A.G. Mock
A.G. MOCK is an award-winning writer whose multi-decade career spans both the UK and the US. He currently lives in rural South Carolina with his incredibly patient wife, two peculiarly challenging but adorable rescue dogs, and a harmless ghost who likes to make himself known with a distinctive scent of tobacco and warm leather. His wife and dogs he treasures wildly; the ghost he can take or leave.
The 'Little Woods' is Book One in the New Apocrypha series and is his debut novel.
'Disciple' is Book Two in the New Apocrypha series and now available everywhere!
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J.B. Arnold
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G.T. Karber
G.T. Karber grew up in a small town in Arkansas, the son of a judge and a civil rights attorney. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arkansas with a degree in mathematics and English literature. Then, he moved to Los Angeles, where he received a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.
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As the General Secretary of the Hollywood Mystery Society, a theater ensemble and cinematic social club, he has overseen the staging of more than 30 immersive whodunits in the LA area. His first feature film, Killer Party, a horror-comedy-musical-whodunit he co-wrote and directed, is currently in post-production with plans to premiere in festivals in 2023. -
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Jeff Menapace
A native of the Philadelphia area, Jeff has published multiple works in both fiction and non-fiction. In 2011 he was the recipient of the Red Adept Reviews Indie Award for Horror.
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In March of 2014, his novel BAD GAMES was a #1 Kindle bestseller and is now being optioned as a feature film.
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S.T. Ashman
S. T. Ashman is a German-American writer born and raised in Germany, now calling the beautiful U.S. Seacoast home. She once delved into the criminal justice system as a psychotherapist, a role that gifted her with a unique insight into the human psyche—both the beautiful and the deeply shadowed. In another life, she’d be a trench coat-wearing, mystery-solving female Columbo. Her mother’s lineage traces back thousands of years to the Frisians, a fierce Germanic tribe from the north. A history lover to the core, she explores not only her own ancestry but also Indigenous cultures around the world. She weaves history and cultural awareness into action-packed fiction that keeps readers turning pages late into the night.
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Per Jacobsen
Per Jacobsen is a Danish author best known for writing thrillers with supernatural elements. He got his literary debut in 2018 when he won a writing competition issued by Byens publishing house in Denmark. Shortly afterwards, he signed a contract with the publishing house Valeta, also in Denmark, who published his debut novel, The mirror cabinet. Per Jacobsen's next three books (books 1-3 in the Strung trilogy) were translated and gave him his international breakthrough as they quickly went to the top of the bestseller list in several countries, including the US and England. Today, Per Jacobsen is a full-time writer and lives permanently in southern Spain with his wife and two children.
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William Malmborg
William Malmborg is the author of the novels Jimmy, Text Message, Nikki's Secret, Dark Harvest, Blind Eye, Santa Took Them, Crystal Creek, Daddy’s Little Girl, The Girl Who Played with the Ouija Board, Josiah, He Sees You When You're Sleeping and the novellas Billy's Blade, Till Death Do Us Part and Don’t Go in the Cellar. Future works will include A Taste of Pain, The Murders at Bootleggers Burrow, and Gobble, Gobble.
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Dot Hutchison
Dot Hutchison is the author of A Wounded Name, a young adult novel based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, and the adult thriller The Butterfly Garden.
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With past experience working at a Boy Scout camp, a craft store, a bookstore, and the Renaissance Faire (as a human combat chess piece), Hutchison prides herself on remaining delightfully in tune with her inner young adult.
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Hadena James
Hadena James began writing at the age of eight. As a teenager, she had several short stories published in literary magazines. She completed writing her first novel at the age of 17.
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Hadena graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in European History with minors in German and Russian studies. She has always wanted to be a writer so she also took several classes in creative writing.
Hadena’s primary literary genre is action/thriller. She currently writes two series, both use action/thriller. “The Brenna Strachan Series” uses fantasy and the “Dreams & Reality Series” uses murder mystery as its secondary genre. She continues to explore and expand her writing and hopes to soon produce a comedic action/thriller.
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Hester Young
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Stan Hendriks
Stan Hendriks is an author from The Netherlands. He always had and still has an extraordinarily rich fantasy. He loves to write about whatever story pops up in his head but after having written in various genres, he now focuses completely on writing horror, dark romance, and thriller novels. Putting his thoughts and stories onto paper is his big passion but in his free time, he also likes to work out, watch movies, read books, and share a drink with his friends.
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William Neal
WILLIAM NEAL is the author of eight books, the writer-producer-director of the feature documentary "Long Gone Wild," about the ongoing plight of captive orcas; and an Executive Producer on the feature documentary "Dying To Race," about the many ills of thoroughbred horse racing - a film funded by Warner Bros.
