W.B. Talman (1904-1986) was born in 1904 in Spring Valley, NY. He was a correspondent with Lovecraft, a late member of the Kalem Club, and wrote at least 3 other pieces of horror short fiction in the 1930s, as well as some poems. Late in life he wrote the memoir The Normal Lovecraft (1973).
J.Y. Tan is a Malaysian-Chinese writer and freelance translator. An alumnus of the 2023 Futurescapes Writer’s Workshop, her short stories have appeared in 3 consecutive volumes of the NutMag zine series, as well as the “NutMag: Home Groan” anthology. She also co-curated a reprint anthology titled “The Best of Malaysian Writing in English 2010—2020” in 2022. Currently, she is trying to get her first novel published before she gets distracted by another shiny plot idea, with mixed results. She can be found on Twitter at https://twitter.com/jytan6
Christopher Tang lives in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, son, and three cats who want desperately to interrupt any recording he is doing. During the day he helps sell role-playing games at DriveThruRPG and and during the night he helps slush read over at Cast of Wonders and is trying to write his own roleplaying games.
Molly Tanzer is the award-winning author of five novels, two collections, and many works of short fiction. Her novella, And Side by Side They Wander, will be out in May 2026 from Tordotcom. She lives close to Boulder, CO with her many houseplants.
He’s done words, noises and faces for The Revolution Will Be Televised, The News Quiz, Tonightly, Gigglebiz and Dick and Dom amongst other things. Nathaniel Tapley has been the writer-director of the free monthly podcast In the Gloaming.
Lois Tate lends her dubious vocal abilities to narrate R.A. Busby’s evocative prose. Miss Tate’s many rumored talents are a secret which she jealously guards. It is said she can do several things fairly well, but she takes great pains to conceal them. Miss Tate is unmarried; outside of the Carbon-14 method, she has never been dated and has no children, not even lousy ones. Miss Lois Tate looks forward to a long and illustrious posthumous career.
JOHN ALFRED TAYLOR has been writing strange tales since the late 1960s, with stories appearing in The Twilight Zone Magazine, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Ghosts & Scholars, Grue, and others.
Sonora Taylor is the award-winning author of several books and short stories. Her books include Little Paranoias: Stories, Seeing Things, and Without Condition. She also co-edited Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology with Nico Bell. Her short stories have been published by Rooster Republic Press, Cemetery Gates Media, Ghost Orchid Press, and others.
Her short stories and books frequently appear on “Best of the Year” lists. In 2020, she won two Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards: one for Best Novel (Without Condition) and one for Best Short Story Collection (Little Paranoias: Stories). In 2022, her short story, “Eat Your Colors,” was selected by Tenebrous Press to appear in Brave New Weird: The Best New Weird Horror Vol. 1. In 2024, her nonfiction essay, “Anything But Cooking, Please,” was a Top 15 finalist in Roxane Gay’s Audacious Book Club essay contest.
Taylor is an active member of the Horror Writers Association and serves on the board of directors of Scares That Care.
Her latest short story collection, Recreational Panic, is now available from Cemetery Gates Media. Her next novella, Errant Roots, will be out October 15, 2024 from Raw Dog Screaming Press.
She lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and a rescue dog.