Meet the Authors
MARK SOUZA, "CUPID'S MAZE"
Mark Souza lives in the Pacific Northwest and writes Starbuck’s fueled fiction while holed up in his mountain shack sheltered from unrelenting monsoons.
LILY HARLEM, "A DEVILISH INCANTATION"
Lily Harlem lives in beautiful rural Wales, UK, juggling two musical teenagers, a workaholic husband and an ever increasing menagerie of rescued pets. Last year Lily won first place in the ‘The LoveHoney Vulgari Award for Erotic Fiction’ with an American inspired tale entitled ‘Madam President’ and she also has a spankingly naughty story in Violet Blue’s Best Women’s Erotica 2010.
PHYLLIS HUMPHREY, "THE GIFT"
Phyllis Humphrey has had three short stories accepted by print magazines and won an award in an online story contest. She is a member of RWA, has had eight romance novels published, was a finalist in the Golden Heart, won the San Diego Book Award in 2002, and was a finalist this year in the St. Martin’s Press Malice Domestic contest.
MICHAEL R. COLANGELO, "PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG ALCHEMIST"
Michael R. Colangelo is a writer from Toronto. Visit him at http://www.michaelrcolangelo.blogspot.com/.
MARIANNE HALBERT, "PROOF BEYOND A SHADOW"
Marianne Halbert is a defense attorney from central Indiana. She has published several short stories, and has more forthcoming. “Proof Beyond a Shadow” is dedicated to her mom, Marilyn Jardine, for believing in her, and because she loves this story so much.
JACK HORNE, "VALENTINE'S DAY ON THE RUN"
Jack Horne lives in Plymouth, England, and works for the local theatre. Writing is his main interest and he’s had ‘quite a few’ short stories, poems and articles printed in various magazines. He’d like to be a novelist.
D.B. REDDICK, "THE INTRUDER"
D.B. Reddick is a former newspaper reporter and college journalism instructor, who has spent the past 20 years working in the insurance industry. His previous short stories have appeared in Racing Can Be Murder (2007) and Medium of Murder (2008) Reddick and his wife live in Camby, Indiana, where they spend their spare time spoiling their grandkids.
JESSICA A. WEISS, "HUG ME, KISS ME, BLEED FOR ME"
Jessica A. Weiss fills her days with horror movies, correcting school papers, tending pets, writing and reading. Her short stories can be found in many Pill Hill Press anthologies and soon in Zombie Faerie Tales from Library of Living Dead Press. She also keeps fresh writing prompts to nudge the occasional blocked writer on her blog.
JEFFREY C. PETTENGILL, "A VALENTINE'S DAY NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN"
Jeffrey C. Pettengill is a New England native who uses his day job as a financial analyst for a hospital to subsidize his covert activities as a writer. He is a member of the Horror Writer’s Association, the New England Horror Writer’s Association, and the Essex Writer’s and Artist’s Guild where he enjoys being with people who share his passions. His first short story was published in the zombie anthology Bits of the Dead. In addition to being an amazing writer, he’s an excellent cook, a wizard with spreadsheets and databases, a role-player, and a lover of movies and the theater.
NEIL COGHLAN, "ONE FEBRUARY EVENING"
Neil Coghlan is a 40 year old Londoner presently living in Buenos Aires on a sabbatical year. He has taught English around the world for the last fifteen years and is enjoying this new experience of writing, which he discovered only very recently. Four of his stories are currently scheduled for publication in 2010: in an anthology published by Raven Electrick Ink, Retro Spec: Tales of Fantasy & Nostalgia, in Bards & Sages Quarterly magazine, in Crow’s Nest Magazine and in the Elements Of Horror Anthology. He also runs an educational website and scribas.com, a site dedicated to nostalgia.
ADRIAN LUDENS, "SWOLLEN TICK"
Adrian Ludens lives with his family in the Black Hills of South Dakota. His short fiction has appeared recently in the magazines Morpheus Tales and Crossed Genres, online at Midnight in Hell and Everyday Weirdness, and in three recent horror anthologies: 52 Stitches, The Middle of Nowhere and Bonded By Blood II. Visit him at http://www.myspace.com/adrianludens.
HARPER HULL, "ALL YOUR PRETTY THINGS"
Harper Hull was born and raised in Northern England but now lives in a 19th century farmhouse in the American South with his much smarter and prettier Dixie wife. He grew up in a home crammed with classic sci-fi and horror books, and started writing his own stories in 2009. If you ever read one of his pieces, he just hopes you enjoy it. He can be found at http://harperhull.weebly.com/.
