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CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Tracy Fahey
TRACY FAHEY is an Irish writer. She has been twice shortlisted for Best Collection at the British Fantasy Awards —in 2017 for The Unheimlich Manoeuvre and in 2022 for I Spit Myself Out. Fahey’s short fiction is published in over thirty American, British, Australian…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Alex Wolfgang
ALEX WOLFGANG is a horror writer from Oklahoma. His debut short story collection, Splinter and Other Stories, is available now. You can also find his work in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Nocturnal Transmissions Podcast, and the anthology Howls From Hell. When not reading…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Timothy Granville
TIMOTHY GRANVILLE lives with his wife and daughter in rural Wiltshire, U.K., with convenient access to a range of eerie barrows and standing stones. His horror stories have appeared in anthologies from Flame Tree Press, Egaeus Press, and Chthonic Matter, as well as…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Catherine McCarthy
CATHERINE McCARTHY weaves dark tales on an ancient loom from her 19th-century Welsh farmhouse. Her love of supernatural fiction is an ever-present ghost, and she enjoys haunting others through her words. She is the author of the collection Mists and Megaliths and the…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Die Booth
DIE BOOTH is a queer indie author who likes painting pictures and exploring dark places. When not writing wild lies, he DJs at Last Rites—the best (and only) goth club in Chester, UK. You can read his prize-winning stories in anthologies from Egaeus Press, Flame Tree…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: J.M. Faulkner
J.M. FAULKNER teaches English in the Czech Republic, the perfect place to steep himself in a tumultuous history that fuels his curiosity. Outside of work, you can find him hiking in North Bohemian forests with his Czech-British family, Kat and Jasper. As of yet, they…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Coy Hall
COY HALL lives in West Virginia, where he splits time as an author and professor of history. As a historian, he studies Medieval and Early Modern Europe. History influences his fiction, with many of his stories set in the distant past- -sometimes the real past,…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Rae Knowles
RAE KNOWLES (she/her) is a queer woman with multiple works from Brigids Gate Press. Her debut novel, The Stradivarius, was released May ’23, her sapphic horror novella, Merciless Waters, is due out winter ’23, and her collaboration with April Yates, Lies That Bind, in…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Melissa Szydlek
MELISSA SZYDLEK is a writer of horror fiction and horror science fiction. Her short stories have appeared in the anthologies Twisted 50 Volume 2: A Second Serving of 50 Contemporary Shockers and The Singularity: 50 Sci-Fi stories about the transcendence of technology…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Dan Coxon
DAN COXON is an award-winning editor and writer based in London. His non-fiction anthology Writing the Uncanny (co-edited with Richard V. Hirst) won the British Fantasy Award for Best Non-Fiction 2022, while his short story collection Only the Broken Remain (Black…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Damien B. Raphael
DAMIEN B. RAPHAEL is a writer who lives and works in Oxfordshire, England. His work has appeared in The Ghastling and AHH! That’s What I Call Horror: An Anthology of ’90s Horror. You can find him on Instagram as @damienbraphael. The Fiends in the Furrows III: Final…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Matt Elphick
MATT ELPHICK is a writer of dark fantasy and Folk Horror who draws inspiration from the countryside he grew up in, local folklore, and mythology. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing and lives in the South East of England. When not parenting or reading, Matt can be…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Fox Claret Hill
FOX CLARET HILL is a transgender fiction writer who has been writing horror stories since he was old enough to spell. However, writing was nothing more than a shadowshrouded hobby until submitting his first short story in November 2021. That same story saw the light…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Ryan Cassavaugh
RYAN CASSAVAUGH is a playwright and author originally from the cold frozen wastelands of New Hampshire. He’s written a whole bunch of plays. Jimmy’s First Christmas on Parole is good; Three Glorious Weeks is even better. He wrote and directed over 30 hours of original…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Richard Thomas
