the team

Simon Addams - Writer

Simon Addams is a writer, sideshow performer and record breaking fire-eater. http://www.thebloodbrothers.co.uk

Sanford Allen - Writer

Sanford Allen is a writer, musician, blogger and former newspaper reporter from San Antonio , Texas . He gave up on journalism after he found out it’s more fun to tell lies than to uncover the truth. More than two dozen of his horror and dark fantasy stories have been featured in magazines, web publications and anthologies. His band, Boxcar Satan, recently released its fifth full-length CD. Visit him on the web at www.sanfordallen.com.

Marie Anderson - Writer

Marie Anderson has been published in The Storyteller, Woman's World, Downstate Story, Writer's Digest, The Writer, 400words.com, The Chicago Tribune, and The Chicago Sun-Times. Also, in 2008 one of Marie’s stories won honourable mention in the Writer's Digest competition, and in 2007, one of her stories won 2nd place in The Silver Quill competition.

Barbra Annino - Writer

Barbra Annino earned her BA in English from Roosevelt University in Chicago while slinging burgers and beer at various bars. Currently, she writes freelance articles for various magazines as well as short fiction. She resides in Galena, Illinois where she is working on her third novel. She welcomes comments and questions. Visit her on the web at www.barbraannino.com, http://barbraannino.blogspot.com/, http://twitter.com/BarbraAnnino, http://www.myspace.com/barbraannino, and Facebook.

Ash Arceneaux - Artist

Ash Arceneaux is a graphic design student with many years of traditional art training behind her. She specializes in horror and dark digital art. Many of her art credits include book covers, CD covers, and commissioned murals. Under the name Adra Steia, Ms. Arceneaux writes horror novels. Her online portfolio can be found at www.asharceneaux.deviantart.com, and her website is www.adrasteiabooks.com.

K.C. Ball - Writer

K.C. Ball began reading speculative fiction when she was nine years old and has been a hopeless addict to the genre ever since. She has dabbled with its creation almost as long, but began writing short fiction in earnest early in 2008. Since then, her stories have been accepted for publication in Every Day Fiction, Boston Literary Magazine, Fear & Trembling and Murky Depths. K.C. is a retired newspaper reporter and media relations coordinator; she lives in , Washington, a stone's throw from Puget Sound. She blogs, about whatever strikes her fancy, at Now Playing in Seattle.

Mark Bailey - Writer

Mark Bailey has been reading science fiction, fantasy, and horror for as long as he can remember. Inspired by the heroic fiction of Robert E. Howard and Karl Edward Wagner, the science fiction of Isaac Asimov, and the epic fantasy of Robert Jordan, he travelled through time and across the cosmos, eventually putting his imagination to paper (or keyboard) and saw his first publications in Sensations Magazine (www.freewebs.com/centclub/index.htm). People are always asking him where he gets his ideas. Simply, he writes what he enjoys reading, hoping in the meantime that maybe, just maybe, someone else out there in the world will enjoy it too.

J. W. Barber - Writer

My name is John Wesley Barber. I am a teacher of Ancient Greek and Latin in a large boys independent secondary school in a suburb of . I have always been a big fan of both horror and science fiction. I also love heavy metal music-the title of the story comes from a line in an Enslaved song (a fantastic Black metal band from Norway) -playing bass and doing vocals in a band. I am currently putting the final touches to a science fiction novel, as well as writing and sending off a short story every week.

Richard Barber - Writer

Richard Barber was born in Nottingham, England. After studying in London he returned to the East Midlands. He lives with his wife and son and works as an Information Manager for a local university. He has written about 170 short stories and has had stories published (or due for publication) in All Hallows, Murky Depths, BBC and Scribble. He currently has a horror novel on tour around literary agents. His website is www.deadfallonline.co.uk

A. D. Barker - Writer

A. D. Barker is a writer and filmmaker, hailing from Derby , England .
His directional debut - the low budget feature A Reckoning, can be found here: http://www.areckoningfilm.com/

He also writes for online film magazine Imaginox and charts all his adventures in storytelling in his own blog, which can be found at http://www.adbarkerwriter.blogspot.com/

John S. Barker - Writer

John S. Barker has been a freelance editor, a contributing editor of Cross-Canada Writers Quarterly (1980-1984), where several of his articles and cartoons appeared, editor of the Carleton University Student Journal of Philosophy (1981-1983) and a technical writer.

His short stories include “Burnt Sugar” (Crannóg Magazine, October, 2008) and “Keeping Silent” (Transition Magazine, a publication of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Saskatchewn, October, 2009). He has been a fan of horror and science fiction for more than 40 years.

Lawrence Barker - Writer

Lawrence Barker grew up in the Appalachia that is so often featured in his fiction. This particular story was inspired by childhood tales of compatriots attending a cheap carnival with a pickled punk display. Lawrence 's family wouldn't let him go, for fear it would warp his mind - if you read his fiction, you will see that their plan to preserve his normalcy failed miserably! Lawrence is the winner of the 2007 James Award for this short story “Cyrus Fell's Blues”, a tale of a space alien vampire in 1950s Georgia. His latest novel, Blood Red Sphere, is a tale of a Mars that should have been, with political intrigue, lost artifacts, and enigmatic Martians. Blood Red Sphere is available from Swimming Kangaroo Publications.

Geff Bartrand A.K.A. Dr. Twistid - Artist

Geff Bartrand A.K.A. Dr. Twistid is an award winning graphic artist and published illustrator. You can see some of his work in Best selling author Jonathan Mayberrys' books Zombie CSU and They Bite among other smaller publication horror anthologies, comics and band album covers. He is also one of the artists for Rondo Award Nominated "Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated" which is an artists tribute to George Romero's original classic. Get more info and links to online gallery and other online pages here http://drtwistidsrealm.blogspot.com/

Mark Bell - Artist

Mark is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator from . He has designed for a range of top music companies such as D'Addario, C.F.Martin, Evans Drumheads & Planet Waves. His illustrations have featured in Murky Depths Magazine, Sonic Ruin Magazine & Unico Comics 'Collections Volume 1'. Mark loves horror/sci-fi films and comics and is excited to reflect this as a part of the Morpheus Tales team.

Skadi meic Beorh - Writer

Skadi meic Beorh is a writer/editor from St. Augustine, Florida. When he is not serving as Contributing Editor for The Willows magazine of classic weird tales, he is writing his own work. His satirical fantasy To Be Saved From Witches will be published by WildSide Press in October 2009. Much more about this author can be found at http://skadimeicbeorh.wordpress.com

Suzzan Blac - Artist

I am a surrealist who expresses my emotions and feelings through the medium of oils.

Everything that I create is purely from my thoughts and imagination, for me that is the epitome of art, art is a personal visualization in which one can conjure up imagery that ordinarily no one can see, but through art, one can observe the innermost thoughts of another human being without feeling intrusive, and have the capacity to connect, identify and react to this universal insight.

I have much to say
and I say it in paint
for painting is an instantaneous and powerful medium
that challenges minds
and reverberates through history.

ART IS WAR

Martin Blanco – Artist

Martin is an award-winning freelance illustrator specialized in the creation of dark fantasy imagery for Music, Films, Publishing and Horror-related industries

He has illustrated, provided artwork and been featured in numerous publications and websites around the world.

These include such publications as Stone Arch Books, Late Late Show, Doorways Magazine, Razar Magazine, Space and Time, Z-Man Games and many more.

Some of his music band clients have been Walls of Jericho, Tha Vill, and Silent Night Deadly Night, among others.

He has made several group and solo exhibits in Argentina, United States (including Los Angeles Centre of Digital Art), Spain and Denmark.

Martin has won numerous awards in different drawing contests, including first prize at "Inner Noise" exhibit in Caladan Gallery from Massachusetts on 2008, and the award of "Best Comic Book" in the New York Horror Film Festival 2007.

He is also co-founder/director of Pit Bros. Productions, an indie comic company.

Websites:

www.martblanco.com

www.myspace.com/martin_blanco

www.pitbrosproductions.com

Lin Bo - Artist

My name is Lin Bo. I live in Shanghai now. I've worked as a concept artist in game company more than one year. Also, I accept some commission as a freelance sometimes.

Diana Bocco - Writer

Diana Bocco is a freelance writer, published author and writing coach. Her credits include pieces for publications such as Woman's Day, Marie Claire, Adirondack Life, Writer's Digest, and Boston Literary Magazine. She's also the author of two books. When she's not writing, Diana spends time picking up stray animals, reading obscure little books in foreign languages, and moving across the globe (cat and dogs in tow) to places like Vietnam and Siberia. You can learn more about her by visiting her website at www.dianabocco.com

Carey Borgens - Writer

Carey Borgens was born in Denton, Texas and has been writing science fiction and fantasy short stories since she was eight years old. When she was thirteen she began writing her first epic science fiction novel, The Wolf Experiments, which was based on one of her many nightmares. She worked on it for nearly twenty years before publishing the first instalment in 2008. Carey has also been published in Shadows and Light magazine. Her second book, Finding the Unicorn, is now available. You can visit her website: www.thewolfexperiments for more information.

Lori Bowen - Writer

Lori is a writer and director currently working as a projectionist for a Big Theatre Chain in Sarasota, Florida, and has been writing in various genres since she was six, eventually finding a home for her work in that red-headed child called horror. Her first short film, "Without/Within," received an Honourable Mention from the Indie Gathering in Cleveland, Ohio, and a Best Actress nomination at ShockerFest International Film Festival in Modesto, California. At the same festival, the film received the Director's Choice award.

She is currently in production on another short film based on a chapter from a novel she's working on.

Jonathan W. Bremer - Writer

Jonathan W. Bremer is an eccentric author residing in the high desert mountains of Ruidoso, New Mexico. In his leisure time, Jonathan enjoys crafting bizarre tales and riding six-legged unicorns. He can often be found wandering throughout the village, selling signed copies of his short stories for beer money.

Wendy Brewer – Proof-reader

Wendy Brewer lives in Southern Maryland on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay with her 3 sons and other various critters. She has been a writer and editor for over 20 years. Currently, she proofs everything Edward Lee writes, and copy-edits for other various small press publishers. Recent stories from her can be found in the Traps! Anthology, the SNM anthology Bonded By Blood 1, and the forthcoming Terrible Beauty/Fearful Symmetry anthology, of which she is also the editor. In order to keep her three growing (and always hungry) boys from storming and pillaging the local grocery stores and quik-marts, she also works as a house painter. She goes to Florida as much as possible, listens to heavy metal 80's music and has an obsession with really good/bad old 'B' horror movies and Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Anything else you might want to know can be found at www.myspace.com/kelstevens69.

David Brookes - Writer

David Brookes is a writer from Sheffield, England. He has had numerous stories published online and in print, and his first novel "Half Discovered Wings" will be available in 2009. News on his novels, short fiction and poetry can be found on his website, www.spinninglizard.co.uk.

Eric S. Brown - Writer

Eric S Brown is a 35 year old author living in NC with his wife and son. He has been called "The King of the Zombies" by places like Dread Central and was featured in the book Zombie CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead as an expert on the genre. Some of his books include Space Stations and Graveyards, Dying Days, Portals of Terror, Madmen's Dreams, Cobble, The Queen, The Wave, Waking Nightmares, Unabridged Unabashed and Undead: The Best of Eric S Brown, Barren Earth, Season of Rot, War of the Worlds Plus Blood Guts and Zombies, World War of the Dead, Zombies II: Inhuman, Tandem of Terror, and Bigfoot War. He was the editor of the anthology Wolves of War from Library of Horror Press. Some of his upcoming titles include The Human Experiment, Anti-Heroes, The Weaponer, and How the West Went to Hell. His short fiction has been published hundreds of times. Some of his anthology appearances include Dead Worlds I,II, III, and V, The Blackest Death I & II, The Undead I & II, Dead History, Dead Science, Zombology I & II, The Zombist, and the upcoming Gentlemen of Horror 2010 to name only a few. He also writes an ongoing column on the world of comic books for Abandoned Towers magazine and was part of the giant collaborative, zombie novel effort from Pill Hill Press entitled Undead, Kansas.

Kevin Brown - Writer

Kevin Brown has been a fiction writer for seven years but a storyteller his whole life. His work can be found in Underground Voices, Murky Depths, Space & Time, Horror Express, and Twisted Tongue. He co-wrote a screenplay, Living Dark: The Story of Ted the Caver, that was made into a film a couple of years ago. It was recently accepted into the Moondance International Film Festival. He hopes the readers of Morpheus Tales enjoys his story. You're who he wrote it for.

