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The Beauty in Darkness
Releasing February 19, 2025
So many things come to mind when you think of the word dark. Horror, death, bleak, mire, and topics that most people brush over because they are too dreary to think about. The Beauty in Darkness was an anthology concept that was thought up in collaboration with the late TS Woolard when we had made plans to go in together to run Dark Moon Rising Publications. It was his idea to showcase darkness and allow people to see below the surface to witness the ethereal enchantment humanity shies away from. Within these pages, you will find each writer's and artist's interpretation of what darkness means to them written so eloquently, you can't even see the inky abyss the pieces float in. 57 writers and artists came together to bring you short stories, poetry, art, and photography that have been carefully placed within to open your eyes to The Beauty in Darkness.
Contributors:
Edward Ahern, Alison Armstrong, Jesse Batista, Andrew Bell, William Bove, Pixie Bruner, Dawn Colclasure, Linda M. Crate, Candice Louisa Daquin, Quinn Rowan Dex, Ursula Dirks, Murray Eiland, Zary Fekete, Thomas Folske, Michael Fowler, Lindsey Goddard, Norbert Góra, Mawr Gorshin, Gerry R. Grey, Rowan Green, Megan Guilliams, D.M Harring, Kasey Hill, Toshiya Kamei, Katherine Kerestman, Shahbaz Khayambashi, Ian Klink, Taylor Kovach, J.L. Lane, Paul Lonardo, LindaAnn LoSchiavo, J.C. Maçek III, Brianna Malotke, Xtina Marie, Summer Mason, Cyndi Mays, Rick McQuiston, DW Milton, Shane Morin, Jason Morton, Bobbie Murphy, Michael Noe, Scarlet Norton-Duperre, Sergio Palumbo, Rick Powell, Shanna Renee, John Reti, KB Richards, M. Brandon Robbins, Neil Sanzari, Zachary Schneller, ReNait Suka, Michael Errol Swaim, Rob Tannahill, Tim Tolbert, Cass Wilson, and Amanda Worthington
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Biographies
Edward Ahern
Ed Ahern resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He's had about 500 stories and poems published so far, and ten books. Ed works the other side of writing at Bewildering Stories where he manages a posse of eight review editors, and as lead editor at Scribes Micro
Alison Armstrong
Alison Armstrong is the author of three literary horror novels (Revenance, Toxicosis, and Dark Visitations), a novella (Vigil and Other Writings), and a collection of writings addressing women and horror archetypes (Consorting with the Shadow: Phantasms and the Dark Side of Female Consciousness). Her work focuses on inner terror, stealthily lurking, solipsistic dread and nightmare flash epiphanies. Having obtained a Master of Arts in English, she has taught composition and literature at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn. In addition to her novels and novella (available on Amazon and other online retailers), she has edited and contributed writings to Nature Triumphs: A Charity Anthology of Dark Speculative Literature and has had writings published in The Sirens Call as well as other horror anthologies. Further information is available on her website: https://horrorvacui.us
Jesse Batista
Jesse Batista was born on March 11, 1994, into a situation that was less than desirable, and we'll leave it at that. He was given a new start in life when he was 13. It was this new start that introduced him to journal writing and music. His love of music turned into lyric writing and poetry. Much of what he writes is heavily toned in darkness, but, on occasion, the light of contentment shines through. Writing and other forms of art, including drawing, painting and photography, have helped him find his way. While he has some self-produced music in circulation, he has only just started to release his poetry. Since releasing it, he has been published in Inquisition Poetry, Big Pond Rumours, Spillwords and has had several of his poems read live on the Dear John Show. He also now has a self-published book available on Amazon, Inklings Of A Restless Mind, Book of Dreams.
Andrew Bell
Andrew Bell lives in the northeast of England, United Kingdom, with his wife and three children. After four novels and a collection of short stories under his belt, he is the proud owner of Damned Nation Books. Now a teacher, he hopes to help aspiring writers get into print.
William Bove
William Bove is a Gothic horror author based in St. Charles, Missouri. His passion for Gothic horror and romance began at age six when he first read Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of The Red Death.” Captivated by Poe’s symbolism and storytelling, William discovered his life’s purpose and has pursued it ever since. Now, as Gothic horror experiences a renaissance, William’s work celebrates this resurgence of vampires, horror, and romanticism.
