Lee Battersby is the author of three novels and over 80 stories in Australia, Europe, and the US. He is the winner of the Aurealis and Australian Shadows awards for horror fiction, as well as the Australian SF ‘Ditmar’ awards and a White Raven for children’s literature. His work has been praised for its consistent attention to voice and narrative muscle. He is sadly obsessed with Lego, Nottingham Forest football club, dinosaurs and Daleks.
Battie is the chronically sleepy bat ghoul of the Pacific Northwest. She is a mixed Korean-American genderqueer woman with invisible disabilities including narcolepsy and multiple chronic illnesses. They are a neurodivergent artist and musician who has also roleplayed for tabletop RPG actual play podcasts/streams and enjoys reading stories to children. Reach out to them about narration opportunities on Twitter or Instagram at batzpajamas and see their streams at twitch.tv/batzpajamas.
Mike Battista is a technology analyst and a writer with a PhD in psychology from the University of Western Ontario. His blog contains various things about his life, thoughts, and whatever else he feels like sharing. Maybe He’ll put some useful information there or here someday. Who knows.
Essie is the chronically sleepy bat ghoul of the Pacific Northwest. They are a mixed Korean-American genderqueer woman with invisible disabilities including narcolepsy which means most afternoons require cozy cat naps with their black cat familiar. They are a neurodivergent artist and musician who sings and plays improv theremin. As a voice-over artist, they have roleplayed for tabletop RPG actual play podcasts/streams and equally enjoy bringing characters to life by simply narrating stories. Reach out to them about narration opportunities on Bluesky at batzpajamas.bsky.social and see their streams at twitch.tv/batzpajamas.
Michael Gray Baughan hails from Philadelphia, dwells in Richmond, and writes speculative fiction from somewhere else. At the moment, that somewhere else is a rock cut tomb in the Phrygian Highlands of ancient Anatolia (modern day Turkey), where he is spending a year subsisting on nothing but coffee and köfte while whittling away at his first novel. During full moons and the occasional equinox, he emerges from his writing cave to curate a collection of nonfictional oddities and curiosities at WonderCabinet .net.
Alan Baxter is a multi-award-winning British-Australian author of horror and weird fiction. This Is Horror podcast calls him “Australia’s master of literary darkness” and the Talking Scared podcast dubbed him “The Lord of Weird Australia.” He’s also a martial artist, whisky-soaked swear monkey, metalhead and dog lover. He writes his darkly strange tales deep in the valleys of southern Tasmania. Find him online at www.alanbaxter.com.au
Patrick is an American Actor/Voice Over Talent and a fresh sound in the voice over industry. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Patrick has voiced everything from PSA’s to major product brands. With a deep, commanding voice often referred to as “The Voice of God”, Patrick demands attention.?
When she’s not narrating stories or hosting podcasts, Poppy Beaujolais loves riding her Il Bello scooter, supporting local artists and creators in her community, and torturing her love ones with shots of Malört.
She holds a degree in Performing arts from Colorado State University, as well as some other expensive pieces of paper she doesn’t like to talk about on the air, but welcomes any donations to help pay off her student loans.
Poppy was recording audio fiction before it was cool, back when it was called “radio drama”, and has been heavily involved with the Breakfast Puppies podcasts since 2018. You can hear her regularly on Bikers, Dice & Bars, and get a further taste for her acting talents on the Actual Play RPG session recordings of Tales from the Loop, Mothership, and HAMMERCRAWL! All of which can be found at www.breakfastpuppies.com.