“He Who Wept”
J.P. Vesper is the author of the horror novels We All Lived Here Before and The Hollow Horizon, with a third novel, Fear He Will, forthcoming. He is currently developing a trilogy of interconnected books and continues to write quiet, character-driven horror from his home in Illinois.
“GRAVEDIGGER”
Mike Trippiedi recently finished his third novel, a political satire called “Abraham Lincoln’s Traveling Medicine Show,” which is currently available through Barnes and Noble. His short story “The Telemarketer” was published in 2024 by Above the Rain Collective in their horror anthology Final Passenger.
“(Grave)Yard Sale”
Louie Sullivan has always been afraid of the dark, and he hopes that you are too. He is a graduate of Fordham University and Saint Peter’s University, reads about a hundred books a year, and goes to the movies as often as humanly possible. You can find his work in the anthologies Doors of Darkness and Doors of Darkness II: Trick or Treat by Terrorcore Publishing, in Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night: A Halloween Horror Anthology by Death by TBR Books, and in issues 62–64 of The Sirens Call.
“Rain”
K. Reed is a queer former English teacher who never lost her childhood fascination with things that go bump in the night. She lives in the Midwest with her family, where she spends much of her free time keeping up with AEW and writing about the chill that snakes down your spine when you’re being watched.
“Welcome Home”
Matthew was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His work has most recently appeared in Illustrated Worlds.
“A Picture of You”
Isabelle Nygren is a born and raised Alaskan currently pursuing her MA in London. Her work has appeared in a variety of anthologies and journals, including Kilter and Rammel’s Fun in the Dark series and the Spring Edition of Frost Zone. When not writing, she enjoys crocheting abominations and watching musical theatre.
“Siren”
Tim Jeffreys’s debut novel, The False Ones, was published by Crossroads Press in February 2025. Reviewers described it as a ‘beautifully written supernatural mystery’ and ‘British folk-horror that gives that isolated creepiness coupled with body-snatchers horror’. He has also published various novellas and short story collections, including a ghost story, Holburn, published by Manta Press. His short fiction has appeared in Supernatural Tales, The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors, Nightscript, Stories We Tell After Midnight, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Shadowplays from P.S. Publishing, The Ghastling, and many other places. He lives in Bristol, UK, with his partner and two children. Visit him online at timjeffreys.blogspot.co.uk.
“The Kavanagh Girl-Child”
Victor Kreuiter’s stories have appeared in Bewildering Stories, Close To The Bone, Del Sol SFF Review, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Halfway Down The Stairs, Killer Nashville, Mystery Tribune, Rock and a Hard Place, Straylight Literary Magazine, Tough, Literally Stories, The Saturday Evening Post, and other online and print publications. His story “Miller and Bell,” originally appearing in Mystery, was included in The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of 2023.
“Avulsion Therapy”
Love Kall (they/them) is a queer horror author from Maine. They have been previously published in COUNTERCLOCK and Passages North, with several stories forthcoming. Find them online: lovekall.com.
“Meditations on the Capuchin Crypt”
Kurt Edward Milberger writes and lives in Georgia with his family and a goldfish called Sarah. His work has appeared in Hearth & Coffin, Dog Teeth, Moss Puppy Magazine, and elsewhere. His chapbook, Equations, is forthcoming from Bottlecap Press.