Irene Radford has been writing stories ever since she figured out what a pencil was for. A member of an endangered species, a native Oregonian who lives in Oregon, she and her husband make their home in Welches, Oregon where deer, bears, coyotes, hawks, owls, and woodpeckers feed regularly on their back deck.

A museum trained historian, Irene has spent many hours prowling pioneer cemeteries deepening her connections to the past. Raised in a military family she grew up all over the US and learned early on that books are friends that don’t get left behind with a move. Her interests and reading range from ancient history, to spiritual meditations, to space stations, and a whole lot in between.

In June of 2011 Irene returns to fantasy with a new series, The Pixie Chronicles. The first being Thistle Down.” Look for “Chicory Up" in 2012.

Irene also writes urban fantasy under the pen names Phyllis Ames--Frozen in Amber--and P.R. Frost--The Tess Noncoire Chronicles. For space opera look for C.F. Bentley. In July 2016 she will become someone else for Steampunk.

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Biography E.E.King

E.E. King is the award winning author of, Dirk Quigby's Guide to the Afterlife. "Impish and delightful, a hilarious Zagat's guide to heaven!" - Ray Bradbury

" A fantastical, profound, hilarious and rollicking good ride through the heavens and hells of the

Afterlife! A wonderful book."--Margaret Cho

"This is the most delightful book this reviewer has read in a while.... a mixture of fact and fiction, faith and mysticism at its best."- The New York Journal of Books.

And Real Conversations With Imaginary Friends, an anthology of short fiction, "These tales are marvelously inventive, wildly funny and deeply thought provoking. I cannot recommend them highly enough." - Ray Bradbury She has been a speaker and teacher at the Ojai Writer's workshop and The San Miguel Writer's Conference, performing "literary stand-up."

Her newest novel,is Her second anthology of Shorts, Another Happy Ending and novella The Card Game is due for release December 2013.

She has contributed to Now Write! ,(with Piers Anthony, Ramsey Campbell, William Nolan, Ursula K. LeGuin, Larry Niven, Jack Ketchum and Harlan Ellison.)

She has published widely.

She is the recipient of various international writing, biology and painting grants. Her murals can be seen in Downtown Los Angeles and Spain.

She's worked with children in Bosnia, crocodiles in Mexico, frogs in Puerto Rico, egrets in Bali, mushrooms in Montana, archaeologists in Spain and planted butterfly gardens in South Central Los Angeles.

for shorts

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For interview footage, watch the Connie Martinson Show

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Jill Zeller is a Left Coast writer, 2nd generation Californian, retired registered nurse, and obsessed gardener. She lives in Oregon with her patient husband, 2 silly English mastiffs and 2 rescue cats—the silliest of all.

Christopher Nadeau is the author of the novels 'Dreamers of Infinity's Core' and 'Kaiju' as well as over three dozen short stories in various anthologies and magazines. He received positive mention from Ramsey Campbell for his short story 'Always Say Treat,' which was compared to the work of Ray Bradbury and has received positive reviews from SFRevue and zombiecoffeepress. His work has appeared alongside the likes of Mike Resnick and David Gerrold. Chris has also served as special editor for Voluted Magazine's 'The Darkness Internal' which he created.

He promises "Echoes of Infinity's core" was finished years ago and will someday see the light of day. Until then, enjoy his many short fiction offerings.

At age five, Lillian Csernica discovered the Little Golden Books fairy tales. From there she moved on to the works of Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Tanith Lee, and Terry Pratchett. Her very first short story sale, "Fallen Idol," appeared in After Hours and was later reprinted in The Year's Best Horror Stories XXI. Lillian has gone on to publish over forty short stories in such markets as Fantastic Stories, Killing It Softly 1 and 2, and After the Happily Ever After. Her Christmas ghost story "The Family Spirit" appeared in Weird Tales #322 and "Maeve" appeared in #333.

Lillian's two nonfiction ebooks, The Writer's Spellbook: Creating Magic Systems for Fantasy and The Fright Factory: Building Better Horror, provide nuts and bolts instruction in the techniques of writing those genres.

Born in San Diego, Ms. Csernica is a genuine California native. She currently resides in the Santa Cruz mountains with her her husband, two sons, and three cats. Visit her at lillian888.wordpress.com.

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Tom Barlow is an Ohio writer. He writes crime, speculative and literary fiction. He has published over 100 short stories and five novels. "Mickey Magic" is an urban fantasy, "Everything is Inevitable" a cozy mystery, "I'll Meet You Yesterday" science fiction, "Bringing Knickerbocker Home" a family drama, and "Blood of the Poppy" a noir crime story. His literary short stories are collected in "Welcome to the Goat Rodeo" and "Odds of Survival" features noir crime fiction.

He writes because conversation involves a lot of give and take, and he's always thought of himself as more of a giver.