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Neal is a former college and professional hockey coach, ESPN color analyst, and television writer-producer with credits on some 400 hours of primetime programming. He has won numerous awards for his work.
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Michael Penning
Michael Penning is a best-selling author and award-winning screenwriter of horror and dark fiction, crafting stories so chilling they could make a ghost shiver. He has been weaving nightmares since before he could finish his own sack of trick-or-treat candy. When he's not conjuring new ways to make readers sleep with one eye open, he enjoys traveling, photography, and brewing beer. He lives in Montreal with his wife and daughter, who have yet to flee in terror. For free giveaways and updates on new releases, visit www.michaelpenning.com and sign up for Michael's newsletter.
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Rosemary Willhide
Rosemary is an actress, turned fitness instructor, turned author of romantic suspense.
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She's told stories and entertained people her entire life. Writing is her favorite because she doesn't have to leave the house or put on pants! Plus, the voices in her head do what she says, for the most part!
She lives in Las Vegas with her husband, Bill and their adopted senior pooch, Brownie. She still teaches cycling classes. She claims they keep her sane-ish!
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Tania Carver
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Mark Towse
Mark Towse is an English horror writer living in Australia. He would sell his soul to the devil or anyone buying if it meant he could write full-time. Alas, he left it very late to begin this journey, penning his first story since primary school at the ripe old age of forty-five. Since then, he's been published in over two hundred journals and anthologies, had his work made into full theatrical productions for shows such as The No Sleep Podcast and Tales to Terrify, and has penned fourteen novellas, including Nana, Gone to the Dogs, 3:33, and Crows. He also has two very well-received story collections, 'There's Something Wrong with Aunty Beth,' and 'You Only Live Once.' Chasing The Dragon is his debut novel.
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Jed Kent
Jed Kent is a masterful weaver of psychological thrillers and horror, drawing readers into the shadowy depths of the human psyche with his gripping narratives. Residing in the picturesque Pacific Northwest (PNW), Jed finds himself surrounded by the region's natural beauty and enigmatic landscapes, which serve as the perfect canvas for his dark and intricate stories.
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Alongside his wife and family, Jed lives a life that balances the tranquility of the PNW with the thrill of crafting stories that challenge the boundaries between reality and the macabre. His novels are not just books but portals to worlds where the line between sanity and madness is as thin as the paper they're printed on.
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S.E. Green
S. E. Green is the award-winning and best-selling author of young adult and adult books. She grew up in Tennessee where she dreaded all things reading and writing. She didn’t even read her first book for enjoyment until she was twenty-five. After that, she was hooked! When she’s not writing, she's usually traveling or hanging out with a rogue armadillo that frequents her backyard.
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Myunique C. Green
Myunique C. Green is a versatile and celebrated author whose work spans across genres, including mystery, thriller, young adult fiction, dystopian science fiction, and personal memoir. She began her literary journey with the independently published Bloodlines: Everything That Glitter in 2012, which climbed to the Top 10 on Amazon Kindle’s Bestseller list. Since then, she has continued to captivate readers with her unique voice and compelling storytelling. Her titles, such as 713, a chart-topping mystery short story, and Grand Rising, a dystopian epic, showcase her ability to explore complex themes and engage audiences with fresh perspectives.
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Bryan Farrell
My new novel, HOW TO CONTACT THE LIVING, is out now!
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Devoted reader, angry writer, and lifelong procrastinator. I grew up in Ireland, spent many years in Australia, and my twin passions are punk music and all things paranormal. I read all genres and write in some of them.
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Rob Kaufman
Rob Kaufman is a celebrated psychological thriller author, known for crafting emotionally intense stories that delve into the human psyche. With a degree in Psychology, he weaves his deep understanding of human behavior into gripping narratives filled with relatable characters and compelling twists.
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Fascinated by what drives people toward darkness while seeking love and acceptance, Rob explores the fine line between good and evil. His novels aren’t just suspenseful—they unravel everyday events that spiral into extraordinary psychological dramas.
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Rebecca Scarberry
Rebecca Scarberry was born and raised on the coast of California. She now lives on a secluded farm in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas.
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She self-published Messages from Henry in June 2012. It was written for young adults, but adults are finding it very entertaining. She released the sequel, Where Love Takes You on August 9, 2013 (previously published under a different title). Henry and Cecilia, now racing pigeons, go to England!
On December 10, 2012, she published a short story called, Rag Doll. This very short story is for adults only. It's a spicy crime drama, and many readers were taken by surprise with the twist in the end. She's now being called 'The New O'Henry'.
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Stewart Clyde
Stewart Clyde is the Kindle #1 bestselling author of the Carver & Sandling FBI Mystery Thriller series.