Pixie Bruner
Pixie Bruner is a writer, editor, and cancer survivor. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her doppelgänger and their alien cats. Her collection, The Body As Haunted, was published in 2024 (Authortunities Press). She co-curated and edited Nature Triumphs: A Charity Anthology of Dark Speculative Literature (Dark Moon Rising Publications) to benefit The Nature Conservancy. Her words are found/forthcoming in Space and Time, Whispers from Beyond (Crystal Lake Publishing), Star*Line, Penumbric, Dreams & Nightmares, and many more. She wrote for White Wolf Gaming Studio. Werespiders ruining LARPs are entirely her fault. She is a member of the HWA and SFPA. Find her at https://pixiebruner.substack.com/
Dawn Colclasure
Dawn Colclasure is a writer who lives in Eugene, Oregon, with her husband and teen son. She writes poetry, essays, articles, short stories and books. She is the author and co-author of over five dozen books. She is also a book reviewer and columnist. Her stories have appeared in magazines, newspapers, websites and anthologies. She publishes the free monthly newsletter for writers, the SPARREW Newsletter. Her websites are
Twitter: @dawnwilson325
Instagram: dawn10325
Linda M. Crate
Linda M. Crate (she/her) is a Pennsylvanian writer whose poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. She has twelve published chapbooks: A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013), Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014), If Tomorrow Never Comes (Scars Publications, August 2016), My Wings Were Made to Fly (Flutter Press, September 2017), splintered with terror (Scars Publications, January 2018), More Than Bone Music (Clare Songbirds Publishing House, March 2019), the samurai (Yellow Arrowing Publishing, October 2020), Follow the Black Raven (Alien Buddha Publishing, July 2021), Unleashing the Archers (Guerilla Genesis Press, August 2021), Hecate's Child (Alien Buddha Publishing, November 2021) fat & pretty (Dancing Girl Press, June 2022), and Searching Stained Glass Windows For An Answer (Alien Buddha Publishing, December 2022). Linda has four full-length poetry collections and a photography collection book. Linda is also the author of the novellas Mates (Alien Buddha Publishing, March 2022), Managing Magic (Alien Buddha Press, September 2022), and The Queen's Son (Alien Buddha Publishing, December 2023). Her first short story collection King Quinlin (Alien Buddha Publishing, March 2024), was published this spring. Her debut haiku collection in these ancient veins was published this spring (Alien Buddha Publishing, May 2024).
Candice Louisa Daquin
Candice Louisa Daquin works for multiple publishing houses and magazines and takes freelance editorial jobs. Her experience(s) in publishing, teaching, and psychology enables her to be part of some amazing projects. When she's able to, she also writes and mentors writers who write in a non-native language, as per her work with Tint Journal, a multilingual publisher in Austria.
Quinn Rowan Dex
Quinn R. Dex is an artist and writer located in New York City, where she lives with her spouse and child. Her artwork has been featured in collections, on the cover of ezines, and in comic books. To see more of Quinn's artwork, please visit www.facebook.com/AvivArtistryNY or follow her on Bluesky at
Ursula Dirks
Ursula Dirks is a writer from South Africa. She lives in Somerset West in the Western Cape Province with her husband and four daughters. Her mother tongue is Afrikaans, one of the eleven official languages of her country. She is excited to be part of this anthology. Her genre is supernatural stories and poetry. Ursula and a hundred other writers featured in Carol Azams’ book, A Hundred Empowered Women, for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic around the globe
Murray Eiland
Murray Eiland is a speculative fiction enthusiast and an archaeologist. He admires the range of poetry produced in the 19th century, particularly the themes explored by Charles Baudelaire.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555246300627
Zary Fekete
Zary Fekete grew up in Hungary. He has a debut novella (Words on the Page) out with DarkWinter Lit Press and a short story collection (To Accept the Things I Cannot Change: Writing My Way Out of Addiction) out with Creative Texts. He enjoys books, podcasts, and many, many, many films. Twitter and Instagram: @ZaryFekete
Thomas Folske
Thomas Folske lives in Minnesota with his wife, four kids, and three black cats. He has had over 20 short stories published or in the process of being published, with new stories to be featured in upcoming anthologies by Jersey Pines Ink, British Fantasy Society, Hiraeth Publishing and House of Loki Press. See more at
https://tfolske1987.wixsite.com/mysite
Michael Fowler
Michael Fowler writes humor and horror in Ohio. He lives with his wife and a shedding dog and enjoys spending time with his grandkids. He has recent stories up at CommuterLit and Altered Reality.
