Here Be Monsters - an Anthology of Monster Tales (18 page)

Jeremy C. Shipp is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated
author
of Cursed, Vacation, and Sheep and Wolves. His shorter tales have appeared or are forthcoming in over 60 publications, the likes of Cemetery Dance, ChiZine, Apex Magazine, Withersin, and Shroud Magazine. Jeremy enjoys living in
Southern California
in a moderately haunted Victorian farmhouse called Rose Cottage. He lives there with his wife, Lisa, a couple of pygmy tigers, and a legion of yard gnomes. The gnomes like him. The clowns living in his attic--not so much. Feel free to visit his online home at
jeremycshipp.com
. His twitter handle is @
JeremyCShipp
.

Samantha Anderson

In the world of writing, you can have obsessive compulsive disorder and no one really notices. That was part of the big appeal for Samantha when she first started writing. Growing up in the middle of cornfields of the
Midwest
, life was all about imagination. It was either that or boredom.  Samantha started off writing poems mainly, after her initial short stories were deemed disturbing or too taboo for her mother’s tastes. Then later in her life however, while she may or may not have been acting like an obsessed fan-girl (okay she admits it, she was), she stumbled upon a group of online writers and the rest is history.

An avid vampire fan, she is more inclined to enjoy Eric Northman over Lestat.

She is the author of The Devil’s Angel, the first novel in the Devrynne Kaine Series. The sequel to that novel is The Devil’s Apprentice, and is scheduled for release in the Winter of 2011.

Still residing amid the cornfields of the
Midwest
with her fiancé and their four children, she is currently working on seven other novels. Her main goal is to be able to write various genres and not be limited to one type of story.

Website:
http://thexdevilsxangel.wordpress.com/

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/SDAndrsn_Author

"Definitely an author to watch." That's how
Romantic Times Book Reviews
magazine describes Sara Reinke.
New York Times
best-selling author Karen Robards calls Reinke "a new paranormal star" and Love Romances and More hails her as "a fresh new voice to a genre that has grown stale." Her Brethren Series has been called "a vampire mythos as dark and disturbing as it is unique" by One Good Book Deserves Another, while
New York Times
and
USA Today
best-selling author Sharon Sala raves that the series' "bite -- and what comes with it -- is worth the blood." Find out more at
www.sarareinke.com
.

Alissa was drawn to art by the unlimited possibilities to display contrast. Dark vs. light, romance and violence, ugliness and beauty; the allure of the villain. She is a storyteller at heart, as she believes every artist is in their own way. If you're partial to the darker side of art, visit Alissa’s
website
. Browse through a collection of original paintings, watercolor, and charcoal works, fantasy prints, and unique merchandise, all from the artist.

Website:
http://www.direatrium.com

A Spanish artist inspired by the classic masters and the oddities of everyday life.

Website:
http://jm-portillo.artelista.com/