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Journalism, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Western, and Humor are five of Charles Barouch's passions. His stories are in a cultural time capsule on the Moon. Read his work in anthologies published by Shebat Legion, Daniel Arthur Smith, Fantastic Books, Celestial Echo Press, Dusty Saddle, and others. Start with a
novella like Tiago and the Masterless or perhaps the novel Adjacent Fields.

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Alex S. Johnson is a retired English professor, human rights activist, journalist, editor, author and publisher. He is the author of Weird, Bizarro, dark erotica, horror and unclassified dark satire tales and poems. His work has been praised by such luminaries as John Shirley, Ray Garton, Robert Devereaux and Ellyn Maybe. In a 2017 column, Brian Keene listed him in a short list of Bizarro authors including Garrett Cook: "Alex S. Johnson is Bizarro." His upcoming books include The Doom Hippies III: Cancelled and Deleted Tales--"A Dangerous Meeting" was deleted post publication by the publisher who shall remain nameless--The Junk Merchants 2: A Literary Tribute to William S. Burroughs, edited and published by him with an Introduction by horror genre living legend Poppy Z. Brite, and Hand of Doom: A Literary Tribute to Black Sabbath, also edited and published by him with original work by John Shirley, John Palisano and Runaways founder Kari Lee Krome. He currently resides in Sacramento, California with his family.

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Lucretia Stanhope, a neurodiverse, relentlessly optimistic chronic illness warrior with less grace than determination, navigates her crone stage in a quaint Midwest town surrounded by cornfields. Amidst enduring medical trials that could rival horror stories, her pen never rests. When not lost in the wonderful lands of her imagination, she finds solace in doting on her three chihuahuas and her endlessly patient husband, a fellow scribe who shares her love for storytelling, boundless enthusiasm for the adventures yet to unfold, and never denies her dessert first.

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Gary Robbe is an educator and writer currently living in Colorado. He has had numerous stories published in e-zines, magazines, anthologies, and podcasts. His debut collection of short stories, Not Buried Deep Enough, was published in October 2023. Gary is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and a founding member of the Denver Horror Collective. He is also an associate editor with Bewildering Stories.

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Nora B. Peevy is a cat trapped in a human’s body. Please send help or tuna. She toils away for JournalStone and Trepidatio Publishing as a submission reader, is a co-founder and editor for Alien Sun Press, a reviewer for Hellnotes, co-editor and art/writing contributor for Weird Fiction Quarterly, and has been published by Eighth Tower Press, The Wicked Library Podcast, Sudden Fictions Podcast and other places. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing from Cardinal Stritch University and is a photographer for Getty Images. Usually, you can find her on Facebook asking for help to escape her human body or to get tuna. Tuna is nice. Cats like tuna. She also likes cat naps in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Melissa Burkart currently lives in downeast Maine with her family and writes in the pauses of parenting two young kids. Her short stories have appeared in The Word Count podcast and the anthologies Fight Like a Girl and What Follows under M. J. King. You can occasionally find her at melissaburkart.com or Instagram @writinginterrupted.

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Michael Ehart has been at various times all the expected things: laborer, seminary student, musician, shoe salesman, political consultant, teacher, diaper truck driver, stand-up comedian, and the least important guy with an office at a movie studio. He made his first sale to a magazine at age 15, which means he has been writing for over 50 years, with the aforementioned occasional breaks for gainful employment. He lives in the upper left hand corner of the United States with his wife and youngest daughter.

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Karl Dandenell is a graduate of Viable Paradise and a Full Member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association. He and his family, plus their cat overlords, live on an island near San Francisco famous for its Victorian architecture and low speed limits. His preferred drinks are strong black tea and single malt whiskey, generally without ice. Karl’s fiction and poetry have appeared in publications and podcasts in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Follow his occasional posts and read more of his fiction at www.firewombats.com.