Lindsey Goddard
Lindsey Goddard is an author of dark fiction, poetry, and true crime, living in Missouri, whose short stories have been published in magazines such as Gamut and online in e-zines such as Carnage House, as well as in anthologies such as Error Code (Riverfolk Books). Her work has been performed on popular podcasts like CreepyPod and Chilling Tales For Dark Nights. She is the author of four short story collections, a poetry book, and a novel, Ashes of Another Life. Lindsey also runs www.WeirdWideWeb.org, where she hosts a podcast, paid writing contests, and blogs aimed at entertaining fellow weirdos.
For more information on her writing, visit:
Norbert Góra
Norbert Góra is a 34-year-old poet and writer from Poland. He is the author of more than 130 poems published in many poetry anthologies and magazines around the world. He also wrote four dark poetry books in English - A Globe Bathed in Horror, Darkness in the End, Deadlines, There Must Be Something Between Dark and Light (a collection of haikus), and one short story collection of horror Brutality. Both the light and the murkiness inspire him. He is still looking for publishing opportunities in new languages.
Mawr Gorshin
Mawr Gorshin was born Martin Gross in 1969 in Timmins, Ontario. He moved to ROC Taiwan in the summer of 1996, where he's lived ever since, teaching English as a second language. In his spare time, he has composed and recorded music, which can be found on the Jamendo website under both his birth and pen names, and he has written poetry, prose, and analyses of literature, film, and music, typically with a Marxist and/or psychoanalytic perspective, on his blog, 'Infinite Ocean.'
www.facebook.com/mawrgorshinwriter/
Gerri R. Gray
Gerri R. Gray is an American novelist, short story writer, editor, and lifelong aficionado of horror and dark humor. She currently has ten published books with HellBound Books Publishing and over two dozen books with other publishers. She is a member of Ladies of Horror Fiction, and one of her short stories was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. A part-time antique dealer and former B&B proprietor, Gerri lives in upstate New York.
https://www.facebook.com/gerrigray13
Rowan Green
Rowan Green mainly writes magical fantasy, focusing on vampires, but with an unusual twist — not all of them are dead, and not all of them are at all interested in blood. How does that work, you ask? Grab one of his books and have a read, won’t you? Rowan enjoys coffee shops, Renaissance fairs and cosplay when he isn’t nose-deep in a book or setting fire to his keyboard in his desire to finish his latest book. He lives with his cats Calliope and Kyra in Europe.
Megan Guilliams
Megan Guilliams is an Independent Fiction author who specializes in Urban Fantasy and Horror. She is a Franklin County native who lives in Virginia with her husband and two children. When she's not writing Young Adult and New Adult Fiction, she enjoys painting. Filling the walls of her home with colorful lowbrow art and Pop art, Megan enjoys bringing her book's characters to life. As a young child, Megan dabbled in short stories, often entertaining her peers. While she doesn't hold any specialized degrees that led her to her writing passion, she currently has over twenty novels published on Amazon and Kindle. You can find more of her work in the year to come, as well as read her story “Kroak” in Nature Triumphs: A Charity Anthology of Dark Speculative Fiction, “Love, Lies and Bleeding” in The Devil’s Playground: A Horror Charity Anthology for Drug Addiction, and “The Christmas Wraith” in Last Christmas: A Holiday Horror Anthology.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Megan-Guilliams/author/B0CTP2D7XD
D.M Harring
D.M. Harring is a neurodivergent writer obsessed with exploring the mundane horrors of our Kafkaesque timeline. He previously wrote for ABC’s THE COMPANY YOU KEEP and FOX’s ROSEWOOD and has developed projects for CBS, Warner Bros, and other media companies that will likely be swallowed up by Netflix in the near future. His fiction has appeared (under various aliases) in Bards & Sages Quarterly, Adelaide Magazine, and The Oddville Press. His award-winning debut, short horror film FLOATER, has played at festivals across the globe.
