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Gregory L. Norris is a professional writer with work published in a variety of places. He once worked as a screenwriter on two episodes of Paramount’s modern classic, Star Trek: Voyager, and is a former feature writer and columnist at Sci Fi, the official magazine of the Sci Fi Channel (before all those ridiculous Ys invaded). He is the author of the handbook of all-things-Sunnydale, The Q Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and two recent short story collections: The Fierce and Unforgiving Muse: Twenty-Six Tales from the Terrifying Mind of Gregory L. Norris and Shrunken Heads: Twenty Tiny Tales of Mystery and Terror. Short stories of his have recently appeared in the anthologies Wicked Seasons, Dark Muses (also featuring reprints by John Polidori, Washington Irving, H.P. Lovecraft, and E.A. Poe), and Canopic Jars: Tales of Mummies and Mummification, which he also edited for the fine folks at Great Old Ones Publishing. Norris judged the 2013 Lambda Awards in the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror category, and wrote the screenplay for the feature film Brutal Colors (Royal Blue Pictures). His next book, Tales From the Robot Graveyard, is due out in Late 2014. Visit him on Facebook and at www.gregorylnorris.blogspot.com.
John Peel was not born in New York, but he’s lived there since 1981. Virtually everything he has had published was written there. This consists of about 100 books and a couple of dozen short stories, from TV tie-ins like Doctor Who and Star Trek to his own series, including Diadem and Dragonhome. You can find out more about him at www.john-peel.com or at www.Facebook.com/JohnPeelAuthor
W. H. Pugmire has been writing Lovecraftian weird fiction since the early 1970s. He was lucky, during a three week tour of New England and New York in 2007, to visit the churchyard mentioned in his story, which was also visited by H. P. Lovecraft and inspired the writing of “The Hound.” Pugmire has written for many anthologies, and his books include The Tangled Muse, Uncommon Places, Bohemians of Sesqua Valley, and The Strange Dark One.
Pete Rawlik has been reading and collecting weird books and literature since the Seventies and ran a bookstore dedicated to the genre for twenty years. In 2011, he gave it all up to pursue writing Lovecraftian fiction. His first novel Reanimators was published in 2013, the sequel The Weird Company was released in 2014. He lives in South Florida where he studies Everglades ecology and tries to keep three children from being eaten by crocodiles. His wife has recently assured the public that his collection of Lovecraftiana poses no public health threat.
Daniel Russo spends most of his time writing programs for computers instead of stories for humans, though that balance has been shifting in recent years. A lifelong New Yorker, he was born and raised in Staten Island and currently resides in Brooklyn. He can often be found running the city's streets, where events beyond belief can be encountered on any given day. This is his first published work.
Luke Spooner studied illustration and graduated with First class honors from Portsmouth University. He tends to create works that deal with the macabre, the melancholy and the generally dark but that’s not to say he does not diversify. Visit www.carrionhouse.com for his full range of his work.
Christopher Tuthill is a librarian at Baruch College in New York City. He has published articles in The Journal of Children’s Literature Studies and A Companion to Tolkien. His short stories have appeared in The Foundling Review and Sleipnir.
D.J. Tyrer is the person behind Atlantean Publishing and has been widely published in anthologies and magazines in the UK, USA and elsewhere, most recently in Steampunk Cthulhu (Chaosium), Tales of the Dark Arts (Hazardous Press), Cosmic Horror (Dark Hall Press) and Serial Killers Quattuor (JWK Fiction), as well as in Sorcery & Sanctity: A Homage to Arthur Machen (Hieroglyphics Press), All Hallow’s Evil and Undead of Winter (both Mystery & Horror LLC) and Fossil Lake (Daverana Enterprises/Sabledrake Enterprises), and in addition, has two novellas available on the Kindle, The Yellow House (Dynatox Ministries) and Acting Strangely (Jazzclaw Publishing). D.J. Tyrer’s website is at djtyrer.blogspot.co.uk and Atlantean Publishing website can be found at atlanteanpublishing.blogspot.co.uk/
Colleen Wanglund is a writer born and raised in New York City. She has been a book and film reviewer for years, writing for such sites as Monster Librarian and Cinema Knife Fight, and is particularly well-versed in Asian horror. Colleen lives with her long-time boyfriend, two adult children, a fat cat, and the sweetest little dog in the world. This feisty redhead can frequently be found at midnight movies and other events in and around the city. This summer will see the release of her first novella, Fukushuu: Damaged Woman of Violence from Dynatox Ministries. You can find her on Facebook and Twitter.
Kevin Wetmore is an author, actor, director and professor based in Los Angeles, although originally from New England. In addition to numerous short stories he is also the author of Post-9/11 Horror in American Cinema and Back from the Dead: Reading Remakes of Romero’s Zombie Films as Markers of Their Times.
Lilah Wild’s scrawlings have appeared in Pseudopod, Not One of Us, Niteblade, and Morbid Curiosity. Her debut novel, Goddess of Thunder: A Death Metal Fairytale, is available at Amazon and other fine online bookstores. Besides writing dark urban fantasy and horror, she can be found dabbling in tribal fusion belly-dancing, conducting experiments with vegetarian cuisine, and unlocking the glittering deco puzzle-box of Manhattan. She lives in Queens amid a clamor of doom metal noodling and four cats. Visit LeopardMoon.com for more info.
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