Marc L Abbott is a Brooklyn based author, actor and storyteller. His short stories are featured in the Bram Stoker Nominated horror anthology New York State of Fright, Hell’s Heart and Hell’s Mall. He is the co-author of Hell at Brooklyn Tea and Hell at the Way Station, the two-time African American Literary Award-winning horror anthology. He is a Moth Story Slam and Grand Slam Storyteller winner and one of the hosts for the podcast Beef, Wine and Shenanigans. Find out more about him at www.whoismarclabbott.com

Stories are a uniquely human thing. I make artwork to tell stories, to capture in line and form and color the beauty, the oddity, the lovely weirdness inherent in existing. The conversations and connections of humans with ourselves, with each other, and with this crazy wild beautiful world we inhabit drive me to capture that essence, that simple profound spark of being, always reaching for the ineffable. I also enjoy Mediterranean food, University of Georgia football, and a wide variety of musical stylings. I grew up in Georgia and now live with my family of humans and animals in Oklahoma. IG: @masonadamsart

Amber Anthony is the pen name for Nancy Reynolds and Rusty Hough Bader. Each of them were performers in theater and dance in earlier years and met through their love of British history. They were coached by DC Fontana and Erik Bork. Their short script Maxwell Older was an earlier Las Vegas Film Festival winner. After developing several scripts of note, they directed their talents toward world-building in Paranormal and Metaphysical Romance. Their July release involves Dragon and Pegasus Shifters as well as a Scottish Vampire. In their spare time, they mentor new authors. You can learn more at www.amberanthonywrites.com/

Bean Tiger (known in the human world as Chelsea Eckert) is a queer fursuiter, crafter, and educator who enjoys spreading the word about furries and animals. Her infamous animal science panels and live quiz shows have appeared at cons like FurtherConfusion and Anthro Weekend Utah. In addition to her fandom outreach work, she performs in costume as Lupa the Binturong and Madoka the Dragon. She’s also Multiverse’s Communications Director!

Judy Black is a writer who makes her home in Atlanta, Ga. She loves games, books, cats, and most things with caffeine. Her current series, The Finnegan Cabinet of Aberrations, is published with Falstaff Books. You can watch her Tabletop RPG group on Roll For Trouble. judyblackcloud.com

J.D. Blackrose is writing a new urban fantasy trilogy for BellBridge Books. She’s published The Soul Wars, The Devil’s Been Busy, and the Zombie Cosmetologist novellas through Falstaff Books. She’s published short stories such as “Don’t Fool an Earth Witch,” in Mother’s Revenge, “The Book Burning,” in Curiosities, and “Poisoned by Sugar,” in Witches, Warriors, and Wise Women. “The Ghost Train,” was published by Third Flatiron in their Spring 2019 Anthology and Best of 2019 Anthology. She blogs, reviews books, and does author interviews on www.slipperywords.com. She is a contributor to Horrortree.com and is an associate member of SFWA.

Sara Bond is a science fiction and fantasy author who is an unapologetic extrovert and consumer of tall-tales—the wilder, the better. After dabbling in careers in academia, non-profit research, politics, and even a short but lucrative job in high-end fashion, she released her debut novel, Gravity’s Heir, a space opera in 2020. Sara now lives in Seattle with her husband and two children, who moonlight as advanced agents of Chaos. Visit her website at www.saratbond.com for her latest projects, essays, and even a book review and cocktail pairings blog series.

Rachel A. Brune is a former military journalist who writes urban fantasy, horror, and other speculative fiction. She is the founder and editor of Crone Girls Press, a small press for indie horror, dedicated to publishing the darker side of speculative fiction. Coppice & Brake, their latest dark fiction anthology, is now available on Amazon. You can learn more at: www.cronegirlspress.com or follow the press on Twitter: @cronegirlspress.

