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...
Amanda Downum writes dark fantasy and horror, often with a gritty edge. Her notable works include the novel The Drowning City and contributions to The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu. She
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.
Damien Angelica Walters writes dark and speculative fiction, including the collection Ashes and Entropy. Her stories often appear in notable anthologies like The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu and magazines such as Apex Magazine.
Don Webb is an author recognized for his work in Lovecraftian horror and zombie fiction. He has edited collections such as The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu and New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror, and contributed to titles like Zombies and Rocketeer.
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.
John (Patrick) Shirley is an American writer, primarily of fantasy and science fiction and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western, about Wyatt Earp, Wyatt in Wichita, and one non-fiction book, Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. Shirley has written novels, short stories, TV scripts and screenplays, and has published over 40 books and 8 short-story collections. As a musician, Shirley has fronted his own bands and written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and...
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.
Lisa L Hannett writes dark and speculative fiction, with a knack for unsettling tales. Her notable works include the anthology The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu, plus collections like Body Shocks, Blood Sisters, and Midnight and Moonshine. She's a go-to for readers seeking a chilling read.
Lois H. Gresh is an editor and author specializing in Lovecraftian horror and mystery. She edited the anthologies The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu and The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures. Her other work includes Best of Black Wings and Dreams from the Witch House.
Michael Shea is the editor behind The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror. He has a knack for finding the most compelling stories in the dark fantasy and horror genres.
Michael Wehunt writes dark and cosmic horror. His stories appear in The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu and Nightscript Volume 1, plus his own collections Un lugar mejor and October Film Haunt.
Nadia Bulkin is an Indonesian-American political scientist and author of short stories, largely in the horror genre.
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Bulkin), 7 February 2022
Norman Partridge is a writer and editor known for his work in dark fantasy and horror. He has edited several Year's Best collections and contributed to anthologies like The Mammoth Book of Angels
Paula Guran is the editor behind The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror. She's a trusted voice for readers looking for the best in dark fantasy and horror.
Richard Gavin writes unsettling horror, often with a Lovecraftian bent. You can find his stories in collections such as The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu, Nightmare's Realm, and More
Ruthanna Emrys was born and raised on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, studied cognitive science at Hampshire College, and earned a PhD in cognitive psychology at Stony Brook University; she now lives in the Chesapeake Bay watershed outside Washington, DC. She writes science fiction and fantasy for Strange Horizons, Analog, and Tor.com, and is best known for the Innsmouth Legacy trilogy (The Litany of Earth, Winter Tide, and Deep Roots), which reworks Lovecraft's Deep Ones as sympathetic survivors of ge...
Sandra McDonald is a science fiction and fantasy author known for the novel The Stars Blue Yonder and the collection War and Space: Recent Combat. Her short fiction appears in Clarkesworld and horror anthologies like The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a Mexican-Canadian novelist, editor, and publisher born 25 April 1981. She publishes Innsmouth Free Press, an imprint devoted to weird fiction, and has co-edited several genre anthologies. Her novels blend horror with historical settings, including Mexican Gothic and the Nebula-nominated Gods of Jade and Shadow; she won a World Fantasy Award in 2016 for the anthology She Walks in Shadows.
Simon Strantzas was born in the dead of the Canadian winter and has lived in Toronto for more than thirty years, making a name for himself writing tales of the strange and the bizarre, tales that examine the illusions that mask our malignant and corrupting universe. Over twenty of these have been sold to places as Cemetery Dance, Postscripts, and The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, from where they spread their sickness into unsuspecting minds.
There. Did you feel that? You too have just bee...
Usman T. Malik writes science fiction and horror, with his own work including Final Cuts. His stories are also featured in anthologies such as Best of World SF and The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu. He has been recognized in The Long List Anthology series.
Veronica Schanoes writes dark fantasy and horror, known for her unsettling stories. Her collections include Burning Girls and Other Stories and Inviting Interruptions, and her work has appeared in The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu and The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2014.
W. H. Pugmire (1951-2019) was an American writer of Lovecraftian weird fiction, based in Seattle. Born William Harry Pugmire, they took the middle name Hopfrog after Poe's story and also published as Wilum Hopfrog Pugmire. Most of their fiction is set in the invented Sesqua Valley; S. T. Joshi called them the prose-poet of the horror field.
Yoon Ha Lee is the author of the collection The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities. They write science fiction and fantasy, often with a unique twist.
