SARAH L. JOHNSON lives in Canada with her family and two bewildered felines. Her work has appeared in Shock Totem, Crossed Genres, and the Bram Stoker nominated Dark Visions 1. Her short story collection Suicide Stitch was released by EMP Publishing in 2016.
ERIC LAROCCA’s horror fiction has appeared in various literary journals and anthologies such as, Of Devils & Deviants: An Anthology of Erotic Horror and Stiff Things: The Splatterporn Anthology. He is also the author of several plays, which have been developed and produced by various theater companies including, Gadfly Theater Productions, Hartford Stage, La Petite Morgue, and Love Creek Productions. He currently resides in New Hampshire.
ALESSANDRO MANZETTI is a Bram Stoker Award winning author of horror fiction and dark poetry, editor and translator. His work has been published extensively in Italian, including novels, short and long fiction, poetry, essays, and collections. English publications include his collections The Monster, the Bad and the Ugly (co-written by Paolo Di Orazio),The Massacre of the Mermaids, The Shaman and Other Shadows, Dark Gates (co-written by Paolo Di Orazio), Stockholm Syndrome (co-written by Stefano Fantelli), and the poetry collections Eden Underground, Venus Intervention and Sacrificial Nights (co-written with Bruce Boston). His stories and poems have appeared in Italian, USA and UK magazines and anthologies, such as Dark Moon Digest, The Horror Zine, Disturbed Digest, Illumen Magazine, Devolution Z Magazine, Recompose Magazine, Polu Texni Magazine, Bones III Anthology, Rhysling Anthology (2015 and 2016), HWA Poetry Showcase Vol. III, The Beauty of Death, Mar Dulce, I Sogni del Diavolo, Danze Eretiche Vol. 2, Il Buio Dentro and many others.
His dark poetry collection Eden Underground won the Bram Stoker Award 2015 and was nominated for the Elgin Award 2016. His dark poetry collection Venus Intervention (co-written by Corrine de Winter) was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award 2014 and the Elgin Award 2015. Some of his poems were nominated for the Rhysling Award 2015 and 2016. Six of his stories were recommended by Ellen Datlow for the Best Horror of the Year Vol. 7, and two of his poems made the long list of the Honorable Mentions for The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 8.
He has translated works by Ramsey Campbell, Richard Laymon, Poppy Z. Brite, Edward Lee, Graham Masterton, Gary Braunbeck, Gene O’Neill, Lisa Morton and Lucy Snyder. He is the owner and editor-in-chief of Independent Legions Publishing, HWA Active Member, Italy Representative and member of the Board of Trustees.
More about Alessandro at his website: http://www.battiago.com/biography.html
TIM MILLER has dedicated his life to writing stories that will both scare readers and make them cringe.
Over the years, Tim’s writings have evolved into darker realms. He released his first horror novel, The Hand of God in 2011. Since then his books have become progressively more violent and gory. With the release of Family Night in 2013, Tim had moved into the world of extreme horror where he continues to push the boundaries of human suffering.
Tim is now an international best seller as well. His books, Hell, Texas and Family Night have recently ranked high on Amazon sales charts since their release in Germany under German publisher, Festa-Verlag.
Tim is very active on social media and loves interacting with his readers. You can find him at his website at http://timmiller.org.
ALEXANDRA RENWICK is the US/Canadian author of the award-nominated collection Push of the Sky, which was a Powell’s Books SF Book Club reading selection and received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Her fiction has been translated into nine languages and performed in audio and on stage. She currently lives in a crumbling urban castle tending to a pondful of voracious koi she’s been warned not to name. More at http://alexcrenwick.com.
JEREMY THOMPSON is the fictionist responsible for the novels The Phantom Cabinet (Necro Publications) and Let’s Destroy Investutech (Bedlam Press). His stories have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies, including Into the Darkness, Under the Bed, DarkFuse, Sanitarium, and Walk Hand in Hand into Extinction. A San Diego State University graduate, Jeremy resides in Oceanside, California.
TIM WAGGONER’s first novel came out in 2001, and he’s published over thirty novels and three collections of short stories since. He writes original fantasy and horror, as well as media tie-ins. His novels include Like Death, considered a modern classic in the genre, and the popular Nekropolis series of urban fantasy novels. He’s written tie-in fiction for Supernatural, Grimm, The X-Files, Doctor Who, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Transformers, among others. His articles on writing have appeared in Writer’s Digest, Writer’s Journal, and Writer’s Workshop of Horror. He’s been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and the Scribe Award, and his fiction has received numerous Honorable Mentions in volumes of Best Horror of the Year. In 2016, the Horror Writers Association honored him with the Mentor of the Year Award. In addition to writing, Tim is also a full-time tenured professor who teaches creative writing and composition at Sinclair College.
