DEMON - noun
an evil spirit or devil, especially one thought to possess a person or act as a tormentor in hell.
Rayne Hall's latest anthology, Fiends: Ten Tales of Demons is now available for pre-order: mybook.to/fiends.
Here are the writers whose stories feature in the book:
JAKE ELWOOD,
author of the story Thief and Demon:
Jake Elwood is a Canadian writer of
fantasy and science fiction. He's the author of the Star Raider space opera
adventure serial and a growing collection of lurid pulp fiction. Look for him
on the web at www.SteamPunch.com/elwood.
MARK
CASSELL, author of the story Disturbed:
Mark
Cassell lives in a rural part of the UK with his wife and a number of animals.
He often dreams of dystopian futures, peculiar creatures, and flitting shadows.
Primarily a horror writer, his steampunk, dark fantasy, and SF stories have
featured in several anthologies and ezines. "Disturbed" is the third
story Rayne has included in her Ten Tales series and is also part of the
mythos from Mark's debut novel, The Shadow Fabric.
RAYNE HALL,
author of the story Nine Rings of Silver and One of Bronze:
Rayne
Hall has published more than fifty books in several languages under several pen
names with several publishers in several genres, mostly fantasy, horror and
non-fiction. She is the author
of the bestselling Writer's Craft series (Writing Fight Scenes,
Writing Scary Scenes, Writing About Villains, Writing About Magic and
more) and editor of the Ten Tales short
story anthologies.
She is a trained
publishing manager, holds a masters degree in Creative Writing, and has worked
in the publishing industry for over thirty years.
Having lived in Germany,
China, Mongolia and Nepal, she has now settled in a small dilapidated town of
former Victorian grandeur on the south coast of England where she enjoys
reading, gardening and long walks along the seashore. She shares her home with
a black cat adopted from the cat
shelter. Sulu likes to lie on the desk and snuggle into Rayne's arms when she's
writing.
HEIDE GOODY
an IAIN GRANT, co-authors of the story Detritus at the Church Fete:
Iain
Grant is an author of short stories and novels, ranging from contemporary
literature to fantasy and horror. His short stories have appeared in numerous
magazines and anthologies. He is perhaps best known for the comic novel, Clovenhoof,
co-written with Heide Goody. The follow-up novel, Pigeonwings, (which
follows the continuing adventures of the earthbound Satan and Archangel
Michael) was published in August 2013. Iain's solo work includes children's
books, thrillers and an on-going series of steampunk chapbooks which begins
with The Angels of the Abyss.
Heide
Goody inflicts unsuitable content upon the world by whatever devious means she
can find. Technical documents in her day job have been found to contain coded
messages if you read them backwards. She is, with Iain Grant, co-author of Clovenhoof,
the Satan-in-suburbia comic novel and its sequel, Pigeonwings. Her first
solo novel, Million Dollar Dress, is also published by Pigeon Park Press.
Heide lives in North Warwickshire, England with her husband and children.
MITCH
SEBOURN, author of the story Non-Disclosure:
Mitch Sebourn lives in the southern
United States with his wife and cats. He is the author of many works of mystery
and horror, including Sleight of Hand, Watershed, and most recently Lamentation. Visit his
website at www.mitchsebourn.com and follow him on
Twitter, @mnsebourn.
PAMELA
TURNER, author of the story Inner Demon:
Pamela Turner drinks too much coffee and wishes she
could write perfect first drafts. Short paranormal suspense novels include Death Sword, a Chanticleer
Blue Ribbon Paranormal Awards 2013 finalist, Exterminating Angel, The Ripper’s Daughter, and Malice
and Mayhem: Tales of the Macabre. Her short dark suspense story, “Family
Tradition” (MuseItUp Publishing), was a finalist in the EPIC 2014 EBook Awards,
and her short screenplay “Cemetery” placed second in The Writers Place
Short/Teleplay screenplay competition. Besides coffee, she likes cats,
cemeteries, and old abandoned buildings. You can find her at http://pamelaturner.net.
DEBBIE
CHRISTIANA, author of the story Nerezza:
Debbie Christiana
is a fan of things that go bump in the night, the mysterious and macabre and
unusual love stories. This led her to write paranormal romance, dark romantic
fiction and dark short stories. When not writing, Debbie can be found planning
next Halloween’s Haunted House, reading something spooky, practicing yoga,
sipping wine or hiking the Appalachian Trail with her husband and yellow Lab.
Debbie is a
member of RWA (Secretary of her local chapter) and the International Thriller
Writers. She lives in her Connecticut empty nest with her husband, where her
three children visit regularly.
DOUGLAS
KOLACKI, author of the story The Devil Never Takes a Vacation... And Neither
Do I
Douglas Kolacki
began writing while living in Naples, Italy with the U.S. Navy. Since then he
has published stories in such publications as Weird Tales, Dragons Knights
& Angels, and Dreams & Visions. He currently lives and
writes in Providence, Rhode Island.
TRACIE
MCBRIDE, author of the story The Touch of the Taniwha
Tracie McBride is a New Zealander who
lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband and three children. Her work has
appeared or is forthcoming in over 80 print and electronic publications,
including Bleed, FISH
and the Stoker Award-nominated anthologies Horror for Good and
Horror Library Volume 5. Her debut collection Ghosts Can Bleed contains
much of the work that earned her a Sir Julius Vogel Award. She helps to wrangle
slush for Dark Moon Digest and was the vice president of Dark Continents
Publishing (2010 – 2014). Visitors to her blog are welcome at http://traciemcbridewriter.wordpress.com/.
KELDA CRICH,
author
of the story Stone City, Old As Immeasurable Time
Kelda Crich is a new born entity. She's
been lurking in her creator's mind for a few years. Now she's out in the open.
Find Kelda in London looking at strange things in London's medical museums or
on her blog: http://keldacrichblog.blogspot.co.uk. Kelda's work has appeared
in The Lovecraft eZine, Journal of Unlikely Acceptances, Dreams from
the Witch House and in the Bram Stoker Award winning After Death anthology.
JAMIÉ
CHAPMAN, cover illustrator
Jamie
Chapman is a British illustrator with a degree in fine arts. He enjoys
illustrating books and graphic novels. You can see more of his work here: www.jchapmanart.daportfolio.com.
Mark Cassell lives in a rural part of the UK with his wife and a number of animals. He often dreams of dystopian futures, peculiar creatures, and flitting shadows. Primarily a horror writer, his steampunk, fantasy, and SF stories have featured in several anthologies and ezines.