Tonia Brown - Writer

Tonia is a speculative fiction fan and occasional writer of nonsense. She lays claim to a few ezine publications including Burst Literary Ezine and Macabre Cadaver, but Morpheus Tales Magazine was her first print sale. Aside from her wicked imagination, she believes that her life is pretty pedestrian; even with an identical twin sister, a genius husband, a brood of cats who she treats like little children and helping to run a Wiccan church here in the deep south of the USA. She is also a colouring fanatic, and 'asparagus' is currently her favourite crayon.

You can poke her with a sharp stick at www.myspace.com/backseatwriter

John Bruni - Writer

John Bruni's work has appeared most notably in Shroud, Aoife's Kiss, Art Times, Cthulhu Sex Magazine, Trail Of Indiscretion, Detective Mystery Stories and a number of other publications, including the anthology from Comet Press, Vile Things. He was the editor and publisher of Tabard Inn: Tales Of Questionable Taste. He lives in Elmhurst , IL .

Neil Buchanan - Writer

Neil is an occasional writer who lives with a sympathetic wife and two manic children. He spends his weekends grooming three cats and writing flash fiction. Recently, his work has appeared in Drabblecast B-sides, Liquid Imagination and Eclectic Flash magazine.

http://neiljohnbuchanan.wordpress.com/

Gary Budgen - Writer

Gary Budgen grew up and lives in London. He has, at various times, been a switchboard operator, print worker, database developer and is now a lecturer. His other stories have appeared in Interzone, Scheherzade, Focus, Dark Horizons, Ah Pook is Here, and forthcoming in All Hallows and Jupiter. He is a member of the Forest Writers' Group.

David Burton - Artist

For nearly 20 years David Burton has been providing high-quality and creative images for a wide diversity of clients. His paintings and illustrations have appeared as covers and interiors for hardcover and paperback books, magazines, comic books character design for movies and advertising art. His work has won awards across the country and is in collections around the world. www.davidburtonart.net

Kesh Butler - Writer

Kesh Butler is one of the Senior Staff Writers for Metal Psalter Webzine (http://www.metalpsalter.com) where she writes album and concert reviews, and conducts interviews. She is currently in the process of publishing her book "Lost Heirs," which is the first book in a yet unnamed fantasy series. You can follow her progress (and read her blog) on MySpace at: http://www.myspace.com/promethian_death

"Seeds of Apocalypse" is Kesh's first published fiction piece.

Mr. Byron – Artist

Mr. Byron is the pseudonym of Victor Bravo, a freelance digital artist. His works includes concept art for videogames,3D art ,animation, CD covers, web sites, books, comic books and storyboards for movies and advertising. Specialized in creation of dark ambients, horror, science fiction and fantasy. Some of his works can be found in his web site: www.mrbyron.com

Cate Caldwell - Writer

Cate Caldwell writes poetry, short stories, and screenplays, and also makes short films. She has been published by the Southwestern Review and Acadiana Lifestyle Magazine and has appeared in various collections by Wordsmith Press. Most recently, her screenplay entitled Gemini, a collaboration with fellow writer Matt Pearson, was a finalist in the 2009 Red Inkworks screenplay competition. More information about Cate is available on facebook at

http://www.facebook.com/people/Cate-Caldwell/733282797, and on her website at www.michigamillc.com

Lyn Cannaday - Writer

Lyn Cannaday is a teacher by day, torturing students with Washington Irving, Sophocles, Poe and all the macabre tales that emotionally damaged her as a young woman. She writes at night after grading hundreds of essays in red ink. Her stories and poetry have appeared in Poetic Diversity, Alien Skin Magazine, Apollo's Lyre, Pen Pricks, Flashshots, and the now-defunct Nimue's Grotto.

Greg Caparell - Artist

Greg Caparell, 26; Illustration: "A visual reflection of ones memory, soul, and state or mind in response to experiences they have encountered." I developed this definition of illustration from my days at Massachusetts College of Art and have continued to practice this definition through my artwork. I am a Boston based illustrator, artist, designer and muralist.

For full time employment, I am an award winning studio photographer. Being a full time photographer allows me to unleash my creativity on a daily basis. Though I love what I do, art and illustration is where my passion lies. I have been published in various publications across the world, from children's books to adult oriented magazines. I have been commissioned to install murals and to design logos for various companies and sports teams. I feel my work is best represented though high contrast and heavy detail. I see my illustrations as appearing dreamlike; chaotic bits of information, loosely stitched together, coming to life on paper as one to tell a story.

Tom Cardamone - Writer

Tom Cardamone is the author of the erotic fantasy novel, The Werewolves of Central Park and the short story collection, Pumpkin Teeth (coming out this October 2009). You can read more about him and his fiction at www.pumpkinteeth.net.

Jonathan Carman – Writer

Jonathan Carman lives in with his beautiful microbiologist wife and four cats. The cats are generally ambivalent about the writing as cats are wont to do, but when his wife says "Ewww" he knows he should probably consider submitting the piece.

Axelle Carolyn - Writer

Axelle Carolyn has been a horror fan for as long as she can remember. Brought up on a steady diet of scary movies and Stephen King and Clive Barker novels, she started out as a film journalist and contributed, amongst others, to Fangoria and IGN.

Her published first book, It Lives Again! Horror Movies in the New Millennium (2009), came out in 2009 to rave reviews. Her first short stories were published the same year in various horror anthologies, including Dark Delicacies III: Haunted, alongside Clive Barker and Chuck Palahniuk.

Axelle is also an actress and her credits include Psychosis with Charisma Carpenter, and Neil Marshall's Roman epic Centurion, alongside Michael Fassbender and Olga Kurylenko.

She is currently in development on her first feature screenplay, The Ghost of Slaughterford, to be exec produced by Neil Marshall.

Calum Carr

Calum Carr is a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone school of art with a degree in Illustration and Printmaking. Since leaving his work has used for CD covers, magazine illustration, nightclub promotion, corporate identity, web design, t-shirts and animation and comic books. "I believe in the need for versatility within illustration and couple that with a dynamic representational style”. Currently Calum is working on an upcoming graphic novel and a number of commissions, for more info check out calumcarr.com

Jesse Click - Writer

Jesse Click is the author of three novels and a dozen short stories. He resides in Magnolia, Arkansas with his wife, Tammi; son, Cameron; and stepson, Cody. When Jesse isn't saving the world from mutant spiders, staking the undead in their coffins, and developing new technologies to repel alien invasions, he's busy in a dark corner of his home, crafting tales that frighten blameless children. A firm believer in chivalry, honour, and hospitality, Jesse sees hippies as the pubic lice of society and wonders if they aren't all the product of a science experiment gone horribly wrong. Jesse knows all about science experiments; in a past life he succeeded in turning lead into gold - just before the dragon consumed him. Jesse's most recent works can be found in Twisted Tongue magazine and the Long Story Short e-zine.

Garon Cockrell - Writer

Garon Cockrell is an aspiring screenwriter/producer in Los Angeles, CA. He began writing short stories in 7th grade and hasn't stopped since. A major fan of film, television, and books he has a difficult time deciding which avenue to pursue. Either way he hopes to bring great stories to the masses.

Lee Collins - Writer

Lee Collins' creative writing education recently culminated in a handsome, expensive, and useless degree from Colorado State University. Now free of pedagogical restrictions, his writing follows his interests in fantasy, science fiction, and horror. He and his girlfriend live in Colorado with their imaginary corgi Fubsy.

A.J. Cooper - Writer

A.J. Cooper is a college aged writer who loves traditional fantasy, with the occasional thriller or horror story. His favourite authors include J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen King, Terry Brooks and Sandra Brown. He has been published previously in Mindflights (www.mindflights.com) and would love to hear from anyone who reads his work at his website, www.andrewjcooper.wordpress.com

William Couper - Writer

William Couper lives in Kirkintilloch, Scotland with my fiancée. He has been published in ‘Darkened Horizon’, ‘Atrum Tempestas’, http://micro100.blogspot.com and www.weaponizer.co.uk among others. You can find him on www.willcouper.com. He also has two Twitter accounts, http://twitter.com/WillCouper, his personal account and http://twitter.com/Crown_Wearer, a Twitter novella.

Mark Anthony Crittenden - Artist

Mark Crittenden studied art and design at Northwest Vista College in San Antonio, Texas where he currently resides. His artwork and stories have appeared in Champange Shivers, Twisted Dreams, Worlds Within- Worlds beyond Magazine, and he is happy to join the team of Morpheus Tales where he endeavours to bring your stories to vivid life. Good luck to all the new and incredible writers out there, and hope to illustrate for you soon.

http://visionprimordial.blogspot.com/

Alex Davis - Writer

Alex Davis is a horror writer based in Derby, England. His writing has previously appeared in The Harrow, Carillon Magazine and Harlequin Magazine. He has also organised a range of literature events and festivals, and is currently working as Desk Editor for the Black Library, based in Nottingham .

Christopher Allan Death - Writer

Christopher Allan Death currently resides in the concrete jungle of Northern Colorado . He has published short fiction in Worlds of Wonder, Night to Dawn, 7th Dimension Magazine, Deadlines: An Anthology of Horror and Dark Fiction (Comet Press), and Bits of the Dead (Coscom Entertainment). His debut novella, WELCOME TO WONDERLAND, was recently released by Lyrical Press, Inc. You can find him at www.myspace.com/christopherdeath.

Samuel Diamond - Proofreading

I received my BA from Emerson College where I studied Writing, Literature, and Publishing. I currently work full-time as Marketing Director for an online retail company, while off the clock I sharpen my creative writing skills and proofread for Morpheus Tales.

Check out some of my college short fiction and poetry at http://headachemedicine.blogspot.com

Joseph D’Lacey – Writer

Author of MEAT and Garbage Man – Eco-Horror published by Bloody Books – and novella The Kill Crew in print and downloadable from StoneGarden.net. MEAT has been translated into German, French, Hungarian and Turkish and was optioned for film in ‘08. His short fiction has appeared in small presses, magazines, print anthologies and online. He is co-curator of www.horrorreanimated.com where he blogs about Horror and interviews today’s creators of the genre. He lives in Northamptonshire with his wife and daughter.

www.meatnovel.com

www.horrorreanimated.com

http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-DLacey/1094673597

T. H. Dylan - Writer

T.H. Dylan was born (and still resides) in Liverpool , England . His first work to appear online did so at www.myspace.com/newgunslingers before he briefly wrote for The Music Magazine.

Tim Eagle - Writer

Tim Eagle is a writer of the bizarre and dark. He’s a father of seven, a husband, and one of many slaves to corporate America. Tim has completed two novels, Nitch and Crism, which are currently not published and is working on his newest novel Dark Prince. He continues to write short stories which dabble in horror and the macabre. His fascination with the occult, psyche of the human mind, and the evils lurking around every corner of the world all inspire his style and is heard in the voice of his stunning tales. You can preview some of Tim Eagle’s artistic talent at his website: http://www.croswellmich.com .

Paul Eckert - Writer

Paul Eckert is a writer, editor, and musician that dwells amongst the sinners and freaks of Houston, Texas. His writing has previously appeared in Word Riot, Dogmatika, The Oddville Press, The Emerson Review, Nano Fiction, The Houston Literary Review, The Darc Karnivale anthology, and the Side Show 2 anthology. He is also the editor of Sideshow Fables, a fiction magazine dedicated to tales of the circus (www.sideshowfables.com). Paul is also the scary half of the musical duo Balloonist Sleepy (www.myspace.com/balloonistsleepy). Fall in love with him at www.pauleckert.net.

Jeff 'Ledge' Eisen - Artist

Jeff 'Ledge' Eisen was born in 1960 in Toronto, Ontario. He is the oldest of four brothers in a wonderfully colorful family built on a foundation of love. He has been a workhorse artist for almost four decades, doing everything from airbrushing motorcycles to designing multi-million dollar nightclubs. He has three beautiful and talented children and currently makes his home between Calgary and Toronto. Jeff and Michelle Billington are co-founders of Stonechild Creative, a design and brand development firm located in Calgary.

Check out Ledge's artwork that will be featured in the first issue of Morpheus Tales here!

Ledge can be contacted at;

www.myspace.com/tragiclegend

James Everington - Writer

James Everington was born in 1976 in Nottingham, England. After writing somewhat dark fiction for a number of years, he feels it is time to send some of them out into the light.

