by Jim Butcher
The Night Marshal’s voice creaked through the phone line, frayed with fear and anger and confusion. “Where are you?”
The Long Man took a deep breath, and smiled so wide his cheeks ached. He whispered, from a thousand mouths, “Everywhere.”
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
KELLEY ARMSTRONG, The Cainsville Series
Kelley Armstrong graduated with a degree in psychology and then studied computer programming. Now she is a full-time writer and parent, and she lives with her husband and three children in rural Ontario, Canada. Find her at Kelleyarmstrong.com and @Kelleyarmstrong on Twitter.
JIM BUTCHER, The Dresden Files
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher turned to writing as a career because anything else probably would have driven him insane. He lives mostly inside his own head so that he can write down the conversations of his imaginary friends, but his head can generally be found in Independence, Missouri. Find him at Jim-Butcher.com and @Longshotauthor on Twitter.
DOMINO FINN, Black Magic Outlaw Series
Domino Finn is an entertainment industry veteran, a contributor to award-winning video games, and the grizzled urban fantasy author of the bestselling Black Magic Outlaw series. His stories are equal parts spit, beer, and blood, and are notable for treating weighty issues with a supernatural veneer. If Domino has one rallying cry for the world, it’s that fantasy is serious business. Take up arms at Dominofinn.com and @Dominofinn on Twitter.
KEVIN HEARNE, The Iron Druid Chronicles
Kevin Hearne lives with his wife, son, and doggies in Colorado. He hugs trees, rocks out to heavy metal, and will happily geek out over comics with you. He also thinks tacos are a pretty nifty idea. Find him at Kevinhearne.com and @Kevinhearne on Twitter.
FAITH HUNTER, Jane Yellowrock Series
Faith Hunter is the New York Times bestselling author of the Jane Yellowrock series, the Soulwood series, and the Rogue Mage series. She loves to paddle Class III rivers, travel, and make jewelry. She is mama to two rescue Pomeranians; they have learned that when mama is writing, she will laugh or burst into tears for no reason. Mama is weird. Find her at Faithhunter.net and @Hunterfaith on Twitter.
CAITLIN KITTREDGE, The Hellhound Chronicles
Caitlin Kittredge spends her time creating novels and comics, including the Hellhound Chronicles, Black London series, the YA novel The Iron Thorn (a YALSA Best Fiction finalist), and the comic series Throwaways and Coffin Hill. She lives in Massachusetts and spends her free time reading (mostly nonfiction), binge-watching Netflix, and hunting for weird stuff in thrift stores. Find her at Caitlinkittredge.com and @Caitkitt on Twitter.
JONATHAN MABERRY, The Joe Ledger Series
Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestseller and multiple Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Code Zero, Fall of Night, Patient Zero, the Pine Deep Trilogy, The Wolfman, Zombie CSU, and They Bite. His work for Marvel Comics includes The Punisher, Wolverine, DoomWar, Marvel Zombie Return, and Black Panther. His Joe Ledger series has been optioned for television. Find him at Jonathanmaberry.com and @Jonathanmaberry on Twitter.
SEANAN McGUIRE, The InCryptid Series
Seanan McGuire is a Washington State–based author with a strong penchant for travel and can regularly be found just about any place capable of supporting human life (as well as a few places that probably aren’t). She writes the October Daye series and the InCryptid series, both published by DAW. Rosemary and Rue, the first novel in the October Daye series, was named one of the Top 20 Paranormal Fantasy Novels of the Past Decade; and her novel Feed, written under the pseudonym Mira Grant, was named as one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2010. She also won a Hugo for her podcast, and is the first person to be nominated for five Hugo Awards in a single year. You can visit her at Seananmcguire.com and @Seananmcguire on Twitter.
JON F. MERZ, The Lawson Vampire Series
Jon F. Merz is the bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including his Lawson Vampire series and the Shadow Warrior series, as well as many stand-alone thrillers. A veteran of the United States Air Force, he holds a 5th degree black belt in Togakure-ryū Ninjutsu, is an avid CrossFitter and GORUCK enthusiast, and also models and acts in many television commercials. He lives by the motto “Who Dares Lives,” is an avid adventurer, husband, and father to two amazing sons. He lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Find him at Jonfmerz.net and on Instagram @Jonfmerzofficial.
