and rampantly unsettling . . . [There will be] nightmares for a lot of us . . . DiLeo is definitely on the very dark and disturbing side of the scale.”

He is online @authordileo