Betty Rocksteady is an eclectic author and illustrator from Canada. Her early exposure to Stephen King, The Weekly World News, and EC horror comics shaped her into the woman she is today. With art and fiction, she explores personal fears and resonances. Her short fiction has been published by Halloween Forevermore, Grievous Angel and Another Realm. Her debut novella, Arachnophile, is part of Eraserhead Press 2015 New Bizarro Author Series. Learn more, and check out her macabre pen and ink art at www.bettyrocksteady.com. Keep in touch and keep up to date at www.facebook.com/bettyrocksteadyart.
Goran Sedlar lives in Croatia with two cats and a crazy cat lady. When he is not writing, he is co-hosting a weekly podcast show where he warns moviegoers about upcoming bad movies. He has had work published on the Literary Stories website, 99 Pine Street web journal and Typehouse Literary Magazine.
John Sies is a graphic artist of some thirty-five years, who has now started writing science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His most recent work was published in the anthology Ghosts:Revenge in 2015. You can view his work and keep up with his projects at his website, www.artczar.org.
Ian Whates is the author of six novels to date, most recently a space opera Pelquin’s Comet, which became an Amazon UK #1 best-seller following its release in April 2015. Also the City of 100 Rows trilogy (urban fantasy with steampunk overtones and science fiction underpinning) via Angry Robot, and the Noise duology (space opera) via Solaris. Sixty-odd of his short stories have appeared in various venues, two of which have been shortlisted for BSFA Awards. His second collection Growing Pains (PS Publishing) appeared in 2013, and the third, Dark Travellings, is due in 2016. Ian has edited some two dozen anthologies and in 2014 one of these, Solaris Rising 2, was shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award. In his spare time, Ian runs independent publisher NewCon Press, which he founded by accident in 2006.
Dave Windett is professional comics artist and illustrator. He has worked for numerous publishers in Britain, Europe and America - among them Cappelen Damm, DC Thomson, Fleetway, Future, Marvel UK, Panini and PSS (a division of Penguin USA. Korky the Cat, Count Duckula, Lazarus Lemming, Inspector Gadget, Ace Ventura, Tails the Fox, The Loony and Tiny Toons are just a handful of the very many original and licensed characters he has drawn. With Writer John Gatehouse he self publishes some work under the Little Lemming Books imprint the latest of which is The Kaci Bell Mysteries. He recently completed work on Monster Hunters Unlimited a four book series for PSS. Samples of His work can be seen at - www.davewindett.com
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