Cameron Schoettle (they/them) is a trans, queer writer living in the Boston area, and a recent MFA grad from Emerson College where they were the managing editor of Redivider. Currently they are the Copy Chief of Fork Apple Press, a proofreader for Random House, and a copyeditor for Page Street Publishing. Their fiction has previously been published by The Dodge and by the Other Stories Podcast, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. They hope you can find something a little off-putting in every story they write.

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David J. Schow has been writing horror stories, novels, movies and commentary since the early 1980s – including novels THE KILL RIFF (1988), GUN WORK (2008) and his newest, INTERNECINE and HUNT AMONG THE KILLERS OF MEN (the latter under the pseudonym Gabriel Hunt (both 2010) and UPGUNNED (2012) (click links to order); films A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD, LEATHERFACE: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III (both 1989) and THE CROW (1994); edited seminal horror anthologies SILVER SCREAM (1988) and three volumes of THE LOST BLOCH (1999-2002); wrote the award-winning guide THE OUTER LIMITS COMPANION (1986/1998) and has provided many DVD audio commentaries to films such as the 2-disc release of THE DIRTY DOZEN, The complete DVD box set of the legendary horror anthology TV show THRILLER and an episode each season of MASTERS OF HORROR. His website is located at Black Leather Required.

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DARRELL SCHWEITZER is a 4-time World Fantasy Award nominee and one-time winner, as co-editor of WEIRD TALES, a position he held for 19 years. He has also edited anthologies, including CTHULHU’S REIGN (2010), THE SECRET HISTORY OF VAMPIRES (2007), FULL MOON CITY (with Martin Greenberg, 2010), and THAT IS NOT DEAD (PS Publishing, forthcoming). He is the author of about 300 published stories, which have been collected in many volumes, two of the most recent of which are THE EMPEROR OF THE ANCIENT WORD and ECHOES OF THE GODDESS (both from Wildside Press) and the novels THE WHITE ISLE, THE SHATTERED GODDESS, and THE MASK OF THE SORCERER. He has also written much non-fiction, including books about H.P. Lovecraft and Lord Dunsany. Upcoming books include, SPEAKING OF HORROR II (a collection of interviews) from Wildside, THE DARRELL SCHWEITZER MEGAPACK (e-book collection, from Wildside), a revised version of LORD DUNSANY: A BIBLIOGRAPHY (with ST Joshi) from Scarecrow Press, and, in 2014 or 2015, PS Publishing is to publish a two-volume retrospective collection of his short fiction.

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Anna Schwind is a writer, editor, former librarian and Montessori educator living in Saint Louis, Missouri.

For five years she served as co-editor of PodCastle alongside Dave Thompson, and together they found and produced some of the finest audio fantasy fiction available.

While Anna preferred to stay mostly behind the scenes, her writing and narration has appeared a few times over the years.

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A stalwart of the British science fiction scene, Donna Scott is Chair of the British Science Fiction Association as well as a copy-editor and proofreader, enjoying the coolness of working with some of the greats and hot new stars of sf.

She is also co-editor of dark fantasy fanzine Visionary Tongue, which was established in 1995 by fantasy writer Storm Constantine to help bring new writing to the fore and features prose, poetry, interviews and insights into the weird and wonderful world of creativity.

Donna is a well-respected editor within genre, and has worked with Immanion, Angry Robot, Games Workshop and many independent presses. She has recently worked on Alan Moore’s Jerusalem and Best of British Science Fiction 2016 anthology for Newcon Press. Her current project is Best of British Science Fiction 2017.

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Eleanor Scott was born Helen Leys in Middlesex in 1892. Her father was a barrister and novelist, and her early education was provided by her mother, Ellen, who prepared both of her daughters for going on to Oxford – it’s important to note that the first female students attended Oxford in 1879, but they couldn’t, officially, graduate until 1920. Before that, women had to travel to Trinity College in Dublin to receive their qualifications. After the Great War, Helen became a teacher, and eventually, Principal of an Oxford teacher training college. Her first short story to appear in print was The Room, in October 1923, credited to H. M. Leys. In 1928, the first work bearing the pen name Eleanor Scott appeared: the controversial novel War Among Ladies, which was published by Ernest Benn. Her final novel, Puss in the Corner was published in November 1934.

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Effie Seiberg is a fantasy and science fiction writer. Her stories can be found in the “Women Destroy Science Fiction!” special edition of Lightspeed Magazine (winner of the 2015 British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology), “The Best of Galaxy’s Edge 2015-2017”, Analog, and all the other Escape Artist podcasts, amongst others. In particular, Effie would like to draw your attention to “The Tale of Descruptikn and the Product Launch Requirements Documentation” over on Cast of Wonders. Effie lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She likes to make sculpted cakes and bad puns.

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