Patrick S. Baker is a U.S. Army Veteran, currently a Department of Defense employee. He holds Bachelor degrees in History and Political Science and a Masters in European History. His nonfiction has appeared in Medieval Warfare Magazine and Strategy & Tactics Magazine. His fiction has appeared in Broadsword and Blasters Magazine, Mythic Magazine as well as the After Avalon, Uncommon Minds and King of Ages anthologies. In his spare time he reads, works out, plays war-games, and enjoys life with his wife, dog, and two cats. His website is https://bakerp2004.wordpress.com/

Award-winning author Jon Black was raised in a university town north of Dallas, lived in Egypt for several years, bounced to various locations around the world, and ultimately landed in Austin.

His short story, “Bel Nemeton,” a blend of Arthurian historical fantasy and progressive pulp, is being expanded into an eight-book series with the first release scheduled for 2017. Also look for his upcoming supernaturally-tinged 1920s mystery novel "Gabriel's Trumpet" and the music-themed western Gothic short story "So Lonesome I Could Die."

Jon's other writing includes music journalism, ghostwriting, speechwriting, and roleplaying games.

Jon’s previous jobs include archaeological excavator, Benjamin Franklin impersonator, embassy worker, graduate assistant, newspaper reporter, pizza jockey, political speechwriter, small business owner, substitute teacher, and summer camp counselor…not always in the order one might expect.

He waited until he was 43 before writing fiction … and wishes he had started a lot sooner.

A Ne'er-Do-Well of renown, his book Swords, Snakes, and Shipwrecks is newly reissued from The Oldstyle Tales Press, and his second book King & Saints & Knights is available from Alien Buddha.

David Wiley grew up around stories. He would frequently bring stacks of books to his mother at bedtime, always eager to have another book read before bed. Several decades have passed since those days, but little has changed: he still has a passion for stories.

His first short story to be published was “Lost in a Familiar Place”, a short piece of flash fiction that appeared in Firewords Quarterly. Since then he has seen several shorter pieces published in anthologies. His first solo publication, A Merchant in Oria, was published in the spring of 2017 by OWS Ink. David’s first full-length novel, Monster Huntress, released in April 2018 and is set in the same fantasy world as his novella but follows a new protagonist: Ava, a young girl with aspirations of hunting monsters for a living.

When he isn’t writing, David can often be found enjoying the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Sarah J. Maas, and many others. He also likes to delve into the literature of the Anglo-Saxons, such as Beowulf, and the Icelandic Sagas.

During his free time he also likes to sit around a table with others, pulling out modern board games such as War of the Ring, Mage Knight, Lignum, A Feast for Odin, and many other games.

If you want to reach David, he’d love to hear from you! You can email him at david.wiley0@gmail.com.

I live (and write) just where the stuffy utilitarianism of suburbia gives way to the fields and furrows of Kent. In my day job I commute across the Thames into the heart of the old Roman city, where, despite the best efforts of traffic and the soulless towers of glass and steel, the ghosts of its old tenants can still be felt in its narrow corridors and winding lanes. In my free time I write.

I have always been fascinated by the countryside, by its moods and movements, its folklore, myths and legends, and by the way successive generations have shaped and moulded the landscape, embedding their own tales and stories in its fabric. My academic background is in archaeology, and my inclination leans toward the deep past and how it continues to impact the present, both physically and psychologically.

I’ve written constantly since childhood – it didn’t always matter what I was writing, as long as it involved words used in interesting ways. I started with stories, then poetry, through non-fiction and then full circle back to fiction. I’ve had both fiction and poetry published by a variety of publishers. I write in a variety of genres – supernatural and horror, folklore, fantasy and fairy tale – but always with a sense of dislocation, of something unacknowledged but not unfelt.

Nicole Petit is the Series Editor at 18thWall Productions. The Preditors and Editors Readers’ Poll 2018 named her #1 Best Editor overall, and she has placed in the top three every year since 2016.

She has curated the collections Shadows Over Avalon, Pizza Parties & Poltergeists, Sockhops & Séances, Silver Screen Sleuths, Speakeasies & Spiritualists, Just So Stories, After Avalon, and From the Dragon Lord’s Library. Her anthologies—as well as stories from her anthologies—have been consistent award-winners, taking home awards as varied as Best Anthology, Best Horror Story, Best Magical Realism Story (The Preditors and Editors Readers’ Poll 2017), Best Story, Best Cover (Pulp Ark New Pulp Award 2016), Best Artwork, and placing highly in Best Anthology (The Preditors and Editors Readers’ Poll 2016).

She wrote the September 2020 Doctor Who Subscriber Short Trip, “The Beast of Muir,” for Big Finish Productions.

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