A.C. Wise is a Canadian-American speculative fiction and horror writer who grew up outside Montreal, earned a BA in History from McGill University, and now lives near Philadelphia, where she works as an arts-nonprofit fundraiser. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Uncanny, Tor.com, and numerous Year's Best anthologies, and has been a finalist for the Nebula and Lambda Literary Awards and won the Sunburst Award. She is the author of the novels Wendy, Darling and Hooked, and the colle...
Alice Hoffman is a master of magical realism and heartfelt storytelling. Her notable works include the beloved novel Practical Magic, the essay collection The Best Dog in the World, and the ghost story anthology Echoes. She writes compelling stories that often explore themes of love, family, and the extraordinary in everyday life.
Aliette de Bodard is a French-American speculative fiction writer. She is of French and Vietnamese descent, born in the US, and grew up in Paris. A graduate of École Polytechnique, she works as a software engineer specializing in image processing and is a member of the Written in Blood writers group.
Alison Littlewood writes compelling horror and dark fantasy stories. Her work can be found in notable collections like Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, Best New Horror #29, and The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror.
Bracken Macleod is a go-to author for dark speculative horror and ghost stories, with works featured in Ominous Realities and Echoes: The Saga Anthology. He also explores extreme themes in titles like Splatterpunk Fighting Back and The Seven Deadliest.
Brian Evenson writes unsettling dark fantasy and horror, with his work frequently featured in collections like The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror. He is known for his ghost stories and gothic tales, including his own collection, Body Shocks.
Carole Johnstone is known for her chilling and suspenseful stories. Her works include the ghost story collection Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories and the thriller Close to Midnight.
Dale Bailey is the editor of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror and a contributor to the Wastelands series. He's a writer with a knack for exploring the darker corners of imagination.
Ellen Datlow is a leading editor in horror and science fiction, known for anthologies like Final Cuts, Christmas and Other Horrors, and Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories. She also edited The Second Omni book of science fiction and the Women Destroy Horror! special issue of Nightmare Magazine.
Ford Madox Ford, author of The Poetry of Cats, offers a charming look at our feline companions through verse. His work is a delightful read for anyone who appreciates the quiet contemplation of cats.
A prolific American writer of romances and fantasies (Wikipedia).
He was born in Italy and lived much of his adult life there.
Garth Richard Nix (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer of fantasy for children and young adults. Born in Melbourne and now living in Sydney, he worked as a bookseller, editor, literary agent and marketing consultant before writing full time. He is best known for the Old Kingdom series, which began with Sabriel (1995) and continues through Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel and Goldenhand, and for The Keys to the Kingdom septet, one volume per day of the week from Mister Monday to Lord Sunday. His...
Gemma Files is a Canadian horror writer, journalist, and film critic. Her short story, "The Emperor's Old Bones", won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Short Story of 1999. Five of her short stories were adapted for the television series The Hunger.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Files, 7 February 2022
Indrapramit Das writes across science fiction, fantasy, and ghost stories. His notable works include "The Mythic Dream," "Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories," and "La vida secreta de los bots y otros relatos." His short fiction has also appeared in "The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction" and "The Year's Best Science Fiction" collections.
Jeffrey Ford is the author of the gripping Western novel Dead Man's Hand. His work often explores the darker corners of human nature and the American West.
John Langan is the editor of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror and the author of Wastelands--Stories of the Apocalypse. He's a go-to for dark fantasy and horror fans looking for the best in the genre.
Joyce Carol Oates is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. Her work often explores the American experience.
Lee Thomas specializes in horror and ghost stories, with works featured in Echoes: The Saga Anthology and Nightmare Magazine's "Queers Destroy Horror!" issue. Their chilling tales include In the Closet, Under the Bed, alongside contributions to Halloween Carnival. Thomas has also explored a different genre with their travel guide, New England.
M. L. Siemienowicz is the author of Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories. This collection highlights their talent for crafting chilling tales within the ghost story genre. Readers seeking a good scare will find their work compelling.
M. Rickert is the author of Wastelands--Stories of the Apocalypse, a collection that explores the end of the world. If you're looking for stories that dig into what happens after everything falls apart, this is a good place to start.
Nathan Ballingrud is the editor of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror. He's a writer who knows his way around the darker corners of speculative fiction.
Nick Mamatas writes and edits a range of dark fiction, often exploring horror and speculative themes. You might know his work from collections like Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories or Lovecraft's Monsters. He's also the author of Whispers from the Abyss and Shadows Over Main Street.
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Paul Tremblay is an American author and editor of horror, dark fantasy and science fiction. Born in Aurora, Colorado, and raised in Massachusetts, he studied at Providence College and earned a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Vermont, then taught high school mathematics for many years. His novels include A Head Full of Ghosts, which won the Bram Stoker Award, Disappearance at Devil's Rock, The Cabin at the End of the World (adapted as the 2023 film Knock at the Cabin), Survi...
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Richard Kadrey is the author of the Wastelands series, a collection of gripping stories about the apocalypse. He's a master of dark fantasy and gritty, imaginative fiction.
Seanan McGuire (born January 5, 1978, in Martinez, California) is an American author of urban fantasy, science fiction and horror. She writes the October Daye and InCryptid urban fantasy series and the Hugo Award-winning Wayward Children series under her own name, science fiction and horror as Mira Grant, and the children's portal fantasy "Up-and-Under" series as A. Deborah Baker. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2010 and has since won multiple Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awa...
Siobhan Carroll, born in Vancouver in 1980, is a Canadian writer and professor of English at the University of Delaware, where she has taught since 2008 after earning her PhD at Indiana University Bloomington. She specializes in British literature of 1750-1850 and environmental humanities. Her nonfiction study An Empire of Air and Water: Uncolonizable Space in the British Imagination, 1750-1850 examines how the era imagined the poles, oceans, and atmosphere as spaces resistant to imperial contro...
Stephen Graham Jones (born January 22, 1972, in Midland, Texas) is an American author of horror, crime and speculative fiction, and an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation. He holds a B.A. from Texas Tech University, an M.A. from the University of North Texas, and a Ph.D. from Florida State University, and is the Ineva Baldwin Professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he has taught since 2008. His novels include The Only Good Indians, My Heart Is a Chainsaw, and The Bu...
Terry Dowling is a writer known for his ghost stories and gothic fiction, with notable works including Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, Body Shocks, and Exotic Gothic 4. Explore his unsettling worlds for tales that linger.
Vincent J. Masterson is an author who specializes in ghost stories. His collection, Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, offers readers a chilling dive into the supernatural. If you enjoy a good scare, his work is a great pick.
