Creator	Role
F. Paul Wilson Francis Paul Wilson is medical doctor and author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and other genres of fiction. He is best known for his Repairman Jack series of young adult novels.Wilson has won the Prometheus Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Inkpot Award from the San Diego ComiCon, and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers of America.	Guest
Shannon Kirk Shannon Kirk is a practicing attorney and former law professor in Massachusetts. She is a multiple award winning author of The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall and Method 15/33.	Guest
William Malmborg William Malmborg is the author of Jimmy, Text Message, Nikki's Secret, Dark Harvest, Blind Eye, Santa Took Them, Crystal Creek, and Daddy's Little Girl. He has also been publishing short stories in horror magazines and dark fiction anthologies.	Guest
Tim Waggoner Tim Waggoner is an author of numerous novels, over one hundred short stories in the Fantasy Horror, and Thriller genres.	Guest
Scott Nicholson Scott Nicholson an author of horror and thriller fiction, often set in rural Appalachia.Nicholson's poems and short fiction has appeared in many publications. His first novel, "The Red Church," was published in 2002 and was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award. He has published over thirty novels.Before becoming a full-time author, Nicholson was a musician and a newspaper reporter. He received three North Carolina Press Association awards.	Guest
Joe R. Lansdale Joe Richard Lansdale is a writer and martial arts instructor. He is the writer in residence at Stephen F. Austin State University. He also teaches at his studio, Lansdale's Self Defense Systems.Lansdale's first novel, "Act of Love," was published in 1981. Since then, he has published over 40 novels and over 30 collections, plus comic books and screenplays. He works in many genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense. Several of his novels have been adapted for film and television. In addition to his real name, he has published under the names Ray Slater, Brad Simmons, and Jack Buchanan.Lansdale has received the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, the Edgar Award, and eleven Bram Stoker Awards.	Guest
Hal Bodner Hal Bodner is the author of the best selling gay vampire novel, Bite Club, and the lupine sequel, The Trouble With Hairy	Guest
Terry Shames Terry Shames is the author of the Samuel Craddock series and the coeditor of Fire in the Hills, a book of stories, poems, and photographs.	Guest
Gemma Files Gemma Files is a horror writer, journalist, and film critic.Files began her career as a freelance journalist, and then became a film reporter for "Eye Weekly." She has also written reviews for film online and for the magazine "Rue Morgue."Files's fiction has appeared in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and The Best Horror of the Year. 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 have been adapted for the television series "The Hunger."Files's first novel, "A Book of Tongues," was published in 2010 and won the Black Quill award for "Best Small Press Chill" from Dark Scribe Magazine. Her novel, "Experimental Film," published in 2015, won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel and the Sunburst Award for Best Canadian Speculative Fiction novel.Files received her degree in Journalism from Ryerson Polytechnic University.	Guest