Brian Hodge is a respected voice in dark fantasy and horror. His works include the collection Final Cuts and Skidding Into Oblivion, and he's a contributor to notable anthologies like The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu and Lovecraft's Monsters.
Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan (born 26 May 1964) is an Irish-born American paleontologist and writer of science fiction and dark fantasy works, including 10 novels, series of comic books, and more than 250 published short stories, novellas, and vignettes. Kiernan is a two-time recipient of both the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker awards.
Source: [Caitlín R. Kiernan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitl%C3%ADn_R._Kiernan) on Wikipedia.
Elizabeth Bear is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author whose stories often explore science fiction and fantasy. You might know her work from The Best of Uncanny, a collection showcasing some of her fantastic short fiction. She's a writer who consistently delivers imaginative and thought-provoking tales.
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.
Fred Chappell is an author whose work spans horror, fantasy, and poetry. You might know his collection Lovecraft's Monsters, the novel Castle Tzingal, or his poetry from Earthsleep and First and last words. He also wrote Ma famille inoubliable.
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.
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Howard Waldrop is a writer whose work often explores the fantastic. You might know him from his contributions to collections like Speaking of the Fantastic III: Interviews with Science Fiction Writers. He's a familiar voice in science fiction circles.
Joe R. Lansdale is an American author of horror, crime, western and science fiction, born in Gladewater, Texas, and long based in Nacogdoches. He has written more than forty novels and many short stories, comics and screenplays, all steeped in the East Texas setting. He is best known for the Hap and Leonard crime series, the novella Bubba Ho-Tep and the novel The Bottoms, which won the Edgar Award. He has also won multiple Bram Stoker Awards.
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.
American writer, poet, editor, and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy,
Kim Newman is the author of Shadows over Innsmouth, a chilling dive into cosmic horror. If you enjoy stories that explore the darker corners of the human psyche and the unknown, you'll want to check out their work.
Laird Samuel Barron (born 1970) is an American author and poet, much of whose work falls within the horror, noir, and dark fantasy genres. He has also been the Managing Editor of the online literary magazine Melic Review. He lives in Upstate New York.
Source: [Laird Barron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laird_Barron) on Wikipedia.
Nadia Bulkin is an Indonesian-American political scientist and author of short stories, largely in the horror genre.
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Neil Gaiman (born 10 November 1960 in Portchester, Hampshire) is an English writer of novels, short fiction, comics, screenplays and audio drama. He worked as a journalist before moving into comics, where his DC series The Sandman, begun in 1989, recast the title character as Morpheus, lord of dreams, and became one of the most acclaimed comics of its era. His novels include Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett, as well as Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Coraline and The Oc...
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.
Steven Utley is a science fiction writer whose work you might know from Science Fiction A to Z. He's a solid voice in the genre, and his stories are worth checking out.
Steve Rasnic Tem is a writer whose work often explores dark fantasy and horror. You might know him from his contributions to The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror collections. He's a solid choice if you're looking for something with a bit of a chill.
Thomas Ligotti (born July 9, 1953) is a contemporary American horror writer. His writings have been noted as being rooted in several literary genres – most prominently weird fiction – and have overall been described by many critics as works of philosophical horror, often formed into short stories and novellas in the tradition of gothic fiction. The worldview espoused by Ligotti in his fiction and non-fiction is pessimistic and nihilistic. The Washington Post called him "the best kept secret in...
William Browning Spencer writes dark fantasy and weird fiction, including the novel Subterranean. His stories appear in Clarkesworld and the Lovecraft's Monsters anthology. He is known for blending surreal horror with a sharp sense of humor.