James Palmer is a writer of science fiction and pulp adventure. He has written articles, interviews, reviews, columns, fiction and poetry for Strange Horizons, RevolutionSF.com, the Internet Review of Science Fiction, Tangent Online, and many others, including an interview with the late award-winning author Jay Lake that was translated into Greek for a fanzine. His fiction has appeared in the anthologies Gideon Cain: Demon Hunter, The Amazing Harry Houdini Volume 1, Mars McCoy: Space Ranger Volume 2, The Black Bat Returns, Legends of New Pulp Fiction, Tales of the Peregrine Omnibus Volume 2 and Blackthorn: Thunder on Mars. He is the creator (along with former comics scribe Jim Beard), of the popular shared world, alternate history giant monster anthology series Monster Earth and Betrayal on Monster Earth, published by Mechanoid Press. Also for Mechanoid Press, James edited the weird western anthology Strange Trails and published Super Swingin’ Heroes 1968 Special, which features a story by comics legend David Michelinie. In 2014 James was nominated for the New Pulp Award for Best Short Story.

When not writing, James enjoys spending time with his family and blogging about self-publishing and 80s sci-fi and pop culture. James lives in Northeast Georgia with his wife and daughter.

For more, and to get a free prequel e-book, please visit www.jamespalmerbooks.com.

Jim Beard pounds out adventure fiction with classic pulp style and flair.

A native Toledoan, he was introduced to comic books at an early age by his father, who passed on to him a love for the medium and the pulp characters who preceded it. After decades of reading, collecting and dissecting comics, Jim became a published writer when he sold a story to DC Comics in 2002. Since that time he's written official Spider-Man, X-Files, and Planet of the Apes prose fiction, Star Wars and Ghostbusters comic stories, and contributed articles and essays to several volumes of comic book history.

His prose work also includes GOTHAM CITY 14 MILES, a book of essays on the 1966 Batman TV series; SGT. JANUS, SPIRIT-BREAKER, a collection of pulp ghost stories featuring an Edwardian occult detective; MONSTER EARTH, a shared-world giant monster anthology; and CAPTAIN ACTION: RIDDLE OF THE GLOWING MEN, the first pulp prose novel based on the classic 1960s action figure.

Jim is also the co-publisher at Flinch Books, a small-press pulp house.

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Troy Brownfield has written for comics, magazines, websites, newspapers, and more. His work has appeared everywhere from Wired to Fangoria to a seven-year run as a columnist at Newsarama.com. He writes the webcomic Sparkshooter, and has written for comic companies like DC, Dynamite, Bad Idea, TidalWave, and Zenescope, including such characters and franchises as Batman, Buck Rogers, The Blood Queen, and Grimm Fairy Tales. Troy's novel PRINCE DRACULA was released by Dynamite Entertainment, and he published his short story collection, INHABITED, through Amazon. He's the Executive Editor of The Saturday Evening Post, Jack & Jill Magazine, and Humpty Dumpty; he lives in Indiana with his wife and two children.

Charles R. Rutledge is the author of Dracula's Return, and co-author of three novels in the Griffin and Price supernatural suspense series, written with James A. Moore. His short stories have appeared in over thirty anthologies. He owns entirely too many editions of the novel Dracula, keeps actual soil from Transylvania on his desk, and is seldom seen in daylight.

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Forrest Helvie is the author and creator of Whiz Bang and Amelia (children's comic series) and he has contributed to various comic collections and academic works. He lives in Newington, CT with his wife and two sons and is an English professor at Norwalk Community College.

He regularly writes for various academic venues as well as more mainstream outlets such as Marvel.com as well as Newsarama in addition to writing for indie publishers such as Alterna Comics, GrayHaven Comics, DarbyPop, Red Stylo, and TPub to name a few. Forrest can be found on Twitter (@fhelvie) discussing all things comics related.

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Born and raised in the granite state of New Hampshire, Troy, proud dad of two daughters, is a lifelong and avid reader of comic books and novels (mostly in the fantasy, sci-fi and adventure/thriller genres) and self-professed geek collecting action figures and building LEGO. He enjoys creating adventures that entertain and hopes to see his works appear in all forms of media. Don’t expect to bother him during football season, especially when the Patriots are playing.

He still lives in New Hampshire.

Follow Troy on instagram (ossywrites), on twitter (@troynos) and visit his website: www.ossywrites.com

Contact Troy via e-mail: ossybooks@gmail.com

Lou Tambone (www.loutambone.com) is a freelance writer, musician, and UX designer from New Jersey. A lifelong fan of pop culture, he was an early HTML adopter, creating and maintaining some of the first Star Wars fan sites under the Starwarz.com banner. Along with the occasional magazine/web article, he’s been published in anthologies covering the Planet of the Apes, GI Joe, Batman, the X-Files, and Star Wars franchises. His book editing credits include The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe, From Bayou to Abyss: Examining John Constantine, Hellblazer, Musings on Monsters: Observations on the World of Classic Horror, and Somewhere Beyond the Heavens: Exploring Battlestar Galactica. When he's not reading or writing, he’s usually making music with one of his many bands. During his "spare time,” he tries to remember to eat and breathe.

