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N.R. Brown
has a passion for books. During the day she is a librarian...while at night she is a horror and dark fantasy writer and blogger. Her work has appeared in Chiaroscuro. She is also a blogger on “Unleaded-Fuel for Writers", where she explores the pitfalls of developing her craft. Ms. Brown is a member of Donna Andrew’s Hellebore Writing Group, and CVS of Northern Virgina Writing Group, as well as a member of Sisters in Crime. She lives in Maryland with her partner Day, and one very spoiled yellow labs. See more at http://www.nrbrown.com

CJ Henderson
is the creator of both the
Piers Knight
supernatural investigator series and the
Teddy London
occult detective series among many others. He has written over 70 books and/or novels, hundreds and hundreds of short stories and comics and thousands of non-fiction pieces. He is a master of hardboiled suspense as well as raucous comedy, and is not shy about saying so even when sober. For more on this truly fascinating teller of tales, he encourages all to stop in at www.cjhenderson.com. He promises free short stories and more humiliate.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio,
James Daniel Ross
has been an actor, computer tech support operator, historic infotainment tour guide, armed self defense retailer, automotive petrol attendant, youth entertainment stock replacement specialist, mass market Italian chef, low priority courier, monthly printed media retailer, automotive industry miscellaneous task facilitator, and ditch digger.

His credits include
The Radiation Angels: The Chimerium Gambit, The Radiation Angels: The Key to Damocles, The Last Dragoon,
and
I Know Not.

Most people are begging him to go back to ditch digging.

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HE EDITORS

Neal Levin
is a game designer, author, and publisher. His work in game design includes credits with: Ambient Games, Bastion Press, Dark Quest Games, EN Publishing, Mystic Eye Games and Top Fashion Games. Bound and determined to write he acquires membership in writing groups like merit badges, as such he is a member of the Garden State Horror Writers, EPIC, HWA, and SFWA. As a publisher he is the Acquisitions Editor for Dark Quest Books, and former Editor-in-Chief for ADF Publications. As a short story author he has work in anthologies from many publishers, but most suggest he shouldn’t hold his breath waiting on a response. He has contributed to such scifi/fantasy anthologies as
Barbarians at the Jumpgate, Bad-Ass Faeries 3: In All Their Glory, New Blood,
and
Mermaid 13
. His latest novel is
Salient Dream
, a fantasy thriller, co-written with James Daniel Ross. Failing to live in his prefer locale of Scotland, he currently inhabits a domicile in New Jersey with his wife and one rather furry quadrupedal child.

Award-winning author and editor
Danielle Ackley-McPhail
has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to remember. Currently, she is a project editor and promotions manager for Dark Quest Books.

Her published works include four urban fantasy novels,
Yesterday’s Dreams
,
Tomorrow’s Memories
,
Today’s Promise
,
The Halfling’s Court:
and
The Redcaps’ Queen: A Bad-Ass Faerie Tale
. She is also the author of the non-fiction writers guide,
The Literary Handyman
and is the senior editor of the
Bad-Ass Faeries
anthology series,
Dragon’s Lure
, and
In An Iron Cage
. Her work is included in numerous other anthologies and collections.

She is a member of the Garden State Speculative Fiction Writers, the New Jersey Authors Network, and Broad Universe, a writer’s organization focusing on promoting the works of women authors in the speculative genres.

Danielle lives in New Jersey with husband and fellow writer, Mike McPhail, mother-in-law Teresa, and three extremely spoiled cats.

To learn more about her work, visit www.sidhenadaire.com, or www.badassfaeries.com.