C. Ewing - Writer

Chris became fascinated with storytelling and poetry during his middle school years. His first love was American comics, but it turns out that he can't draw. He had a poem published in Vox, and he received attention while attending university via an undergraduate award. He put together a collection of poems with Dr. John Wood. This will be his first published short story. When he puts his mind to writing prose, it always winds up being a little dark. He blames that on being raised Catholic.

Kurt Fawver - Writer

Kurt Fawver was born with a copy of Frankenstein in his hands and nursed on a steady diet of H.P. Lovecraft. He has considered horror and dark fantasy his lifeblood ever since. Although he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Literature and wants to turn the ivory tower midnight black, he is a writer first and a scholar second. Over the coming years, he hopes to publish ever more short stories, finish one of the several novels he's begun, and mystically teleport backward in time so he can meet Nikola Tesla. Currently, however, he takes classes, teaches composition, and lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife and his schizophrenic Chihuahua.

David M. Fitzpatrick - Writer

David M. Fitzpatrick's three dozen short stories have appeared in print in magazines such as Brutarian, American Atheist, Amazing Journeys, Aoife's Kiss, Morpheus Tales, and Blood, Blade & Thruster, and anthologies such as Unparalleled Journeys 1 & 2, Nemonymous: Cone Zero, and the limited-edition hardcover Bound For Evil: Books Gone Bad. By day, he's a Special Sections writer for the Bangor Daily News in Bangor Maine. He lives across the river from Bangor in Brewer, where he hopes Stephen King's Muse might one day take a wrong turn and land on his own house. No luck yet.

Vic Fortezza - Writer

Website: http://vicfortezza.homestead.com/

Novel: http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~3631.aspx

Mark C. Frankel - Writer

Mark C. Frankel is a writer of fiction and a recruiter at a major entertainment company. He has published three short stories and is currently working on a novel. Despite his best efforts, Mark eventually graduated from the of Pittsburgh. He did, however, manage to barter one additional year before finally succumbing to reality and growing up.

In addition to being married for almost seven years, Mark is the proud father of a baby girl and owner of one happy-go-lucky beagle. Mark blames his twisted sense of humour on his parents, but also credits them with instilling in him the desire to read just about everything. More about him can be found on his MySpace page at: http://www.myspace.com/204390069

Stone Franks - Reviewer

Stone Franks wrote the first draft of her short horror debut Into The Woods We Go (published in Supernatural Tales) while she was still at school. Since then she has made several appearances in print, including the controversial lesbian erotica story, Taught. www.myspace.com/stone_of_the_franks

Matthew Freyer - Artist

Matthew Freyer is a visual artist specializing in art & design for the Horror and Dark Entertainment industries. His artistic style is instantly recognized by his dark and edgy original artworks and urban-inspired character illustrations. Matthew utilizes elements of photography, freehand-drawing and digital design to create artwork that is both emotionally haunting and commercially viable.

Matthew is the owner of the full-service visual design studio, Matthew Freyer Productions. Combining his unique artistic vision and broad industry experience, Matthew is able to produce the highest quality in art and design, providing custom and targeted imagery and branding. Matthew can be contacted for all your creative visual needs and to receive random praise through his website:

www.matthewfreyerproductions.com

J. David Fry - Writer

J. David Fry is an elementary school teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. He is currently authoring a third novel and ridding himself of inner demons through the art of short-story writing. Fry hopes his students don't stumble upon his fiction until they're a little bit older.

Glen Garrick - Writer

Glen Garrick, the author of such notable novels as Grunt, The Devil’s Toys, and Twilight Of The Malefactor, was found recently murdered in his home by a person or persons unknown. His fiction has appeared in Retinal Burn, Digital Barbarian, Clawed By The Cat, Paper-Cut, and The Bad Seed Review. “Unkillable” is his final story.

Ray Garton - Writer

Ray Garton is the author of over fifty books, including the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Live Girls, and dozens of short stories. In 2006, he received the Grand Master of Horror Award from the World Horror Society. Three of his works -- Live Girls, Lot Lizards, and Graven Image -- are in the works as motion pictures, with Live Girls set to begin shooting in Detroit later in 2009. In 1992, he wrote In A Dark Place: The Story of A True Haunting, which tells the story of the Snedeker family in Connecticut , also the basis for the new movie The Haunting in Connecticut. Since the publication of that book, he has denounced the whole thing as a fraud. His new novel, Bestial (the sequel to Ravenous), now available from Leisure Books, links the novels Live Girls, Night Life, and Ravenous together in a loosely-connected series. Next, Leisure will publish his novel Scissors in February 2010. He lives in northern California with his wife Dawn and a whole bunch of cats. He is currently at work on his next book.

Michael W. Garza - Writer

Michael W. Garza is a writer from southern California. By day he works in the national security field as an Acquisition Security Program Manager. With the little free time he has he focuses on his family and his love of writing fantasy, science fiction & horror. Much more about this author can be found at www.sithining.com.

R. K. Gemienhardt - Writer

R. K. Gemienhardt resides in the suburbs of Ohio. His fiction and photography have been published in various e-zines, magazines and anthologies. His inspiration comes from the things that go bump in the night.

Dave Gentry - Artist

Born in 1977 and currently residing in Kent, . David has illustrated numerous covers for Immanion ( including Angelglass and the re-issue of Hinterland for David Barnett among others).His work has also been seen in many publications including Computer Arts, Digit, Spectrum annual, Interzone and Crimewave which include both interior and cover artwork. He currently creates all designs and illustrations for Black Static magazine.

Lee Gimenez - Writer

Lee Gimenez is a writer of science fiction and speculative fiction. His stories have been published in numerous magazines in the and also in Australia, Canada. Lee earned a BS degree in Industrial Design from Georgia Tech University and an MBA degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He lives with his wife in Dunedin, U.S.A. Visit him at his website www.leegimenez.com.

Christopher Glazer - Writer

Christopher Glazer is a young writer who lives along with his lovely wife in . It is there he pursues a degree creative writing and history, which he hopes one day to teach. He is especially interested in bizarro fiction and horror, and it tends to show in his short stories and poems. Christopher can be contacted or read at www.myspace.com/deadgnome.

L.B. Goddard – Writer

L.B. Goddard's stories have been published in such magazines as: Sand-- A Journal of Strange Tales, Twisted Tongue, Twisted Dreams, NexGen Pulp, and The Odd Mind. They have appeared online at: Yellow Mama Webzine, Macabre Cadaver, NVF, Tales From The Moonlit Path, Microhorror, and SNM Horror and in the print anthologies: Sonar4's From The Mouth, Hideous Evermore, For the Love Of Monsters, and the upcoming Ladies of Horror 2009. Her poetry has appeared in Niteblade and Black Petals. LB resides in a suburb of St. Louis, MO. Find out more about her dark, decaying world by visiting: http://themonstersnextdoor.com

Ken Goldman – Writer

American writer Ken Goldman is a former Philadelphia high school teacher of English and Film Studies whose course on Horror and Science Fiction in Film and Literature scared the pimples off students for many years. A member of the Horror Writers association, he has published stories in over 480 publications in the U.S., Australia, The U. K., Ireland, and Canada, receiving honorable mentions in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 7th, 9th, 15th, 17th, and 20th Annual Editions. A collection of six short stories, “You Had Me At ARRGH!!” has been published by Sam’s Dot Publishers, and his story, “The Keeper,” has been contracted by Australia’s Precision Pictures to begin filming in 2009. (Can you say “Blair Witch Project,” boys and girls?) Other Goldman tales will appear in the anthologies Our Shadows Speak 2 (Steel Moon Publications), Dark Distortions II (Scotopia Press), and The Age of Blood & Snow (the Morrigan Books /Gilgamesh Press). When not writing Ken shuttles between homes in Penn Valley Pennsylvania and the Jersey shore where he believes the mother ship will eventually return for him.

Alex Gonzalez - Writer

Born and raised in Chicago, Alex Gonzalez now lives in sunny South Texas. To hide from the Hellish heat, he often writes from under large rocks while snakes and lizards regulate their temperature around him. Alex’s short story “Soup” will appear in Morpheus Tales Magazine # 13.

Gail Gray - Writer

Gail Gray, Greenville, SC, USA, is the author of two collections of shorts stories, Dark Voices and Memories and Monsters and two books of poetry, The Hazard of Waking Up and Spirals in Copper. She’s the owner of Shadow Archer Press and the editor of Fissure, a magazine of experimental art and writing and former editor of The Howling, a goth literary magazine. Her short stories have been published or The Howling and Exquisite Corpse. Her poetry has been published in The Asheville Poetry Review, Cokefish, Exquisite Corpse, Being, Big Swollen Toe, Sisyphus, Zygote Abstract Libertine and Gloom Cupboard and are upcoming in Main Street Rag, the anthology, America! and Eviscerator Heaven.

K.J. Hannah Greenberg - Writer

Once a rhetoric professor who wrote for periodicals like The American Journal of Semiotics and The Massachusetts Journal of Communication, and who spend National Endowment for the Humanities money in places like Princeton University 's Classics Department, Channie Greenberg is now a committed creative writer who tramps across genres. Currently, she is the creative nonfiction judge for Notes & Grace Notes, the “Old/New World Discourse” blogger for The Jerusalem Post, the parenting teens blogger for Type-A Moms, and the power behind Expressively Yours Writing Workshops®.

Her most recent work has appeared in: Doorknobs and Bodypaint, Fallopian Falafel Zine, Hamodia, Joyful! Mishpacha’s Calligraphy, Mishpacha’s Family First, The Clarity of the Night, The Externalist, Tuesday Shorts, and Unfettered Verse. In the near future, her articulated irreverence will be published by: AlienSkin Magazine, AntipodeanSF, Bewildering Stories, G. Stern’s Hag Samaiach Anthology, Poetica Magazine, The Blue Jew Yorker, and The Mother Magazine.

When not engaged in wordplay or in tormenting her writing workshop students, Channie paints, builds ceramics, and supplies small spatulas to imaginary hedgehogs. She also dreams about the day when her children will correctly sort the laundry.

Zak Greene - Artist

Zak Greene is a freelance illustrator / comic book artist and is currently enrolled in Maryland Institute College of Art. He has done logos and album covers for black metal, thrash, and death metal bands including Sanguinarian, Six Bullets From Now, and Glaurung, and represented his school at the Small Press Expo in 2007 where he did commissioned sketches of comic book superheroes and villains, and sold original artwork. His portfolio can be found at http://zakgreene.blogspot.com

John Grover - Writer

John Grover is a horror and dark fantasy author residing in , Massachusetts. He is a member of the New England Horror Writers Association and has taken a creative writing course at 's Fisher College. He's been writing tales of terror since he was ten years old.

Some of John's work has appeared in Flesh and Blood Magazine, The Willows, Alien Skin, Wrong World, Dark Animus, Whispers from the Shattered Forum, the upcoming Northern Haunts anthology and more.

His newest collections Feminine Wiles and Angels, Ashes and Alchemy are due to come out this year. Please visit his website www.shadowtales.com for more information.

Aaron Gudmunson - Writer

Aaron Gudmunson was born in Belize while his parents volunteered for the Peace Corps. He lives in northern Illinois with his family and their two cats. His fiction has been published in numerous small press magazines and he contributes a bi-weekly humor column entitled “The Observatory” for his local newspaper. He has been writing since able to hold a pen.

Ray Gunn - Writer

Ray Gunn was a child born during the age of Woodstock and his views have been liberal ever since. He spends his time writing Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy (all of a decidedly disturbing nature) whenever he's not with his wife and kids. His debut novel, BRUTAL, will be available Spring 2009. You can reach him at http://www.myspace.com/raygunnwriter

H... [Dusty Answer] - Artist

French graphic designer and artist, H… specializes in digital art and is especially inspired by movies and music, post-apocalyptic worlds, futuristic or poetic... Graduated in cinema and fashion design, she worked several years in this environment before choosing to live her passion: picture manipulating and music. Singer in a metal electro industrial band: Tenebrarum Infanteus, she created her first artwork for the band before offering her services (Album artwork, Myspace design, logos…) to other bands and labels.

Craig Hallam - Writer

By day Craig is a mild mannered nurse. By night (or any time he gets a few minutes to himself) he writes fantasy orientated fiction. He has recently been worried that his work always comes out darker than he envisioned and wonders if he has an alter ego sitting at an old typewriter at the back of his mind who sabotages him out of spite. If so, he hopes that the creepy little man stays safely chained to the desk.

He got some practice writing two novels which are not worth printing and is working on a third which he hopes will be. He has only been tackling short stories since late 2008. His first tale "Upon Waking" was accepted by New Horizons (The British Fantasy Society) in November.

