Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., is the author of the novels, The Orphan Palace and Nightmare's Disciple, and he has written many short stories that have appeared in magazines and anthologies, including Ellen Datlow's Year's Best Horror, The Children of Old Leech, Year's Best Weird Fiction, Book of Cthulhu, "Lovecraft eZine". His highly-acclaimed short story collections, Blood Will Have Its Season, SIN & ashes, Portraits of Ruin, and A House of Hollow Wounds were published by Hippocampus Press.

His work has been praised by Thomas Ligotti, Ellen Datlow, Laird Barron, S.T. Joshi, Michael Cisco, Jeff Thomas (PUNKTOWN), and many other notable writers and editors.

Joe has edited the anthologies, A Season in Carcosa, The Grimscribe's Puppets (TGP won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology), and Cassilda's Song.

You can find his blog at: http://thisyellowmadness.blogspot.com/

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Tracie McBride is a New Zealander of Maori and European descent who lives in Melbourne, Australia. Her debut collection Ghosts Can Bleed contains much of the work that earned her a Sir Julius Vogel Award, with a second collection - Drive, She Said - published by IFWG Publishing in 2020. Her stories and the anthologies they have appeared in have won or been shortlisted for several awards including the Stoker, Aurealis, and Australian Shadows Awards. Visitors to her blog are welcome at http://traciemcbridewriter.wordpress.com/.

Brett J. Talley is the author of several acclaimed horror novels, short stories, and collections. Twice nominated for a Bram Stoker Award, Talley's works include That Which Should Not Be, He Who Walks in Shadow, The Fiddle is the Devil's Instrument, and the Limbus, Inc. trilogy. Find him at brettjtalley.com.

Five years ago when my wife shamed me into picking up my pen again, one of the first things I started writing was a mash up novel of Lovecraftian characters, and I really wanted Herbert West to be part of that team. Unfortunately, I'm a stickler for established chronologies, and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't tell the story I wanted to tell with West in it.

Enter Dr. Stuart Hartwell.

He was the perfect solution, he had all of West's skills, but his timeline was mine to play with. But, I didn't know who he was, or what motivated him. So I wrote a story about him, and another, and then another. Quickly the mash up novel was set aside and all my time was spent focused on Hartwell. Those stories became the novel Reanimators.

Now, just a year later that mash up novel I wanted to work on. The one that was called at various times The League of Lovecraftian Gentlemen, The Miskatonic Club, The Miskatonic Men's Aide Society, The Arkham Oddfellowes - well that became The Weird Company and that hits the streets in September.

Hartwell is back, but this time he's not alone, he and his cohort have been recruited by . . .

Well you'll just have to read the book now won't you.

This is the book I wanted to write from the start, and if you liked Reanimators, you will adore The Weird Company.

Nick Nafpliotis is a music teacher and writer from Charleston, South Carolina. During the day, he instructs students from the ages of 11-14 on how to play band instruments. At night, he writes about weird crime, bizarre history, pop culture, and humorous classroom experiences on his blog, RamblingBeachCat.com. He is also a television, novel, and comic book reviewer for AdventuresinPoorTaste.com.

Michael Griffin's stories have appeared in magazines like Apex, Black Static, Lovecraft eZine and Strange Aeons , and such anthologies as the Shirley Jackson Award winner The Grimscribe's Puppets, the Laird Barron tribute The Children of Old Leech, and Cthulhu Fhtagn! His standalone novella Far From Streets was published by Dunhams Manor Press, and his debut collection The Lure of Devouring Light will be published by Word Horde in April, 2016.

His work is upcoming in Leaves of a Necronomicon, Autumn Cthulhu, Nightscript 2 and Eternal Frankenstein.

Michael blogs about books and writing at griffinwords.com. On Twitter, he generally posts as @mgsoundvisions and writing-specific news appears as @griffinwords. He's also an electronic ambient musician and founder of Hypnos Recordings, an ambient music record label he operates with his wife in Portland, Oregon.

Jason Andrew is a writer, editor, and game designer. He lives in Seattle, Washington with his two partners Lisa and Andrea and his pug, Otter.

By day, he works as a mild-mannered technical writer. By night, he writes stories of the fantastic and occasionally fights crime. As a child, Jason spent his Saturdays watching the Creature Feature classics and furiously scribbling down stories. His first short story, written at age six, titled 'The Wolfman Eats Perry Mason' was severely rejected. It also caused his Grandmother to watch him very closely for a few years.

He writes in several genres and styles, including contemporary fiction, historical fiction, young adult, science fiction, fantasy and horror. In 2011, his story "Moonlight in Scarlet" received an honorable mention in Ellen Datlow's List for Best Horror of the Year.

