Richard Thomas
Richard was the winner of the ChiZine Publications 2009 “Enter the World of Filaria” contest. His short story “Maker of Flight” was chosen by Filaria author Brent Hayward and Bram Stoker Award-Winning editor Brett Alexander Savory. Some of his publishing credits include Cemetery Dance (Shivers VI, early 2010), Living Dead Press (Eternal Night: A Vampire Anthology), 3:AM Magazine, Word Riot, Dogmatika, The Oddville Press, Colored Chalk, Cause & Effect, Gold Dust, Vain, Nefarious Muse, Troubadour 21, Cherry Bleeds and Opium.
In his spare time he edits and designs for Colored Chalk and Sideshow Fables and is a workshop moderator at The Cult (chuckpalahniuk.net).
He is currently writing his second novel, a neo-noir, transgressive thriller entitled Disintegration. Richard is also a member of the Horror Writers Association.
Richard lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago where he has worked as an art director for the past 14 years. He was born in St. Louis, MO, attended Webster Groves High School, and did his undergraduate studies at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. He is currently pursuing an MFA at Murray State University in Murray, KY.
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Laura Griffith
Laura Griffith is a native of the Chicagoland area and has lived there her whole life. She developed a love for all types of writing at an early age and wrote for local newspapers and newsletters before turning her aspirations to fiction. She has written a few screenplays and stage plays, and finally finished her first novel, Remember, in 2009.
Laura is a huge supporter of fine arts – music, theater, and writing have played a part in her life since elementary school. Being a member of the band and theater in school helped develop her love of stories and performance. When time allows, she can now be found getting involved with her local community theater. She is also very excited to see her first childrens play being performed in February of 2010.
Her inspiration can be found in the writings of her favorite authors who span a number of genres – James Rollins, Matthew Reilly, Danielle Steel, and Lisa Gardner top her list of writers to model. Of course, her biggest inspiration and support come from her friends and family — without whom her sanity would be lost. Everyone from her amazing daughter, husband, and parents to her inspirational grandmother to her supportive close friends and family — all of her writing is dedicated to them.
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Richard Wayne Waterman
Richard Wayne Waterman is a Political Scientist with specialties in the American Presidency, the Bureaucracy, the courts, and the Environment. He currently is a professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky, Lexington where he has taught for nine years. He has a PhD from the University of Houston, has published widely in the field of Political Science, has served as President of the Southwest Political Science Association, won the Laverne Burchfield Award from the journal Public Administration Review, testified before the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, and was interviewed for CNN, including its prime time special “Fit To Lead.”
He also has published eight books as well as articles in such academic journals as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Law and Society Review, Electoral Studies, Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and the Social Science Quarterly. He has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation, served as chair of the University of Kentucky Department of Political Science, and presently lives in Kentucky with his partner and two dogs. Most important of all he is a life long Boston Red Sox fan.
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Nik Korpon
‘Stay God, Nik Korpon’s dark and edgy novel about an ambitious drug dealer in Baltimore, reads like the bastard child of Hubert Selby and Raymond Chandler. In beautifully rendered prose, Korpon delivers an intense story of love and treachery on mean and merciless streets.’ —Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff
‘Nik Korpon’s Stay God is what happens when a story breaks loose from its moorings, burrows into the reader’s psyche, and lives there, throbbing like the delirious ghost of William S. Burroughs. This book will stalk you.’ —Rayo Casablanca , author of 6 Sick Hipsters and Very Mercenary
‘The pop culture apocalypse is now, and Nik Korpon is one of its darkest new voices. Stay God mashes up the music, the movies, and the TV of our generation and pours it into a rusty martini shaker. It’s a story about secrets, lies, love, and all of the stuff with which we fill our lives and time. Korpon, with his whiplash noir, is one to watch.’ —Anthony Neil Smith, author of Yellow Medicine and Hogdoggin’
Skimming a vein between drug-fueled noir and paranoid thriller, and as resonant as a lip-bruising kiss, Stay God is a narrative force to be reckoned with. Nik Korpon doesn’t so much tell a story as he inflicts it. Like Damon, the reader is time and time again left “tight roping between terrified and devastated.” —Review by Jesse Lawrence, welcometothevelvet.com
Author Nik Korpon is not satisfied to let a simple nod serve to validate his fandom, whether of movies, of music, or of literature. No, Korpon takes what is inherently compelling about each of his many references and weaves those concepts into his story … Do not fear feeling excluded by a hipster manifesto. Korpon is not a fanboy tailoring his writing to his obsessions. He is most definitely a writer first, a damn fine writer, using his own passions to substantiate his characters. —Review by Caleb J Ross, thenervousbreakdown.com
Nik has been published in numerous magazines and journals, including 3:AM, Out of the Gutter Cause and Effect, Gold Dust, Colored Chalk, Troubadour21, Sex and Murder, The Mechanics Institute Review, short-story.me and Sideshow Fables, as well as the upcoming Shadow Kindred Anthology from Living Dead Press. His novella Old Ghosts is currently being serialized on Troubadour 21.com. He also has a chapbook forthcoming in late 2010. He reviews books for the Outsider Writers Collective, co-hosts Last Sunday, Last Rites, a monthly reading series in Baltimore, and is a Fiction Editor for Rotten Leaves Magazine. Somewhere between all of that, he is writing his second novel.