DAVID E. GRESKE, "EVERLASTING LOVE"
Raised in rural Wisconsin, David E. Greske grew up watching the Saturday afternoon creature features. He has been writing horror stories since the age of seven and one of his first literary endeavors was a rip-off of a Dark Shadows episode. He attended the University at River Falls, Wisconsin and was involved with the campus newspaper and a regular contributor to the university’s literary magazine. His stories have appeared in Black Ink Horror, Back Roads, and Thirteen. The author lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
J. TROY SEATE, "THE RED SATIN RIBBON"
J.Troy Seate has written everything from humor to the erotic to the macabre. His short stories and memoirs appear in several magazines, anthologies and webzines. His two one-author anthologies, Descent into Darkness and From the Depths of Darkness, and his two suspense thrillers, Chosen, and its sequel, Shanghai is Crying are available through amazon.com and most bookstores. Troy lives in Golden, Colorado. You may contact him at troyseate@hotmail.com or http://www.whispershome.com while his website undergoes an overhaul.
REBECCA J. VICKERY, "HAPPY BLOODY VALENTINE"
Rebecca J. Vickery enjoys writing stories with a twist. Mystery, suspense, adventure, or the paranormal keep her readers turning page after page.
JOHN PENNINGTON, "ROOM SERVICE"
John Pennington was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana and now currently resides in Bloomington. He recently had his first short story published in the Pill Hill Press anthology Twisted Legends: Urbanized and Unauthorized. Besides writing he enjoys playing music, reading, collecting vinyl records, and playing way too many bad video games.
C. DOUGLAS BIRKHEAD, "GRACE"
C. Douglas Birkhead likes to pass the time reading and writing all kinds of fiction. He lives in Florida with his “normal” wife, two kids and dog, Magnus, who likes to lie at his feet while he writes.
MATTHEW S. DENT, "P.S. I NEED YOU"
Matthew S. Dent is an aspiring writer of science fiction and horror, with an upcoming publication in Pill Hill Press’ The Four Horsemen anthology. He currently lives in Brighton on the south coast of England.
RUTH BARRETT, "EMOTIONAL VAMPIRE"
Ruth Barrett has published a number of her quirky and twisted short stories in Canadian and American anthologies and journals. She is also widely published in the genre of erotica (under a pen-name to keep Mom happy). Ruth has recently completed a first novel—Base Spirits—a supernatural thriller with a historical core.
RICH SAMPSON, "LOSING IT"
Rich Sampson is an Art School drop out with more comic books than is healthy for a man of his age. He found writing entirely by accident. He currently lives in Hampshire, England with his wife and two children. He welcomes comments at his website: http://www.rich-sampson.blogspot.com.
Mark Souza lives in the Pacific Northwest and writes Starbuck’s fueled fiction while holed up in his mountain shack sheltered from unrelenting monsoons.
LILY HARLEM, "A DEVILISH INCANTATION"
Lily Harlem lives in beautiful rural Wales, UK, juggling two musical teenagers, a workaholic husband and an ever increasing menagerie of rescued pets. Last year Lily won first place in the ‘The LoveHoney Vulgari Award for Erotic Fiction’ with an American inspired tale entitled ‘Madam President’ and she also has a spankingly naughty story in Violet Blue’s Best Women’s Erotica 2010.
PHYLLIS HUMPHREY, "THE GIFT"
Phyllis Humphrey has had three short stories accepted by print magazines and won an award in an online story contest. She is a member of RWA, has had eight romance novels published, was a finalist in the Golden Heart, won the San Diego Book Award in 2002, and was a finalist this year in the St. Martin’s Press Malice Domestic contest.
MICHAEL R. COLANGELO, "PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG ALCHEMIST"
Michael R. Colangelo is a writer from Toronto. Visit him at http://www.michaelrcolangelo.blogspot.com/.
MARIANNE HALBERT, "PROOF BEYOND A SHADOW"
Marianne Halbert is a defense attorney from central Indiana. She has published several short stories, and has more forthcoming. “Proof Beyond a Shadow” is dedicated to her mom, Marilyn Jardine, for believing in her, and because she loves this story so much.
JACK HORNE, "VALENTINE'S DAY ON THE RUN"
Jack Horne lives in Plymouth, England, and works for the local theatre. Writing is his main interest and he’s had ‘quite a few’ short stories, poems and articles printed in various magazines. He’d like to be a novelist.
D.B. REDDICK, "THE INTRUDER"
D.B. Reddick is a former newspaper reporter and college journalism instructor, who has spent the past 20 years working in the insurance industry. His previous short stories have appeared in Racing Can Be Murder (2007) and Medium of Murder (2008) Reddick and his wife live in Camby, Indiana, where they spend their spare time spoiling their grandkids.
JESSICA A. WEISS, "HUG ME, KISS ME, BLEED FOR ME"
Jessica A. Weiss fills her days with horror movies, correcting school papers, tending pets, writing and reading. Her short stories can be found in many Pill Hill Press anthologies and soon in Zombie Faerie Tales from Library of Living Dead Press. She also keeps fresh writing prompts to nudge the occasional blocked writer on her blog.
