Richard Nell mixes his love of history and ideas with fantasy because reality could use some sprucing up. He’s the author of dark, epic fantasy Kings of Paradise and Kings of Ash, and a new gritty flintlock series starting with The God King’s Legacy. He hopes you like them. Check out his website here: www.richardnell.com
Martin Owton is a UK-based writer and the author of two published books Exile and Nandor in the Nandor Tales series, the world in which this short story is set. He is a member of the Gravity’s Angels (formerly the T-Party) writing group in London. He holds a PhD in Chemistry and in real life is a drug designer for a major pharma company. www.martinowton.com
C. T. Phipps is a lifelong student of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. An avid tabletop gamer, he discovered this passion led him to write and turned him into a lifelong geek. He is the author of the Bright Falls Mysteries, Cthulhu Armageddon, Lucifer’s Star, The Supervillainy Saga, Wraith Knight, and others. He is a regular blogger on “The United Federation of Charles” http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/
Michael Pogach is the author of the dystopian thriller Rafael Ward series: The Spider in the Laurel (a Kindle Book Award finalist) and The Long Oblivion. His work has been hailed as “refreshing” and “gritty and graphic.” He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and daughter, and he swears he is totally almost done writing the third Rafael Ward novel. You can catch up with him at michaelpogach.com or on Facebook and Instagram.
Jesse Teller fell in love with fantasy when he was five years old and played his first game of Dungeons & Dragons. The game gave him the ability to create stories and characters from a young age. He started consuming fantasy in every form and, by nine, was obsessed with the genre. As a young adult, he knew he wanted to make his life about fantasy. From exploring the relationship between man and woman, to studying the qualities of a leader or a tyrant, Jesse Teller uses his stories and settings to study real-world themes and issues. He lives with his supportive wife, Rebekah, and his two inspiring children, Rayph and Tobin.
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Ulff Lehmann has spent quite a while waiting on his Midlife Crisis and decided he won’t go there. For the past two decades he has been developing the stories he is now publishing. Born and bred in Germany, Ulff chose to write in English when he realized he had spent most of his adult life reading English instead of his mother tongue and brings with him the oftentimes Grimm outlook of his country’s fairytales to his stories. A wordsmith with a poet’s heart, Ulff’s goal is to create a world filled with believable people.
Damien Wilder is a critical care worker by night and a fantasy author full-time. He lives in the southern U.S. with a supportive family who put up with endless book talks. In his non-work and non-writing hours, he’s playing D&D, going on adventures, or trying to get a few hours of sleep. To keep up with his writing, follow him on Facebook or on Twitter @AuthorDWilder
David Niall Wilson is awesome. He has been known to edit, design, and write books simultaneously while carrying on Facebook chats with authors. He runs the publishing company, Crossroad Press, that will one day take over the world and believes that a time traveler named Frederick Douglass will be our salvation. You can find him at http://www.davidniallwilson.com or on Facebook and Twitter.
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