Greg McCarthy
“The Price of Life is a timely, engrossing legal thriller that kept me glued to the pages, and gave me something to think about when I had finished. Fans of Grisham and Turow will undoubtedly devour the book in a single furious sitting. An outstanding read!” Christopher Reich, New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Vengeance
Greg McCarthy is an author and attorney. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University School of Law. For twenty-four years, he has practiced law in Dallas and all over Texas, with a primary focus on personal injury cases. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving medical malpractice, transportation, oil and gas, premises liability, and commercial litigation, and has tried dozens of cases to juries as lead counsel. For the first eighteen years of his practice, he devoted the majority of his time to representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice actions. Currently, he works as a mediator to help parties resolve their disputes and focuses his law practice on cases involving catastrophic injury or death.
He lives in Arlington, Texas, where he is working on his next novel. Learn more about Greg and The Price of Life at http://www.gregmccarthybooks.com/
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Michael Wallace
Michael Wallace grew up reading all the history texts and novels he could find. His library shelves are filled with a range of genres from H.G Wells and Jules Verne to Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy. It is only natural he writes thriller adventures with a science fiction twist and some history thrown in for fun. At the point the reader becomes comfortable with the pace of his stories, he will hit you with a plot twist, which will change the game.
His first novel, The Red Fire Fly, broke new ground when it was released with its own soundtrack. The combination of music with a novel adds a third dimension by letting the readers hear the background of the scenes.
He lives in Colorado where on weekends you will find him rock climbing, or kayaking, or backpacking, or snowshoeing, or hiking, but most likely, you will find him running a trail somewhere. He runs 30 to 40 miles a week and he does it barefoot. Yep, he is one of those insane barefoot runners and to make it worse he hopes to one day run in all the stages of the Four Deserts Race. You can learn more about him and his books at http://thehashwriter.com.
Jennifer Cloud
Jennifer Cloud was born in Asheville, North Carolina. She began her love of books at a young age and soon after discovered her love for writing. Her husband encouraged her to finish her first novel after finding a partial manuscript she had hidden away in an armoire. She now resides in Missouri with her husband and two daughters. She is the author of many novels in both print and electronic versions. She has also had two dozen short stories published and many novellas.
David Donaghe
David H. Donaghe lives and works in the high desert of southern California. In his spare time, David writes short stories and novels. He has had several short stories published in the past, four of which appear in other, Living Dead Press anthologies. David is currently enjoying life and working on his next novel. He invites you to follow him to Face Book and My Space, to join his reader network at www.authornation.com/MCRIDER and to check out his author web page at http://dhdonaghe.weebly.com/index.html
Brandon Tietz
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“Maybe it’s not fair to call someone this good, this edgy, and this original the next ‘Anyone.’ Brandon Tietz stands alone with his masterful debut. But let me be unfair: take the best of Bret Easton Ellis’ minimalism and nihilism (complete with models and drugs and terrorists), Palahniuk’s outrageousness, and the rest (most of it actually) is the wholly original voice and vision of Brandon Tietz, and what you’re gripping in your sweaty hands is the harrowing, ball-busting, bright white burst of light that is OUT OF TOUCH.”—Joe McGinniss Jr., author of The Delivery Man
Brandon Tietz is the author of the novel, Out of Touch, a transgressive take on nightlife, socialites, and sensory deficiency. He enjoys a well-poured vodka tonic, good conversation, and the musical stylings of Röyksopp.
Currently, Tietz serves as one of the moderators of the Chuck Palahniuk Writers’ Workshop and is working on his second book, a themed collection, entitled, “Vanity.”
His work can be seen on Lobster Cult Magazine and Outsider Writers Collective. He is also a three-time Chuck Palahniuk anthology finalist.
Thomas Matthews
Thomas K. Matthews is a published author, award winning designer, celebrated illustrator and professional communication coach. He has written twelve novels and teaches writing workshops, speaks at high schools and local colleges as well as lectures for the local Learning Annex on self publishing. The son of a retired American Literature professor he has been immersed in the written word since birth.
Thomas lives in California with his wife and son.
Caleb J Ross
Caleb has a degree in English with a minor in creative writing from Emporia State University in Emporia, KS. Based on his writing merit, ESU funded his attendance to the Tin House Writer’s Workshop in Portland, Oregon during the summer of 2004 where he had the opportunity to study with novelist Peter Rock. He has recently completed a six-week writing intensive with Craig Clevenger, author of the novels The Contortionist’s Handbook and Dermaphoria (MacAdam/Cage). His fiction and non-fiction have appeared widely. His fiction chapbook, Charactered Pieces, was released in 2009 from OW Press, and sold out of its first print run within two months.
