 Michael L. Bernoudy, Jr. was born on December 1, 1976 at Ft. Lewis, Washington and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received a U.S. Army Commission in 1996 from New Mexico Military Institute and left the Military as a First Lieutenant. He later received a Bachelor’s Degree from Louisiana State University in Shreveport and went on to receive a Juris Doctorate from Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Most recently Mr. Bernoudy received an associates degree in Theology from Slidell Baptist Seminary. Mr. Bernoudy has passed the bar examination in both Louisiana and Texas. He currently lives in Marshall, Texas, and runs a small law firm. www.bernoudylawfirm.com. Mr. Bernoudy is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorporated.
Born in Pennsylvania and now living in Delaware, Adam Huber is a film school dropout and senior staff reporter at a Georgetown newspaper. He lives with his cats and fills his spare time reading, gambling, sharing bottles of whiskey with Eric Enck and taking in an absurd amount of horror films. "Snuff" is Adam's first professional venture into the world of fiction.
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Chris Stevenson is a native Californian presently residing in Hemet—the dig site known as "Valley of the Mastodons." His career has spanned such occupations as automotive mechanic and service manager, government security officer, and newspaper reporter and editor. At the age of 26 he discovered Twilight Zone Magazine and got the urge to write short stories. Shortly after he entered the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest and placed amongst the finalists. After a whirlwind of mediocre successes, including his book, Dinothon, which was nearly optioned for film, he put pen and paper aside. He’s just recently taken up splashing ink again, to continue the writing career he’d always dreamed of. Word Wars and Once Upon a Goddess are his first novels. Among his credits are:
Auto Repair Shams and Scams (Forward by Ralph Nader), 1990, Price Stern & Sloan, Los Angeles--226 pages, non-fiction book.
Garage Sale Mania, 1988, Betterway Publications, Crozet, Virginia--190 pages, non-fiction book.
Word Wars, a SF novel, Rain Publishing Inc., Canada.
Once Upon A Goddess, a Fantasy novel, Rain Publishing Inc., Canada.
Fifteen short stories appear in various slick and small magazines--Amazing Stories, Space and Time, Doppelganger, Ouroborous, Alpha Adventures, Sycophant, Not One of Us.
Quarter finalist in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest.
Two horror radio plays: The Summit, 15-minute play by Night Sounds, Embassy Cassette Inc., Santa Ana, California. Night of the Moa, 13-minute play.
Three hundred and fifty newspaper profiles, stories and interviews with Sunset Publishing Anaheim California. Chris served as content editor for Sunset Publications for three years as well is a past member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. --------------------------------------------------------------
 Tamara Wilhite is a degreed engineer, professional technical writer, a freelance fiction writer, and mother of 2 young children. Mrs. Wilhite's work has been featured in a number of publications including: IIE, Spaceflight, CQ, and Woman Engineer. Tamara's official website is http://www.humanitysedge.homeip.net/.
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 Tilisha Alexander Bryant was born on February 11, 1979 in Galveston, Texas and rasied in Shreveport, Louisiana. She received a Bachelors of Arts degree in Journalism from Louisiana Tech University and has worked with numerous publications. She trained at the Poynter Institute for Professional Journalist as well as the Houston Chronicle and Black College Wire. While in college she served as NAACP president, Student Government Executive Board member, Grant Committee member, and Student Rights Director. Ms. Alexander is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Incorporated.
-------------------------------------------------------------  Marc Anthony Rios was born in Ontario, Oregon, on May 25, 1973 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, six months later where he still resides. Mr. Rios attended classes at Community College of Southern Nevada and the University of Nevada Las Vegas before his problems with ADHD became severe. An early interest in the martial arts and Eastern Philosophy led to his embracing Taoism. In the future, Marc wants to write stories that will inspire others, ignite passion, and fire the soul. Marc plans to move to Los Angeles and eventually continue his formal education in Physics. I Hope to create stories that can provide the occasional escape from one's day that is so desperately needed.
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Lawrence Strickland He was raised as an Army Brat and has called a number of cities home. He has been a devoted author for over 12 years. Mr. Strickland holds a doctorate degree and has worked with children in a number of school systems. Recently, Mr. Strickland has ceased all other employment and now devotes all his time to his writing. In epic adventures there is a blatant lack of "black" characters, as if we are unable to rule kingdoms and fight dragons. In my work I seek to change that. -------------------------------------------------------------  Patrick Raley was born on April 30, 1978 in Bossier City, Louisiana and raised in the nearby town of Haughton. He received his bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering in 2000 from Louisiana Tech University. After four years of working as an engineer, he decided to pursue a masters degree in education. He is currently a mathematics teacher at a local high school. Patrick is also a part-time youth minister at a church in Springhill, Louisiana. He currently resides in Bossier City with his wife. Patricks official website is http://www.patrickraley.com. -------------------------------------------------------------  Eugene Rodriguez, a member of the Dramatists Guild, is a poet, award winning playwright, producer, and actor. He was a founding member of the Shaman Repertory Theatre, and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Puerto Rican Intercultural Drama Ensemble (PRIDE).
