Wet Country

Contributors to Wet Country

1. Rod A. White

   “The Bog Wife”

   Rod A. White has operated a writing business since 2010, providing services to a global clientele. He is now semi-retired, producing more of his own works. Rod’s stories have been accepted for publication by Flame Tree Publishing, Crimson Quill Press, Dragon Soul Press, Inkd Publishing, and Wolfsinger Publication, among others. He has also published two novels and numerous nonfiction eBooks on the craft of writing, which can be found at https://payhip.com/RodAWhiteStoryworks.

2. Madison Blackwell

   “Banshee of the Pacific”

   Madison Blackwell is a Virginia-based writer and healthcare worker who has won several awards for academic writing and has more recently branched out into fiction. She primarily writes horror and speculative fiction, but has dabbled in many genres. When she’s not writing or taking care of patients, Madison can be found out for a jog, playing with her dogs, or curled up on her couch with a good book.

3. David Anson Lee

   “After the Rain, the Prairie Gives Back Teeth”

   David Anson Lee is a retired ophthalmologist, glaucoma specialist, researcher, and poet. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous literary journals, where he often explores memory, landscape, mortality, perception, and the uncanny. He lives in Texas with his wife, Karen.

4. Miranda Pierson

   “Hillbilly Exorcism”

   Miranda Pierson writes fiction at the intersection of the mythic and the everyday—stories about inheritance, identity, and the worlds we build to become ourselves. She is currently at work on her novels Melissa of the Bees and When I Was a Queen. She can be found on TikTok at @Miranda.Might.

5. T. E. Aydelott

   “The Land Remembers”

   T. E. Aydelott is a retired military veteran living in Virginia Beach, Virginia. An author of horror and science fiction, he enjoys crafting stories that explore the unknown, the unsettling, and the boundaries of imagination.

6. Natalee Licciardoni

   “Just My Luck”

   Natalee Licciardoni writes horror shaped by the wild, haunted landscapes of Northwest Montana. With a graduate degree in biology, she blends scientific curiosity with emotional dread, creating stories rooted in nature and isolation. When she isn’t writing, she’s tending to her garden or hiking the mountain trails near her home. Her fiction is forthcoming in Creepy Podcast and Kismet Literary Magazine.

7. H.M. Pettengill

   “SAILORS, Take Warning!”

   H.M. Pettengill is a speculative author and poet with a particular love for all things eerie. He lives in the southeastern US with his wife and critters and has several publications to his name. Learn more and read some of his work at hmpettengill.com

8. Matthew C. Rogers

   “Rusty Water”

   Born and raised in the Appalachian foothills of East Tennessee, Matthew C. Rogers spent his youth naming the boulders in the old growth forest around his childhood home, reading horror novels that were not age appropriate, and learning everything he could about the darker side of history, folklore, mythology, and storytelling. When he's not crafting narratives, he's liable to be found working in his vegetable garden, starting a new hobby, or watching classic horror films with his wife and two dogs.

9. D.A. Salvatore

   “The Fifth Season”

   D.A. Salvatore writes horror. You can find him lurking around the Pacific Northwest drinking too much coffee. Email him at SalTheTerror@gmail.com

10. Nick Manzolillo

    “Poor Catch”

    Nick is the author of the Lovecraftian crime novel Moon, Regardless, and has published over 70 short stories in publications such as Switchblade, TQR, Red Room Magazine, Grievous Angel, and The Tales To Terrify podcast. He has an MFA in Creative and Professional Writing from Western Connecticut State University. He currently lives in Rhode Island with his wife, son, and three well-read cats. When he's not writing, he spends his time beachcombing for lost treasures.

11. J.P. Vesper

    “The Crowmire”

    J.P. Vesper is the author of the horror novels “We All Lived Here Before” and “The Hollow Horizon”, available on Amazon. His newest novel, “Fear He Will: The Mothers Ledger”, has been submitted to Velox Books for consideration. He is currently building a series of interconnected works while writing from his home in Illinois.

12. Louie Sullivan

    “Grin”

    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, Crooked Spine by Crooked Spine Press, and in issues 62-64 of The Sirens Call.

13. E. Seneca

    “The Empty House”

    E. Seneca is a freelance author of horror and dark fantasy. Her works have appeared in various anthologies and online publications, some of which include "Glut" published by Sliced Up Press in their Slashertorte anthology, "Blood of the Sea" published in Issue #1 of The Deeps magazine, "The Compound" published by Astral, Alien Fiction, and "Salt and Rust" published by the Islandia Journal SubStack. She has been featured in the DeadSteam anthology series by Grimmer & Grimmer Books, the Monsters anthology series by Soteira Press, and in multiple Sherlock Holmes anthologies by Belanger Books. She has written original fiction since 2008, and can be found on Twitter @esenecaauthor.