The bug has bitten, and it’s bite is deep.

David C. Hayes - Writer

David C. Hayes is a genre actor/writer/producer/director. Most recently he has starred in Machined, Reborn, Orville and Sportkill (released by LionsGate with a theatrical run in Japan for Sportkill), Jackrabbit Sky, The Death Factory Bloodletting (via Well Go) and Dark Places (via Brain Damage Films). He has just produced and appears in the films Cravings and Blood Moon Rising (starring Ron Jeremy) and is in post-production on The Prometheus Project (starring David, Tiffany Shepis and Louis Mandylor). His short film, "undone," is currently on the festival circuit and doing quite well. David has written multiple feature films like Back Woods, Vampegeddon, Riverdead, and Shower of Blood as well as comic books (Rottentail, appearing 2010 and Tranquility, his new graphic novel), books (Muddled Mind: The Complete Works of Ed Wood Jr.) and writes for many genre magazines like Videoscope, Cult Movies, Brutarian and more. David's stageplay, Swamp Ho, was a finalist in the International Cringefest and enjoyed an Off-Broadway Equity production in 2009. He currently teaches screenwriting, film production, acting and rhetoric for Grand Canyon University, Glendale Community College and Kaplan University.

Chris Heady - Artist

Chris Heady was born in Springfield, IL the home town of the Simpsons. Besides sharing a birthday with both Boris Karloff and Billy the Kid, Chris likes to draw, write, and spend time with his daughter and girlfriend. He has done fliers for local bands and gamer conventions in the area. He finds writing about himself in the third person strange and funny. You can find him on Myspace under the name evilchild.

John Hempstead - Morphosis – Artist

I enjoy creating anything and everything such as illustrations, comics, websites, animation, video games, music, writing screenplays and scripts. As long as I am creating something I seem to be happy! If people can enjoy my creations, that's fantastic! The only thing that brings me down is this thing called a 24hr day...

I've enjoyed horror and suspense since I was a child, wait I still am in some way. The exorcist (1973) was what started my interest to enjoy the dark mysteries of life, monsters and ghost. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy long walks on the beach and love cute animals, especially cats.

90's... After enjoying a lot of horror movies as a child I discovered a few comics and a magazine. One called called Monster's Attacks and the E.C reprints of Tales from the crypt, Haunt of Fear and The Vault of Horror. All of my money I earned from cutting the grass around the neighborhood went into buying these great reads. Goodbye soda-pop and candy, hello stories! 2000 and beyond... I still enjoy all of the things I did when younger, but now even more! Growing up open up the opportunity to read more and see more of what I love! Morpheus Tales, for example, is another great read that I am enjoying!

Well, enough of my words, have a terrorific time at:
Morphosis Comics - http://www.morphosiscomics.com
Morphosis Enter - Active - www.morphenteractive.com/
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/morphosisenteractive -and-http://www.myspace.com/cityofretribution

Gary Hewitt - Writer

I've been writing for around six years or so now, firstly as a bit of fun but as the years and my skills have improved I'm taking it far more seriously. Taking part in the OU's A174 course for creative writing was also a very big help. At present I'm virtually at the end of a first draft of a novel. My preferred genre is dark fiction, horror, fantasy but I'm not afraid to try anything.

I've had several pieces published in anthologies from online sites I contribute to, mainly the Write Idea, Slingink and The Grail. I've also had work published online on smokebox. My future plans are to continue to explore my muse and to be far more productive and get people to like my work and ultimately be a full time writer. I'm originally from around the Old Kent Road, South East

Sheldon Higdon - Writer

Sheldon Higdon is an affiliate member of the Horror Writers Association and has had work appear in numerous publications ranging from fiction to non-fiction, as well as placing in screenwriting competitions in . His short stories/poems have been published in Shroud Magazine, Northern Haunts anthology, Necrotic Tissue Magazine, Werewolf Magazine, and Twisted Dreams Magazine, to name a few, and will appear in the upcoming zombie-themed poetry anthology: Reanimated Rhymes: Zany Zombie Poetry for the Undead Head. He’s also had a feature article appear in the Summerguide 2008 issue of the Portland Magazine.

www.sheldonhigdon.com will be going live sometime in 2009, but in the meantime feel free to see what Sheldon Higdon is up to at: www.facebook.com/sheldonhigdon, www.myspace.com/sheldonhigdon, www.horror-mall.com/haunt/sheldonhigdon or follow him on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/sheldonhigdon.

Gene Hines - Writer

Gene Hines is a legal services attorney representing victims of domestic violence. He keeps the job because it is a never-ending source of ideas for stories and a good excuse for drinking lots of beer. He has published in various magazines, both literary and horror. Mr. Hines has heard from impeccably reliable sources that Harlan Ellison liked one of his stories and recommended it to Ellen Datlow for publication in the 2009 Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. Of course, the rest is not history; as there isn’t going to be a 2009 Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror.

Sara Holt - Artist

Sara Holt spends her time taking pictures, writing, and absorbing pop culture. She's been a featured director on the Independent Film Channel's Media Lab Show. Her film work appears in Dreams and Possibilities, a Praxis Studio/Whitney American Museum of Art film project. She's the Associate Art Editor for Mad Hatters' Review... and she loves chili dogs.

Andrew Hook - Writer

Andrew Hook is the author of three short story collections and one novel, with other projects in the pipeline. His next publication will be a collection of stories co-written with Allen Ashley titled "Slow Motion Wars" which should appear from Screaming Dreams Press later this year. From November 2002 until November 2008 he also ran the multi-award winning Elastic Press, but that venture has closed so he can concentrate on his own writing. His website can be found at www.andrew-hook.com

Candra Hope - Artist

Candra Hope lives in the wilds of northwest Scotland and is an aspiring illustrator and writer. Her art has been published in Murky Depths Magazine and Dark Tales Magazine. You can also see her dragons and other works in progress at www.candragonart.com

Michelle Howarth - Writer

Michelle Howarth is a horror writer addicted to all things dark, gruesome, and downright terrifying. Her publishing credits include appearances in the Absent Willow review, Dark Fire, Strange Publications Fifty-Two Stitches anthology, and Ballista Magazine, where she has been awarded first prize in their short story contest 2008. She also does some work as an editor, having assisted several authors with their novels, and with what time she has left, she enjoys acting as submissions editor for Shock Totem magazine.

Todd Austin Hunt - Writer

Todd Austin Hunt grew up in Kentucky. He names his computer The Bizarro Factory, and has been publishing since 2003. Todd's stories have appeared or will appear in the following publications: www.forteanbureau.com/march2003/Hunt/index.html; New Growth: Recent Kentucky Writings; Lullaby Hearse; Dark Krypt; Fantastical Visions IV;http://www.abilitymaine.org/breath/push07/push5.html; Nocturnal Ooze; Sinister Tales; http://www.chimaeraserials.com/whatthechickensplay.html; http://www.alienskinmag.com/flash7.htm; and Wordgathering. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize last year and won an Honorable Mention in the 2003 Annual Ray Bradbury Creative Writing Contest.

He lives in Charleston, South Carolina. He is not married to a burning scarecrowess and has no pets.

http://www.myspace.com/filamentroad

Ian Hunter - Writer

Ian Hunter is the author of 3 children's books, and writes short stories and poetry and too many albino vampire stories. He is a member of the British Fantasy Society, the Glasgow Writers SF Circle, and the Ghost Story Society. He read "Keeping Me" at WordDogs the spoken word event in Glasgow.

Gavin F. Hurley - Reviewer

Gavin F. Hurley is a New Jersey native who recently received his M.A in Writing Arts from Rowan University in 2008. He is avid fan of all horror literature although his heart lies with smaller publishing houses. Gavin has published book reviews in Nossa Morte as well as Morpheus Tales. In his free time, he enjoys watching Giallo films, drinking coffee, and studying Western philosophy.

Gary Inbinder - Writer

Gary Inbinder is an attorney who recently left the practice of law to write full-time. Gary holds a J.D. from the (California) where he received an American Jurisprudence Award for Legal Writing, and a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Illinois, Chicago. His fiction, articles and essays have appeared in Bewildering Stories, The Copperfield Review, Humanitas, Praesidium, Quodlibet and Touchstone Magazine. He is a member of the Bewildering Stories Editorial Review Board.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and European art, music, literature, politics and philosophy of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries provided background for his first novel, Confessions of the Creature, published by Drollerie Press. Confessions of the Creature is currently available in e-book from the publisher, Fictionwise, Mobipocket, and other e-book distributors. It is also available from Amazon in Kindle edition. The print edition is coming in 2009.

Erik T. Johnson - Writer

Erik T. Johnson is a writer from New York whose work has appeared in The Absinthe Literary Review, New York Stories, Trunk Stories, and The Midnighter's Club Anthology. Short stories of mine are also currently available at Saucytooth's Webthology and Rotten Leaves and work will appear in New Horizons and the Miskatonic River Press anthology Dead But Dreaming 2.

Paul Johnson-Jovanovic - Writer

Paul Johnson-Jovanovic began writing about a year ago. So far he has had fifteen short stories published in various magazines and ezines: Seventh Dimension, Spinetinglers, Blood Moon Rising, Twisted Tongue, Bewildering Stories, and Twisted Dreams. He has just had a novella accepted for publication, which should be available early in the New Year. Currently he is writing a novel, and one day hopes to be able to give up the day job so he can write full time.

Lee Jones - Writer

Lee Jones shares his home with more women (well, just one) children (lots) and animals (even more) than he can shake a stick at, but then he never was very good at either counting or shaking sticks.

His work has appeared in a number (again, the counting thing) of small press publications and accepted in many more. All that was a long time ago though and unfortunately, acceptance of his stories seemed to be the kiss of death to most small press zines and they tended to fold before his work saw print. After a break away from writing for a few years (blame the children and animals) he’s hoping to have better luck this time.

Even if you wanted to, you can’t visit him online as he doesn’t have a website or a MySpace page or a blog. He’s more than a little ashamed of this and really should do better, but he’d still like to add you as his friend anyway.

Mark Howard Jones - Writer

Mark Howard Jones lives in Cardiff and has had stories published in magazines and anthologies and on websites both here and in the US. His novella 'The Garden of Doubt on the Island of Shadows' was published by Manchester's ISMs Press (www.kissthewitch.co.uk/ismspress.html) and his new eBook 'Against The Wall' is available to download free from the Screaming Dreams website (www.screamingdreams.com)

Fred R. Kane - Writer

Fred R. Kane is a lyricist first. He’s been accused from time to time, of writing poetry. Angels and Sirens is his first short story attempt. Of all his accomplishments, Fred will say his greatest is winning over Greg Hall with the poem, Snuff flick critic, which can be found on the Lamp Light Poets thread @ Choateroad.com.

Ray Kolb - Writer

Ray Kolb has been a lawyer for sixteen years. Ray normally lives in Alabama with his wife and daughter. However, he has been living and working in Afghanistan since January 2009, where he mentors Afghan prosecutors and investigators on Afghan criminal law and procedure. Ray has had stories published by Espresso Fiction, Whispering Spirits, Sonar 4, and Pear Noir!, and has a story coming out in the upcoming anthology, Shadows & Light: Tales of Lost Kingdoms.

Tomasz Alen Kopera - Artist

The talented artist Tomasz Alen Kopera was born in in 1976. His artistic workshop testifies to his high susceptibility. His art is of the highest artistic level, and he is well known for his accurate drawing and his unique perception of colours.

"I have been painting for as long as I can remember. The subject matter of my paintings springs from my fascination for human nature, as well as for all that is dark and mysterious. Through my paintings I want to affect the subconscious. I want to attract the spectator's attention for a longer moment, and arouse the thoughtfulness and contemplation in him."

Rachel Kusama - Writer

Rachel Kusama is a typical Aries, dabbling gleefully in various artistic mediums yet often never remembering to follow through in sharing them with the public. Currently, she performs with Vena's Evil Dolls at public events such as Bondage Ball and Exotica. She was also a 2000 ACTF Irene Ryan Nominee and a former staff writer, under a different pseudonym, for Crypt Magazine.

Rachel considers her infant daughter Suki to be her greatest artistic achievement. Rachel is happily married and currently resides in the "Lone Star" state. Rachel is currently working on her B.A. in Sociology and is a full time "Mommy". She looks forward to sharing more of her work, if she doesn't forget due to becoming sidetracked. Oh, shiny!

