Fem(inism) Fatale: Lisa Morton on Women in Horror

Désirée I. Guzzetta is a freelance writer and editor from Los Angeles, CA. She also writes poetry and watches far too much television for one person. When not planted in front of the glowing small screen petting her cats and watching horror films (or simply horrifically bad shows on SyFy), she can be found planted in front of the glowing big screen at her local theatre watching horror films, or in her room reading horror novels, or searching under the bed and in the closets for monsters. Non-horror-related activities she enjoys include seeing live bands (because the dead ones don’t play so well) and dancing. Ms. Guzzetta has interviewed a diverse range of artists, including Devo, Los Lobos, Bentley Little, and Michelle Rodriguez. She will write for food, but prefers money so she can afford to see more movies and bands.

Robert Gray is a freelance interviewer who works primarily within the music field, interviewing heavy metal giants like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Deep Purple. Ultimate Guitar publishes an ongoing series of these interviews called Hit The Lights. Robert hopes to expand his interview portfolio with personalities beyond the music sphere.

He currently lives in his native Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, which is a half-hour drive from Cardiff.

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  Maestro of Shadows: Jeanne Cavelos and the Rose and Fall of the Dell Abyss Horror Imprint

Three the Hard Way: How Tom Piccirilli, Norm Partridge, and Gary Braunbeck Survived the Death of the Horror Boom

Jason S. Ridler’s fiction, poetry and non-fiction have appeared in such magazines as ChiZine, Nossa Morte, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Dark Recesses, Clarkesworld Magazine, The Internet Review of Science Fiction, and Fearzone.com. A former punk rock musician and cemetery groundskeeper, Mr. Ridler is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop and currently a Ph.D. candidate in War Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada.

He is also a founding member of the Homeless Moon writing community. Visit him at his writing blog, Ridlerville.

Nicholas Kaufmann is the critically acclaimed author of General Slocum's Gold (Burning Effigy Press) and the collection Walk in Shadows (Prime Books, out of print). His fiction has appeared in Cemetery Dance, The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica 3, City Slab, The Best American Erotica 2007, Playboy, X: The Erotic Treasury and others. In addition to writing the monthly "State of the Genre" column for FearZone, his non-fiction has appeared in On Writing Horror (Writers Digest Books), Annabelle Magazine, Fantastic Metropolis, Hellnotes and others. He has also served on the Board of Trustees for the Horror Writers Association.

Professionally immersed in books his whole life, he's been the Publicity Manager for a small literary press, a pitchman for a widely respected PR firm specializing in TV and radio author appearances, a bookstore clerk, an independent bookstore owner, and a manager for Barnes & Noble, as well as the manager for a small indie video store. Nick lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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Singing the Blues with Del Howison

A reformed screenwriter, Lisa Morton is now the proud author of three books of nonfiction (The Cinema of Tsui Hark, The Halloween Encyclopedia and A Hallowe’en Anthology). Her short fiction has been published in numerous books and magazines; recent and forthcoming appearances include the anthologies Winter Frights, Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet, The Living Dead and Midnight Premiere. Lisa won the 2006 Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction, and she currently lives in North Hollywood.

More information at her official author website.

Jack Ketchum Talks About the Horrors That Live 'Next Door'

Richard Hipson hails from Ontario, Canada, where he entertains his demons by convincing his girlfriend that this "writing thing" is just a hobby while simultaneously contributing his soul to the various online and print publications crazy and unsuspecting enough to let him fool around in their dark playgrounds when no one's watching.

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Live From Salt Lake City...It's the 2007 Stoker Awards!

John R. Little has been writing horror and dark fantasy short stories for more than 25 years. In 2007, he published his first two books. The Memory Tree - his first novel - was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. Placeholders, a novella, was nominated for the Black Quill Award. He has several new books planned for publication in 2008.

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Ten Essential Works of Horror

William I. Lengeman III is an Arizona-based freelance journalist and publisher of the website, Tea Guy Speaks.

The Literary Renaissance of the Zombie

Chad Helder has been fascinated with the horror genre since the release of Michael Jackson's Thriller when he was in the fifth grade.

He is the author of two forthcoming comic book lines from Bluewater Productions – Bartholomew of the Scissors and Vincent Price Presents. He is also the author of The Pop-Up Book of Death, his first collection of poetry. Online versions of his poems can be read at his poetry website Queer Poetry. He is also the founder of Unspeakable Horror, a literary website about the horror genre with an emphasis on queer studies.

Chad holds two literary degrees: a BA in English with a minor in creative writing from the University of Northern Colorado and a MA in English from Western Washington University with an emphasis in critical studies. Chad's poetry mentors include James Doyle, Rita Kiefer, and Bruce Beasley. Dr. Janie Hinds was Chad's mentor and inspiration for pursuing literary criticism.

Chad currently teaches Composition and Literature at Whatcom Community College. He lives with his boyfriend Tshombe Brown in beautiful Bellingham, Washington.

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He writes articles about genre fiction as well as related science and history topics.

When not writing or reading, he can often be found watching rugby or cricket, or wandering through the medieval streets of Italy and France.

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