As a playwright, Gene was a member of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatres (PRTT) professional playwrights workshop for more than ten years, and has written 20 plays. His fifth Play, "Mambo Louie and the Dancing Machine" was an Off-Broadway hit when produced by the PRTT at the 47th Street Theatre in June of 1992. Mr. Rodriguez is a Vietnam veteran and an ex-air traffic controller. Gene was born and raised in El Barrio where he currently resides with his wife and three children in a Brownstone that was once an abandoned building. ------------------------------------------------------------- 
Eric Enck was born in Ephrata Pennsylvania in 1976, and some say so was his insanity. During a troubling childhood Enck discovered Stephen King and Clive Barker. He began dictating poetry at the early age of fifteen when he had to kill his beloved dog, Strata, based on the dogs suffering illness. Enck lived in a massive old house in the deep woods of the mountains in Ephrata, where at the mountains base a legendary haunted hospital remained in the tales of people residing in Ephrata. Ironically, the house was torn down when Enck left Ephrata in 1996. Enck moved to Delaware and discovered his most prized possession, his wife Johnna. Eric Enck has two children, Mason Edward, and Mallory Ann, both of which are the reasons he writes. Eric's official website is at: http://www.myspace.com/snuff08
and www.ericenck.com
Eric is a member of The international order of Horror Professionals and has been in dozens of newspapers and magazines concerning his publications. -------------------------------------------------------------
Jane Timm Baxter
 Imagine, if you will, that Edgar Allen Poe and Emily Dickinson had a daughter, and out emerges Jane Timm Baxter, visual artist, author, mystic and poet. Born in the spring of 1976 with a magickal streak, she grew up surrounded by bright fairies and dark elves close at hand, first in the warm climate of south Florida, where her spirit began metamorphosing, like a phoenix rising from the flames of damnation, as the forces of light and darkness began their dance of destiny for the control of her soul. Forever searching for spiritual and arcane expressions, she has lived her life creating tales of unknown forces and composing poetry from beyond the veil of survival. At the end of 2002, darkness exploded into the life of Jane in the form of an extremely severe chronic pain disorder, which completely crippled her life in every way imaginable. Jane has preserved through this darkness and continues to pursue her passion for writing. Her official website is: www.cearajaen.com. -------------------------------------------------------------  Liz DeJesus was born on February 23rd, 1982 on the tiny island of Puerto Rico. She is a novelist and a poet. She has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. She is the author of the novel Nina (Blu Phi'er Publishing, October 2007). Under the penname Isabelle Rose she is the author of Naughty Fairy Tales (StarDust Press 2007). Liz currently lives in Elsmere, Delaware with her husband Kurt. Get live updates, blurbs, and blogs from Liz DeJesus at
http://lizdejesus.livejournal.com and http://www.myspace.com/lizdejesus23
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Donnette Smith was born on a crisp November day in Jacksonville Florida. She currently works as a journalist for a local newspaper in Texas. Smith would describe writing as the one thing in her life that will possess her forever. Having beat leukemia at the age of 6, this author lives each day to the fullest, thanking God for the blessing of her three wonderful kids, and a husband she completely adores. 
Adam Chesin was born in Philadelphia, PA. He graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in English in 2000. He has been writing since he was very young, and has previously published an anthology of poetry entitled "Perfect Crooked Thing", available on Amazon.com. He resides in Bensalem, PA. See Adam Chesin’s official website at http://www.webspawner.com/users/achesin/index.html.
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Jimmy D. Gillentine was born and raised in Memphis, TN. He has always had a love for horror and for fantasy. He lives in Memphis, TN to this day with his wife Liz and his two children Mallory and Noah. His official website is www.freewebs.com/ofbloodandthemoon. -------------------------------------------------------------
 Chris Manning played baseball at the high school, college, and briefly, professional levels. Including Ferrum College, alma mater of New York Mets pitcher Billy Wagner. He has spent his A.B. (After Baseball) days raising his two children, Parker and Piper, with his wife Ashlee, as well as working in management in advertising. Chris has written several articles for newspapers and online publications, usually sports related, as well as contributing to Stories of Strength, a book written for, along with all proceeds going to, the victims of Hurricane Katrina. -------------------------------------------------------------
Delaware's Wade Messer has immersed himself in the thrilling works of authors Dean Koontz, John Saul and James Patterson for years. With his own style of horror has followed their sometimes twisted paths with the release of his first novel, The Uninvited. Messer with his easy laugh and bright blue eyes, hardly seems a candidate for a horror novelist. And wasn't for years. The Caesar Rodney class of 1979 graduate always knew he wanted to write, but started off with something easier: transcription. As a young man, Messer got a typewriter as a gift, and was content to transcribe the 1970s supernatural television series Kolchak: The Night Stalker into print with his typewriter. The avid reader said his passion for supernatural stories and writing continued but took a back seat to four years in the Army, raising his family and later working as a plumber. The Uninvited is the first book of six in The Uninvited series. And yes not unlike J. K. Rowling, he knows how the series will end. But he's not telling.
