Alice Vachss, JD, is the former Chief of the Special Victims Bureau of the Queens (NYC) District Attorney’s Office. During her tenure, she tried more than

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Anthony Pignataro is an author and journalist in Southern California who has been working as a writer since 1996. Most recently, he was the Editor of

Brenda Bakke has been a professional actress since 1985, and published this book to help other people, particularly young people to not make the mistakes she

Bret Nelson is an Emmy-award-winning creator. He’s worked with Kermit the Frog and John Crichton. Mickey Mouse and Buzz Lightyear, too. When he’s not writing stories,

Brian James Freeman is the author of Walking With Ghosts, The Painted Darkness, Blue November Storms, The Halloween Children (with Norman Prentiss), Darkness Whispers (with Richard

C.S. Alleyne grew up in Australia and originally trained as a hotel manager in the UK. After several postings in the Caribbean she changed tack and

Chauncey G. Parker III had a lifelong passion for English and writing, but he was also a witness to history in his 30s, working as a

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David Bergantino is the author of 11 novels, including Wes Craven’s New Nightmare and the Bard’s Blood Shakespeare-themed YA horror series. He’s also an award-winning, multi-platform

Dave is a writer living and working in Athens, Georgia, where he received degrees in English and Film Studies from UGA. He has written several stage

Dave Jay is a London-based writer. He is the principal author of Empire of the ‘B’s (published by Hemlock Books) and has contributed articles for cult

David Morrell is the critically acclaimed author of First Blood, the novel in which Rambo was created. He holds a Ph. D. in American literature from Penn State and

Del Howison is a journalist, writer, and a Bram Stoker Award-winning editor of the anthology series Dark Delicacies. He has been nominated for over half a

Don Winston grew up in Nashville and graduated from Princeton University. After a stint at Ralph Lauren headquarters in New York, he moved to Los Angeles

“His enthusiasm and attention to detail are obsessive in the best possible way.” – J. Michael Roddy www.harkerpress.com

Eileen Jones is a film critic at Jacobin magazine and has recently retired from teaching in the Department of Film & Media at UC Berkeley in

Garry’s books cover several genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, young adult, historical novels and non-fiction. He is happiest writing short stories in the science fiction

C. Gary Brandner is the prolific writer of at least 30 published books, over 250 short stories, and several screenplays. His best known novel, The Howling,

Three-time International Horror Guild Award Winner Glen Hirshberg’s novels include The Snowman’s Children, Infinity Dreams, The Book of Bunk,and the Motherless Children trilogy. He is also the author of four

Janine Pipe traded in a police badge and classroom for the glamorous life of an indie horror writer. Her debut collection, Twisted: Tainted Tales, blurbed by

Experimental novelist Jess Hagemann has an MFA from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Her work has previously appeared in PANK Magazine and the Southwest

Jill Killington is a killer writer/director with a heart of gold. She writes fiction that explores the strange nature of human existence and the choices we

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of forty-five novels and four hundred shorter works, including stories, essays, reviews, film and TV scripts, introductions and magazine articles.

Award winning screenwriter John Penney has had 15 feature films produced from his screenplays over the course of his career to date. In addition to his

Bram Stoker Award winner John Shirley is the author of numerous novels, including Demons, Crawlers, Wetbones, Cellars, Bleak History, City Come A-Walkin’ Bioshock: Rapture, and the A Song

John Wooley has written, co-written, or edited some 50 books, including Old Fears and two more novels with Ron Wolfe. Others include the new 1930’s-set epistolary

Johnny Mains is a British Fantasy Award-winning editor, author and genre historian.His first book as editor was Back From The Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book

K. W. Jeter is the author of DR. ADDER (Bluejay Books, 1984), FAREWELL HORIZONTAL (St. Martin’s Press, 1985), IN THE LAND OF THE DEAD (New American

Lisa is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, and award-winning prose writer whose work was described by the American Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror

Lucas is a writer, film director, and visual artist from Austin, TX.

Mark has been working as a writer since 2005 when he started as a columnist for OCWeekly. It was this that landed him the position of

Matt Serafini is a screenwriter and the author of Rites of Extinction, Under the Blade, Feral and more. He also co-authored a collection of short stories with Adam

Michael is a Filipino American author of Runaways: A Writer’s Dilemma (Future Tense Books, 2021) and other books. He has written for, among others, Wired, Buzzfeed, Thrillist, Goodreads, The Observer, Polygon, The Believer, and Publishers Weekly. He

Award-winning filmmaker Mick Garris began writing fiction at the age of twelve. By the time he was in high school, he was writing music and film

Mike Watt is a writer, journalist and screenwriter. He has written for such publications as Fangoria, Film Threat, The Dark Side, the late Frederick Clarke’s Cinefantastique,

Monty has owned and trained the only Liberty Lion in the world—The Giant. His award winning exotic animal work includes action scenes, fights, and stunt-attacks with

Norman Prentiss is the author of Odd Adventures with your Other Father, Life in a Haunted House, and The Apocalypse-a-Day Desk Calendar. He won a Bram Stoker Award

Owl Goingback has been writing professionally for over thirty years, and is the author of numerous novels, children’s book, screenplays, magazine articles, and short stories. He

Paul Kane is the award-winning, bestselling author and editor of over ninety books – including the Arrowhead trilogy (gathered together in the sellout Hooded Man omnibus,

Author of the novels Morningstar, Big Thunder and Moontown, and the screenplays Hellraiser II, Hellraiser III, Hellraiser IV, and Wishmaster. His short fiction has appeared in

Rena Mason is an American author of horror fiction and a two-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award. Her literary debut, The Evolutionist, won the Bram

Richard’s fiction includes the short fantasy novel The Lost Machine (Radiolaria Studios, 2010), and Necessary Monsters (Arche Press, Resurrection House, 2017). In addition to his own

Robert Ashcroft has worked as a State Department contractor and was recently mobilized to serve abroad with the U.S. Army Reserve. A lifelong fan of science

Ron Wolfe is the co-writer of Old Fears with John Wooley. Their collaborations include two other horror novels, Death’s Door and Full Moon, a tale of

Stephen lives in London, England. A Hugo Award nominee, he is the winner of four World Fantasy Awards, three International Horror Guild Awards, five Bram Stoker

Steve Niles is a writer, best known for works such as 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre, Simon Dark, Mystery Society, Frankenstein Alive Alive, Monster & Madman and Batman:

A graduate of UCLA, he launched his career co-writing the story for the Warner Bros. animated hit Scooby-Doo in Where’s My Mummy? He followed that with

Tom Holland is an American director and screenwriter of horror and thriller films. His early writing projects include Class of 1984 (1982) and the Robert Bloch

Torsten lives in Baden-Baden, Germany, and has been a professional writer for the last twenty years. Alongside his co-writing credit for Empire of the ‘B’s, he

Wayne Barlowe is an author and illustrator who has created images for books, film and galleries. After attending Cooper Union he started his career painting hundreds

William S. Wilson resides in Williamsburg, Virginia, and has written articles for genre magazines Fangoria and Deep Red. He has also contributed to a number of

William Schoell is the author of over forty books, including horror-suspense novels; books on the performing arts and popular culture; fiction and non-fiction for young adults

Zac Thompson is a writer born and raised on Prince Edward Island, Canada. He’s written titles like Marvelous X-Men, Cable, and X-Men: Black for Marvel Comics. Along with indie