Dylan is a paranormal and psychological fiction author whose work centers on grief, intimacy, and the lingering presence of the supernatural. They are the author of Most Lovely Words and the Possessed series, exploring the ways love and horror often speak the same language.
Nikki grew up in central London and studied English Language and Literature at the University of Liverpool. Her childhood dream of becoming a writer was put aside when she was recruited to work for Microsoft EMEA Corporate Investigations, doing ALL the undercover things.
I grew up in Switzerland, a beautiful country that has four official languages, none of them English. My first courses in Gymnasium focused on Latin and Greek, and I fell in love with both of them. My father grew up in Norway. Hence the Scandinavian spelling of my first name. I married a Frenchman and lived in France for years. His family were refugees from what today is the Ukraine but was then part of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire. When I came to the US for college, I took my first course taught in English and received my PhD in comparative literature from UNC-Chapel Hill. I taught languages and courses on the ancient world at Centre College in Kentucky. While teaching, I enjoyed writing short stories and plays. After retiring from teaching, I turned to novels about the ancient world. I have won seventeen awards for my short stories, plays, and novels.
Alan Cohen retired after a rewarding career in medicine and turned his attention to writing and publication. His poetry has appeared in nearly one hundred venues; he has had letters to the editor in Poetry magazine and The New Yorker (a new one was just published December 8, 2025); and he has published medical articles and essays concerning current affairs. Easy in Harness: A Productive Approach to Hiring a Good Manager was published in 2023, Taxonomic Vignettes, a book of poetry, in 2024, and Inferno, a novel, in November of 2025. Each has had highly positive feedback from reviewers and readers. And he has now completed Hijacked, a new nonfiction work about how to revive equality, democracy, and freedom.
Jessica C. Wheeler is a Connecticut-based author and poet known for her lyrical prose, emotional precision, and a dry, understated perspective on contemporary life. Her writing spans across genres, including poetry, contemporary romance, upmarket fiction, and sharp-edged satire, as seen in her short story collection She’s Fine, which explores the polished absurdities of womanhood and the quiet catastrophes we disguise as composure. Her stories often circle grief, family, and the complicated performance of being ‘fine’ in a world that rarely is. As a lifelong New Englander, she draws constant inspiration from the shifting seasons, particularly autumn, which appears in her work almost as frequently as her characters do. Wheeler resides on the Connecticut coast with her husband and their two young daughters and is currently developing her forthcoming novel.
Award winning author, LPGA Class A Professional, TPI Certified Junior Golf Coach, and designer.
Maria Giakoumatos has been interested in all things spooky since she was too small to ride the fun roller coasters in amusement parks. She probably would have become a paranormal investigator if she wasn’t afraid of the dark, so she settled for just writing about spirits. Her family often took her to church as a child, so that may explain some things.
To consider who I am as a writer, there was a time in my life when writing became a way for me to escape to some other reality than my own. Now, I am the author of six self-published books and counting. Never thinking about my pain or struggles or just my existence as being something exciting or worthy to talk about, but God always gives us a testimony. The passion to write started in high school, and in her early twenties, experiencing vivid dreams, Amethyst in Love and Detective Brenda Sayers: Mercy Undercover 2024. I created Nita Nae’s Books—Truthful Imagination to feed the imagination of readers. There were many dreams that followed, which generated other books, such as Apocalyptic 7: Salvation’s Cry, birthed from a dream during my writing alluded to in Unconditional Counsel. Six novels have since followed – The Ghosts of Slavery’s Dance, Unconditional Counsel 2: Fate Unbroken, Apocalyptic 8: Angels of Heaven’s Army, The Container, Opposing Fruit, and co-authorship for Embrace the Dawn: To Live Again with Margo Leonard (my mom – 2024, Amazon.com).
I was a member of the Tafelmusik Orchestra, Toronto, for over thirty-five years. At first, I was the principle second violin, then a section player and occasionally a violist. Tafelmusik and the Lumieres Quartet were the core of my performance career in music.