An award-winning author, Bobby Nash writes novels, comic books, short stories, novellas, graphic novels, and the occasional screenplay for a variety of publishers. He is a member of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers and International Thriller Writers. On occasion, Bobby appears in movies and TV shows, usually standing behind your favorite actor and sometimes they let him act. Recently, he was seen in Creepshow, Joe Stryker, Doom Patrol, The Outsider, Ozark, Lodge 49, Slutty Teenage Bounty Hunters, and more. He also draws from time to time.

He was named Best Author in the 2013 Pulp Ark Awards. Rick Ruby, a character co-created by Bobby and author Sean Taylor also snagged a Pulp Ark Award for Best New Pulp Character of 2013. Bobby has also been nominated for the 2014 New Pulp Awards and Pulp Factory Awards for his work. Bobby's novel, Alexandra Holzer's Ghost Gal: The Wild Hunt won a Paranormal Literary Award in the 2015 Paranormal Awards. The Bobby Nash penned episode of Starship Farragut "Conspiracy of Innocence" won the Silver Award in the 2015 DC Film Festival. Bobby's story in The Ruby Files Vol. 2 "Takedown" was named Best Short Story in the 2018 Pulp Factory Awards, one of five nominations for The Ruby Files Vol. 2 (created by Bobby Nash & Sean Taylor). Bobby's digest novel, Snow Drive was nominated for Best Novel in the 2018 Pulp Factory Awards. Bobby was part of Moonstone’s Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, which won a 2020 Pulp Factory Award for Best Pulp Anthology. Bobby’s novel, Nightveil: Crisis at the Crossroads of Infinity was also named Best Pulp Novel in the 2020 Pulp Factory Awards. In 2020, The Sangria Summit Society awarded the New Pulp Fiction Award to Bobby Nash for his work on Snow Falls and the Snow series.

For more information on Bobby Nash please visit him at www.bobbynash.com, www.ben-books.com, and across social media.

Justin Bell specializes in high octane novels that grab the reader by the collar and drag them twisting and turning through a harrowing tale of suspense and excitement! Cutting his teeth on the Kindle Worlds G.I. Joe platform, Justin specializes in military oriented action novels with just the right hint of science fiction, "fifteen minutes in the future" perspective from popular universes like Metal Gear Solid and Tom Clancy.

Intense, well choreographed action, genetically enhanced paranormal super heroes, sinister villains and hard-hitting events surround each and every character.

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Justin Bell was born in San Diego, California, but has lived most of his life in the sleepy Upper Valley area on the New Hampshire and Vermont border. He first realized his love of writing at a young age, and had grand visions to go to school for English. Somehow he got sidetracked into the world of Information Technology as a career, but throughout it all, he has continued to write and write often.

The world of self publishing has opened up his eyes, and in recent years he has embraced writing much more thoroughly, polishing some work from past decades and working on new material as well.

With an interest in military adventure, science-fiction, and action, the focus of most of his work is with those genres.

He currently still resides in the Upper Valley area, and lives with his two beautiful little girls, his wife, and his affectionate Bichon puppy Tyson.

John C. Bruening is the author of the MIDNIGHT GUARDIAN series (published by Flinch Books), a multi-part noir adventure reminiscent of the classic pulp fiction of the 1930s and 1940s. He has also conjured numerous short stories, essays and other dispatches from the various corners of a restless mind and an active imagination.

He has been a professional writer and editor since the 1980s in a variety of disciplines: journalism, magazine editing, marketing, advertising and small-press book editing. He has won two awards for feature writing (2000 and 2011) from the Society of Professional Journalists. He is a co-founder and editor for Ohio-based Flinch Books, and the editor-in-chief of ARC Magazine, a publication covering the welding and fabrication culture.

He lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and two children.

Sean is an Illinois based author, graphic novelist and broadcaster. His fiction work has appeared for publishers including Digital Webbing, Markosia, Arcana and Pro Se Press. Sean's 400 COURT STREET podcast led to his series of books on the history of professional wrestling in and around Evansville, IN.

John Simcoe grew up in rural western New York where it was easy to let his imagination get away from him. It was a setting that fueled John's creative energies and the key to his development as an artist and writer.

In college, he studied journalism and history and those subjects served him well as he's worked as a professional journalist, writer, illustrator and graphic designer.

Aside from numerous projects in various newspapers, Simcoe has focused his talents on the gaming industry, a variety of blogs and a number of self-published comics.

By day, Gordon is a digital marketing consultant/copywriter who also runs the Chicago Doctor Who Meetup.

By night, he writes tales of mystery, intrigue, and imagination. His work includes stories for Pro Se Productions, Pilot Studios, and Airship 27 Productions. Gordon also has a small number of academic articles on popular culture and frequently serves as a panelist for several conventions including C2E2 and DePaul Pop Culture Conference

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