JEFFREY C. PETTENGILL, "A VALENTINE'S DAY NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN"
Jeffrey C. Pettengill is a New England native who uses his day job as a financial analyst for a hospital to subsidize his covert activities as a writer. He is a member of the Horror Writer’s Association, the New England Horror Writer’s Association, and the Essex Writer’s and Artist’s Guild where he enjoys being with people who share his passions. His first short story was published in the zombie anthology Bits of the Dead. In addition to being an amazing writer, he’s an excellent cook, a wizard with spreadsheets and databases, a role-player, and a lover of movies and the theater.
NEIL COGHLAN, "ONE FEBRUARY EVENING"
Neil Coghlan is a 40 year old Londoner presently living in Buenos Aires on a sabbatical year. He has taught English around the world for the last fifteen years and is enjoying this new experience of writing, which he discovered only very recently. Four of his stories are currently scheduled for publication in 2010: in an anthology published by Raven Electrick Ink, Retro Spec: Tales of Fantasy & Nostalgia, in Bards & Sages Quarterly magazine, in Crow’s Nest Magazine and in the Elements Of Horror Anthology. He also runs an educational website and scribas.com, a site dedicated to nostalgia.
ADRIAN LUDENS, "SWOLLEN TICK"
Adrian Ludens lives with his family in the Black Hills of South Dakota. His short fiction has appeared recently in the magazines Morpheus Tales and Crossed Genres, online at Midnight in Hell and Everyday Weirdness, and in three recent horror anthologies: 52 Stitches, The Middle of Nowhere and Bonded By Blood II. Visit him at http://www.myspace.com/adrianludens.
HARPER HULL, "ALL YOUR PRETTY THINGS"
Harper Hull was born and raised in Northern England but now lives in a 19th century farmhouse in the American South with his much smarter and prettier Dixie wife. He grew up in a home crammed with classic sci-fi and horror books, and started writing his own stories in 2009. If you ever read one of his pieces, he just hopes you enjoy it. He can be found at http://harperhull.weebly.com/.
DAVID E. GRESKE, "EVERLASTING LOVE"
Raised in rural Wisconsin, David E. Greske grew up watching the Saturday afternoon creature features. He has been writing horror stories since the age of seven and one of his first literary endeavors was a rip-off of a Dark Shadows episode. He attended the University at River Falls, Wisconsin and was involved with the campus newspaper and a regular contributor to the university’s literary magazine. His stories have appeared in Black Ink Horror, Back Roads, and Thirteen. The author lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
J. TROY SEATE, "THE RED SATIN RIBBON"
J.Troy Seate has written everything from humor to the erotic to the macabre. His short stories and memoirs appear in several magazines, anthologies and webzines. His two one-author anthologies, Descent into Darkness and From the Depths of Darkness, and his two suspense thrillers, Chosen, and its sequel, Shanghai is Crying are available through amazon.com and most bookstores. Troy lives in Golden, Colorado. You may contact him at troyseate@hotmail.com or http://www.whispershome.com while his website undergoes an overhaul.
REBECCA J. VICKERY, "HAPPY BLOODY VALENTINE"
Rebecca J. Vickery enjoys writing stories with a twist. Mystery, suspense, adventure, or the paranormal keep her readers turning page after page.
JOHN PENNINGTON, "ROOM SERVICE"
John Pennington was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana and now currently resides in Bloomington. He recently had his first short story published in the Pill Hill Press anthology Twisted Legends: Urbanized and Unauthorized. Besides writing he enjoys playing music, reading, collecting vinyl records, and playing way too many bad video games.
C. DOUGLAS BIRKHEAD, "GRACE"
C. Douglas Birkhead likes to pass the time reading and writing all kinds of fiction. He lives in Florida with his “normal” wife, two kids and dog, Magnus, who likes to lie at his feet while he writes.
MATTHEW S. DENT, "P.S. I NEED YOU"
Matthew S. Dent is an aspiring writer of science fiction and horror, with an upcoming publication in Pill Hill Press’ The Four Horsemen anthology. He currently lives in Brighton on the south coast of England.
RUTH BARRETT, "EMOTIONAL VAMPIRE"
Ruth Barrett has published a number of her quirky and twisted short stories in Canadian and American anthologies and journals. She is also widely published in the genre of erotica (under a pen-name to keep Mom happy). Ruth has recently completed a first novel—Base Spirits—a supernatural thriller with a historical core.
RICH SAMPSON, "LOSING IT"
Rich Sampson is an Art School drop out with more comic books than is healthy for a man of his age. He found writing entirely by accident. He currently lives in Hampshire, England with his wife and two children. He welcomes comments at his website: http://www.rich-sampson.blogspot.com.