WRATH JAMES WHITE is a former World Class Heavyweight Kickboxer, a professional Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts trainer, distance runner, performance artist, and former street brawler, who is now known for creating some of the most disturbing works of fiction in print.
Wrath is the author of such extreme horror classics as The Resurrectionist (now a major motion picture titled Come Back To Me) Succulent Prey, and it’s sequel Prey Drive, Yaccub’s Curse, 400 Days Of Oppression, Sacrifice, Voracious, To The Death, The Reaper, Skinzz, Everyone Dies Famous In A Small Town, The Book Of A Thousand Sins, His Pain, Population Zero and many others. He is the co-author of Teratologist co-written with the king of extreme horror, Edward Lee, Something Terrible co-written with his son Sultan Z. White, Orgy Of Souls co-written with Maurice Broaddus, Hero and The Killings both co-written with J.F. Gonzalez, Poisoning Eros co-written with Monica J. O’Rourke, among others.
Wrath lives and works in Austin, Texas with his three daughters, Isis, Nala, and Zoe, his son and co-author, Sultan Z. White, and his beautiful wife Tammy.
STEPHANIE M. WYTOVICH is an instructor by day and a horror writer by night. She is the Poetry Editor for Raw Dog Screaming Press, an adjunct at Western Connecticut State University, and a book reviewer for Nameless Magazine. She is a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, an active member of the Horror Writers Association, and a graduate of Seton Hill University’s MFA program for Writing Popular Fiction. Her Bram Stoker Award-nominated poetry collections, Hysteria: A Collection of Madness, Mourning Jewelry, An Exorcism of Angels, and Brothel earned a home with Raw Dog Screaming Press, and her debut novel, The Eighth, is simmering in sin with Dark Regions Press. Follow Wytovich at http://www.stephaniewytovich.com/ and on twitter @JustAfterSunset
THE MOSH PIT
Hardcore Corps of Extremity Explorers
Reader-recommended hardcore and extreme books compiled from Reddit, Goodreads, forums, blogs, Amazon forums, and various other sources.
Anthologies and Magazines:
John Pelan, Editor: Darkside: Horror for the Next Millenium
Paul M. Sammons, Editor: Splatterpunks: Extreme Horror; Splatterpunks II: Over the Edge
Jim Goforth, Editor: Rejected for Content
David C. Hayes & Jack Burton, Editors: D.O.A. Extreme Horror Anthology
Jack Bantry, Editor: Splatterpunk Zine
Collaborations:
Blake Crouch & Jack Kilborn/J.A. Konrath: Serial Killers Uncut
John Skipp & Craig Spector: The Light at the End
Randy Chandler & t. Winter-Damon: Duet for the Devil
Eric Enck & Adam Huber: Snuff
Novels:
Clive Barker: Books of Blood
Poppy Z. Brite: Exquisite Corpse
Simon Clark: Blood Crazy
Tim Curran: Cannibal Corpse; Devil Next Door
Nick Cutter: The Deep; The Troop; Little Heaven
Samuel R. Delany: Hogg
Robert Devereaux: Deadweight; Slaughterhouse High
Aaron Dries: The Fallen Boys; House of Sighs
Bret Easton Ellis: American Psycho
John Everson: Siren; The 13th; Sacrifice
Ray Garton: Shackled
Jonny Glynn: The Seven Days of Peter Crumb
J.F. Gonzalez: Survivor; The Beloved
Ryan Harding: Genital Grinder
Charlee Jacob: Season of the Witch; Haunter; This Symbiotic Fascination; Dread in the Beast
Mendal W. Johnson: Let’s Go Play at the Adams
Brian Keene: The Rising; Jack’s Magic Beans; Kill Whitey; Take The Long Way Home; Urban Gothic
Ronald Kelly: The Sick Stuff
Jack Ketchum: Off Season; The Girl Next Door
Jack Kilborn/J.A. Konrath: Afraid; Endurance; Haunted House
Kathe Koja: The Cipher
Jan Kozlowski: Die, You Bastard! Die!