Beth Ann Masarik
Beth Ann has been writing since she was 15 years old, and was published in the 2002 Schreiber Times. She took creative writing classes in college, and feels that they helped her become the writer she is today. In addition to writing the sequel to The World Among Us, she participates in an international anthology project, where writers from around the world come together to share their talent.
Originally starting as a writing assignment for college, The World Among Us series has sparked up a role playing group online, and a fan base of over 170 followers on Facebook, and over 200 followers on Twitter.
Beth Ann lives in New York where she is a legal assistant and teaches for her Family Time program, a religion program for the kids in her parish. She is also a lector on the weekends.
Stephen Prosapio
Stephen Prosapio received his Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science from DePaul University in Chicago. After reporting for one of the nation’s largest fantasy football websites, footballguys.com, Stephen wrote his first novel. Competing against 2,676 other novels, he won a Top Five Finalist award in Gather.com’s 2007 First Chapters contest.
Articles about him have been featured in the San Diego Union Tribune, The North County Times, Today’s Local News, San Diego Magazine and the DePaul University Alumni magazine.
In January of 2010, Stephen established a Facebook XPI Fan Club for people interested in things paranormal. The group surpassed 1,600 members in April and continues to grow approximately 500 members a month.
Stephen works as an executive recruiter and resides in Oceanside, California. He is currently crafting a sequel to Ghosts of Rosewood Asylum that chronicles the ongoing adventures of Zach Kalusky and the Xavier Paranormal Investigators.
Michael Sonbert
Michael Sonbert, a New York born novelist, currently teaches English and composition to eighth grade students in South Philadelphia at Mastery Charter Schools, a nationally recognized leader in school turnarounds. His second novel, We Are Oblivion, a nihilistic journey of discovery and destruction, is due in stores May 2011 through Otherworld Publications.
Sonbert’s debut novel, The Never Enders, was released by New York publishing house, Brick Tower Press, in November 2008 to high praise and outstanding reader feedback. Daily Candy called The Never Enders, “a nonstop ride through a mental home.” Chuck Palahniuk’s official website, The Cult said, “Sonbert’s voice is so authentically young…it brought to mind Bret Easton Ellis.” Daniel Alleva of Charged by the System called the book “…a sledgehammer to the psyche…” while Lauren Becker of Shooting Stars Magazine said, “Sonbert writes like a young Chuck Palahniuk.”
Aside from writing novels, Sonbert also writes rock music as a lead singer and lyricist. His current band, Royal Slang, is presently in the studio writing songs for a debut record. His former band, The Never Enders, released its first album, Air Raid Romance, on Indianola Records (IndianolaRecords.com) in 2006, followed by Dance Party in Hell, released by Chamberlain Records (ChamberlainRecords.com) in 2008.
Sonbert is a member of two prominent New York writer groups, The Biggs and Voxvocis, and has performed at venues such as Bowery Poetry Club, KGB Bar, and Cornelia Street Café, where he has captivated audiences with his rapid-fire, high-energy performances. In addition, he recently ran a workshop intensive on the website, The Cult. The Never Enders novel is currently in talks to be adapted into a screenplay for film.
http://www.michaelsonbert.com/
For more information on Michael Sonbert or We Are Oblivion, contact:
Gina DeGregorio
ginade927@hotmail.com
Lonna
Lonna has been writing silly love stories her whole life, finding inspiration in just about everything the world has to offer, but especially from nature. “Brain candy” is how she refers to her style of writing, stating, “I know it’s not Shakespeare, but it makes my mind happy.” Lonna is married to a United States Marine, and together they are raising a “dogter,” a pug named Dixie Doo. They live wherever Uncle Sam decides to send them.
Cambria Hebert
Cambria Hebert grew up in a small town in rural Maryland. She is married to a United States Marine and has lived in South Carolina, Pennsylvania and her current state of North Carolina. She is the mother of two young children with big personalities, is in love with Starbucks (give the girl a latte!) and she is obsessed with werewolves. Cambria also has an irrational fear of chickens (Ewww! Gross) and she loves to read and review books for her blog – “The Unlocked Diary”. Her favorite book genre is YA paranormal, and she can be found stalking that section at her local Barnes and Nobles (which happens to be her favorite place ever!).
Masquerade is her first published novel, but she has many more books waiting to be published and devoured by her fans, including the sequel to Masquerade.
Cambria also co-hosts a live, internet blog radio talk show, JournalJabber, (www.blogtalkradio.com/journaljabber) where she dishes about books, publishing and everything in between: hair in a can, toilet snakes, chicken phobias, etc…
You can find Cambria on Facebook, Good Reads (she is a moderator of the Creative Reviews group) and her website www.cambriahebert.com.