Brian Kutco - Writer

Brian Kutco is twenty-nine years old and lives in Leicester, England. He writes mostly in the horror genre and is constantly trying to improve his style. He has had one other short story published in Twisted Tongue Magazine #10 called "Spiders Among Us" and he hopes to have many more published.

Brian K. Ladd - Writer

Brian K. Ladd was born in the shadow of an ancient monadnock, nursed on the milk of storytellers, and left to play in the midst of myths and legends. He has since tried to bring the dual world of myth and reality together. He amalgamates philosophy, literature, and a voyeuristic honesty for our common culture that gives his stories a poignancy that is an immediate indictment, and a nostalgic reverie.

Michael Laimo - Writer

Michael Laimo has written the novels FIRES RISING, DEAD SOULS, ATMOSPHERE, (nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in the category of ‘first novel’), DEEP IN THE DARKNESS (nominated for the Stoker in the ‘novel’ category), and THE DEMONOLOGIST, all of which were published in paperback by Leisure Books. He has also had a dark S/F-Suspense novel, SLEEPWALKER, published in Limited Edition hardcover by Delirium Books. He’s written and published over 100 short stories, which appeared in many anthologies and magazines, including A WALK ON THE DARKSIDE, LOST ON THE DARKSIDE, HOT BLOOD XII: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, SURREAL MAGAZINE, INHUMAN MAGAZINE, and LONG ISLAND PULSE. Many of these stories have been collected in three short story hardcovers: DARK RIDE, DEMONS, FREAKS, AND OTHER ABNORMALITIES, and DREGS OF SOCIETY. He has been featured and interviewed in many well known horror magazines, including RUE MORGUE, PENNY BLOOD, SCARS, DARK DISCOVERIES, and APEX MAGAZINE, and on numerous online websites.

Michael’s short story ANXIETY was filmed as a feature by Burning Grounds Motion Entertainment, with a planned release to festivals in the fall of 2008.

Michael’s work has also been translated in Italian, Spanish, and Czechoslovakian.

Michael writes part time, two hours a day, seven days a week. When he isn’t writing, he’s busy at his full time job as a sales rep for a swimwear company in Manhattan ’s garment center, a career he hopes to leave behind someday soon! He graduated with a BA in communications from Geneseo State University in NY in 1988. While there he played guitar and sang in a rock band called Nirvana. They ultimately had to give up that name.

Michael can be contacted through his website at www.laimo.com, or through www.myspace.com/michaellaimo. Additional information can be found at www.dorchesterpub.com, and www.myspace.com/anxietymovie

Anthony J. Langford – Proofreading

Anthony has spent over twenty years working in film and television. He has written and directed many short films, some of which have screened in International Film Festivals.

He has always written. A limerick he entered in the school newspaper at the age of 8 won him a chocolate bar. He was pretty happy about that. He is currently working on his sixth novel.

His short story The Purger was voted the most popular story in Issue # 108 of The Antipodean SF in 2007 and was nominated for an esteemed Aurealis Award.

Joe R. Lansdale - Writer

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of thirty novels and over two hundred short pieces, numerous screenplays and teleplays and comic book scripts. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the Edgar, The Grinzani Prize for Literature, The British Fantasy Award, seven Bram Stoker Awards, two New York Times notable books, and others.

His novella “BUBBA HOTEP” was made into a cult film, and his story "Incident On And Off A Mountain Road" was made into an episode of MASTERS OF HORROR for SHOWTIME.

He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife Karen, three dogs and two cats.

Robin Lanyon - Writer

Robin Lanyon has always had a talent for writing, but it wasn’t until the economic down turn that she found the time to take her career in a new direction. Seizing the moment, in January 2008 Robin began laying down her first words to what would be her first horror novel entitled The Nefarious Tongue, which was released August 2008. The final draft to her second novel called Lost in the Flesh has just been completed with a tentative summer 2009 release. Her short story, “The Big Bad Wolf” will be featured in the June issue of Twisted Dreams Magazine in the United States . Along with writing horror tales and novels, Robin also writes poetry (mostly dark poetry.) A small collection of poems was featured in the Nevada Poets 2009 book and another collection of poems will be featured in the June issue of Worlds Within – World Beyond Magazine. Robin is working hard to make her new career as an author a success.

Michael Laquerre - Writer

Michael Laquerre has been writing short fiction for a number of years and has been recently published in Horror Bound Magazine. When Michael decides to take a break from writing, he practices the suicidal art of real estate. He currently resides in Valrico, Florida where he is hard at work on a novel of psychological terror.

Jason Lavertue - Writer

Jason Lavertue has been writing horror short stories for the last ten years. He has stories in online magazines such as House of Pain, SNM Horror Magazine, Macabre Cadaver and the print anthologies Northern Haunts from Shroud Publishing and Mother Goose is Dead coming out in 2010.

Jason lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two children. He works at a nuclear power plant which would explain his baldness and slight glow to his skin. He writes when he can and hopes to begin a novel in the near future.

Brandon Layng - Writer

Brandon Layng is a horror writer living in the not so white North with his wife and two kids. His fiction has appeared in or is due from Tales of the Zombie War, Cemetery Moon, NVF Magazine, Golden Visions Magazine, Sonar4, Darkened Horizons, and the anthologies Courting Morpheus, Northern Haunts and the 2008 Gentlemen of Horror. Hopefully his three novels "Angel's Crossing", "The Sex Sideshow" and "Sin in Skin" will see the light of the published day. Get updates at http://www.myspace.com/13foxes

David Lear - Writer

David Lear was born in North Wales . He gained a Theoretical Physics degree and four friends at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne , and now lives in London . He writes a wide variety of fiction and hopes that one day his as-yet-unpublished novel, World's End, will be read and loved by people across the globe.

Robert Leija - Artist

The world is chaos and beauty. Within the darkness, digitizer and pen in hand the magic of creativity spills forth.

Since 2000 I have been trapped in the world of digital. Slaving like a madman too master it's power. Finally to emerging Victorious! Actually I do dabble in the ancient art of pen, ink and graphite from time to time but nothing affords me the speed and power of the mighty pixel. I love to read stories and solve the problems of bringing those characters to life. Illustrating is my passion and I take the application of it very seriously.

Robert Leija is a graduate of The Art Institute of Dallas, and specializes in Digital Illustrations of all kinds. He currently resides in Wichita Falls Tx, Near Dallas-Fort Worth

Websites:
http://www.robsdigitalart.com
http://www.robsmyspace.com
http://www.robschaoticthought.com

LeMat – Artist

The luminal creature known as LeMat grew up in the grim north dreaming of the stars, but since he didn't suit any of the colours of the star trek uniforms he decided just to scrawl other worlds in bodily fluids rather than visit them. His interests include shouting at cardboard boxes, Brussels sprouts, mirror gazing and mendacity.

http://superego-necropolis.deviantart.com/

Joshua LeSaur - Writer

"I am a very tall hobbit with a very small brain. My life has been a riot of good fortune and spectacles of stupidity.

For example, in a little less than three months (July 25th), I will be wedding the Scream Queen of Minneapolis at First Ave, the awesomest night club what ever was. We will have a custom designed, Joker cake (her idea), a Brandon Lee quote will be on the invites (my idea), my sister will be my best man, Rachel will be decked out in a hand-tailored, flapper-era dress, I will be in Chinese silk, there will be some 200 people there (10 of which I actually know), we will be wed by the coolest, gay Justice of the Peace/actor/casting director ever, Mr. Matthew Feeney, and after a night of newlywed nookie, we'll be winging to Hawaii for a week plus change of sun-dappled frivolity.

Unfortunately, despite the fact I've never sang in front of people, don't have the pipes, no musical ambitions, at all, I've foolishly offered to sing Rachel a love ballad, composed by me, on the stage graced by 90% of the coolest singers of the past 30 years.

See? I'm blessed. Just not with brains."

Allan Leverone - Writer

Allan Leverone is a horror/thriller/dark fiction author and two-time Derringer Award Finalist whose work has been featured in Shroud Magazine, Twisted Dreams, Mysterical-E, Black Hound, FlashShot and Crime and Suspense, among others, as well as the print anthologies Ten for Ten from Wolfmont Press (2008) and Shroud Publishing’s Northern Haunts (2009).

Allan is the author of three as-yet unpublished novels and lives in with his wife Sue, three children and one beautiful granddaughter. Feel free to visit him at www.myspace.com/allanleverone or his website at www.allanleverone.com.

Jeremiah Levine - Writer

Jeremiah Job Levine was born in Connecticut and raised in Israel, and has been a lobsterman, stage worker, tank driver, stay-at-home dad and pretty much everything in between. He now works as a veterinary technician and writes horror and fantasy. His stories have appeared in the anthologies Tangle, Animal Magnetism and Cover of Darkness, as well as various dark corners of the Web such as Camp Horror, The Dream People, Insidious Reflections and Devil's Work. He lives in , Connecticut with his wife Alvira, their two daughters and the customary utterly useless cat familiar.

Sean Logan - Writer

Sean Logan lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with a lovely wife and charming rottweiler. His short stories have appeared in a number of publications, including Pseudopod, Twisted Legends, The Vault of Punk Horror, and the anthologies Vile Things and Sick Things from Comet Press. He enjoys good tequila and horrible nightmares and recently learned that he suffers from Exploding Head Syndrome (seriously!).

Kevin Lucia - Writer

Kevin Lucia writes for The Press & Sun Bulletin and The Relief Journal (www.reliefjournal.com). His short fiction has appeared in Coach's Midnight Diner, The Relief Journal, All Hallows, Darkened Horizons Vol. 3 &4, NexGen Pulp Magazine Issues 1 & 4, From the Shadows, Morpheus Tales Magazine, Bohemian-Alien, Shroud Publishing's horror anthology, Abominations, and Tyndale House's inspirational anthology Life Savors. He's currently writing a novella for Shroud Publishing's upcoming novella series, The Hiram Grange Chronicles.

He resides in Castle Creek, , with his wife Abby, daughter Madison and son Zackary. He teaches high school English at Central High School in New York; and is finishing his Masters of Arts in Creative Writing at University. Visit him on the web at www.kevinlucia.net and www.myspace.com/kevinblucia.

Adrian Ludens - Writer

Adrian Ludens is an Affiliate Member of the Horror Writers Association with over fifty published short stories. Recent and favourite appearances include Morpheus Tales, Crossed Genres and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Also look for his work in recent horror anthologies from Blood Bound Books, Lame Goat Press and Pill Hill Press. Visit his author page at Amazon.com for a growing list.

Joe Lynch - Writer

Joe Lynch is a recently retired Captain from the Philadelphia Fire Department. In preparation for a second career he went back to school. He had intended to pursue a degree in counselling psychology but a demon took over his body and he ended up with a MFA in creative writing from Rosemont College. He writes not only horror but depressing stories in other genres as well. His Family describes him as a very strange man.

Brick Marlin - Writer

Married to a woman who keeps him chained up in a room so won't try and escape from home and turn his fiction into reality, Brick Marlin silently resides in the Ohio Valley. Please stop by and visit his website at www.brickmarlin.com.

matlocktheartist - In-House Artist and designer of the Morpheus Profile Picture

Mark Matlock (aka matlocktheartist) was born into art. His uncles and cousins were a mix of painters and sculptors, and his father was a master photographer with portrait studios in New York and Chicago. Raised in big melting-pot cities, such as Chicago, New York, and Rome, Matlock found he got as much inspiration from the various people he observed as the exotic locations where he lived. By sixteen years old, Matlock was featuring paintings at group shows in New York, and later would go on to do both solo and group exhibits throughout Chicago, Indiana, Texas, and Arizona. With no other formal training besides his four years at New York City's High School of Art & Design, Matlock would devote himself to understanding the nuances of multiple mediums. He is presently as proficient with oils, acrylics, charcoal, and graphite as he is with digital tools, such as Macromedia Flash and Corel Painter, that would become his signature mediums.

Matlock the Artist currently resides in Tucson, Arizona, where he partakes in a daily ritual of watching old movies, listening to jazz, and surfing the net until late in the afternoon when he finally surrenders to his muse and paints until 4 or 5 in the morning. Reclusive but not unfriendly, Matlock to this day prefers painting people to talking to them.

Contact Information

Website: www.myspace.com/matlocktheartist

Basic Information

Name: Mark Matlock aka matlocktheartist (online name)

Born: April 5, 1963 - Chicago , Illinois

Married: Dec 7, 1986

Current home: Tucson, Arizona

Traditional mediums: Oils, Acrylic, Charcoal, Graphite and mixed mediums.