Kasey Hill
Kasey Hill, owner of Dark Moon Rising Publications, has lived in Franklin County, VA, for most of her adult life and is a versatile writer known for her work in several genres, including urban fantasy, horror, thriller, paranormal romance, and nonfiction metaphysical/New Age topics. Her fiction often dives into the supernatural and the macabre, blending mythological elements with modern storytelling. She has published multiple novels, poetry collections, and short stories. Notable works include her Guardians of Light series in the mythology fantasy genre and her poetry that has received recognition for its depth and emotional resonance. As she grows in the horror genre, she has a particular penchant for Southern Gothic and Appalachian Gothic storytelling, such as her Adult Horror novel Devil’s Claw and her Young Adult horror series, The Whispering Spirits featuring The Haunting at Foxwood Village and Dark Coven. She has several Horror short stories circulating for anthologies and Ezines featuring her unique style of worldbuilding.
www.facebook.com/kaseyhillauthor
www.instagram.com/kaseyhillauthor
www.tiktok.com/kaseyhillauthor
www.amazon.com/stores/Kasey-Hill/author/B00O2WT210
Toshiya Kamei
Toshiya Kamei (she/they) is a queer Asian writer who takes inspiration from fairy tales, folklore, and mythology. Her short stories have appeared in various magazines and anthologies.
Katherine Kerestman
Katherine Kerestman is the author of Lethal (2023), Creepy Cat's Macabre Travels: Prowling around Haunted Towers, Crumbling Castles, and Ghoulish Graveyards (2020), and Haunted House and Other Strange Tales (Hippocampus Press, 2024). With S. T. Joshi, she is the editor of The Weird Cat (2023) and Shunned Houses: An Anthology of Weird Stories, Unspeakable Poems, and Impious Essays (2024). More than 60 of her Lovecraftian and gothic poems, essays, and short stories have been featured in Black Wings VII, Penumbra, Journ-E, Spectral Realms, Illumen, Retro-Fan, Dissections, Off-Course, Lovecraftiana and other discerning publications. Her name is etched among the inscrutable glyphs of the Esoteric Order of Dagon and the Dracula Society. Interested parties may stalk her at www.creepycatlair.com
Shahbaz Khayambashi
Shahbaz Khayambashi is an academic, artist and author who holds a PhD from York University. Their research deals with death in the media and the use of imagery in protest and their work has been published academically in journals including Omega: Journal of Death and Dying and Pop Culture Review, and non-academically in Academfic and Black Sheep. They have also built a career in the experimental film and video scene as both a curator and an artist.
Ian Klink
As a filmmaker, writer, and artist, Ian Klink's work includes the feature film Anybody's Blues, his thesis film adaptation of Stephen King's The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands, the novel Lucky for Newfangle Press, and short stories for Weren't Another Way to Be: Outlaw Fiction Inspired by Waylon Jennings, The Creeps, Vampiress Carmilla, The Siren's Call, and Chilling Tales For Dark Nights audio cast. Klink shares his talents as a teacher of multimedia studies in Pennsylvania.
Taylor Kovach
J.L. Lane
J. L. Lane is a horror author from Cheshire, England. Her short stories have been featured in many anthologies, and her debut novella, Where The Spiders Meet, was released back in the Spring of 2020 during the apocalypse. The second instalment in the series, When The Spiders Meet, is also available on Amazon, whilst she works on the third book in the series.
She runs her own anthologies and has published many authors over the years. She also offers editing and formatting services, as well as cover design and custom art. She is a qualified and experienced artist with a unique style – almost like a gut punch – that reflects her love of horror well. She has always enjoyed telling stories and learned the craft from her father. Spending many nights reading over stories he had written, especially for her siblings and her, with them as the main characters. Jacky and the Robots being her favourite.
J. L. Lane lives with her fiancé, their three children and many pets in a small boating town in the Northwest of England, surrounded by canals. She is a retired chef who loves creating new dishes but cannot stand the atmosphere of commercial kitchens any longer. So, she retired early to focus on her family and creative career. She is active on Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Bluesky but has given up on X – formally known as Twitter. You can contact J. L. Lane through her author page on Facebook.