Ariel, a D.C. area native and dyslexic, was an Official Wheel of Time artist for eight years and has been published internationally. Her first publication was in “Stan Lee’s How to Draw Comics”. Ariel has won a Geeky award for “best licensed Toy/product for the Wheel of Time playing cards”, published in “The Wheel of Time Companion” which was nominated for a World Fantasy award, and Won a Gold Award for Digital Expression in 2019 from International Film Festival DC Web Fest. Ariel uses a hyper-realistic digital painting style, often including Easter eggs for her fans. www.artistarielburgess.com

Tyra Burton side-hustles as a social media strategist and co-authored Socially Engaged: The Author’s Guide to Social Media. She is a multiple-award-winning professor at Kennesaw State University where she teaches about social media, entertainment marketing, and gender and sexuality in pop culture. Her passions include dark chocolate, Jameson & Ginger Ale, Ireland, and her fur babies. She co-authored Penduli Station, a sci-fi romance, and is currently working on a light-hearted fantasy, a new social media book, and her podcast, Geek Meets Social. Tyra and her husband live happily in their house in the woods with their three socially-engaging fur babies. www.tyraburton.com

Paige L. Christie is author of The Legacies of Arnan fantasy series: (#1) Draigon Weather, and has short stories in several anthologies. As a believer in the power of words, Paige tells stories that are both entertaining and thoughtful. She specializes in tales that speak to women and open a space where adventure and fantasy are not all about happy endings. When she isn’t writing, she is the director of a non-profit and runs a handcrafted-art shop. She is a proud, founding member of the Blazing Lioness Writers. Learn more at www.paigelchristie.com, www.facebook.com/paigelchristie, and www.twitter.com/paigelchristie

Gerald L. Coleman is a philosopher, theologian, poet, and Science Fiction & Fantasy Author. He did his undergraduate work in philosophy, English, and religious studies, followed by a Master's degree in Theology. He is the author of the Epic Fantasy novel saga The Three Gifts. His most recent poetry appears in collections such as Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture and Drawn To Marvel: Poems From The Comic Books. His speculative fiction short stories appear in collections including The Science Fiction, Cyberfunk Anthology: The City, the 2019 JordanCon Anthology: You Want Stories?, and Cyberfunk! by MVMedia. He is a Scholastic National Writing Juror, a co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets, and a 2021 Rhysling Award Nominee. You can find him at Geraldlcoleman.com.

Sara Crawford is a playwright, poet, musician, and author of young adult fantasy novels including The Muse Chronicles trilogy, Into the Shadows, and Time After Time (Parliament House Press). She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans, and she is the host of the Find Creative Expression podcast where she has conversations about art and creativity with other artists and creatives of all kinds. For more information, please visit www.saracrawford.net

M’Shai S. Dash is a writer, blogger, and digital content creator from Washington, D.C. Her personal blog, The Traveler’s Dash, is an astronomy-themed open diary that examines the challenges and triumphs of her own intersectionality as a queer, black, Muslim woman in America. Dash’s forthcoming project, Momma Zee Ate the Man: Delicious Tales in which Bad Men Die, is a short story collection fused in feminism and magical realism. Dash is also a staff writer for blacksci-fi.com as well as an on-air correspondent for BlackSci-Fi TV, a local series airing on PhillyCam TV. You can learn more about Dash at www.mshaidash.com.

Patrick Dugan is the author of the Darkest Storm Series. Storm Forged won the 2019 Imadjinn Award for Best Indie Science Fiction novel. From Distracted Dragon Fate & Flux and Of Cogs & Conjuring are steampunk adventure books. Patrick is a full-time computer programmer. He lives with his wife, two children, and a spunky Cavalier King Charles named Blaze. In his spare time, he loves to homebrew beer, 3D print all sorts of fun stuff, and play video games, especially anything Blizzard puts out. You can find his Blood Elf Warlock roaming Azeroth most evenings. www.patrickdugan.net

K.D. lives and writes in North Carolina, but has spent time in Massachusetts, Maine, Colorado, New Hampshire, Montana, and Washington. (Common theme until NC: Snow. So, so much snow.) Mercifully short careers in foodservice, interactive television, corporate banking, retail management, and bariatric furniture have led to a much less short career in Higher Education. The first book in his urban fantasy series THE TAROT SEQUENCE, called THE LAST SUN, was published by Pyr in June 2018. The third installment, THE HOURGLASS THRONE, is expected in 2021. K.D. is represented by Sara Megibow at kt literary, and Kim Yau at Echo Lake for entertainment rights. www.kd-edwards.com

