About the Contributing Authors:

Patrick Barb

Patrick Barb is an author of weird, dark, and horrifying tales, currently living (and trying not to freeze to death) in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His published works include the dark fiction collections The Children's Horror and Pre-Approved for Haunting, the novellas Gargantuana's Ghost and Turn, as well as the novelette Helicopter Parenting in the Age of Drone Warfare. His upcoming work includes his debut sci-fi/horror novel Abducted from Dark Matter Ink. Visit him at patrickbarb.com.

Chloe Spencer

Minnesota native Chloe Spencer is an award winning writer, indie gamedev, and filmmaker. She is the author of multiple sapphic horror novellas, novels, and short stories. In her spare time she enjoys playing video games, trying her best at Pilates, and cuddling with her cats. She holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Oregon and an MFA in Film and Television from SCAD Atlanta. 

Briana Morgan

Briana Morgan is a horror writer, editor, and author of The Tricker-Treater and Other Stories, which won a Godless 666 Award for Best Audiobook. With more than a decade of experience scaring herself and others, Briana has a fresh voice that shines through in her latest book, The Reyes Incident, which has sold more than 16,000 copies to date. Her other books include Mouth Full of Ashes, Unboxed: A Play, and more.

Briana has a BA in English and Creative Writing from Georgia College & State University. She is also an active member of the Horror Writers Association. When not writing, Briana loves reading disturbing fiction, playing video games, and spending time with her husband.

Steph Nelson

Steph Nelson is the author of The Final Scene, which has sold over 5,000 copies in the first five weeks. She's also the author of The Vein and Sawtooth. Her first short stories were included in Bram-Stoker nominated anthologies, Dark Matter Presents: Human Monsters and Mother: Tales of Love and Terror. She lives in Idaho even though she will always be a PNW girl at heart.

Isaac Nightingale

Issac Nightingale was born and raised in the fictional town of Blackwater Lake, somewhere in Minnesota. He spends most of his time hunting monsters and being a figment of Liam Blaney's imagination.

Liam is the secret author of B-Movie Bloodbath and lifelong horror fan. When he isn't writing, he enjoys the cinema, horror in all forms, photography and chilling with his cat, Luna.

Alyson Hasson

Alyson Hasson grew up in New Brunswick, Canada, where she obtained her biology degree and a love for nature-based horror. Her interest in horror movies, combined with her background in biology, spurred a curiosity that led to the drafting stories of her own. She is the author of ISLAND OF THE UNCLAIMED, and several short stories that were featured in anthologies by Dark Lit Press, Scare Street Publishing and Acid Bath Publishing.

Jason A. Jones

Jason A. Jones is an industrial painter by trade and has several published works in various anthologies. His debut novella, Starving Alice, will be released in 2024. He lives in central Indiana with his wife, 2 cats, and 1 dog.

Nikki Kossaris

Nikki Kossaris is a disabled writer who lives with her family in Chicago. She fell in love with horror novels at seven but was born loving anything spooky. When not reading or writing she enjoys cooking, long walks and adventures. You can find her psychological/body horror short story “Rot” in HorrorScope: A Zodiac Anthology, Volume 2. The erotic horror short story “Breeding Inspiration” in the 1st Issue and “December Daddies” in the 2nd Issue of Cult Horrotica Magazine. Her poem “Wave” in t’ART Magazine, Issue No. 6 Secret Thoughts December 2023. Multiple poems and short stories have been accepted for future publications.

Alex Hunter

Alex Hunter was the first child in his school year to be given an adult library card. He borrowed The Rats by James Herbert, which began a love of the frightening and strange. As an adult, he has enjoyed a career as a corporate communications specialist with experience leading award-winning teams around the world. His first novel will be published in 2025 and he is now at work on his second. Alex lives in London with his husband, Ben, and willful pug, Bertie. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association.

Caleb Knoedler

Caleb James K. hails from Washington, Pennsylvania. When he's not lifting heavy things or drinking mid-shelf whiskey, he's talking to other creatives as the host of the Drunken Pen Writing Podcast. You can find some of his forthcoming and recent works in PA Bards, Strange Days Zine, miniMAG, Diabolic Press Issue One, Literally Stories, Coalitionworks, HorrorScope Volumes 3 & 4, and SPANK the CARP literary journal.

Spencer Hamilton

Spencer Hamilton is the author of KITCHEN SINK, a collection of short stories, and the pandemic horror novel, THE FEAR. He lives in Austin, Texas. You can find him on Instagram at @nerdywordsmith or at SpencerHamiltonBooks.com.

Nadine Stewart

Nadine Stewart is an author & poet and media creator. Her short fiction can be found in anthologies such as Terrorcore's Door of Darkness, and she is the editor of the forthcoming Curbside Curses anthology.

AudraKate Gonzalez

AudraKate Gonzalez started writing horror stories when she ran out of Goosebumps books to read as a child. Her love for horror grew and now she has a BA in Creative Writing and is working on her MFA. AudraKate is a current member of the Horror Writers Association, and Sigma Tau Delta. She lives in Ohio with her handsome husband, and her adorable furry bad boys, Zero and Scrappy Doo. When AudraKate isn't writing, you can find her reading, watching scary movies or sleeping.

Josh Powell

Josh Powell is a filmmaker and Commerical Producer based in Raleigh, NC. After stuyding film at The University of North Carolina Wilmington, he received a Masters in Film from Vermont College of Fine Arts. His thesis feature screenplay "Sunshine Torpedoes" was an Academy Nicholl semifinalist. Josh's short film have garnered film festival awards across the country.

Matt Carlin

Matt was born and raised in Hartford, CT. At an early age, he was cursed with the gift of his father’s old video camera. The story went as it so often does; and after several fires, accidents, and visits from the local authorities, it was determined that he was irrevocably and hopelessly destined to be a filmmaker. He studied film at University of Hartford and has made a handful of short films. OPEN FIELDS was an Official Finalist selection at the 2011 Las Vegas Film Festival. He has recently completed the S16mm short ERIC’S DATE and the experimental TREE. As a writer, he has had fiction published in THE SEA LETTER as well as NON-BINARY REVIEW and he reguarly writes film criticism for MUBI NOTEBOOK. He has also been featured in SENSES OF CINEMA.

David Royce

David Royce is an expat from the United States currently living in Cambodia. He’s the author of two horror anthologies and a novella. He's currently editing his first novel. His stories have appeared in the anthologies Ooze: Little Bursts of Body Horror and Horrorscope Volume 2. When he's not writing, you can find him reviewing horror books on his YouTube channel, Horror Reads. You can find him on social media as well.

Find him on:
Horror Reads YouTube channel: @HorrorReads
Twitter (X): @horror_reads
Instagram: @horrorreadsyt
Threads: @horrorreadsyt

Joey Powell (Anthology Editor)

Joey Powell is the Owner and Operator of Mad Axe Media. In addition to championing the works of others through his publishing company and his podcast Creatives Getting Coffee, he is a writer and an award-winning actor. His upcoming published work includes Squirming All the Way Up, an anti-fascist horror novella from Madness Heart Press.