Paul Lonardo
Paul Lonardo is a freelance writer and author with numerous titles, both fiction and nonfiction books. Paul has placed short stories and nonfiction pieces in various genre magazines and ezines. He is a contributing writer for several publications, including Tales from the Moonlit Path, and an HWA member. Visit Paul's author website: www.thegoblinpitcher.com
LindaAnn LoSchiavo
Native New Yorker and award-winner, LindaAnn LoSchiavo is a member of British Fantasy Society, HWA, SFPA, and The Dramatists Guild.
Books in 2024: "Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems" [Wild Ink], "Apprenticed to the Night" [UniVerse Press], and "Felones de Se: Poems about Suicide" [Ukiyoto].
Accolades: Elgin Award for "A Route Obscure and Lonely" and Chrysalis BREW Project's Award for Excellence for "Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems."
J.C. Maçek III
J.C. Maçek III is the author of the hit true crime novel The Black Dahlia (2024) and the producer of the 2018 film [CARGO], starring Ron Thompson of American Pop fame, as well as the author of the film’s tie-in novel. His other novels include The Antagonist and Seven Days to Die. More recently, the author has found success in shorter stories and novellas, though novels are still his primary focus. An experienced and prolific entertainment journalist and celebrity interviewer, he has written thousands of articles, reviews and interviews. He recently curated and edited Symptom of the Universe: A Horror Tribute to Black Sabbath, an anthology of short stories and novellas inspired by the music and lyrics of every era of Black Sabbath. He resides in Southern California with his wife and family and a veritable zoo of pets.
Brianna Malotke
Brianna Malotke is an active member of the Horror Writers Association as well as the co-chair of the Seattle Chapter. She's contributed to the second season of the Hallow Ian Horror Hour TV show with Tapped House Media. Malotke has dozens of publications in various magazines, zines, and anthologies. In the fall of 2023, she was a "Writer in Residence" at the Chateau d'Orquevaux in France. While most of her work is within the realms of horror and nightmares, she loves writing about love and relationships. Her standalone poetry collections include Don't Cry on Cashmere, Fashion Trends, Deadly Ends, and Lost Cherry. Her next poetry collection titled Death is a Tease, will be published with Hidden Hand Press in spring 2025.
Xtina Marie
Xtina Marie is the author of 8 poetry books to date and has contributed to numerous poetry anthologies. She is co-founder of HellBound Books Publishing. On Thursday evenings at 10:30 pm EST, you can find her on the Panic Room Radio Show. The easiest place to connect with her would be Facebook, but she still misses Tom over at Myspace.
www.facebook.com/XtinaMarie4031
www.instagram.com/xtinamarie4031/
Panic Room: http://www.panicroomradio.com/
HellBound Books: https://shorturl.at/5VpAv
Summer Mason
Summer Mason currently resides in Missouri with her 14-year-old daughter and 2 cats Loki and Orion Osiris. She found her passion for writing poetry during some of the darkest times in her life. She “finds beauty in the darkness,”
Cyndi Mays
Cyndi Mays is a Franklin County, Virginia, native who has dabbled in poetry for a while. The Beauty in Darkness: A Tribute to TS Woolard is her first publication.
Rick McQuiston
Rick McQuiston is a horror fanatic who has been churning out terrifying tales for decades. He's had over 400 publications, including placing in numerous contests, and recently finished an anthology book. He's currently working on his eighth novel and more short stories.
DW Milton
DW Milton is a pen name. The author has a day job but would rather be writing speculative fiction.
Shane Morin
Shane Morin is an urban poet living in Dover, New Hampshire. After a loss of parental time due to divorce, he began writing as a grief process. Since then, he has honed his craft to blend post-modernity with speculative concepts and topics of contemporary horror. Shane identifies as a feminist and LGBTQIA++ ally. He is currently completing his Master's in Literature at UNH and hopes to earn a PhD at Old Dominion. In his spare time, Shane binges Farscape and anything Star Trek.
Jason Morton
Jason Morton is a poet. A visual dream. Bringing words of the impossible as the poet of impossible dreams
Bobbie Murphy
Bobbie Murphy is a small-town Missouri girl with a big heart and a passion for writing and helping others. Born in 1980, she has dedicated much of her life to using her words to make a difference. Her writing is often focused on topics such as mental health, self-care, and personal growth. Bobbie has a unique ability to connect with her readers and offer them insights and advice that come from a place of deep empathy and understanding. In addition to her writing, Bobbie is also actively involved in her community, volunteering her time and resources to help those in need. Whether it's through her writing or her volunteer work, Bobbie is constantly striving to make a positive impact in the world around her.