Jason is a rabid gamer, having written for several role-playing games, such as Call of Cthulhu and Shadowrun. He serves as the Line Developer for Mind's Eye Theatre for By Night Studios, producing a number of MET products including MET: Vampire The Masquerade, MET: Werewolf The Apocalypse, and the upcoming MET: Changeling: the Dreaming.

For more information, visit Jason Andrew on the web at http://www.jasonbandrew.com/

I always thought I'd end up as a writer. By the time I was forty, I'd ridden a pro rodeo bull, jumped from a bungee tower, performed stand-up comedy, played heavy metal in several bands, married (twice), founded (and bankrupted) two restaurants and consumed a stunning amount of adult beverages. But I hadn't published a word.

So, I left my job and went back to school, earning a creative writing degree from Colorado State University. Since then, I've published seven novels, six textbooks and several e-book novellas. More on the way.

Coming in January - "The Shadow Melody" - a historical romance with elements of steampunk and horror. The Prairies Book Review calls it "fantastic in every way."

David J. Fielding is a writer and an actor.

His published works have appeared in Nevermet Press, Rebel ePublishers LLC, Alter Egos I & Alter Egos II from Source Point Press, the recently published Capes and Clockwork: Superheroes in the Age of Steam anthology from Dark Oak Press and the soon-to-be published Something Strange is Going On anthology from Flinch! Books. And most recently, his short novella "Buddy Holly and the Cold, Cold Ground" was published by Cool Beans, P&E.

He is also the actor who originated the role and provided the voice for Zordon of Eltar, the mentor to a group of teenagers with attitude on the hit television series, The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.

He is busy polishing a superhero novel, a series of paranormal stories and attending various Comic and Entertainment Conventions.

John Claude Smith has had three collections (The Dark is Light Enough for Me, Autumn in the Abyss, and Occasional Beasts: Tales), three limited edition chapbooks (Dandelions, Vox Terrae, The Anti-Everything), and one regular chapbook (The Wrath of Concrete and Steel) published. His debut novel, Riding the Centipede, was a finalist for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. His second novel, The Wilderness Within, was published by Trepidatio/JournalStone October 6, 2017. His latest collection, Occasional Beasts: Tales, was published by Omnium Gatherum in September of 2018.

He splits his time between the East Bay of northern California, across from San Francisco, and Rome, Italy, where his heart resides always.

Words Matter!

His blog, The Wilderness Within, deals with writing (of course), music, art--whatever strikes his fancy. http://thewildernesswithinbyjohnclaudesmith.blogspot.com/

Tom is a longtime devotee of the art of the fine frightening tale, and is descended from family that enjoys a good nightmare: is it any wonder he focuses on the weird and dark? Tom has published fiction in Horror for the Holidays, issues 21 & 30 of The Lovecraft eZine, Tales of the Talisman volume 8/issue 4, Undead and Unbound, Eldritch Chrome, and will be appearing in several more upcoming anthologies including When Darkness Calls and Atomic Age Cthulhu: Terrifying Tales of the Mythos Menace. Tom has also written eldritch gaming material which appears in New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley, More Adventures in Arkham Country, Tales of the Sleepless City, Atomic Age Cthulhu, and more! There are others, but the ink is not yet dry enough to share details.

By day, Tom is a middle school teacher, working to expand young minds, and spends his "spare" time hunched over his keyboard...WRITING.

Michael M. Hughes is an author, speaker, magical thinker, and activist. He is the creator of the internationally viral Mass Spell to Bind Donald Trump and All Those Who Abet Him, the largest and longest-running magical working in history. He frequently appears on podcasts and speaks on politics, magic, pop culture, the paranormal, tarot, and conspiracies. You can sign up for his newsletter at http://michaelmhughes.com.

Morgan Griffith was born in California. After small success as a dark fantasy poet and artist in the 1980's, with work appearing in Eldritch Tales; The Arkham Sampler; Grue; Supernatural Poetry; The Horror Show; Etchings and Odysseys and Leilah Wendell's Necromance, her focus turned to fiction. Favorite pets and companions are rats.

A tribute poem to Clark Ashton Smith can be found online at The Eldritch Dark here:

http://www.eldritchdark.com/tributes/poetry/231/emanations-and-whisperings

Jeff C. Carter’s stories have been featured in dozens of anthologies, translated for international markets and adapted for podcasts. His love of science, adventure and Halloween continue to inspire his science fiction, action and horror writing. He lives in Southern California with a cat, a dog and a human.

He is also a host of The Six Demon Bag Podcast.

Find him on Facebook (Jeff C Carter), Twitter (@Carterwroteit) or contact him right here.

His new collection BETWEEN THE TEETH is available now.

Desmond Reddick lives on Vancouver Island where he teaches, writes and podcasts. Bred on a steady stream of comics, horror movies and books, he enjoys writing a gruesome, thrilling tale.

When not working, he spends time with his indulgent wife, two vicious children and a dog named Kirby.

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