Penelope Flynn creates mixed genre adult-targeted speculative fiction and illustrations featuring elements of horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy. Her works have been included in several anthologies and she is launching the third book of her Chronicles of Renfields series in September 2021. She moderates and cohosts the weekly podcast, Discussions From the Otherhood and heads Ambitious Hybrid Multimedia. She has appeared at WorldCon, the World Fantasy Convention, The FAMU Spring Literary Forum, VirtuousCon and Blacktasticon. Her works can be found at PenelopeFlynn.com and her social media and other connections can be found at linktr.ee/PenelopeFlynn.

Marlena Frank has always been fascinated with monsters, and now gets to write about them. She has been writing horror and fantasy fiction since 2010. Her novels range from young adult fantasy to horror. Her debut novel, Stolen, came out January 2019 and has repeatedly hit the Amazon Bestseller charts. Her latest releases include: Chosen, the final book in the Stolen trilogy, and The Impostor and Other Dark Tales, a collection of horror and dark fantasy stories, releasing this fall. She serves as the vice president of the Atlanta chapter of the Horror Writers Association and is an active member in the Atlanta cosplay community. www.marlenafrank.com

A best-selling BIPOC author of over 20 books, G Russell is always creating the next great adventure for his loyal readers. He is an experienced panelist on the topics of writing, publishing, and branding - especially for new authors. www.grussellgaynor.com

Marc Gunn plays Irish, Scottish, and folk music. But he adds a twist. He fuses his love of science fiction, fantasy, and comedy with his Scots-Irish heritage. He calls it Sci F'Irish music. You will laugh and smile to songs inspired by Lord of the Rings, Firefly, Star Wars and Star Trek, dragons and cats, plus traditional Irish drinking songs. For more information visit his website at www.marcgunn.com.

Clint Hall has been writing stories since middle school, where he spent most of his time in English class creating comic books. Fortunately, his teacher not only allowed it; she bought every issue. His sci-fi and fantasy stories have been published in various anthologies and magazines. He was recently named a double finalist for short fiction in the 2021 Realm Awards. As a professional marketing copywriter, Clint has authored pieces for IBM, The Weather Company, The Masters, Adweek, and Red Bull Racing. www.clinthall.com

Lynne Hansen is a horror artist who specializes in book covers. Her art has appeared on the cover of the legendary Weird Tales Magazine, and her clients include Cemetery Dance Publications, Thunderstorm Books and Raw Dog Screaming Press. She has illustrated works by New York Times bestselling authors including Jonathan Maberry, George Romero, and Christopher Golden. Her art has been commissioned and collected throughout the United States and overseas. Art-Haus Gallery in Atlanta will be hosting her solo art show “Lyrical Nightmares: The Art of Lynne Hansen.” For more information, visit LynneHansenArt.com.

John G. Hartness is an author, publisher, and podcaster from Charlotte, NC. He is the author of multiple novel series (including the Black Knight Chronicles and the award-winning Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter series), co-founder and publisher of Falstaff Books, and a member of the Authors & Dragons podcast. He spends far too much time and money playing Magic: The Gathering. Find him at JohnHartness.com

M. Haynes grew up loving fantasy worlds, but soon realized that they failed to include people like him. He began developing his Elemental book series at a young age to correct that. Over fifteen years of writing later, M. Haynes has sought to help show that fantasy can include more than just straight, blonde haired, blue eyed men or boys. In particular, M. Haynes' uses his writing to show a more nuanced version of heroism in fantasy worlds. His works show that anyone, regardless of race, gender, or sexuality can be a hero. Learn more about the series at www.mhaynes.org/elemental. He is also the Director of GEEK: Fantasy at Multiverse.

Justin D. Herd is the author of the Fantasy Noir, Of Gods and Madness: The Faithful. He’s also the host of the Dubious Consumers podcast, as well as his video essay channel, Dubious Consumption, on YouTube. He’s a freelance developmental editor as well. He loves stories that are “more interesting than good” and spends a lot of his time exploring this oft-forgotten subset of media. When he’s not meticulously falling down a rabbit hole, he . . . well, let’s be honest: he’s always fawning over something new. You can find him at justindherd.com.

