Matthew C. Dampier
Matthew C. Dampier lives in Kansas City, Missouri where both he and his wife teach English. They are parents to a small and mischievous child who they often find in places she’s not allowed.
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Richard E. Dansky
Widely regarded as a leading expert on video game writing and narrative, Richard Dansky has worked on franchises such as The Division, Far Cry, Splinter Cell, Assassins Creed, and more. He is the author of The Video Game Writer’s Guide to Surviving an Industry That Hates You, and co-authored the upcoming horror graphic novel Bridgewater with French comics legend Matz. Richard has published 8 novels and 2 short story collections, with his next novel, Nightmare Logic, scheduled for release in 2026. He has worked extensively in tabletop RPG writing as well, having been a core contributor to White Wolf’s classic setting The World of Darkness. Richard is also pretty sure he is the only working horror writer to have won PC Gamer Magazine’s coveted “Mission Pack of the Year” award, and he was briefly the world’s leading expert on Denebian Slime Devils.
Jonathan Danz
Jonathan Danz is a writer in the Blue Ridge of Virginia. He lives with his wife, child, and cat, all of whom are artists in their own right. He attended Viable Paradise, narrates for various science fiction, fantasy and horror podcasts, and co-hosted the now dormant Creative DoubleShot podcast along with his wife, Ginger Danz. He likes reading, riding bikes, drinking beer and messing with old typewriters.
Galen Dara
Galen likes monsters, mystics, and dead things. She has created art for Uncanny Magazine, 47North publishing, Skyscape Publishing, Fantasy Flight Games, Tyche Books, Fireside Magazine, Lightspeed, Lackington’s, and Resurrection House. She has been nominated for the Hugo, the World Fantasy Award, and the Chesley Award. When Galen is not working on a project you can find her on the edge of the Sonoran Desert, climbing mountains and hanging out with an assortment of human and animal companions. Her website is www.galendara.com plus you can find her on Facebook and Twitter @galendara.
Here’s an example of her wonderfully thoughtful pieces, included in the 2015 Spectrum Fantastic Art annual.
Lalana Dara
Lalana Dara is Thai American, was born in New York, and spent 20+ years in life sciences and information technology.
She is a gamer girl, a foodie, and a wanderer. Usually not lost.
Lalana is also known as Piper J. Drake, bestselling author of romantic suspense, paranormal romance, science fiction, and fantasy.
Barrie Darke
Barrie Darke has a track record as a scriptwriter, but thinks prose is the main thing. He has recently been published in the UK by Byker Books, New Writing North, Sentinel Literary Quarterly, The Delinquent, Theurgy, Horrified Press’s Hell Whore anthology, and Writer’s Muse; in Australia by Otoliths; and in the US by Menda City Review, Nossa Morte, Demon Minds, Infinite Windows, Underground Voices, Big Pulp, Pseudopod, Inwood Indiana, Bastards and Whores, Onomatopoeia, Orion Headless, Xenith, All Due Respect, Fiction365, Scissors and Spackle, Fear and Trembling, Drunk Monkeys, The April Reader, Big Stupid Review, and Dark Moon’s Zombie Jesus Anthology.
David Darke
David is a 35 year old voice actor from Ogden, UT with 5 kids. He has a passion for all things horror, from gaming to books and audio and more. Listeners can also hear him on the third season of SCP Archives as well as occasionally on Tales to Terrify
Suna Dasi
Suna Dasi is an Indian/Dutch musician and writer, who studied and worked in theatre and dance in The Netherlands. Performing has taken her all over the world. With her wife, she is a live-in member of The Lodge Arts Collective. She records and performs in EBB, fronted by Texan progrock artist Erin Bennett and all-women Metal outfit Krow. Suna is currently working on her poetry collection and first novel. In 2017 she was Nominated for a BSFA Best Short Fiction Award .