Michael Noe
Michael Noe is a writer from Barberton, Ohio. He is the author of Legacy, Legacy 2, The Darkness of The Soul, Insecure Delusions, Out with A Whimper, and Slime Time, and has short stories in various anthologies... He is a geek who collects vinyl records.
Scarlet Norton-Duperre
Scarlet Norton-Duperre is a freelance writer who enjoys the challenges of her imagination. Influenced by writers such as Poe, Shelley, King, Barker, Christie, and Lumley, her writing style reflects their attention to detail and creativity. She is the author of several books and has published over 30 short stories in magazines and anthologies through the years. She is also a screenwriter for Television and Motion Pictures. In her spare time, she does photography, her work can be found on several book covers.
Sergio Palumbo
Sergio ‘ente per ente’ Palumbo is an Italian public servant who graduated from Law School working in the public real estate branch. He has published a Fantasy RolePlaying illustrated Manual, WarBlades, of more than 700 pages. Some of his works and short- stories have been published on American Aphelion Webzine, WeirdYear, Quantum Muse, Antipodean SF, Schlock!Webzine, SQ Mag, etc., and in print inside 80 American Horror/Sci-fi/Fantasy/Steampunk Anthologies, 70 British Horror/Sci-Fi Anthologies, 2 Canadian Urban Fantasy/Horror Anthology, 1 Indian Anthology and 4 Australian Sci-Fi Anthology by various publishers, and 19 more to follow in 2023/2024.
He is also a Co-Editor, together with Mrs. Michele Dutcher, of the Steampunk Anthology Steam-powered Dream Engines, published in March 2018 by Rogue Planet Press, an Imprint of British Horrified Press, and of the new Fantasy/Sci-Fi Anthologies Fantastical Savannahs and Jungles, Xenobiology – Stranger Creatures and Bleakest Towers – Anthology published by the same Publisher. He is a co-editor, together with Mr. Curtis Manges, of the new Of Poets, Spies and Unearthliness, Otherworldly tales in the times of Shakespeare and Marlowe, Anthology and Dickensian Steamfantasy, A Very Different 1800s Anthology, in 2023.
The first Historical/Horror screenplay written by him, titled Tophet—An Ancient Evil, completed in 2018, won an Honorable Mention Award at the 2018 International Horror Hotel Award - script Competition held in Richfield, Ohio. The same screenplay written by him was also among the SECOND ROUND FINALISTS at "THE WRITEROOM.ORG SCREENPLAY COMPETITION 2018/19," based in Florida, U.S.A.
He is also a scale modeler who likes mostly Science Fiction and Real Space models. Some of his little Dioramas have been previously shown also on some Italian (scale model) magazines like Soldatini, Model Time, TuttoSoldatini and online on the American site StarShipModeler, MechaModelComp, on Ipms México, on British SFM: UK site and Italian SMF.
The internet site of his Scale Model Club “La Centuria” www.lacenturia.it
Rick Powell
Rick Powell, a resident of Oak Forest, Illinois, immerses himself in the eerie realms of horror and dark fiction. His poetic and narrative talents have graced the pages of various publications, including Infernal Ink Magazine and the tantalizing anthology Lustcraftian Horrors: Erotic Stories Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft. His poetry books consist of the titles My Soul Stained, My Seed Sour and More Regrets Than Glories. He also has a collection of short stories titled A Vault of Whispers and a children's book titled George The Holiday Spider. He is currently working on another collection of creepy and eerie stories to be released in the near future, published by I Ain't Your Marrionette Press.
Shanna Renee
Shanna Renee is a poet from East TN. When she's not writing, she's reading and spending time with her two kids and three fur babies.
John Reti
John Reti is an author from the West Coast of Canada with previous stories in Possessions 1, 2 & 3, Dark Holidays, Symptom of the Universe: A Horror Tribute Black Sabbath, The Devil’s Playground: A Horror Charity Anthology for Drug Addiction, as well as an upcoming story with Possessions 4. Other than writing, he also engages in visual arts and dabbles in music. He also writes under the name PJ Scorpian.