Gwyndyn T. Alexander (1969- )was born in San Francisco, but moved to New Orleans and never looked back. In 2005, she lost her house and job and her library to the Great Levee Failure. In April of 2006, she moved into exile in Austin, and finally returned to her beloved New Orleans in 2015. She survived an abusive childhood, and transmuted her experiences into art. She is a feminist activist and strong proponent for LGBT+ rights.

Poet as Ariadne

He's gone too far

in this dearly-bought adventure.

His fate was a crown, power, kingdoms,

traded in for a future

of intrigue, bulls, and blood.

Arrogance claimed him to a place as tribute...

favored by the gods, but

only a woman could give him his glory.

Traitor to my father, king, and god,

I took the secret ways

known only to women,

and brought down an empire for love.

He left me, of course,

claimed the victory alone.

So let the men cheer, and toast him

with celebratory wine.

We women know the truth of things...

our secret history

written in blood from our hearts

on spider silk.

We know the truth

of heroes.

-- Gwyndyn T. Alexander copyright 2015

Liam Hogan was abandoned in a library at the tender age of 3, only to emerge blinking into the sunlight many years later with a head full of words and an aversion to loud noises.

London based and with a first class degree in Physics from Oxford, Liam is an award winning (Quantum Shorts 2015 & Roswell Award 2016) short story writer, appearing in over 50 anthologies, including the Amazon chart topping Political/Sci-Fi Anthology "Alternative Truths", and NewCon Press's "Best of British Sci-Fi 2016".

His twisted fantasy collection "Happy Ending NOT Guaranteed" is published by Arachne Press.

His work has been performed at Liars' League, NoSleep Podcast, and White Rabbit's "Are You Sitting Comfortably". You can find it in print at DailyScienceFiction, Gallery of Curiosities, and OpenPen, as well as the anthologies listed here and at http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk/.

He dreams in Dewey Decimals.

Yorkshireman Philip Brian Hall is a graduate of Oxford University. A former diplomat and teacher, at one time or another he's stood for parliament, sung solos in amateur operettas, rowed at Henley Royal Regatta, completed a 40 mile cross-country walk in under 12 hours and ridden in over one hundred steeplechase horse races.

He's had short stories published in the USA and Canada as well as the UK and some of them are freely available on line.

Philip's novel, The Prophets of Baal, is available both in paperback and as an e-book. The exciting occult story is set in rural England, Jersey and the treacherous sea in between them.

Philip lives on a small farm in Scotland.

Debora Godfrey has had stories published in More Alternative Truths: Stories from the Resistance, Alternative Theologies, and Alternative Truths III: Endgame. She is also co-editor for Alternative Apocalypse, Alternative War, and Post Roe Alternatives:Fighting Back. She’s working on a middle grade fantasy series, as well as a crime novel based in space. She recently exchanged life in a cohousing community for an existence with a husband, a dog, several grumpy hummingbirds, and a usually even-tempered lawyer, not to mention a multitude of tiny frogs and a googly-eyed vacuum cleaner named Vinny.

I was born deep in the heart of potato country in Boise, Idaho and currently live and work in the Tri-Cities, Washington with my amazing wife, 2 year old son, and 4 Border Collies. I like to read, write, watch movies and TV, play video games, and think about exercise.

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P. James Norris, who can be reached at www.ocetacea.net/pjamesnorris/, is working on five novels, one of which, The Order of the Brotherhood, is a work of dystopian fiction set in a prison that investigates the value of democracy in an America that has largely forgotten it. In 2018 he started getting short stories published by the likes of Moon Magazine, Fantasia Divinity, Tigershark Publishing and Rhetoric Askew. He’s written several spec teleplays, including two original TV pilots "Project Ωmega" and "Powers & Glory"- his literary manager is Mikhael Bassilli with Scriptmatix. He lives in Idaho with his wife, two dogs, two cats, and four chickens.

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Heather Truett holds an MFA from the University of Memphis. Her debut novel, KISS AND REPEAT released from Macmillan in 2021, and she teaches fiction at Interlochen Fine Arts Camp. She has work featured or upcoming in Spoon Knife, Hunger Mountain, and Abandon Journal. Heather is represented by Hilary Harwell at KT Literary and is a PhD candidate at FSU. Find out more at heathertruett.com.

Bob Brown lives in Washington State with 32 chickens, two pugs, one dog, three cats and his wife of innumerable years. He is the author of numerous short stories, the Children's book, The Dragon, the Damsel, and the Knight and the co-author of "The Lost Enforcer," with Irene Radford, a noted fantasy writer.

Bob Brown has received numerous awards from the Northwest Society for Professional Journalists for his Northwest Public Radio work. He is an avid gardener and can be contacted at Kionadad@aol.com or at his website, bcubedpress.com.

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Paula Hammond has worked as a publisher, copy-writer, ghost-writer, author, artist, and journalist. She has written over 80 fiction and non-fiction books as well as comics, poetry, and scripts for DVDs and CD-ROMS. She has worked with Harper Collins, Marshall Cavendish, Scholastic, World Book, Disney, and the BBC. Her fiction has been nominated for the Eugie Award, the Pushcart Prize, and a British Science Fiction Association award.