Born into a racially mixed military family, raised in a Catholic orphanage and adopted later on.
Carly Kaye is a Tennessee-based single mom and romance author. When not playing with her kids, Carly wears many (chic) hats: author, copy editor, and travel agent. She was inspired by her tenure as an English teacher and research as an English major/ reader of the classics, to write a balance of humor, angst, spice, the different faces love wears, and yearning. Her debut is a redemption arc for an infamous female character, and for all women given a label. For more information on A Lady of Means, book recs, and previews of what’s next, she is on social media: @carlywritesandreads.
Tended by the green thumb of Andrea Jones, the Neverland grows ever more gripping. Like Mr. and Mrs. Darling, Mrs. Jones raised three children. Author of the Hook & Jill Saga – a series of literary Neverland novels intended for adult readers – Jones is also the editor of a classics restoration program. In tribute to J.M. Barrie, she returned the story that will never grow old to its 1911 origins in Peter and Wendy: The Restored Text (Reginetta Press). Jones studied literature at the University of Illinois and worked in television production at CBS and PBS affiliates. With her additional training in theatre, Jones garners a rich harvest as a storyteller extraordinaire.
L’Travia Crawford is an author, currently living in NC, who writes from the raw edges of the heart, exploring the beauty and ache of love, the quiet devastation of heartbreak, and the strength found in healing. When not writing, L’Travia finds comfort in baking delicious baked goods, or spending time with her pet Simba, always seeking the small moments of softness that make life worth savoring.
Miranda Serra is an Army veteran and an aspiring television and film screenwriter. She resides in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband of thirty-five years, Juan Serra. She was blessed with four beautiful children and currently has five grandchildren, with a sixth on the way. Miranda draws on authentic global issues and thought-provoking narratives as a springboard for creating compelling characters for her books, pilots, and features. The belief in celebrating the uniqueness of all individuals and cherishing the human spirit is an integral part of who she is.
I’m an indie author who focuses on dark romance, mythology, and poetry words. My first book, and currently only book, is Dear Nobody. It’s a collection of letters I’ve never sent, just as the title appears! I’m working on a trilogy series right now based around Norse mythology.
Heini Talip is a Texas-based Finnish author and poet. She has been published in several anthologies and three solo books, the latest being her poetry book Burn and Pronounce Your Name. She also enjoys writing fiction, currently testing out her storytelling skills on various online platforms like Inkitt. Heini lives in Texas with her husband and cat. She publishes her work regularly on her poetry account on Instagram @missfinnpoet.
I was born in Staffordshire in 1959 and spent over forty years in the insurance industry, ten years of which were as a loss adjuster. For those who are unfamiliar with the role, a loss adjuster is a professional claims specialist appointed by an insurance company to assess an individual’s or company’s claim from an impartial viewpoint.
J.B. Bozie is a Ghanaian author, storyteller, and creative strategist whose work blends African mythology, futuristic science, and intimate human emotion. She is the mind behind MISFIT, a multi-era, time-bending novel that threads together 699 AD Binju lore and the raw coming-of-age journey of a mysterious girl on the verge of a spiritual awakening.
Scott Crain was taught in Broward County, Florida public schools and educated in South Florida bars and stages. As a singer-songwriter, he has long been drawn to stories of the struggle, of love and pay checks that are not enough; of families that work like families should, to a point; of triumph and failure as it is lived in humid, sticky circumstances. Now, he is turning that eye to poetry. A familiar face on the South Florida music scene, Scott has been part of a number of bands. He also runs independent record label Unfiltered Southern Grit. His writing mixes humor and indignation, cold-eyed realism and hard-won optimism. He is an exciting young voice whose words thrive on the page as well as they have when coming from a microphone.
L.B. McGrimm is an American space fantasy author who lives a quiet life in Indianapolis with his wife and dogs.