Brenda Kilianski’s thriller, Free Radicals, was published by Chicago Dramaworks, its world premiere produced by Stockyards Theatre Project.  Her essays and poems have been published in the Chicago Tribune, Chronogram, Spillway, and ONTHEBUS.  She lives in Albany, NY. Visit her profiles at the Dramatists Guild and the New Play Exchange for more information. 

C. Matthew Smith is an attorney and writer whose short stories have appeared in and are forthcoming from numerous outlets, including Mystery Tribune, Mystery Weekly, Close to the Bone, and Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir Vol. 3(Down & Out Books). He’s a member of Sisters in Crime and the Atlanta Writers Club.  When he isn’t writing and paying the […]

Max Cage is the heroic alter ago of the mild-mannered reviewer and commentator of comics, crime and all manner of pulp. He knows you have better things to do than read his musings but can’t imagine exactly what that could be.

Greg Levin writes subversive thrillers and crime fiction. His novels include The Exit Man, Sick to Death, and In Wolves’ Clothing. Levin’s work has been optioned by HBO and Showtime, and has earned him a number of awards and accolades. He’s won two Independent Publisher Book Awards, and has twice been named a Finalist for […]

Sean Melrose-Aukema is an Australian writer and proud dad based in Norway. When he’s not at the keyboard guzzling coffee, he reads, plays video games, and if he’s feeling particularly inspired sometimes he laces up his runners. You can find him on Twitter @seanmelrose.

Heath Lowrance has lived in a hundred places, including Memphis, TN, but currently resides in the notorious Flint, Michigan, where he’s right at home. He has, at various times, been a tour guide at Sun Studio, a surly record store clerk, a private detective (not as interesting as it sounds), and a cartoon animal at […]

Mike McHone‘s work has appeared in Ellery Queen, Mystery Weekly, Playboy, Mystery Tribune, the AV Club, the Detroit News, Guilty, Punk Noir, and elsewhere. Although he lives in Detroit, anyone can visit him online at www.mikemchone.com.

Gay Degani has received nominations and honors for her work including Pushcart consideration, Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions. Her flash and short story work has appeared online, in print journals and in anthologies. She has published a collection of eight stories, Pomegranate, a full-length collection, Rattle of Want, (Pure Slush Press, 2015) and a suspense novel, What Came […]

Adam Leeder lives in Suffolk in the U.K. His work has been published or is forthcoming in Mystery Weekly, Guilty and Punk Noir. His short fiction has been longlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Margery Allingham Short Story Prize. His debut novel, Diaspora, was shortlisted for the New Anglia Prize, which is sponsored by […]

Nick Di Carlo, teacher and writer, lives in a small southern California town. He has published poetry, short fiction, and news feature articles, and has taught literature and writing in universities on both east and west coasts. He has conducted wilderness writing workshops in the Grand Tetons, Grand Canyon, and Anza Borrego desert, and has […]

Lee Matthew Goldberg is the author and screenwriter of eight novels including THE ANCESTOR, THE MENTOR and the YA series RUNAWAY TRAIN. His projects are in various stages of development for film and TV. He has been published in multiple languages and nominated for the Prix du Polar. STALKER STALKED will be out in Fall ’21.

M.E. Proctor is currently writing a series of contemporary detective novels. Her short stories have been published in Close to the Bone, All Worlds Wayfarer, Bristol Noir, Tilde, Expat Press, The Bookends Review, Fiction on the Web, and others.  She’s a strange cultural hybrid: a European living in East Texas. Twitter: @MEProctor3