Digital tools: Macromedia Flash, Corel Painter

Present projects:

Portraits and Words - oil on canvas series.

Straight Ahead – jazz greats playing card set.

May's Fool - music show costume design and art.

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus - illustrated novel.

R. Scott McCoy - Writer

R. Scott McCoy was born in Kodiak, and raised in Bemidji,

Minnesota. He currently lives in the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities with his wife, two daughters and three dogs. He has had twenty short stories published over the last two years and his 1st Novel, is due out from Shroud Publishing in March 2009. Scott is the Publisher of Necrotic Tissue, a horror ezine and is an Affiliate Member of the HWA. You can get in touch with Scott via his my space page

www.myspace.com/rscottmccoy

Joseph McGee - Writer

Joseph McGee is the bestselling author of such titles as In the Wake of the Night, Snow Hill and his newest release, The Reaper.

His short fiction has been collected into The Sound of Horror, Shroud Magazine, Morpheus Tales, to name just a few; he is co-editor of the forthcoming anthology Winter Frights.

His critically acclaimed short story Phil’s Place was a finalist for the Preditors & Editor award in 2007.

Joe is currently working on a horde of other stories, both novels and shorts, and his currently an Active member with the Horror Writers Association and is a board member of the Southern Horror Writers Association.

You can normally find Joe behind you in a dark corner thinking pivotally about his next upcoming novel – or world domination.

He resides in Massachusetts with his four rescued felines, and keeps a disparate collection of Boston Celtics memorabilia.

His work as been compared to that of Dean Koontz (for Snow Hill) and Clive Barker (for The Reaper).

Visit him online at www.josephmcgee.net and make sure you check him out on MySpace!

David McGillveray - Writer

David McGillveray was born in Edinburgh but now lives and works in London, where he is enjoying/enduring being a father for the first time. His fiction has appeared in Futurismic, Neo-Opsis, Space and Time, Coyote Wild and others. Sam's Dot Publishing put out his first collection, Celeraine, in 2008.

Brockton McKinney – Writer

Writer/Filmmaker Brockton McKinney is a professional mad doctor with a PHD in fearology. He created Lost Story Studio on the floating landmass known as Terrordise Island and currently resides there with his wife and daughter. If you see him at one of the many Cons he is a guest at, ask him to show you the sketch of Animal Anus Hands. You can find him on the web at supertoughfilms.com

Christian McPhate - Writer

Christian McPhate is a freelance writer who ignites the words on the page with his flair for dark humour. His poems, columns, and short stories have appeared in various publications from the collegiate halls to the United Kingdom. He has presented several of his writings at several conventions across the US.

He resides in Wichita Falls, Texas with his family. He is a graduate student at Midwestern State University where he is completing his Masters of Arts in English with a creative writing focus. He is a member of Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society and editor of Voices, a creative student publication that offers a voice for the talented authors and artists in the North Texas area.

Colin Meldrum - Writer

Colin Meldrum (www.colinmeldrum.com) is terrified of masks. He is the founding editor of A cappella Zoo, a journal of magical realism, and his own work has appeared in or is forthcoming from Underground Voices, Sideshow Fables, Crossing Chaos's Quantum Genre anthology, Neonbeam, and other publications. "This is Dishonest Clay" is one story from a series that make up a short story cycle, which he plans on compiling soon. He lives in Seattle.

B. Miller - Writer

B. Miller - SC, USA - is an author of dark and speculative fiction who currently lives in and draws inspiration from the Southern United States. She has been published in Fissure Magazine and Sinister Tales, and A Cappella Zoo Issue 2.

John Arthur Miller - Writer

John Arthur Miller, known as JAM to friends and fans, is a writer and small-press publisher using print-on-demand and an editorial team specializing in copy editing. His online magazine seeks to combine artwork with speculative fiction/poetry to create a merger of the arts. Personally, he has over 60 publishing acceptances, most recently at Necrotic Tissue, Three Crow Press and Dark Distortions Vol II. He's been on blog-talk radio programs promoting the work of others, which he finds easier than promoting his own work.

www.Liquid-Imagination.com

Erin Mockler – Writer

An avid fan of Stephen King, Robert Bloch and Richard Matheson, Erin Mockler enjoys writing horror and tales of the weird. When not cruising on her Triumph, she deals regularly with the horrors and crazies working at a downtown library - a hellish inspiration in and of itself.

Matt Mok - Writer

Matt Mok lives in New Hampshire, but spent his formative years in Queens, New York. He is a freelance goblin bounty hunter who spends his spare time free-climbing bell towers, running with wolf packs, and fabricating fantastic lies about himself. He also writes when inspiration strikes, and on rarer occasions is even published.

John Morgan - Writer

I've always been interested in dark fiction and in the past I've been a member of The Ghost Story Society and a regular face at meetings of The Birmingham Sci-Fi Group, listening to authors such as Ramsey Campbell, Iain M Banks, and Terry Pratchett talk about their work. To date, I've had short stories published with Dark Tales, Demonminds, Micro-Horror, Necrotic Tissue, Spinetinglers, Twisted Tongue, and Shadeworks. I also have a number of flash fiction pieces which are slated to appear in an anthology entitled Elements of Horror which will should be available sometime around April 2010.

Louise Morgan - Writer

Louise Morgan vividly remembers her grandfather reading a book of H.G. Wells' short stories aloud to her when she was little... and remembers, equally vividly, being afraid of pretty much everything she encountered for the next twenty years. She wonders whether the two may be connected. Her work has previously appeared in the British Fantasy Society's New Horizons. She lives in Surrey in the UK with her husband, son and cat, and can be found online at http://louise-morgan.com.

Andrew Morris - Writer

Andrew Morris is a 22 year old who lives in Sherman Oaks, CA with his girlfriend of four years and his best friend of fifteen years. He writes, directs, co-writes, and co-directs short films. You can watch them here: www.myspace.com/johnnysonic

Charles A. Muir - Writer

Charles A. Muir hails from Portland, Oregon . His fiction has appeared in Byzarium, Cthulhu Sex Magazine, The Willows, Microhorror, Sex and Murder and Whispers of Wickedness. In 2008, he received an Honorable Mention in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. By day he works for a newspaper, where he writes occasional humour pieces about the infinite wisdom of John Carpenter and the world's lamest superheroes. He is put up with by his wife, a tabby, a turtle, and two pugs. Some of his work can be read on www.microhorror.com under the name George Kuato.

Joe L. Murr - Writer

Joe L. Murr has lived on every continent except Antarctica. He

currently divides his time between Finland and the Netherlands. He keeps a suitcase packed at all times. His fiction has appeared in Read by Dawn I & II, Avant Garde for the New Millennium, Eclectica, Dark Recesses Press and other print and online publications. He sometimes wonders what the Antarctic winter would do to his writing.

Maximilian G. Navo - Writer

Maximilian - known as just Max by his friends--was born and raised and currently lives in the central valley of California, where temperatures during a typical summer day can reach up to 115 degrees and remain at that for several days straight - -it's literally like hell-on-earth, so drink up lots of H₂O. For recreation, Max is a modern-day pugilist (or tries to be one at least), a family man, a game-geek, a lover, a scholar, a student, a dreamer and a writer.

Theresa C. Newbill - Writer

Theresa C. Newbill is a self described free spirit and former elementary school teacher turned writer. Her work has been widely published in various print and online magazines and she has received numerous awards for her writing.

Karen L. Newman - Writer

Karen L. Newman lives in Kentucky where she's an active member of Horror Writers Association and edits Illumen and Afterburn SF. Over three hundred of her short stories and poems have been published both online and in print. Her recent fiction credits include Everyday Weirdness, Dead Worlds: Undead Stories, and Bloody October. Her poetry collections include EEKU (Sam’s Dot, 2005), ChemICKals (Naked Snake Press, 2007), and Toward Absolute Zero (Sam’s Dot, 2009). She won the 2005 Kentucky Mary Jane Barnes Award and two of her poems received honourable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. She's been nominated for a Rhysling Award and twice nominated for a Dwarf Star Award. She also writes reviews for Dark Discoveries. Please visit her online at http://home.zoomnet.net/~karennew.

Claire Nixon - Writer

Claire Nixon, born on the unluckiest day of September 1973, is from the North-East. She is the mother of five children, six if you include her husband. She started creating short stories and poetry a few years ago. She’s currently a full time student through Open University. She has had several short stories published in magazines, e-zines, audio and anthologies. Her children’s tale Tabitha and Pirate Jim is now published as an audio tale with Audio Stories For Kids. She is the founder/editor of Twisted Tongue magazine.

Gareth Partington - Artist

Gareth Partington is an artist based in Lichfield in Staffordshire who combines traditional photography techniques with modern digital imaging manipulation.

The work he creates is profoundly textured and establishes a dark and intense atmosphere. It is inspired by many factors such as films, stories, books, and experiences, echoing that of a fairy tale or nightmare.

Each image has a story behind it, and goes through several stages of development. There is a mixture of photography, painting, drawing and collage within each image. These images can take up to 12 hours to complete due to the complexity of the digital manipulation.

Whilst viewing the images it is hoped the onlooker is unsettled slightly but at the same time fascinated by the illusion these creations create.

www.flatfrogimaging.moonfruit.com
www.myspace.com/flatfrogimaging

Kristi Petersen Schoonover – Writer

Kristi Petersen Schoonover's fiction has appeared in Wrong World’s anthology, I’m Going to Tell You One More Time; The Adirondack Review, Barbaric Yawp, Crimson Highway, Citizen Culture, New Witch Magazine, MudRock: Stories & Tales, and a host of others, including Susurrus Press’ I Am This Meat anthology and Tyrannosaurus Press’ Beacons of Tomorrow: Second Collection. She's pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Goddard College, hosts the paranormal fiction segment on The Ghostman & Demon Hunter Show broadcast, and is a member of New England Horror Writers. She lives in Connecticut and still occasionally sleeps with the lights on.

Vladimir Petković – Artist

I’m a free-lance illustrator and artist. I’m a member of “Đorđe Lobačev” school of fine arts since 1993. I’ve published my illustration in three historically based books. I have exposed my art on various galleries and salons across the Serbia . Currently, I’m working on a comic book series and illustrations with magazine “Šlic”. Besides the painting I also write stories and poems, which I have publish in couple of short books. In spare time, I write columns and reviews for Serbian musical web-zine Metal Sound. More about me and my artwork at: http://www.myspace.com/vladimirpetkovic and http://vlladimir.deviantart.com/

Lee Pletzers - Writer

This native New Zealander lives to write. He is the author of several speculative fiction novels, short stories and chapbooks. He is the editor of seven anthologies (all horror) and he is the New Zealand Rep for the International Order of Horror Professionals. You can find him hanging around www.leepletzers.net or horrorwriters.ning.com

Ed Plotts - Writer

Ed Plotts, a student at Temple University working toward a career in English education, loves to write as much as he loves to scare. As an avid fan of horror, sci-fi, suspense, and all things dark, he enjoys writing about the things-that-go-bump-in-the-night. Previously published in Starving Artist, he couldn’t survive without the support and critique of his friends and family…especially his scrawny little brother.

Aaron Polson - Writer

Aaron Polson is a high school English teacher who dreams in black and white with Rod Serling narration. When he isn’t arguing about the definition of irony with his students, he can be found chipping away at some twisted tale. He currently resides in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife and two sons. His short fiction has appeared in various places, including Reflection’s Edge, GlassFire Magazine, Big Pulp, Johnny America, and Permuted Press’s forthcoming Monstrous anthology. You can visit him on the web at www.frozenrobot.com.

John M. Radosta - Writer

John M. Radosta teaches English near , Massachusetts. He has written several novels and short stories, and his work has appeared in Pudding Magazine. His settings range from ancient Greece to the Boston underworld, but they all share strong ties to mythological tales. John lives in with his wife and son and dog, readers all.

A. Reader - Writer

Annette has had stories published in the magazine Dark Tales and the webzine AlienSkin Magazine and she also has stories in the anthologies 39 Emergency Exits and Something for Everyone. She currently has stories accepted at Midnight Street, Horror In Words and an as yet unnamed anthology. If asked, Annette will tell you that the reason she writes horror is because she has been drawn to dark fiction all her life - it isn't a preference - it's a calling. Annette has many motto's. Her top two are: “If it's got writing on it she'll read it” closely followed by “Why use 1 word when 10 will do”.

