Fading Light: An Anthology of the Monstrous: Tim Marquitz (46 page)

David L. Seymour
has been fascinated since his youth with the
off the beaten path created by such masters of horror as Stephen
King, H.P. Lovecraft, and Peter Straub, and has dedicated his life to
one of education, though he has dabbled in producing concerts while
in college, the Rolling Stones and U2 amongst others, getting trapped
in Moscow during the fall of the Soviet Union in 1992, and working as
a photojournalist for various local magazines. (Yes, he was born on
September 27
^th
, 1969.)

You can visit DL Seymour at www.dlseymour.com or e-mail him at
[email protected]

Wayne Ligon
has worked as a systems analyst for public
service most of his adult life, eschewing the typical laundry list of
weird jobs authors seems to accumulate. He lives in Montgomery,
Alabama with far too many comics and a very, very old terrier.

TSP Sweeney
is a dashingly roguish public servant by day and a
roguishly dashing writer of dark fantasy, science fiction, and horror
by night. He dwells within the dank confines of his Sydney, Australia
abode alongside his wife Sam, their beagle Zac, and their cockatiel
Lemmy, and can be found at timsweeney.net or reached on
Twitter @TSPSweeney

Stacey Turner
lives way out in the country in West Central
Illinois with her husband, adult children, one adorable grandson and
6 cats. Most of her time is taken up with running Angelic Knight
Press and editing, but she still finds time to review books &
interview authors, write a blog about her absolutely ridiculous
family, and write fiction. You can find her Author blog
at www.staceyturner-authorspot.blogspot.com or follow her
on twitter: @Spot_Speaks.

She has been published in several anthologies and online magazines.
Her first collection of short stories will be forthcoming in June
2012. When not working she enjoys photographing cemeteries, playing
“what if,” and discussing the imminent zombie apocalypse.
She does not enjoy scarecrows, creepy dolls, birds (of any sort),
snakes, clowns or garden gnomes.

Gene O’Neill
has seen 125 of his short stories and
novellas published in genre markets, several garnering Nebula or
Stoker nominations. His TASTE OF TENDERLOIN won the Stoker for
collection in 2009. He has had five novels published, most recently
NOT FADE AWAY a 2011 Stoker finalist. Currently he is working on
completing a series of bird-titled novellas, and putting the
finishing touches on his four-book Cal Wild series—THE BURDEN
OF INDIGO will kick off the series from Bad Moon Books, debuting at
Killercon 4 in Las Vegas.

Edward M. Erdelac
is the guy behind the acclaimed weird
western series MERKABAH RIDER from Damnation Books, and BUFF TEA from
Texas Review Press. His stories have appeared in several anthologies
and magazines, including CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY? (Damnation), WELCOME TO
HELL (E-Volve), SLICES OF FLESH (Dark Moon) and DEADCORE (Comet
Press). He has also written for Chaosium, Murky Depths, JournalStone,
and Lucasfilm’s STAR WARS franchise. A native Hoosier, he was
educated in Chicago and now lives in the Los Angeles area with his
wife and a bona fide slew of kids and cats. Links to his other work
and personal ramblings can be explored
at http://emerdelac.wordpress.com or on Facebook.

Henry P. Gravelle
is the author of the Buddy Sands Cases
,
Ten
Wide, The Sketcher
and
The
Closet of Lucy
Pang.
He has also penned
The
Bamboo Heart, Pug, The
Fort
Providence Watch,
The
Banshee, Apple Hill,
Garrison Creek
and
Black Knife
along with two short story
collections,
Ollie-Ollie Oxen Free
and
Epitaph.
Film
Rights have been optioned for his novellas,
Gunner’s Rift,
The Igloo Boys, Hobo
and
Bogieville.

Henry’s stories have appeared in numerous print and Ezine
publications. He attended Northeastern University in Boston and
currently resides along the south shore of Massachusetts.
www.henrygravelle.com

Ryan Lawler
is someone who likes being busy, working a full
time job whilst trying to find time for completing a Master’s
degree, playing competitive tennis, reading the latest fantasy
books, romancing his wife, feeding his unhealthy video game
addiction, and writing stories. Since he was seventeen, Ryan has been
working as an avionics and software engineer in the Australian
Defence Force. This job has taken him all over Australia, developing
creative solutions to complex problems, and he draws on that
creativity for much of his writing.

Ryan is currently living with his wife in Canberra, Australia
but that could change at any moment. You can find more about Ryan at
http://ryanlawler86.wordpress.com or follow him on Twitter
@RyanL1986

Mark Lawrence
is a research scientist, carer for his severely
disabled youngest daughter, and author of Prince of Thorns and King
of Thorns.