Patrick Tumblety's writing explores psychological horror and its ongoing battle against the human spirit. His work has been described as being able to deliver both "genuine fear and genuine hope." (Amy H. Sturgis - Award Winning Author)

Mr. Tumblety's first published release was 2012's Dark Passages, a collection of original thrillers. He also received an honorable mention award for short-format horror fiction from Writer's Digest, and was featured in Infinity's Kitchen, an experimental narrative magazine. In 2013, Mr. Tumblety was featured in Tales of Jack The Ripper from Word Horde Press, and Miseria's Chorale, an anthology of horror tales. His other work that year included Dark Moon Digest issue 12 and Siren's Call issue 10, both featuring monster fiction.

Mr. Tumblety's work also appears in film, television, and photography. He currently lives in Delaware with his wife, Kathleen, and their cat, Dusty.

Lily Luchesi is the USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of the Paranormal Detectives Series.

Her young adult Coven Series has successfully topped Amazon's Hot New Releases list consecutively.

She is also the co-owner of Partners in Crime Book Services, where she offers a myriad of services alongside her business partner Annie Smith, including editing.

She was born in Chicago, Illinois, where many of her stories are set. Ever since she was a toddler, her mother noticed her tendency for being interested in all things "dark". At two she became infatuated with vampires and ghosts, and that infatuation turned into a lifestyle. She is also an out member of the LGBT+ community.

When she's not writing, she's going to rock concerts, getting tattooed, watching the CW, or reading comics and manga. And drinking copious amounts of coffee.

She also writes contemporary books for adults as Samantha Calcott.

You can also keep up with Lily via her newsletter!

When not writing, Jaclyn can be found binging anime and reading manga. The men in her head never leave her alone, but she doesn’t want them to. Writing is her passion and she’s thankful for each day she’s able to live her dream.

All types of genres in the gay romance world interest her. She has written contemporary, medieval fantasy, paranormal, and historical.

Jenn's love of writing started the year she received her first diary and Nancy Drew novel. Throughout her teenage years, she kept a diary of her personal thoughts and feelings but graduated from Nancy Drew to other mystery suspense novels.

She often adds a thriller and suspense element to anything she writes be it Romance, Science Fiction, or Fantasy. When not writing, she spends her time reading, observing pop culture, and driving her friends crazy with all the characters living in her head.

www.jennnixon.com

Aurelia Fray is the naughty ‘Hyde’ side of a rather ordinary woman. She lives in London, England and adores the age-old city with its bustle, narrow streets, crazy pigeons, and history.

As a hopeless romantic, she always dreamed of finding a love for the ages, but as an avid reader of paranormal, supernatural and dark romance, she soon discovered that the perfect dragon-shifting-fae-prince wasn’t about to just knock on her door. So she currently pens a selection of contemporary and PNR novels, hoping she stumbles across a secret combination of magical words that’ll bring her closer to her dreams.

Catherine Stovall is the author of many fiction works in the horror, steampunk, paranormal, fantasy, dark fantasy, and YA genres.

Catherine is a fearless creature who surrounds herself with the joys of life both in and out of her fictional worlds. She lives in Southeast Missouri with the love of her life and many pets. When not writing, she spends her time creating art, riding motorcycles, wearing elaborate hats, and genuinely enjoying the oddities in life.

A lover of social media, she encourages her fans to reach out to her through facebook, her website, and twitter, so they can share in the experience of publishing and creating.

Iskra Ryder (1986-) writes primarily short erotic fiction, often paranormal in nature. She lives by the mighty Mississippi in the Twin Cities with a roommate and a cat. Feel free to befriend her on Twitter, Tumblr, or Wordpress, where she goes by the imaginative name IskraRyder (but you can call her "Sparky" if you're nasty).

A writer of erotic horror with a loving partner and two children, heavily inspired by writers such as Anne Rice. Especially focused in the myth of vampires and dark beings, and the erotic nature of these beings.

A practising pagan, Charlotte has a deep interest in the occult and ancient mythology, and wishes to explore how these mythologies can affect our world. Wishes to explore all erotic natures of dark creatures.