Sarah Reece - Writer

My name is Sarah Reece and I am beginning my last year at Harrison High School. I plan on continuing my studies at Purdue University in veterinary medicine and animal biology. Writing has always been a hobby for me, and when tied in to all aspects of animals, and in Substance Sixteen, exploitation of animal testing and cruelty, writing becomes a medium for all passions in my life.

Adnane Rehane - Writer

Adnane Rehane teaches English as a foreign language in a Moroccan High School . In his free time, he reads books ranging from fiction of all sorts to non fiction - chiefly those of history and religious studies. Currently he is gathering data to write articles he hopes to publish in academic journals in the near future. Besides, he likes writing horror short stories with speculative elements within. His stories appeared in Flashes in the Dark, The House of Horror, and The Shine Journal, but as some of the online publishers closed doors, he recently turned to print markets where he got acceptances from Night To Dawn and Morpheus Tales. A little more can be found about him in his blog: http://myfiction777.blogspot.com/

Gary Reynolds - Writer

Gary Reynolds has been writing science fiction on and off for a number of years, sometimes more successfully than others, and finally feels as though he's getting the hang of it. When not writing sci-fi while sitting on the commuter train to his day job as a Software Engineer in London, he divides his time between his family in Kent and burying his head in books. Visit him on the web at http://www.garyreynolds.net for further information.

Stanley Riiks - Reviewer

Stanley Riiks is a genius. It’s official, he’s a signed up member of MENSA and everything. Oh, and it’s pronounced Ricks if you were wondering. Stanley Riiks describes himself as the action man of fiction, but with the appendage attached and in fully working order. He can prove it if you like.

Stanley Riiks is a writer and critic, currently more critic than writer, his work has appeared in numerous magazines, journals and books.

Stanley Riiks enjoys starting every sentence with his name and writing about himself in the third person.

Apart from writing and critiquing Mr Riiks (yes, you may call him that) leads a scholarly life involving as much sex, money, travel, crime and punishment as possible. There is also some alcohol involved in there somewhere.

Also, his latest project is as part of the Morpheus Tales review team.

He is on myspace and has a blog where nobody reads his work:

http://stanleyriiks.wordpress.com/

Ford Robinson - Writer

Ford Robinson strives to write the kind of stories that keep readers up at night. His work can be found in an array of journals, magazines and anthologies under a variety of names.

Edward A. Rodosek - Writer

Edward A. Rodosek is a Construction Engineer, Senior Professor in Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia, European Union. Beside his professional work he writes science fiction. He is author of four novels and twelve collections of short sci fi stories. More than fifty of his short stories have been published in SF magazines in USA, UK, Australia and India. He has recently published in the collection of his short stories: Beyond Perception.

Russ Root - Artist

Russ Root, 26, has been a character artist and graphic designer since he was in his late teens, selling sketches and paintings to put fuel in his car. He and wife Cio studied at Chico State, where Russ nurtured his talent and expanded into creating custom jewellery and cutlery. For the past year, he has returned to his passion for illustration. He lives in the Mohave.

His art has been displayed at the Red Arrow Gallery near Joshua Tree National Park, and in coffee houses in Yucca Valley and Chico, California. His works appear in numerous Southern California private collections, and on the web.

Russ can be reached at russroot@rock.com or view some of his latest by visiting his profile at http://www.myspace.com/thorfuk

John B. Rosenman - Writer

John is an English professor at Norfolk State University where he designed and teaches a course in how to write Science fiction and Fantasy. He is a former Chairman of the Board of the Horror Writers Association and has published over 300 stories in places such as Weird Tales, Whitley Strieber's Aliens, Fangoria, The Age of Wonders, and Hot Blood. John has published ten books, including SF action-adventure novels such as Beyond Those Distant Stars, Speaker of the Shakk (Mundania Press), A Senseless Act of Beauty (Blade Publishing), Alien Dreams (Drollerie Press), and Dax Rigby, War Correspondent (Lyrical Press). Visit him on the web at www.johnrosenman.com, http://home.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user, https://twitter.com/Writerman1, and http://s631.photobucket.com/albums/uu31/jrosenman/. One of his interviews can be found at http://www.milscifi.com/files/inter-JBR-BS.htm.

Rob Sagirs - Writer

Before taking a long hiatus from short stories to write his first novel, Rob had been published in Deathrealm, Fantasy Macabre, Cabal Asylum, Aberrations, The Edge and a host of other long lost magazines. He owned a used bookstore for ten years specializing in genre fiction, and has also done long stints as a manager at a comic book licensing company, as well as a large book distributor. He currently does overnight data entry work so he has time to write and play tennis tournaments during the day.

Scott M. Sandridge - Writer

Scott M. Sandridge learned how to write through hard work,

trial-and-error, and the occasional writers' workshops. His fiction has appeared in Mindflights, Ray Gun Revival, Silver Blade Chimeraworld #6: New World Disorder, and The Four Horsemen: An Anthology of Conquest, War, Famine, & Death. His story, “Sleep Paralysis,” was a top ten finisher in the 2008 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll for the category of Short Story – Horror. More information can be found at http://smsand.wordpress.com.

Christian Saunders - Proofreading

Hailing from the village of New Tredegar , south Wales , Christian Saunders began writing in 1997. His early fiction appeared in titles such as Asphalt Jungle, Raw Nerve, Roadworks and several anthologies. His first book, Into the Dragon's Lair – A Supernatural History of Wales was published in 2003, shortly before he moved to Southampton , England , to study journalism at Solent University. After graduation he worked extensively in the freelance market, contributing features to numerous international publications including Fortean Times, Bizarre, Urban Ink, Beyond, Enigma, Record Collector, Maxim and Nuts, and a regular column to the Western Mail newspaper. Since his return to the horror fiction fold in early 2009 he has had stories run in Screams of Terror and Shallow Graves and another featured in the anthology Return of the Raven. His novella Apartment 14F: An Oriental Ghost Story is available on Damnation Books. He currently teaches English writing in Hunan Province, China.

Visit him at www.myspace.com/valleyboy74
or www.christiansaunders.co.uk

J.Y. Saville - Writer

J.Y. Saville is a disillusioned physicist, educated alongside Morpheus Tales contributors David Lear and LeMat (though not at the same time). Her fiction has appeared in 365 Tomorrows, Every Day Fiction, and on the BBC 7 website, and she sometimes reviews books for SFReader. She has recently come out as a Doctor Who fan, and spends more time than she ought to blogging about writing at http://thousandmonkeys.wordpress.com

Jonathan J. Schlosser - Writer

Jonathan J. Schlosser is a student at Grand Valley State , though not for much longer. He writes horror, science fiction, fantasy, and all sorts of stories that are just mixed bits and pieces of those three. His professors frown on this sort of writing, but he doesn't mind. He frowns on their high tuition rates. So it's all even in the end.

Jon has published fifteen short stories as of July, 2008, and is working on a number of novels. He has completed one, False Teeth, which has not been published as of yet. He is also working as Editor for the Candlelight anthology. More can be found at his website:

www.jonathanjschlosser.com.

K. Sheehan - Writer

K. Sheehan is a writer from New York who has managed to make the most of a mind gone mad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novel, Father Exorcist, as well as the mad cap thriller, Should Old Acquaintance Be Rubbed Out. He has also published dozens of short horror stories in magazines like The Harrow, Tabard Inn, Insidious Reflections, Gathering Darkness and Screams of Terror, to name a few. He blames McDonald’s and congress for his dementia. You can keep track of K. Sheehan’s antics at www.ksheehan.com.

Justin Simpson - Writer

Published horror fictionist and creator of the cult-followed Saturday Night Grindhouse (www.saturdaynightgrindhouse.com), Justin Simpson often forgets there are other genres aside from horror. A huge fan of Clive Barker, Rob Zombie, and the Misfits, he feels that in order to be successful, art needs to be terrifying. As a graphic artist, videographer, musician and writer, Justin knows his passion is in horror and his audience is there as well. Other genres exist, they just don't matter. He makes a point to do something creative every day, and that's why he started Mr. Simpson's blog (www.justintsimpson.com/blog) for daily creative writing among other things.

Martin Slag - Writer

Martin Slag lives and works in the South Side of Pittsburgh, where nothing bad ever happens. His favourite thing to do in the world is to write in front of a window when it snows. He has been published in several places, some of which you may have even heard of. In Fall 2009 he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In his free time he likes to drink vodka and chase skirt.

Heather Smith - Writer

Heather obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literary Studies from York College of Pennsylvania in 2010. She has had poetry published in small literary magazines such as The York Review and The Broadkill Review, and her essay on J.R.R. Tolkien has appeared on the Internet Review of Science Fiction. In addition, she has had romantic short stories published on various websites under the pen name Heather Lin and in the recently-released ebook, Coming Together: Al Fresco. "The Good of the Earth" is her first science fiction publication.

Richard Smith - Writer

Richard Smith is a part-time writer of dark and speculative fiction. He has recently had short stories published and posted online with Dark Tales, Macabre Cadaver, Spinetinglers and Shadeworks. Further stories involving life, death and our place in the universe are in progress.

Tommy B. Smith - Writer

Tommy B. Smith is a writer of dark fiction. His presence currently plagues Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he resides with his wife and their two diabolical cats. More information can be found on his author website at www.tommybsmith.com.

Willie Smith - Writer

Willie Smith is deeply ashamed of being human. His work celebrates this horror. He resides under a rock somewhere deep in the bowels of Seattle . His novel OEDIPUS CADET is available from amazon.com or Black Heron Press. You may also witness him embarrassing himself at: www.youtube.com/wsmith49

Graeme Stevenson - Writer

Graeme Stevenson is a member of the Glasgow SF Writers Circle. He has previously sold fiction to PostScripts and has been featured in Estronomicon e-zine.

Christopher Lee Stine - Artist

Christopher Lee Stine was not named after the British actor who played Dracula and Count Dooku, but he has been drawing and painting most of his life. He counts artists like Gerhard Richter and Dave McKean as his influences. He served in the United States Army and is a graduate of Penn State University. He resides in , Pennsylvania. To view other examples of art from his studio, Phantastic Visions, go to www.myspace.com/pirate_celt or type in Phantastic Visions: Art of Christopher Lee Stine.

Nicholas Stirling - Writer

Nicholas Stirling is descended from alcoholic Finns and pig-rearing Scotsmen. He has tried his hand at more than a few things: custom woodworking, bookstore management, and teaching to name a few of them. He is happily married to his high school sweetheart, and lives in Ancaster , Ontario (that’s in Canada , in case you were wondering). He owns a longboard, a fact that has resulted in several large scars and a fair degree of mockery. He supplements this dangerous activity with some light mountain biking, guitar playing, sketching, really bad painting, and more reading than is healthy for an adult. He is currently writing and promoting his first real stab at a readable novel, entitled Emily Rose, and blogs this and other musings at Exercising Monster.

Wayne Summers - Writer

Wayne Summers grew up in Kojonup, Western Australia. He has been writing since high school and had many pieces of work published in the local newspaper. At 17 he moved to Perth, the capital city, to attend university. He studied primary school teaching and majored in art and craft. He now works as an English language teacher and counsellor. He has had quite a number of horror and fantasy stories published in both the UK and the , both in print and in online e-zines. Most of his inspiration for writing comes from music or dreams, and he finds the time just after he goes to bed the best time for ideas. He also writes erotica under a pseudonym.

Visit him at: www.myspace.com/darknessgathers

P. H. L. Svensson - Writer

Residing in Uppsala, Sweden, P. H. L. Svensson is eeking out his existence as a paper boy and sometime contributor to poetry and other magazines. On his own label he has published a cook book, a short story collection and a novel; the last-mentioned, "Antropolis", takes place in a future city state where the forces of technology and spirituality battle for supremacy. A fan of sf and fantasy since his teens, Svensson apart from writing likes to sing and paint.

John F.D. Taff – Writer

John Taff, who lives outside of St. Louis, Missouri, has been a published writer for more than 20 years now, mostly in the horror and suspense fields. He has more than 45 stories in publication, in such markets as Cemetery Dance, Eldritch Tales, Aberrations, Deathrealm and 2 A.M. He’s been published in anthologies such as Hot Blood: Fear the Fever, Hot Blood: Seeds of Fear, and Shock Rock II. Four of his shorts have been selected as honourable mentions in the Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror over the years. He also has seven novels in print.

Lee Thompson - Writer

Lee Thompson lives in Michigan and has worked in the logging, fitness and trucking industries. He has work forthcoming in some fantastic print and online thingee-majigs. He reads for Dark Recesses and Horror Library Vol. 4. And he’s reworking a couple of novels with the help of some talented editors.

