Samie Sands is the author of the AM13 Outbreak series, published by Limitless Publishing. She's also had short stories included in Amazon best selling anthologies and work featured on Wattpad.

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A transplanted native in a city full of them, James Harper is an international bestselling horror writer working in Washington DC. His most recent horror story, "Sultrazusthra," just launched in Dark Horses #18, from Hobb's End Press, edited by Wayne Kyle Spitzer."Frankenstein at the Tomb of the Merlins,"appears in Abominable: Anthology of Monster Stories, from Wicked Shadow Press, edited by Parth Sarathi Chakraborty. ""Bells & Whistles," can be found in Demonic Medicine: Take Your Pills!, from 4 Horsemen Publications, edited by S.L. Vargas. His novelette, "Do Not Open," appears in The Trick is to Keep Breathing, edited by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka. "Death Before Birth," another novelette, can be found in Dark Horses Magazine #2 from Hobb's End Press, edited by Wayne Kyle Spitzer. "Eighth Deadly Sin," appears in Madame Gray's Vault of Gore, edited by Gerri R. Gray for HellBound Books. October 2020 also saw the publication of "The Underneath" in Books of Horror Community Anthology, Volume 3, Part 1, edited by R.J. Roles and Jason Myers and "Broking Bodies" in Terror Unleashed, edited by Ramsey Scott for Skywatcher Press. "Mortal Limits," can be found in Unbreakable Ink, edited by Shebat Legion. "Krokodil" appears in Little Demons Digest, Volume 3, edited by Martin Fisher. His horror story, "Cathy Hulu," appears in the third volume of the Lovecraftiana Omnibus from Rogue Planet Press. Originally, it can be found in Lovecraftiana. Vol. 3, No.1, edited by Gavin Chappell. "The Ring on the Roof," is published in Kitchen Sink Gothic 2 from Parallel Universe Publications, edited by David A. & Linden Riley. His "Noonday Devil" appears in the award-winning Gargoyle, DC's most prestigious literary magazine. "Got One Heart," can be found in Ink Stains, Volume 12 from Dark Alley Press, edited by N. Apythia Morges. "Frankenstein at the Tomb of the Merlins," appears in Anatomy of Hate, edited by Karen Otto. "Your Fondest Wish" can be found in 19 Gates of Hell, edited by Rookie Burwick. "The Thing from Hell World," a hard sci fi/horror story, is published in EconoClash Review #2, edited by J.D. Graves. "The Exquisite Genius of Ichiro," appears in Fierce Tales: Shadow Realms, edited by Jeffrey Blehar. "Madman Across the Water," appears in Year’s Best Body Horror 2017, an Amazon bestselling anthology from Gehenna & Hinnom, edited by C.P. Dunphey. "For Every Sound That Floats" is published in Deadman's Tome Real American Horror, edited by Jesse Dedman. "Reptoid" appears in Black Candy: A Halloween Anthology of Horror by Jaded Books Publishing, edited by Kasey Hill. The short story, "Death Ray," can be found in Busted Lip, the inaugural anthology from Fat-Lip Press. The short story version of his novel, Love Craft, is collected in Swallowed by the Beast, an anthology edited by Samie Sands. His novelette, "Return of the Caledonians," appears in The Corpse Candle and Other Nightmares, edited by Patrick Dotson. In addition, it appears in the Halloween anthology, Tales of Horror on Halloween Night, edited by Samie Sands. He has a short story, "Just for One Day," in the anthology Stress City: A Big Book of Fiction by 51 DC Guys, edited by Richard Peabody.

My pen-name is James Bryant and I'm a 40-something year old male who was born in Cornwall, England. Most of my working career has been spent in the computing industry, with writing being my main hobby. Primarily I write science-fiction and fantasy mysteries but also some non-fiction humour. A fair amount of my work is unfinished awaiting free-time to finish editing it to self-publish on Amazon for the Kindle.

My first completed e-book that I published in 2011 was a non-fiction humour title called 'Train Strain' which has exceeded my expectations and as of late 2015 has sold over 1,000 copies, which isn't too bad for an unknown author. Pricing was very difficult to decide on as I'm no professional and not in this for the money but you do like to see some material value to one's work. Hopefully 99p is a respectful price.

My second completed e-book is a short story called 'Fated' that I have published late 2012 and gives an insight (I hope) into my fictional mind. It's more a concept piece of work designed to ask questions of the reader in order to provoke debate and broaden the mind. The following year came "Life Strife" which is a very similar vain to "Train Strain" but orientated towards general more mundane life issues. Between 2014-2015 I took a break from longer pieces of work and did a couple short stories which became part of an anthology organised by a local author. Then,

There is more to come so please stay tuned. If you can, please also leave me feedback so I can hear from the people who are taking the time to kindly spend some money and read my work.

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One dreary October a few years ago, I came across a mangled legal pad in a box of other things I owned. It was a hand written manuscript, unfinished, from a number of years earlier. I had attempted National Novel Writing Month and failed spectacularly. But as I sat there, reading the old story, something occurred to me: it wasn't all that bad.

Now, this isn't me telling you that I was a born writer, but I definitely had something there. It was a decent idea that had relatable characters - realistic characters, I thought. But it certainly needed work. I considered, it being October, to prep it and myself for November.

Far be it from me to accept such a simple challenge, I decided to do something completely fresh, and unplotted for NaNoWriMo... so I did.

Empty Hallways came out that following year, my first successful NaNoWriMo. And I have continued the tradition since, successfully completing a number of manuscripts via NaNoWriMo and launching them as quickly as I, my editor, and my cover artist can get our ducks in a row.

So far, I have participated in 3 anthologies; published two novels: Empty Hallways - a horror novel about a man whose grief calls forth a unsettled spirit from the past, and House of Thirteen - the first installment in a series about immortals who are slowly discovering they are not the only anomaly hiding in the mortal world;and most recently, I have launched a 12-part serial: At Calendar's End, which explores the beings that keep time moving forward, and the horror that awaits them when an equally ancient being decides to hunt them down one by one.

On the docket, I have plans for another House of Thirteen installment, my own anthology of short stories, a psychological thriller, and a horror novel based on that old, earlier-mentioned manuscript: Threshold.

At some point, I would also like to write a children's book.

Brandon Swarrow is the creator of four uniquely deranged fiction novels; The Barn, Hugo Read This! The ThrillPlex Theater, and Coulro. He has also published several short stories and poems on a variety of web venues. Brandon currently resides near Pittsburgh, PA with his wife Michelle and two children.

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Mr. Kuch cites Stephen King, Robert Bloch, and the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe, as some of the greatest influences in his own writing. These men both inspired and terrified him, making him want to do the same to others.

Pay no mind to those rustling sounds just outside your window. I'm sure it's probably nuthin'...