Michael Kelso
Author of books and Creepypastas. Former corrections Officer. My newest book, (Dark Tales of the Strange and Bizarre) is my latest short horror story book. I’ve also published 2 crime/mystery novels based in a prison, a YA novel, a children’s horror book ALA Goosebumps, 2 domestic thrillers, along with several short horror story collections. My most popular books are ‘Misadventures of a Cryptid Hunter’ (which won the 2024 Hollywood Book Festival in the Wild Card category) and my 'Dark Tales of Cryptids' series. Currently working on my upcoming series of zombie novels. Some of my stories have been narrated by YouTubers, garnering over 6 million views.
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Christopher Artinian
I was born and raised in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Wanting to escape life in a big city and concentrate more on working to live than living to work, I moved to the Outer Hebrides in the north-west of Scotland in 2004 and I have lived there ever since with my wife and dogs.
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I write post-apocalyptic, sci-fi, dystopian and horror fiction. I’ve released fifty books across six different series - Safe Haven, The End of Everything, Unsafe, Relentless, The Burning Tree and Scares in Scotland.
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Bobby Akart
International bestselling author, Bobby Akart, one of America's favorite storytellers, delivers up-all-night thrillers to readers in 245 countries and territories worldwide. He's achieved Amazon Top 5 Author status in both fiction and non-fiction genres, Amazon Kindle All Star and Top 50 Amazon Author (#35) and Top 25 Best Selling Book on Amazon Charts (Yellowstone #25).
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"He's right up there with James Patterson, David Baldacci, Brad Thor and others that write thrillers. To me he actually surpasses them.”
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Otto Schafer
Otto Schafer grew up exploring the small historic town in central Illinois featured in his first work of fiction, The Secret Journal. If you visit Petersburg, Illinois you may find locations familiar from the book. You may even discover, as Otto did, that history has left behind cleverly hidden traces of magic, whispered secrets, and untold treasures.
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Otto is currently working on the third book in the Wrack and Ruin series, set to release in early 2025.
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Nick Orton
“Nick” is a product of the military family and is a current member of the US Army. He has traveled around the world but home is where he makes it. He enjoys the occasional adventure but prefers a simple life with his wife and children, and believes a warm beer is better than no beer. He is the Author of The Transcript and Tales From The Grid Square Volumes 1-3. His works has been featured in The Lethal Minds Journal, The Havok Journal, and Dirtbag Magazine. “Nick Orton” is a pseudonym.
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David Meyer
I love adventure. Strange, earth-shattering mysteries, too. Add those things together, stir in some exciting characters and a ton of raucous action, and you've got one of my novels.
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I specialize in action-adventure stories and apocalyptic fiction, all infused with mystery-box elements (think TV shows like Lost, Wayward Pines, the 100, and Westworld). I take great joy in entertaining my readers with original, rollicking rides. Ones full of unexpected twists and turns that hurtle them toward satisfying endings.
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James N. Cook
James N. Cook is a martial arts enthusiast, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, a former cubicle dweller, and the author of the Surviving the Dead series. He hikes, he goes camping, he travels a lot, and he has trouble staying in one spot for very long. He lives in North Carolina.
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Merrill David
Merrill David is a brain tumor survivor who now resides in East Texas with his wife and their Chiweenie dog Vinny. Merrill's list of works includes his Wicked Awake zombie novel series, a splatterpunk sci-fi novel called Fester, a paranormal amusement park novel called Season Pass, a horror / mafia crime novella called Lasagna, a collection of eight disgusting stories called Appendage, and extreme horror anthologies Head Blown and Head Blown Too.
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Otto Schafer
Otto Schafer grew up exploring the small historic town in central Illinois featured in his first work of fiction, The Secret Journal. If you visit Petersburg, Illinois you may find locations familiar from the book. You may even discover, as Otto did, that history has left behind cleverly hidden traces of magic, whispered secrets, and untold treasures.
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Zach Bohannon
Zach Bohannon is a horror and science fiction author. His books include the Amazon #1 bestsellers, Dead South, and Empty Bodies. He loves heavy metal, video games, hockey, reading, and he doesn’t trust a beer he can see through. He’s a retired drummer, and has had a beard since 2003—long before it was cool. He lives in Tennessee.
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Mike Evans
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Michael K. Clancy
Pen name of author Janet Tavakoli
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Michael K. Clancy is author Janet Tavakoli's pen name for her gripping Zombie Apocalypse novels. This acclaimed science fiction series chronicles humanity's struggle against a devastating virus that raises the dead, blending military strategy, virology, and pulse-pounding action in terrifyingly plausible scenarios.
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Kat-Jo Jones
Kat-Jo Jones has a background in the US Armed Forces and is active in war veteran assistance programs. Her dark-humored work brings in history and current events in a bold manner not normally used nowadays.
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Jones, a proud GenXer, has an undergraduate degree in four-field anthropology from Wilmington, North Carolina. She took her master’s in archaeology in the UK.
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Matthew Doggett
Matthew Doggett is an American author and freelance writer. He writes mostly in the horror, thriller, and crime genres.
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He pens weekly stories for the Dr. NoSleep horror podcast and the SCP Experience horror podcast.
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A.L. Masters
A. L. Masters lives in rural America. She studied business and enjoys cooking, hiking, and photography. When she's not dealing with more mundane matters, she can be found hidden away with her laptop and a mug of coffee. She writes apocalyptic stories to satisfy her craving for adventure and disaster (without the risk of death).