You can send him your hate mail here: Myspace.com/HL_Thompson

Fred Venturini - Writer

Fred Venturini lives and writes in Carlyle, Illinois. Horrific things do not happen in that idyllic town, so he makes them up. Occasionally, those stories appear in magazines and anthologies, such places as Sinister Tales, Dark Distortions 2, Writer's Post Journal, Susurrus, and others. Even more rarely, he gets a check for something he has written and pays the light bill with the money. He is still waiting for the Cubs to win the World Series.

Pablo Vision – Artist

Pablo Vision is a multimedia art anarchist operating from his ‘pensive citadel’ of self-imposed exile. Work by, for, and about him can be found at: http://pablovision.blogspot.com/

Deborah Walker - Writer

After a twenty year period of procrastination, Deborah Walker has started to write short stories and poetry and tweets. She lives in London with her partner Chris and her two lovely, yet distracting, young children.

Find her horror stories in Bards and Sages, Champagne Shivers, Innsmouth Free Press, Tweet the Meat and a number of anthologies including Zombonauts, The Scroll of Anubis and The Morons’ Guide to the Inevitable Zombocalypse.

Randy Wall - Artist

Randy Wall aka Maddrandall has been illustrating and designing for over 20 years.

Randy and his design company , Artlab design and development, have worked in many different fields of art from book illustrations to designing for Chip and Pepper and B.U.M. Equipment L.A. Over the last 10 years or so Randy has been designing, sculpting and developing toys, branding and packaging for companies like Action Products, BBel, Earthlore , Poof-Slinky, Ideal and others.

Randy has designed, illustrated and sculpted for many cool projects like Jurassic Park Lost World toys, DropZone action figures, Extreme home makeover, Trading spaces, Road Kill cookbook, Marvel. DC and has created dozens of figures and creatures for other projects. Artlab keeps Randy busy working on projects like toy design, logos, product branding, retail p.o.p displays, illustrations, cartoons, animation, T-shirt graphics, action figure sculpting, product development, comic books, Tattoos and anything else that comes his way.

Randy attends Toyfair in Newyork in Feb to do some networking, meet with friends and dig up work.

He is a pop culture, synthesiser, fashion, art, horror and toy lover. Randy has a huge collection of toys, action figures, special effects props and strange oddities on his studio shelves.

He also plays keyboard and synthesisers in a band on his spare time.

Randy grew up on Mad, Heavy Metal magazine and Warren publications like Vampirilla, and Creepy. These where great influences. He chills out by painting, making music, sculpting, writing, and inventing. Artlab design and development is located in Winnipeg , Canada .

Check out Randy's and Maddrandall's artwork at www.randysartlab.com, www.artlabdesign.ca or www.maddrandall.com

Rhian Waller - Writer

I recently earned an English Literature and Creative Writing BA, and am about to begin a Postgrad doctorate in Creative and Critical writing. I've produced stories of various quality since I was five, and have published a handful of poems in magazines such as Cause and Effect and The Harrow. I would very much like to publish some more.

Kevin Wallis - Writer

Kevin has had work published in various ezines, print mags, and anthologies. He is Senior Editor of Liquid Imagination (liquid-imagination.com), an ezine devoted to modern fantasy fiction, poetry and art. He is father of three, husband of one (apparently there's some sort of law), and plans on encrypting a diabolical spell to enslave the masses within the pages of his first novel.

Robert Walton – Writer

Robert Walton is a life-long rock-climber and mountaineer. He retired from teaching middle school after thirty-six years and is now a full time writer. Three of his short stories about climbing were published in the Sierra Club's Ascent. A dramatized version of his “Three’s a Crowd” was broadcast on KUSF and PBS in 2006. Most recently, his “Don Francisco Rides to La Paz ” won first place in the Saturday writers 2008 contest.

Bill Ward - Writer

Bill Ward is a freelance writer out of Baltimore, Maryland. He has sold fiction to Murky Depths, Flashing Swords, Every Day Fiction, Darwin’s Evolutions, Kaleidotrope and the anthologies Northern Haunts, The Age of Blood and Snow, The Return of the Sword, and Desolate Places. In addition Bill has written background material and serial fiction for fantasy and science fiction games, has done editing for small press ventures, and is co-editor of the Magic & Mechanica Anthology from Ricasso Press. To read his fiction or check out his weekly book reviews please visit www.billwardwriter.com

Nathan Wellman - Writer

Nathan Wellman is a Theatre Major and Creative Writing Minor at Morehead State University in Kentucky. He is currently finishing up a three book fantasy/suspense series of novels. This is his first professional publication.

Ryder Wells - Writer

Ryder Wells is a seventeen year old college student in Clearwater, Florida that writes works of dystopia and the macabre in his spare time. He lives with his older brother, mom and their dogs. His stories have appeared in Blood Moon Rising, Sinister Tales, and Static Movement.

Ian Welsh - Artist

Ian Welsh was born in the murky bogs of Florida. He grew up with a love for comic books, heavy music, history and horror. He started out doing Spawn and classic horror drawings at a young age. He moved away from art for a few years after picking up music.

He combined his love for music and art when he started up again at the age of 16 working for a metal magazine based out of Tampa, FL doing designs and posters. He soon started doing art for local bands. He is now doing art work for bands all over the world and doing work for various magazines and publications all before the age of 21. His work combines a love for realism at one spectrum and another spectrum is touched with influence from the swampy primordial wilderness around him. His biggest inspirations are Gustave Dore, Jim Lee, Bernie Wrightson and Anton LaVey.

He is also a accomplished musician in the area playing hundreds of shows with signed national and international acts, as well as putting out eps and albums with previous acts and is now working on a southern friend Sludge band called Gray Ghost. He has had his work published, shown in galleries and museums and worn by multitudes. He is pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts in the Tampa area, working on his dream of doing illustrations for comics and graphic novels.

http://www.myspace.com/iwelshart

Spencer Wendleton - Writer

Spencer Wendleton is a freelance horror author. His work has appeared in the magazines Children, Churches, and Daddies, Camp Horror, Thirteen, Midnight Times, Blank Ink Horror, thaneros.com, necrology.com, Morpheus Tales #3, The Monsters Next Door #6, House of Horror Issue #3, and Sex and Murder Issue #2. The author's first novel, "The Body Cartel," will be released by Damnation Books under the penname "Alan Spencer."

Emma Westwood - Writer

Emma Westwood is a writer and journalist based in Australia. As a media correspondent, her writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers in both Australia and South East Asia - everything from travel writing to classical ballet and Italian horror movies. Her first clandestine viewing of The Exorcist at age 11 kicked off a love affair with the horror genre that has endured the test of time. Monster Movies is her first book for Pocket Essentials.

Michael Wooley - Artist

Michael Wooley is an avid Science Fiction junkie and collector of all things geeky. He is a frequent collaborator/contributor to the website www.cult-pop.com and probably consumes more caffeine than is humanly healthy. You can see more of his artwork at www.myspace.com/wooleybear13.

When he's not chained to his drawing table or writing about himself in the third person you can find him recording music under the name Spiral Path.

Tina Williams - Proofreading

Tina Williams is a student who also specializes in proofreading and corrections for fiction and non-fiction work, magazines, blogs, etc. I also provide typing services for any kind of work.

Because of my educational background, I have special knowledge of the Criminal Justice Field, including Criminology, and Forensic Psychology. I am working on my Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology, and this education has allowed me to develop an expertise in the APA (American Psychological) format.

I have a personal interest in Cryptozoology, the Paranormal, and the horror genre, and would love to work on anything related to these subjects, both fiction and non-fiction.

Please feel free to contact me on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/writersservices.

Jezzy Wolfe - Writer

Jezzy Wolfe is the web mistress in charge of art and design at CHOATE ROAD, a horror lover's playground, and co-host of the blog talk radio hit, The Funky Werepig. Her dark fiction can be found in various publications such as The World of Myth ezine, Twisted Tongue Magazine, The Odd Mind Magazine, as well as Choate Road's KNOCK KNOCK...WHO'S THERE? DEATH! She will also be appearing in HARVEST HILL (a Graveside Tales anthology), and the 2009 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF HORROR, both due for release in October 2009.

Samantha Wood - Writer

Samantha Wood lives in far-too-sunny San Diego, where the heat waves often keep her confined to her room. Conveniently, her room contains a writing desk and piles upon piles of genre fiction. One day she plans to put it all in storage and wander around the world with nothing but a passport and a backpack filled with notebooks. And maybe a change of clothes.

Trevor Wright - Reviewer

Trevor Wright is a former journalist turned screenwriter/producer currently working in the indie horror scene. His first two feature films, SCULPTURE and THE GREEN MONSTER are scheduled to be released in 2009.

He resides in Virginia with his wife Heather where he is looking forward to a long career not only writing indie horror films but reviewing them within the pages of Morpheus Tales Magazine.

You can contact Trevor at on his facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1463295176 where he is always looking to meet new people interested in writing, film, or just horror in general.

Randy Young - Writer

Randy Young considers himself a "jack-of-all-trades" and "a master of none." Ever since his high school days he has had a varied interest that has pulled him from one thing to the other. When some people settle on one thing and do it well, he has always found that one thing is not enough. He has a published Children's Book, writes short stories in various genres, illustrates stories, and paints Acrylic on canvas. He also works at a high school during the day in the Special Ed Department. At night, he teaches math at the local junior college in the GED classes.

C.E. Zacherl - Artist and Writer

C.E. Zacherl is best known for the intense depth of detail woven into each of his illustrations. The mood sculpted by these shocking aesthetics is both sinister and surreal; a seamless compliment to his prose which spans both the poetic and perverse.

His artistic works may be seen as the album covers and promotional material for bands such as DragonSong, Wyld Dark Heart, and Cryptic Blue as well as illustrating source books for RPGs such as Ad Emag and Avalon LLC. His design of the 'Wizardry' logo for Technica Corp resulted in Corporate awards and his illustration '...strangers look on.' is displayed on the Official Lost Boys: The Tribe Fansite and has received accolades from both Autumn Reeser and G Tom Mac of Lost Boys fame.

Morpheus Tales Magazine will feature his first literary publication in the form of the short story 'Plague'. He is currently undertaking many more twisted short stories for similar publication as well as developing his character driven horror novel 'Unhuman'.

C.E. is a Virginia based freelance artist/writer whose enlistment in the United States Coast Guard will have him working dynamically in New Jersey, California, Virginia, and Georgia.

A. David Zapata - Writer

A. David Zapata was born in 1970 in NYC. He is a diabolical horror writer by night and an innocuous blue collar worker during daylight hours. He is husband to his lovely wife of two years and is also father of four hyperkinetic boys obsessed with all things ninja. Having relocated just outside Augusta, Georgia, he hopes to one day grow up and become a Superhero.

Mark Zirbel - Writer

Mark Zirbel is a dark fiction author from Milwaukee , Wisconsin . Much of Mark's work combines elements of horror with a twisted sense of humor, such as his story "Bags," which was published in the anthology DEATHGRIP: EXIT LAUGHING (Hellbound Books) and received an Honorable Mention in the 2007 edition of THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR (St. Martins Press).

Other anthologies featuring Mark's stories include BOOK OF SHADOWS VOLUME 1, CTHULHU UNBOUND VOLUME 2, CHIMERAWORLD 4, BLACK BOX, SHADOW BOX, and PEEP SHOW VOLUME 1. His work has also appeared in numerous magazines (CTHULHU SEX, BARE BONE, REDSINE) and webzines (SHADOWED REALMS, CHERRY BLEEDS, SUSPECT THOUGHTS).

Lee Clark Zumpe - Writer

Lee Clark Zumpe, a fiction writer living in the Tampa Bay area with his wife and daughter, earned a bachelor’s degree in English at the University of South Florida . By day, he is a proof-reader and entertainment columnist, more eccentric than mild-mannered, working for Tampa Bay Newspapers. Lee’s inclination toward horror manifested itself early in his childhood when he began flipping through the pages of Forrest J. Ackerman’s Famous Monsters of Filmland, and reading Gold Key Comic classics like Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, The Twilight Zone and Grimm’s Ghost Stories. His short stories and poetry have appeared in a variety of publications such as Weird Tales, Space and Time and Dark Wisdom and in the anthologies Horrors Beyond, Corpse Blossoms, and Cthulhu Unbound, Vol. 1.

Visit http://muted-mutterings-of-a-mad-poet.blogspot.com.