ZACHARY T. OWEN is the author of BEAUTIES IN THE DEEP and BURN DOWN THE HOUSE AND EVERYONE IN IT. His work has been featured in many print and online magazines. Sometimes he uses a pen name. He is a resident of Pennsylvania. He grew up on Sega Genesis and horror films.
John Jasper Owens’ writing can be found in several anthologies available through Amazon.com, including Day Terrors and the Mystery Times 10. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for fiction.
John Jasper Owens says “if you like these stories, Google me or enter my full name in Amazon. I’m around, in bits and pieces. Do try my story “Lord Braugh’s Dessert” at Bard and Sages Quarterly.
Nicholas Ozment has tackled genre fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and even movie reviews! His story, “The Only Difference Between Men and Boys” aired on Every Day Fiction, and he is the author of Knight Terrors, The (Mis)Adventures of Smoke the Dragon.
Jon Padgett is a professional–though lapsed–ventriloquist who lives in New Orleans with his spouse, their daughter, and a rescue dog and cat. He is the Editor-In-Chief of Vastarien: A Literary Journal, a source of critical study and creative response to the work of Thomas Ligotti as well as associated authors and ideas. Padgett’s first short story collection, The Secret of Ventriloquism, was named the Best Fiction Book of 2016 by Rue Morgue Magazine.
He has work out or forthcoming in Weird Fiction Review, PseudoPod, Lovecraft eZine, Xnoybis, and the anthologies A Walk on the Weird Side, Wound of Wounds, Phantasm/Chimera, For Mortal Things Unsung, and Ashes and Entropy.
CHRISTA PAGLIEI lives in Brooklyn, New York where she writes and works in Television as a Producer’s assistant. Her work has appeared in Fictionvale, Strangelet Journal, InstaGatorZine, and more. When she’s not working she enjoys riding her bicycle, listening to Rock N’ Roll, haunting Flea Markets, and anything that’s a little creepy. Her first feature film Now/Here, on which she was was a co-screenwriter and producer, is set to premier at festivals this year. You can follow her on her webpage: ChristaPagliei.
Suzanne Palmer is a writer, artist, and professional linux administrator who lives in western Massachusetts. Previous work of hers has appeared in Asimov’s and Analog. Her story “Ten Poems for the Mossums, One for the Man” was a Eugie Award finalist, and her Clarkesworld story “The Secret Life of Bots” won the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
Suzan Palumbo is a Trinidadian-Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor. Her short fiction has been nominated for the Nebula, Aurora and World Fantasy Awards. She also cofounded the Ignyte Awards with L.D. Lewis and edited the Strange Horizons Caribbean issue with Marika Bailey. Her dark fantasy/horror collection, “Skin Thief: Stories” was published by Neon Hemlock in 2023 and her novella “Countess” will be published by ECW Press in 2024. Her work has been featured in The Dark Magazine, Lightspeed, Nightmare and PseudoPod. When she isn’t writing, she can be found listening to new wave, sketching or wandering her local misty forest. Find her on Instagram at gothicsyntax and on her website at suzanpalumbo.wordpress.com She is officially represented by Michael Curry of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.
NORMAN PATRIDGE‘s Halloween novel, DARK HARVEST, was chosen by PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY as one of the 100 Best Books of 2006. Author of six short story collections, including LESSER DEMONS and JOHNNY HALLOWEEN, Partridge’s fiction ranges from dark suspense to horror to the fantastic. He can be found online at Norman Partridge.com and he also blogs at American Frankenstein. A new novella, “The Mummy’s Heart,” is coming soon in HALLOWEEN: MAGIC, MYSTERY, & THE MACABRE edited by Paula Guran.