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Ruth Nina Welsh
Ruth Nina Welsh is a musician turned thriller writer. She has travelled through life as a singer-songwriter, counsellor and coach, freelance writer and now novelist. Dead Liar, her high-stakes, debut thriller is out now. Ruth lives in Northamptonshire, in the UK, surrounded by music, books and an ever-growing mountain of craft supplies.
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Rachel Graham
Rachel Graham is an author from New Zealand who is married and coos over dogs. She doesn’t read a lot of books, but when she writes them they’re not too bad. Her best feature is her killer smile, which is strategically hidden in her profile picture to evade police.
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Christina Graves
Christina Graves is a thriller and horror author rooted in the Deep South, where history and hauntings walk hand in hand. As a lifelong dark fiction enthusiast with a special love for True Crime and 80’s horror films, she’s been called a “masterclass storyteller.”
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Christina is the author of two thrillers (Still, Dark Places and What We Do in Secret) and has contributed to the anthologies Devour the Rich and Flashes of Darkness: Volume 1.
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Cassandra Celia
Cassandra Celia (they/them) is a Maryland bookseller turned author who writes dark, weird, and horrific lit fiction. Their work includes The Elric Undoing and their newest release, House of Harrow. They’re obsessed with stories that blur the lines between love and death, beauty and rot, and endings that don’t feel like endings at all. Cassandra finds inspiration in haunting art, unsettling media, and has a particular fondness for angry, scorned women clawing their way through the dark.
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Molly Garcia
I live in Spain with my partner of over 30 years and we have two grown-up children. I have worked in social care and the NHS since 1991 and use my experiences in that field to create complex and realistic characters and backgrounds.
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I F G O'Donnell
Ian F G O’Donnell grew up in Sussex and Kent, and moved to London at the first opportunity, where he has lived ever since. The Way Beneath The Wood is Ian’s first self-published novel, founded upon a passion for early 20th century fantasy and horror and his formative years in the wilds of Sussex. He lives surrounded by books in Islington with his wife and their two university age creative kids. For his sins he’s a season ticket holder at the Arsenal.
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Erik Henry Vick
Erik Henry Vick is an author who happens to be disabled by an autoimmune disease (also known as his Personal Monster™). He writes to hang on to the few remaining shreds of his sanity. His current favorite genres to write are dark fantasy and horror.
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He lives in Western New York with his wife, Supergirl; their son; a Rottweiler named after a god of thunder; and two extremely psychotic cats. He fights his Personal Monster™ daily with humor, pain medicine, and funny T-shirts.
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J. Denison Reed
J. Denison Reed, born in New Jersey, currently lives in Virginia with his wife, children, and their cats, Spencer and Guster. As a child, He enjoyed creating short stories and poems. He joined the Army after graduating high school which started his career as a Network Engineer. With story-telling always on his mind, J. Denison would write very short and creative, two-paragraph stories or short poems in station logs, work logs, and trouble tickets purely for other's amusement.
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In addition to writing, J. Denison enjoys creative outlets like photography and making candles.
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Laurie Ann Butcher
Laurie Ann Butcher lives in Yorkshire, England with her husband, and is the author of ‘The Guardians Series’ featuring ‘Darkness’, ‘The Lingering Shadows’ and ‘The Mists of Avalon’. Available individually, the books are also available as a trilogy… ‘The Guardians Trilogy’. The series blends together mythology, history, magic, fated-mates, immortality and romance with a sprinkling of paranormal and supernatural, and a dash of alternate realities.
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The youngest of six, she grew up in a dysfunctional family surrounded by hatred, anger and envy, and watched her mother and older sister buckle under the weight of mental illness. She suffered from trauma on numerous occasions throughout her life which resulted in repetitive nightmares. Physically an -
Hayley Bernard-Ryan
Hayley Bernard-Ryan is the author of the psychological horror fantasy novel “Wrathburn”. Several of her short stories have appeared in various anthologies such as “Thrills and Chills: A Halloween Anthology”, “Table for Ten: A Horror Anthology” and “Xmas Thrillers: Frostbite”. Her debut book was a juvenile horror novella “The Hookman Legacy”. When she’s not frightening readers with her writing, Hayley enjoys drawing, traveling, going to concerts, running and watching old movies. She lives in Chadds Ford, PA with her husband.
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Candice Jarrett
Candice Jarrett is an award-winning songwriter who performed on stages and television shows around the world. But that was only the beginning. As the depth of her experiences grew, Candice’s writing expanded to not only include songs but novels as well.
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In 2017, Candice and her husband moved into an RV full-time. In their house-on-wheels, they sought out adventure by traveling the U.S. coast to coast. During this period, Candice focused all her creative energy on writing a book. Her first novel was penned by campfires in the middle of the desert, in folding chairs overlooking ocean cliffs, under the streetlights of parking lots, in roaring truck stops, and all the highways in between. Candice has now written two novels. Her debut novel “Mor -
T.W. Malpass
I’m 40 years old and live in Staffordshire in the UK. I’m as much in love with the world of film as I am with literature. My tastes are varied, but the horror genre feeds my imagination the most.