JOSEPH NASSISE, The Templar Chronicles
Joseph Nassise is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than thirty-five novels, including the Templar Chronicles series, the Jeremiah Hunt trilogy, and the Great Undead War series. He also writes epic fantasy under the pseudonym Matthew Caine. He is a former president of the Horror Writers Association, the world’s largest organization of professional horror writers, and a multiple Bram Stoker Award and International Horror Guild Award nominee. Find him at Josephnassise.com and @Jnassise on Twitter.
DIANA PHARAOH FRANCIS, The Horngate Witches Series
Bestselling writer Diana Pharaoh Francis writes books of a fantastical, adventurous, and often romantic nature. Her award-nominated books include The Path series, the Horngate Witches series, the Crosspointe Chronicles, the Diamond City Magic books, and the Mission: Magic series. She’s owned by two corgis, spends much of her time herding children, and likes rocks, geocaching, knotting up yarn, and has a thing for 1800s England, especially Victorians. For more about her writing, visit Dianapfrancis.com and find her on Twitter as @Dianapfrancis.
LILITH SAINTCROW, The Jill Kismet Series
Lilith Saintcrow lives in Vancouver, Washington, with her two children and assorted other strays. She has been writing since she was nine years old. Find her on the Web at Lilithsaintcrow.com and @Lilithsaintcrow on Twitter.
STEVEN SAVILE, The Glass Town Series
Steven Savile has written for Doctor Who, Torchwood, Primeval, Stargate, Warhammer, Slaine, Fireborn, Pathfinder, Arkham Horror, Rogue Angel, and other popular game and comic worlds. He won the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers award for his novel, Shadow of the Jaguar, and the inaugural Lifeboat to the Stars award for Tau Ceti (co-authored with International Bestselling novelist Kevin J. Anderson). Writing as Matt Langley, his Young Adult novel Black Flag was a finalist for the People’s Book Prize 2015. His latest books include Sherlock Holmes and the Murder at Sorrows Crown and Parallel Lines, a brand-new crime novel from Titan, as well as Glass Town and Coldfall Wood, forthcoming from St. Martin’s Press in 2017. Find him at Stevensavile.com and @Stevensavile on Twitter.
CRAIG SCHAEFER, The Harmony Black Series and the Daniel Faust Series
Craig Schaefer’s books have taken readers to the seamy edge of a criminal underworld drenched in shadow through the Daniel Faust series; to a world torn by war, poison, and witchcraft by way of the Revanche Cycle series; and across a modern America mired in occult mysteries and a conspiracy of lies in the new Harmony Black series. Despite this, people say he’s strangely normal. He lives in Illinois with a small retinue of cats, all of whom try to interrupt his writing schedule and/or kill him on a regular basis. He practices sleight of hand in his spare time, although he’s not very good at it. Find him at Craigschaeferbooks.com and @Craig_schaefer on Twitter.
JEFF SOMERS, The Ustari Cycle
Jeff Somers was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. After graduating college he wandered aimlessly for a while, but the peculiar siren call of New Jersey brought him back to his homeland. Visit him at Jeffreysomers.com and on Twitter at @Jeffreysomers.
CARRIE VAUGHN, The Kitty Norville Series
Carrie Vaughn, the New York Times bestselling author of the Kitty Norville books, is also the author of the stand-alone novels After the Golden Age and Discord’s Apple, and the Young Adult books Voice of Dragons and Steel. Find her at Carrievaughn.com.
SAM WITT, The Pitchfork County Series
Sam Witt writes dark thrillers infused with the supernatural. Informed by a rural midwe
stern childhood and big-city adulthood, he combines down-home folklore and legends with a hard-hitting, take-no-prisoners writing style. His Pitchfork County series follows the dark and twisting lives of a family intent on using their own cursed abilities to protect the place they call home from all manner of threats, from mad gods to meth cults. Find him at Samwitt.com and @Samrwitt on Twitter.
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