Horror author, Cassandra Lee, was born January 7, 1971 in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. From an early age, she was fascinated with the horror genre. She attributes her first plunge into the dark depths with Stephen King's book and movie Carrie. After moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba with her family, she focused her schooling around creative writing. Over the years, several teachers told the budding novelist she had a gift that was populated with the deepest recesses of a person's fears. Entering college, she focused her talents on journalism. However, for a period of time, she put aside this career in favor of fronting a Toronto rock band in the early nineties. After gaining some notoriety with this band, she found herself to still be missing something though, and after relocating West, she rediscovered her one true love - writing. Now living in Alberta, Canada with her three children, she has currently finished her first novel, Darkness Springs and is nearing completion of her second novel The Raising. She has two short story anthologies currently in the works and has been published in magazines and online E-Zines. Cassandra Lee holds true to the ideal that people need to be scared. Our inborn nature makes us creatures of survival. Fear creates a perfect environment for our growth. It provides a natural stimuli that lets us know we are alive and will continue to exist if we can overcome all that threatens us. ------------------------------------------------------------- 
Joseph McGee was born on July 7th, 1985 in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he currently resides in a subtle three-bedroom apartment, shared only by himself and
his four cats.
Freshman year of high school, Joe started to write short stories for his English class, and what was supposed to me a ten-page media tie-in short story, turned out to be thirty-seven pages long, and was based off of, at the time, Resident Evil: Survivor.
After scoring high marks, he believed the best thing to do was to pursue a world of vivid imagination, which later became dedication, though some see it as an obsession.
And most people would agree that his decision proved to be a wise one.
After scoring high marks, he believed the best thing to do was to pursue a world of vivid imagination, which later became
dedication, though some see it as an obsession. And most people would agree that his decision proved to be a wise one.
An original short-fiction for his English class assignment also received high marks, and years letter was turned into a novella,
Pictures/Photos, which was released on limited edition CD-Rom in October 2002 and now will be a forthcoming release in a limited edition softcover, and is also now in a scriptwriting phase for a motion picture option.
At age 22, he now has a five-year career in the literature field, writing short stories, novellas, novels and being an editor of a winter-themed horror anthology by Magus Press (forthcoming). His first novel, In the Wake of the Night was released in trade paperback in October 2006.
His lengthy resume gained him membership with the Horror Writers Association: New England, which he is a proud member of.
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Daniele Serra was born on January 23,1977. He lives in the island of Sardinia (Italy) in the Mediterranean sea.
He works as graphic designer and illustrator, drawing many comics such as Dr. Who and book covers such as Ghost Of A Chance and Black Train Jack for Eric Enck and different editors. After studying painting, he began to experiment various techniques and styles with his original artworks. He loves old b-movies and to listen to his girlfriend speaking about spiders. Official website: www.multigrade.it
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John Grover was born in 1970. He currently resides in Boston. He has been penning tales of the supernatural and horror since he was ten years old. John has completed a creative writing course at
Fisher College in Boston and spent a few years as an affiliate member of the
Horror Writers Association. His first paperback was the
co-authored collection space Stations and Graveyards still available at Amazon.com
and at the publisher Double Dragon Publishing. Since that time John has gone on to publish the chapbook Terror In Small
Doses by Nocturne Press and the forthcoming book A Beckoning of Shadows by Naked Snake Press. He has also been published in various anthologies and magazines such as the pro magazine Flesh and Blood.
In his spare time John is a budding photographer and enjoys the outdoors, hiking, camping and kayaking. Please visit his little corner of darkness at www.shadowtales.com
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Krystal Waters lives in Oregon where she is married and has one child. She has been writing books and screenplays since she was a little girl, knowing one day her dream of becoming an author. She has worked in the medical field for most of her life. Enjoys talking to people and meeting new friends. As a child she grew up in the country, which expanded her imagination. This is the first book Krystal Waters has published, however she has many more on the burner. Writing has been something she has always enjoyed. Now she is using her schooling as well as advice from others to expand her knowledge and become what she has dreamed of for a long time.
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 Garland Watson was born February 1, 1982 in Chickasha, Oklahoma. At 6 years old, he, his older brother, and mother moved to Phoenix, Arizona until he graduated from 5th Grade. He and his mother then moved to San Bernardino, California. During his 6th and 7th grade years in school is when he developed more of a passion for art. At 11 years old he began to express himself through comic art.
Garland has been determined to make it as an artist for hire since a young age. Drawing logo’s,T-shirt designs, and album covers for local Hip-Hop artist was his start. In 8th grade he began to rap with his stepbrother who convinced him to start a rap group they called Phase 2. He became a solo artist and balanced his art and music. At the present time he is still recording music and combining it with his artwork to make a very interesting product for the listeners and readers. His rap name is T.W.I.L.I.G.H.T. an acronym that means “Time Will Instill Light In Great Human Thinkers.”
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