Ivan K. Conway wrote his first story at four years old using crayons and construction paper. He’s rarely stopped writing since. Yet, it was only after graduating from college that he chose to share his tales with the world. His short stories have been included in numerous anthologies (including the award winning collection, Curbside Curses). Ivan currently resides in his hometown of Helena, Montana.
Nathan is a writer and filmmaker currently living just outside of Richmond, VA.
He is the founder and director of the GenreBlast Film Festival, an acclaimed international independent genre film fest that was recently named one of the 50 Best Genre Fests in the world by Moviemaker Magazine.
His published books include the novel LOVE POTION #666 and his short story collection THE COMFY-COZY NIHILIST: A HANDBOOK OF DARK FICTION.
He has co-directed four short films with his filmmaking partner, Chad Farmer. They also collaborate on books and screenplays together.
He is also a film producer, having produced Samantha Kolesnik's short film MAMA'S BOY as well as the feature film adaptation of WORST LAID PLANS from Grindhouse Press.
Antonija Mežnarić is a Croatian writer and editor who lives and breathes speculative fiction. She writes queer horror and fantasy, mostly inspired by South Slavic folklore, which is evident in her collection of queer folk horror stories Mistress of Geese, two published horror novellas, various short stories in anthologies and magazines, and one dark urban fantasy novel in Croatian, Od kolijevke pa do groba, English translation coming in Fall 2024. You can follow her book ramblings on hauntednarratives.com or on Instagram and TikTok @antonijamezni.
In 2012 she got the Protosfera award for the best published speculative fiction story by a young author.
The project she ran as an editor, alongside Vesna Kurilić and Ana Cerovac,“Decameron 2020: Pr
I can’t help it. I write prolifically. I write because I must! And luckily for you, my dear reader, the stories never stop.
What do I write?
I write fantasy because the world we live in can feel like a trap.
I write sci-fi because I like to toy with worlds, universes, and cultures. I like to play god. I write horror as a kind of decadence. I mean, who doesn’t like writing that bleeds?
Regardless of what type of speculative fiction I write, you can expect that it will be dark. Whether my inspiration comes from a shiver crawling up my spine while darting across a dark parking lot, a fascination with Gothic heroines and their delightful kidnappability, or a desire to build a world to suit a spiffy MM
Shannon Knight lives in the Pacific Northwest with her most excellent cat. Their adventurous lives include coffee, reading, ribbon games, and K-dramas.
