Lee Mandic is a writer, educator, and sometime archaeologist who can be found digging in gardens, libraries, tea cabinets, and ancient houses. Originally from Appalachia, he currently lives in the Midwest with his wife, two children, and many books.
Ten years ago a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.
Paul Mannering is an award winning writer living in Wellington, New Zealand. Paul has published dozens of short stories and radio plays in a range of genres across many different international markets. His first collection of short stories, ‘The Man Who Could Not Climb Stairs and Other Strange Stories,’ is available now in print and Kindle format at Amazon
In 2007 Paul co-founded BrokenSea Audio Productions, which podcasts free audio drama each week to a massive audience. Paul lives with his wife Damaris and their three cats, one of which is a seal-point Siamese with Aspergers.
Tankbread is Paul’s first novel. For Tankbread news and updates visit the blog
Rock Manor is a voice actor specializing in audiobook narration and audio plays. His voice work has been featured on multiple horror podcasts and programs. He currently produces the horror audiobook web series and podcast, Manor House. Web series episodes can be found on YouTube at youtube.com/RockManorHouse.
Lyndsie Manusos’s fiction has appeared in Apex Magazine, PANK, SmokeLong Quarterly, and other publications. Currently, she’s querying her collection of short stories, Everything There Is To Love On Earth, while also working on a novel.
Lyndsie grew up in northwest Illinois and now lives in Indianapolis with her family. She is a freelance web producer and writes for Book Riot.
Luciano Marano is an American journalist, photographer, and author. His award-winning reporting, both written and photographic, has appeared in numerous regional and national publications, and he was named a 2018 and 2020 Feature Writer of the Year by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association. His short fiction has been featured in several anthologies – including Monsters, Movies & Mayhem (winner of the 2021 Colorado Book Award for Best Anthology); Crash Code (a 2021 Splatterpunk award nominee); The Nighside Codex, and Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Vol. 3, among others – as well as the podcasts PseudoPod and Horror Hill. Originally from rural western Pennsylvania, Luciano now resides near Seattle, where he is currently at work on a novel and seeking representation. A U.S. Navy veteran, he enjoys movies, craft beer, jogging, and would choose Wolverine-style healing abilities if he could have any superpower – or maybe just the ability to grow Wolverine-style sideburns.
MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the decade long incarnation of this disorder and remains so much cheaper than film school.
CAITLIN MARCEAU is an author and professional editor living and working in Montreal. She prefers to focus her time on journalism and works of horror, but has also been published for poetry as well as creative nonfiction. When she’s not covered in ink or wading through stacks of paper, you can find her ranting about issues in pop culture or nerding out over a good book. She has a play coming out at the end of the year called SHADOW PUPPETS. Her work can also be found at at Sanitarium Magazine, Shadows at the Door, and Morpheus Tales. Look for her to be featured in “The Women in Horror Annual” issued by the Horror Writers Association. For more information on how to support this project visit: WOMEN IN HORROR ANNUAL and WOMEN IN HORROR ANNUAL. Caitlin blogs here.