Mary Bast Spooked Mary Bast is a life coach who writes poetry, memoir, and flash fiction. When her hands are not on computer keys they’re holding brush to canvas, inspired by North Central Florida’s woodlands, lakes, and prairies. Mary writes and paints barefoot and has no excuse for owning more than 30 pairs of shoes. Rebecca Rose Moody Lula Moss Rebecca Rose Moody, née Mooradian, is a wife, French teacher, and poet currently living in Nashville, TN. A graduate of Sewanee, she draws inspiration both from the landscapes of Tennessee and the family lore on which she was raised. Currently, she is working on finishing her first novel. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, writing music with her husband, and playing with her kitten, Minette. Robert E. Petras Water & Power Outage on a Country Lane Robert E. Petras is a resident of Toronto, Ohio and a graduate of West Liberty State University. His work has appeared in two previous issues of Haunted Waters Press and recently in Phantom Kangaroo and Defenestration.
Michael Ducak The Edge of Reason Michael is a new writer out of Southern Ontario. He works in commercial distribution while writing stories and collecting rejection letters in his spare time. He hopes to one day overcome his fear of writing novels. Hillary Lyon Within Shadows of Cypress Tress Hillary Lyon is editor for the small press poetry journals The Laughing Dog, and Veil: Journal of Darker Musings. She holds an MA in Literature from SMU. Her work appeared recently in Red River Review, Scifaikuest, and Shot Glass Journal. Grier Jewell Skin of the Duppy Bio: Grier Jewell earned her MFA in creative writing at the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, where she fell in love with writing bite-sized tales of the macabre. Her work has appeared (or is forthcoming) in Black Lantern Publishing’s Journal of the Macabre, Crow Magazine, Crow Toes Quarterly, Danse Macabre, Soundings Review and Underneath the Juniper Tree.
Penelope Everett Poor Ellie Penelope Everett is a lover of books, the older the better. She is often seen lurking in the shadows of used bookstores. Once, while lost in the dark catacombs of Edinburgh, she brushed up against a stranger who nudged her toward daylight. Upon turning around, no one was there. She writes when the spirit moves her.
Gwendolyn Edward Why You Should Not Summon A Demon In An Attempt To Be Published In A Literary Magazine Gwendolyn Edward is a Master’s candidate in creative writing at the University of North Texas where she works with American Literary Review. She writes nonfiction, genre fiction, and YA while also studying Anglo-Saxon literature. More information can be found at her website, www.gwendolynedward.com.
Chad W. Lutz The Broad Cloak of Night Chad W. Lutz was born in Akron, Ohio in 1986 and lives in the neighboring suburb of Stow. An avid athlete, activist, writer, and musician, Chad holds a BA in English with a Minor in Writing from Kent State University. His work has been featured in Diverse Voices Quarterly Journal and AltOhio.com. He currently works as head content writer for an online job applications website in North Canton.
Anne Britting Oleson Coven Anne Britting Oleson has been published widely in the US, UK and Canada. She earned her MFA at the Stonecoast program of USM. She has published two chapbooks, The Church of St. Materiana (2007) and The Beauty of It (2010). Another book, Counting the Days, is scheduled for release next year.
Kelly Michels The Scarecrow Kelly Michels received her MFA from North Carolina State University where she also received the Academy of American Poets Prize. Her work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Best New Poets 2012, Nimrod, Blue Fifth Review, Mad Poets Review, Ruminate, among others. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information on her work, please see her website. www.kellymichels.com
Brendan Verville Look Bro, No Hands! Brendan Verville is 22 years old and a student in Denver, Colorado. He enjoys a good scary story and believes highly in the unification of horror as literature. Good horror and science fiction stories were some of his first introductions to reading, and his love of the macabre has gotten so bad that he can't enjoy a dream unless it's a nightmare, just so he can experience the relief of waking up from it.
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