KB Richards
KB Richards is a self-taught artist with a focus on charcoal-based and ink portraits that reflect the things she loves in life. Her art ranges from comic book heroes and villains to classic horror, from heavy metal to vintage rap, and from all things '80s all the way to today's pop culture. With such a wide range, she truly has something for everyone!
M. Brandon Robbins
M. Brandon Robbins is a writer, gamer, and librarian from North Carolina. His novel, Mr. Haunt, is forthcoming from Sley House Publishing. He blogs at www.writingscreams.blog
Neil Sanzari
Neil Sanzari is a weird fiction author. He attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and the School of Visual Arts. Neil worked as a graphic artist in the advertising field in New York City for many years until he was displaced by the tragic events of 9/11. And now he lives with his wife, Celia, at the Jersey Shore, writing short stories and creating comic books. He is currently writing a novel.
Zachary Schneller
Zachary Schneller is a thirty-four-year-old Virginia transplant currently living in Northeastern Pennsylvania. His life’s great ambitions include helping people with mental illness, becoming an author after earning his degree at James Madison University, and tutoring high school students with their English. He loves writing in his spare time, delving into literature, not to mention investing his time in remaining a horror geek all year round. Making a difference in this chaotic world matters to him while he still can. Writing is the best way he knows how.
ReNait Suka
ReNaït Suka is a debut writer from the southeast corner of Oklahoma, using poetry as a pathway to unraveling childhood trauma and achieving healing. Most of her works are kept private, but she is excited to work with Dark Moon Rising Publications and it is the first publication she has worked with. In her spare time, she enjoys being a stay-at-home mother, cultivating the passion for writing she has had since a young age, hungrily reading fantasy, romance, and thriller novels, and spending as much time with her family and six wacky dogs as she can. Although she is not very active in promoting her works on social media, you can see some of her musings on Facebook at the following link: https://facebook.com/renaitsukapoetry
Michael Errol Swaim
Michael Errol Swaim is a horror and fantasy author and proud citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma who survived a liver and kidney transplant in 2019. His first horror publication can be found in issue three of the e-zine Carnage House, and his stories and poems also appear in several anthologies, including Nature Triumphs: A Charity Anthology of Dark Speculative Fiction from Dark Moon Rising Publications, The Horror Zine Fall 2024 Issue, and Dead Girls Walking: The Red Volume from Wicked Shadow Press, with more on the way. He also writes film and book reviews for the Weird Wide Web blog and is an assistant editor at Carnage House. Michael lives in Northeast Oklahoma with his wife, Mandy, his kids, and four cats.
Rob Tannahill
Rob Tannahill is an author living in Northern Nevada. His work has appeared in Yale Program of Recovery and Community Health (PERCH #7, Substance), Nature Triumphs: A Charity Anthology of Dark Speculative Fiction, Symptom of the Universe: A Literary Tribute to Black Sabbath and The Devil’s Playground: A Horror Charity Anthology for Drug Addiction, among other places such as Carnage House. He is also the author of the full-length novel Prince Junkie. He has been in recovery for three years.
Tim Tolbert
Tim Tolbert is a Pittsburgh-based author; his works have been published in Sirens Call, Junto, and Carnage House. Thanks to Stormy Skies for her continued inspiration and support.
Cass Wilson
Cass Wilson is a self-taught photographer and poet from Southend on Sea. Mental Health is important to her, so a lot of her poetry reflects that. Cass finds inspiration for her photography from abandoned buildings and objects, urban decay and nature. She likes to dig deeper and try to capture the beauty hidden within everyday objects, often overlooked.
Amanda Worthington
Amanda Worthington is a writer of all things dark and perverse. She is particularly fond of psychological and cosmic horror and the ways ordinary humans behave in the face of adversity. Admittedly, much of her own work is semi-autobiographical. With a style that has been described as lyrical and immersive, she has been published in Space & Time, Siren’s Call, and Carnage House. Amanda also founded Horror in the Heartland, the Heartland chapter of the HWA and currently serves as its chair. When she’s not writing or chaptering, she’s probably hiking, cooking, or playing Zelda. She lives in Kansas City with her two furry overlords, Apollo and Artemis.