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Shamon Harper
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Shamon Harper is a visionary force in the world of science fiction horror, known for crafting chilling, immersive tales that explore the psychological and existential costs of survival in the most hostile environments imaginable. With a background in military service and a lifelong fascination with space and the supernatural, Harper's stories fuse gritty realism with cosmic terror in unforgettable ways.
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Matthew Stracco
Matthew M. Stracco has always had a passion for storytelling. He participated in the creation of several short films as writer and director with Horsemen Productions and later in a supporting role with Kill Switch Productions.
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His literary works have appeared in The Mind Carpenter Literary Magazine, Weird New Jersey Magazine, and the Federal Manager Magazine.
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Mike Ricksecker
Researcher Mike Ricksecker is the author of the Amazon best-sellers Travels Through Time, A Walk In The Shadows, and Alaska's Mysterious Triangle, as well as several historic paranormal books. He has appeared on multiple television shows and programs, including History Channel's Ancient Aliens and The UnXplained, Travel Channel's The Alaska Triangle, Discovery+'s Fright Club, Animal Planet's The Haunted, multiple series on Gaia TV, and more. Mike is the producer and director of the docu-series, The Shadow Dimension, available on several streaming platforms, and produces additional full-length content on ancient wisdom, lost civilizations, and the supernatural on his extensive YouTube channel.
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M. Van
Realist living in a dreamworld while driving the neighbors insane with the stereo on max!
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M. Van is the author of the Wheels and Zombies series. Amazon Author page
The Wheels and Zombies series:
1. Ash: A novella in the Wheels and Zombies series;
2. Brooklyn, Wheels and Zombies;
3. Aground: Book Three in the Wheels and Zombies series;
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Marilyn Peake
USA TODAY and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Marilyn Peake writes Science Fiction and Fantasy. She's one of the contributing authors in Book: The Sequel, published by The Perseus Books Group, with one of her entries included in serialization at The Daily Beast. In addition, Marilyn has served as Editor for a number of anthologies. Her short stories have been published in numerous anthologies and on the literary blog, Glass Cases.
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AWARDS: Silver Award, two Honorable Mentions and eight Finalist placements in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, two Winner and two Finalist placements in the EPPIE Awards, Winner of the Dream Realm Awards, Finalist placement in the 2015 National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Winner of "Best Horr -
R. Christian Bohlen
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Lin Wilder
Lin Wilder has a doctorate in Public Health from the UT Houston with a background in cardiopulmonary physiology, medical ethics, and hospital administration. During her thirty-plus years in academic health care administration, Lin authored numerous texts in these fields.
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She began writing fiction only after leaving her Hospital Director position at UMASS Medical Center. Since then, Lin’s been the recipient of an extensive array of awards for her two series of novels. Her medical mystery series include: The Fragrance Shed By A Violet, Do You Solemnly Swear? A Price for Genius and Malthus Revisited. Plausible Liars, the fifth in the Dr. Lindsey McCall mystery series, is scheduled for release in the late spring of 2022.
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Judy Burr
Judy Burr is originally from Colorado and now resides in Las Vegas, NV, where she continues her career as an accountant. She is the owner/operator of Account On Me Inc, but her love for “numbers” has been replace by a love for writing. The words in her personal journal spawned LION SONG, the first book of a planned trilogy.
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Alex Apostol
I have been writing as long as I can remember. I always knew I wanted to write books that someday many people could enjoy. I have a BA in English, a Masters in Business Administration and Marketing, and a Master's in Education.
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I enjoy reading as much as I do writing and learned a lot while I was in school about the different forms of literature and the different genres all throughout the world. I only hope that people enjoy my books as much as I've enjoyed reading theirs.
When I'm not reading or writing I enjoy spending time with my family, going for walks or hiking, being outdoors, horseback riding, and watching movies. -
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Carl Perron lives on the shores of the Fraser River in beautiful British Columbia. A former military medic and post-apocalyptic world aficionado, he’s visited over forty World Heritage sites around the world, and in each one, he’s identified the best locations to hole up and ride out an apocalypse of the differently animated.
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Martha Hunt Handler
Martha Hunt Handler grew up dreaming of wolves and has always understood that her role in this lifetime is to tell stories and be a voice for nature. She has been an environmental consultant, a magazine columnist, an actress, and a polar explorer, among other occupations. When she and her four children relocated from Los Angeles to New York more than twenty years ago she began to literally hear the howls of wolves. This marked the beginning of her work advocating on behalf of wolves at the Wolf Conservation Center (nywolf.org). Winter of the Wolf is Martha's debut novel.
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Brent Pohlman
Brent Pohlman, owner and CEO of Midwest Laboratories, strives to bring his A-game to work daily. At 15, Brent landed his first job at Midwest Laboratories, the company his father founded in 1975. He became CEO in 2016 and is passionate about teaching others to lead effectively. As a person of faith, he coaches people up, leads from the heart, and has achieved success by focusing on people, processes, and technology—in that order.
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Grateful to build on his father’s legacy, Brent aspired to be a leader and owner of a great company. His transformation has convinced him that leaders must look deeper within themselves to find their true identities. He believes the only way to lead is from the heart and is passionate about helping others learn how