RICHARD THOMAS is the award-winning author of eight books: three novels—Disintegration and Breaker (Penguin Random House Alibi), as well as Transubstantiate (Otherworld Publications); four short story collections—Staring Into the Abyss (Kraken Press), Herniated Roots…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Thersa Matsuura
THERSA MATSUURA is a graduate of Clarion West (2015), a recipient of the HWA’s Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Scholarship (2015), and the author of two short story collections, A Robe of Feathers and Other Stories (Counterpoint Press LLC) and The Carp-Faced Boy and Other…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Charlie Hughes
CHARLIE HUGHES writes dark suspense and horror stories. He lives in South London with his wife and two children. In 2016, Charlie took the 1st prize in the Ruth Rendell short story competition. Since then, his work has been published by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine,…
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Steve Rasnic Tem
STEVE RASNIC TEM’s writing career spans over 40 years, including poetry, plays, short stories, and novels in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror, crime, and regional fiction set in the Appalachian South. His collaborative novella with his late wife Melanie…
Wax & Wane: Coy Hall
Wax & Wane: Coy Hall Coy Hall is married to a wonderful woman, lives somewhere in Appalachia, and, aside from writing horror stories, makes a living as a history professor. coyhall.com Wax & Wane: Wasp Wing What is your story about? “Wasp Wing” is…
Wax & Wane: Jo Wu
Wax & Wane: Jo Wu Jo Wu is a proud Cal Bear born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she can be found scribbling in notebooks or typing away in her Google Docs, accompanied by a giant Jack Skellington mug that’s constantly refilled with green tea and…
Wax & Wane: J.T. Lawrence
Wax & Wane: J.T. Lawrence JT Lawrence is an author, playwright and bookdealer based in Parkhurst, Johannesburg. She is the mother of two small boys and lives in a house with a red front door. She has written various plays for SAFM including The Shelter,…
Wax & Wane: Stephen Blake
Wax & Wane: Stephen Blake Stephen Blake lives in a small seaside Cornish town in the UK with his wife Sarah. He copes with eight cats, whilst Frodo the Border collie tries to maintain some sort of order. He’s been previously published in a number of anthologies…
Wax & Wane: Tanya Bryan
Wax & Wane: Tanya Bryan Tanya Bryan is a Canadian writer and poet currently based in Toronto, Ontario. Her work has appeared in Feathertale Review, Latchkey Tales, and Drunk Monkeys as well as in the anthologies Dear Robot and My Cruel Invention. She loves to…
Wax & Wane: Jeff Parsons
Wax & Wane: Jeff Parsons Jeff is a professional engineer enjoying life in sunny California, USA. He has a long history of technical writing, which oddly enough, often reads like pure fiction. He was inspired to write by two wonderful teachers: William Forstchen…
Wax & Wane: Tiffany Morris
Wax & Wane: Tiffany Morris Tiffany Morris is an emerging writer and practicing witch from Nova Scotia. Her poetry, horror fiction, and creative nonfiction have appeared in anthologies and online, including Siren’s Call eZine and Hocus Pocus & Co.’s Halloween…
Wax & Wane: Virginia M. Mohlere
Wax & Wane: Virginia M. Mohlere Virginia M. Mohlere was born on one solstice, and her sister was born on the other. Her chronic writing disorder stems from early childhood. She lives in the swamps of Houston and writes with a fountain pen that is extinct in the…
Wax & Wane: Dave Dormer
Wax & Wane: Dave Dormer Wax & Wane: Shadows & Dolls Dave Dormer lives and writes in North-Western Ontario alongside his wonderful (and patient) wife and four children. His love of horror began at an early age and he spent many classes devoting his divided…
Wax & Wane: D.T. Neal
Wax & Wane: D.T. Neal D. T. Neal is a fiction writer and editor, a lifelong Midwesterner, and resident of Chicago since 1993. He won second place in the Aeon Award in 2008 for his short story, “Aegis,” and has had his short fiction published in Albedo 1,…
Wax & Wane: Diana Corbitt
Wax & Wane: Diana Corbitt Diana Corbitt is a retired elementary school teacher who has lived her entire life in northern California. She and her husband, Michael, have two sons who, although grown up and out of the house, still live close by. Ever since she was a…
Wax & Wane: Megan Neumann
Wax & Wane: Megan Neumann Megan Neumann is a speculative fiction writer living in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her stories have appeared in such publications as Crossed Genres, Daily Science Fiction, and Luna Station Quarterly. She is a member of the Central Arkansas…