Joe Lansdale: The Nightrunners; On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks
Richard Laymon: The Woods Are Dark; Resurrection Dreams; The Cellar
Edward Lee: Monstrosity; The Bighead; Header; The Pig; The House; Creekers
Patrick Lestewka: The Preserve; The Coliseum
Cormac McCarthy: Blood Meridian
Shane McKenzie: All You Can Eat; Pus Junkies
Carlton Mellick III: Zombies and Shit; Apeshit; Clusterfuck
Rex Miller: Slob; Frenzy
Tim Miller: Hacked; Hell, Texas
Mark Mirabello: The Cannibal Within
Monica J. O’Rourke: In the End, Only Darkness; Suffer the Flesh
Chuck Palahniuk: Haunted; Snuff
Mark E. Rogers: The Dead
Gord Rollo: Jigsaw Man
David J. Schow: Seeing Red
Matt Shaw: The Farm; Porn
John Shirley: Cellars; Wetbones
John Skipp: Book of the Dead; The Scream
Michael Slade: Headhunter; Ghoul; Ripper
Bryan Smith: Depraved; The Freakshow; The Killing Kind; House of Blood
L.L. Soares: Life Rage
Lucy Taylor: Unnatural Acts and Other Stories
Thomas Tessier: Finishing Touches
Ryan C. Thomas: The Summer I Died
Tim Waggoner: Pandora Drive
Sam West: Djinn: An Extreme Horror Novel
Wrath James White: Succulent Prey; Population Zero; The Resurrectionist; Sloppy Seconds; The Book Of A Thousand Sins
Barbie Wilde: The Venus Complex
COPYRIGHTS CONT’D.
“55 Ways I’d Prefer Not To Die” by Michael A. Arnzen, from 555 Vol. 2: This Head, These Limbs, Editor: Joseph Bouthiette Jr, Publisher: Carrion Blue (November 2016)
“American Gods, American Monsters” by Jose Cruz, from Hybrid Moments: A Literary Tribute to the Misfits, Editors: MP Johnson and Sam Richard, Publisher: Weirdpunk Books (November 2016)
“Mother’s Nature” by Stefanie Elrick, from Cthulhusattva: Tales of the Black Gnosis, Editor: Scott R Jones, Publisher: Martian Migraine Press (May 2016)
“The Contract” by Paolo Di Orazio, from The Monster, The Bad And The Ugly, Editor: Jodi Renée Lester, Publisher: Kipple Officina Libraria (May 2016)
“Ownership” by Wrath James White, from Into Painfreak: A Journey of Decadence and Debauchery, Editor: Gerard Houarner, Publisher: Necro Publications (November 2016)
“The Hallowfiend Remembers” by Jeremy Thompson, from Sanitarium Magazine Issue #41, Editor: Barry Skelhorn, Publisher: Sanitarium Press (February 2016)
“The Field” by Marvin Brown, from Insomnia & Obsession Magazine #5, Editor: Bob Pope, Publisher: Rawketsock Design (October 2016)
“A Face in the Crowd” by Tim Waggoner, from 44 Lies by 22 Liars, Editor: Eric Beebe, Publisher: Post Mortem Press (Jan 2016)
“Redux” by Alexandra Renwick, from Murder Mayhem Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy), Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing (November 2016)
“Out Hunting for Teeth” by William Grabowski, Publisher: Oblivion Press (March 2016)
“Kozmic Blues” by Alessandro Manzetti, from The Monster, The Bad And The Ugly, Editor: Jodi Renée Lester, Publisher: Kipple Officina Libraria (May 2016)
Selected Poems from Brothel by Stephanie M. Wytovich, Publisher: Raw Dog Screaming Press (2016)
“Coming of the Darkula” by Andrew Darlington, Publisher: Literotica: Sci-Fi & Fantasy (March 2016)
“Little Sister, Little Brother” by Sarah L. Johnson, from Suicide Stitch: Eleven Stories, Publisher: EMP Publishing (March 2016)
“Miss_Vertebrae” by Eric LaRocca, from Rejected for Content 4: Highway to Hell, Editor: Jim Goforth, Publisher: J. Ellington Ashton Press,Wetworks (July 2016)
“Bed of Crimson Joy” by Jasper Bark, Publisher: KnightWatch Press (July 2016)
“Please Subscribe” by Adam Cesare, from Splatterpunk’s Not Dead, Editor: Jack Bantry, Publisher: Splatterpunk Zine (September 2016)
“Backne” by Tim Miller, from A Gathering of Gore, Publisher: GutWrench Productions (2016)
“The Girl Who Loved Bruce Campbell” by Christa Carmen, Publisher: Corner Bar Magazine Vol. 1 #4 (March 2016)
“Implant” by Bryan Smith, from Seven Deadly Tales of Terror, Publisher: Bitter Ale Press (May 2016)
“Father of Dread” by Matthew Chabin, from Cthulhu Lies Dreaming, Editor: Salome Jones, Publisher: Ghostwoods Books (February 2016)
“On This Side of Bloodletting” by Stephanie M. Wytovich, from 555 Vol. 2: This Head, These Limbs, Editor: Joseph Bouthiette Jr, Publisher: Carrion Blue (November 2016)
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