- Odin Halvorson is a writer, community builder, and life coach whose work bridges technology, creativity, and human connection. With an MLIS and MFA in Creative Writing, he has led tech and community moderation for groundbreaking events like the first virtual Nebula Awards Conference and the fully online World Fantasy Con. His academic research on AI, geographies of the fantastic, and found families has been presented internationally, and his passion for storytelling drives his mission to foster dialogue and growth in both individuals and communities. Odin currently lives in Richmond, VA, where he balances writing, coaching, and marketing for global universities.
- Michael Fassbender is an Affiliate-level member of the Horror Writers' Association and he is active in its Chicago Chapter. His highlights include "The Cold Girl" in Re-Haunts, "Miroir de Vaugnac" in Dark Divinations, "Schattenlenker's Hidden Treasure" in The Nightside Codex, "Old Growth" in Scary Stuff, and "The Lord of the Horizon Beckons" in The Nameless Songs of Zadok Allen. More information can be found on his website, michaeltfassbender.com.
- Sirius (they/them) is the author of The Dread South Series, the Gentleman Demon series, the Wirekillers series, the Draonir Saga, and multiple short stories included in various anthologies and literary magazines. When not writing, they are spreading blasphemy as a drag king or doting on their beloved dogs.
- Angelisa Fontaine-Wood (Bluesky: angelisawood.bsky.social) has lived now over half a life devoted to arcane study and champagne drinking in a tumble-down garrett under the shadow of a French castle. Her work has appeared in NewMyths, khōréō, and elsewhere. Thoughts on cabbages and kings can be found at angelisawood.blogspot.com.
- Eolas Pellor is the author of understated, character-driven, eclectic, genre fiction with a literary sensibility. He is a retired high school teacher who taught in the inner-city for nearly 30 years. His work has appeared in numerous on-line publications and print anthologies. He is autistic and has two, adult sons, and five cats.
- Michael Fowler writes humor and horror in Ohio, USA. They say the tone is in the varnish.
- E. N. Dauvin (she/her) lives in rural Saskatchewan with her husband, cats and horses. When not writing, she is studying for her horticulture certificate, working in the garden, and trying to keep up with too many hobbies. Her work has appeared in Arkham Institutions, Dragon Gems Summer 2024 and upcoming in Diabolical Plots.
- Malory is an author of epic, character-driven fantasy adventures packed with snark, strategy and high-stakes action.
- Matthew P. Bettelheim is a wildlife biologist, science writer, and natural historian. In 2013, Matthew authored his first children's book, Sardis and Stamm, a story about the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge and the endangered Langes metalmark butterfly. In 2019, he edited and contributed to the Western Section of The Wildlife Society's The Wildlife Confessional: Kick It in the Ice Hole and Other Stories, an anthology about the field of wildlife biology. His short story "Endpapers" first appeared in We Are All Thieves of Somebody's Future (Air and Nothingness Press, 2024).
- Hugh Alan Samples is an author and illustrator with a lifelong fascination for gothic beauty and the dark elegance of the Victorian era. Trained at the University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts, he crafts dark fantasy and historical fiction illustrated in his award-winning pen-and-ink style. A suicide survivor and mental health advocate, his work often explores survival, resilience, and the strange poetry of the human spirit. When not creating, he does marketing and communications for the local library and teaches Kung Fu and Tai Chi as an eighth-degree black belt. He lives in Kentucky with his wife and two daughters.
- Sarah Arceneaux is a speculative fiction writer based in East Tennessee. Her work has appeared in Fiction on the Web, and she is the winner of the Knoxville Writing Guild's 2025 Fall Fiction Contest. When not writing, she works as a recruiter and consumes as much character-driven fiction as possible. She is currently adapting one of her short stories into a screenplay.
- Mike Adamson holds a Doctoral degree from Flinders University of South Australia. After early aspirations in art and writing, Mike returned to study and secured qualifications in marine biology and archaeology. Mike was a university educator from 2006 to 2018, is a passionate photographer, master-level hobbyist and a journalist for international magazines. He is now a well-known Sherlock Holmes novelist.
- Ambrose Stolliker lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and son. He is the author of The Strange Nighttime Journey of Father Stephen Marlowe (May 2022) from Muddy Paw Press, as well as two horror novellas, "Old Hollow" (2018) and "The Death Chute" (2019), both from small press publisher Aurelia Leo. His short stories can be seen in Stupefying Stories Magazine, Spooky Magazine, WEIRD CITY, Tales to Terrify, Creepy Campfire Quarterly, Ghostlight Magazine, Sex and Murder Magazine, Hungur Magazine, Sanitarium Magazine, The Tincture Journal, Charon Coin Press's State of Horror: Louisiana, Volume II anthology and DAOwen Publications' horror anthology Muffled Scream I: Corner of the Eye.
- Rob is a British author of dark speculative fiction. His stories have appeared in Clarkesworld, Escape Pod and Cosmic Horror Monthly amongst others. Links to all his work and rarely used social media can be found at robgillham.com.
- John E. DeLaughter is a retired planetologist living in Italy with Samantha the Eagle, who is actually a cat. His work has taken him to all seven continents where he has always met the nicest people.
- Born in Ukraine and currently residing in California, Elana Gomel is an academic, an award-winning writer, and a professional nomad. A member of the Horror Writers of America (HWA), she is the author of many short stories, two collections, several novellas, and eight novels. Her latest novel is the epic dark fantasy A Tale of Three Cities.
- Title page artist, Warren Muzak – warrenmuzak.weebly.com.
Masque & Maelström
Volume 2
The Overzealous Reinterment of Edgar Allan Poe
