Tonia Ransom is the creator and executive producer of NIGHTLIGHT, a horror podcast featuring creepy tales written and performed by Black creatives all over the world. Tonia has been scaring people since the second grade, when she wrote her first story based on Michael Myers. She’s pretty sure her teacher was concerned, but she thinks she turned out fine(ish). Tonia lives in Austin, Texas, though in the summer she dreams of living elsewhere.
Louise Ratcliffe is a scientist, artist and stay-home Mum. She lives in New Zealand having moved there from England 12 years ago when her Maori husband brought her home. They have 3 children, 3 cats, 9 chickens, 8 ducks and a goat called Steve. She spends her time creating Art Yarn, and knitting body parts and blankets. Her work can be seen on Facebook at her Top o’ the Meadow fibre art page, or you can find her on Ravelry as Giggigoofer.
Sarah Read is an author, editor, and librarian living in the frozen north of Wisconsin with her husband, two sons, a cat, and thousands of spiders. Her novel The Bone Weaver’s Orchard and collection Out of Water were both released from Trepidatio Publishing in 2019, both were shortlisted for the Stoker Award, and one came home with a haunted house. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram @inkwellmonster, or on her website at inkwellmonster.wordpress.com.
One of genre fiction’s best kept secrets is Tom Reamy. He was nominated for the Hugo four times, won the Nebula, and won the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer. He was one of the founders of the Turkey City Writer’s Workshop. He was loved by his peers and considered an heir to Bradbury’s weird fiction tradition. Then he tragically passed away seven pages into his second novel. A shining star was darkened that day, and I can only imagine what great works we could have seen. Now his fiction is primarily out of print and you have to dig into the dark corners of your used book store to find copies of his work. We dug deep and hope you seek out more of his work after this.
Sam Rebelein holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, with a focus on Horror and Memoir. His work has appeared in Bourbon Penn, Coffin Bell Journal, The Dread Machine, Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year, and elsewhere. HarperCollins’ horror and crime imprint William Morrow is publishing Sam’s debut horror novel EDENVILLE in Fall 2023.
ROBERT REED lives in Pekin, Indiana with his wife Shelley and despite what the title of the story might imply, they love animals and have 2 dogs, 5 cats and 3 sugar gliders and are amazed that the pets let them all live together. Robert and his daughter Stephanie started NaNoWriMo in 2010 and found writing a great way to spark story ideas and spend father daughter time together.
David Rees-Thomas has been an editor for Ideomancer and Waylines Magazine, but otherwise wishes to remain an enigma wrapped inside a blanket…
Sheila Regan is based in the Twin Cities. Recent acting projects include two projects by director Alex Gutterman– the indy film “In Winter,” and the web series “The Hunter.” She’s also collaborated on several theater pieces based on the poems of John Colburn at venues such as Icehouse, Third Place Gallery, and the Twin Cities Book Festival. You can hear her doing radio stories about artists on KFAI radio.