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I regularly attend Film 4’s Frightfest film festival in London, and have met some of my heros and heroines there. I’m hoping one day to meet my all time favourite author, Clive Barker...we’ll see.
Until then, I’m working hard on my horror/fantasy trilogy, the Fallen Gods Saga. Book 1, Sanctuary 12, and Book 2, Fallen Gods: Infanticide, are available now. The final instalment, Fallen Gods: Mind over Matterless is my current project and should be ready early 2015.
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J.D. Toepfer
Born and raised on Long Island, New York, J.D. Toepfer graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, earning a political science and history degree. Living in Northern Virginia for the past 25 years, J.D. Toepfer works by day as a risk management specialist, striving to help clients avoid potentially devastating risks. But, at night, he writes paranormal thrillers, which put even his most beloved characters at risk of unspeakable danger.
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His writing adventure began when he found an actual highway to “Hell” on the outskirts of Culpeper, Virginia. His love for historical exploration motivated him to uncover the past and mystery of an infamous road. These discoveries allowed J.D. to weave a thrilling tale in his first novel, R -
Ivan Obolensky
Ivan Obolensky grew up regaled by tales of his ancestors while surrounded by high society. Those stories of intrigue and adventure inspired him and nurtured his love of storytelling, which he brings to his writing, both fiction and nonfiction.
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The Eye of the Moon series was colored by the stories of his youth. Book 1, "Eye of the Moon", was inspired by two questions: If life has given us gifts, what do we owe for having squandered them? To whom do we owe exactly and what will that payment be?
Set in a family estate at Rhinebeck, the plot is a complex and sophisticated web of mystery, Egyptian occultism, sumptuous elegance, and intrigue.
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C.J. Booth
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Following his careers in broadcasting and film and video production, he has brought detectives Stan Wyld, Jake Steiner and Mallory Dimante to life in “Olive Park”, his first novel and the first novel in the series involving Sacramento’s fictional OID – Ongoing Investigation Division, the cold case division.
C. J. has studied with Judith Guest (“Ordinary People”), Rebecca Hill (“A Killing Time in St. Cloud”), Gary Braver (“Tunnel Vision”, “Skin Deep”), and David S. Freeman (“Beyond Structure”).
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Jafe Danbury
Jafe Danbury hails from the trenches of the Hollywood production scene, where he spent decades as a camera operator, director of photography, and director. He has also worked as a teacher and is a decorated U.S. Navy veteran.
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He enjoys noodling on the guitar, long road trips, likes his bacon crispy, and loves a good dive bar––especially if it happens to have a twenty-two-foot shuffleboard table. He prefers a leisurely walk to running, unless being chased by a clown with a chainsaw.
Jafe and his lovely bride currently reside in central California and are working on their exit plan. Their children consist of several rescue dogs and a couple of cockatoos.
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Tony Marturano
Tony Marturano is a British bestselling author and photographer with a passion for storytelling and creativity. He began his writing career as a playwright before turning to novels, with his first book, NIMBUS – ‘Hell on Earth’. Tony's range of work spans across genres, with successful books including the supernatural thriller, UNSPEAKABLE, and the critically acclaimed psychological thriller, PSYCHOSIS. Both PSYCHOSIS and its sequel, HAUNTED, became Amazon No1 Bestsellers, and the third installment, CURSED, followed suit. With his new supernatural horror series, Sinister, set to achieve similar success.
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Scott Langrel
I was born and raised in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, a town nestled in the mountains of Appalachia. Which, by the way, is pronounced "apple-atcha", not "a-puh-lay-shua". My favorite TV shows as a kid were "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" and "Night Gallery" with Rod Serling. I was also drawn to books with larger-than-life heroes such as Doc Savage and Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane. I was (and still am) a big X-files fan, along with Lost, Supernatural, and The Walking Dead.
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I prefer horror and thrillers where there is a real, supernatural villain as opposed to psychological horror, and I try to incorporate such characters into my stories. -
C.K. Smith
Author also writes as Dina Ezzeddine
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C.K. Smith is a Canadian writer and the celebrated author of The Haunting of Aberdeen Manor series, a chilling collection that promises to leave readers breathless with suspense and captivated by dark romance. Blending spine-tingling horror with irresistible spicy romance, C.K. Smith creates stories that haunt the mind and stir the soul.
Her latest work, The Aberdeen Manor trilogy, is a masterclass in atmospheric storytelling. Each book in the series is crafted to send shivers down your spine, perfect for horror enthusiasts who crave a touch of the forbidden in their reads. From eerie halls to forbidden desires, this series is an unmissable journey into the depths of fear and passion.
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