Alex Hofelich is Co-Editor of Pseudopod, a weekly horror podcast magazine. It is part of the pro-paying Escape Artists network, which has been delivering weekly short fiction in multiple genres since 2005. He has been involved with PseudoPod since 2009, and edited the anthology For Mortal Things Unsung, which celebrated the first decade of PseudoPod.

As a sailor, SFF nerd, and gamer, writing nautical and game tie-in stories came naturally for Chris. He’s written for the Pathfinder, Iron Kingdoms, Shadowrun, Arkham Horror, and Traveller RPG’s. He has over 30 novels, and won numerous awards, including the 2020Scribe Award for best short story. New releases for 2021 include the tech thriller, Dragon Legacy, with Falstaff Books, Book Four, Ash Walker, in his newest fantasy series the Blood Sea Tales, and, Pacifica, his first novel in the new hard SF Five-Fold Universe, from Shadow Alley Press. Visit jaxbooks.com for a look at his work!

Dan Jolley began writing professionally at age 19. Starting in comic books, where he co-created the Jason Rusch incarnation of DC’s Firestorm, Dan has since written licensed-property novels (Star Trek), novelizations (Iron Man), original novels (Five Elements, the Gray Widow Trilogy, The Storm), and video games (Transformers, Dying Light). His most recent works include Audible Original audiobook House of Teeth, children's graphic novel The Mega-Dogs of New Kansas, and hybrid high-fantasy/detective novel The Runemaster Homicide (set to debut at Multiverse 2021). Dan lives in Georgia with his wife Tracy. Readers can learn more about him on his website, www.danjolley.com.

R. J. Joseph is a Texas based writer and professor living with varied combinations of one husband and 11 children, four grandboys, and one hellbeast masquerading as a dog. A life-long horror fan and writer of many things, she writes creatively and academically about two important aspects of her life: horror and Black femininity. R. J. is absolutely thrilled that her essay, “The Beloved Haunting of Hill House: An Examination of Monstrous Motherhood”, and the collection it appeared in, The Streaming of Hill House: Essays on the Haunting Netflix Series were both Bram Stoker Award® finalists for 2020. R.J. is the Director of the Multiverse LEARN track. Find her books via this link.

Darin Kennedy, born and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is a graduate of Wake Forest University and Bowman Gray School of Medicine. After completing family medicine residency in the mountains of Virginia, he served eight years as a United States Army physician and wrote his first novel in the sands of northern Iraq. His works include the Fugue & Fable series, his contemporary fantasy series, The Pawn Stratagem, and his first foray into YA, Carol. His short stories can be found in numerous anthologies and magazines. Doctor by day and novelist by night, he writes and practices medicine in Charlotte, NC. More at darinkennedy.com.

Gini Koch writes the fast, fresh, and funny Alien/Katherine “Kitty” Katt series for DAW Books, the Necropolis Enforcement Files, and the Martian Alliance Chronicles. She also has a humor collection, Random Musings from the Funny Girl. As G.J. Koch she writes the Alexander Outland series and she’s made the most of multiple personality disorder by writing novels, novellas, novelettes, and short stories in all the genres out there and under a variety of other pen names as well, including Anita Ensal, Jemma Chase, A.E. Stanton, and J.C. Koch, all with stories featured in excellent anthologies, available now and upcoming. www.ginikoch.com

Nicole Givens Kurtz is an author, editor, and educator. She's the recipient of the Horror Writers Association's Diversity Grant (2020) and the Atomacon Palmetto Scribe Award-Best Short Story 2021. She's been named as one of Book Riot's Best Black Indie SFF Writers. She's also the editor of the groundbreaking anthology, SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire. Her novels have been a finalist in the Dream Realm Awards, Fresh Voices, and EPPIE Awards for science fiction. She's written for White Wolf, Bram Stoker Finalist in Horror Anthology, Sycorax's Daughters, and The Realm's The Vela: Salvation series. Nicole has over 40 short stories published as well as numerous novels and three active speculative mystery series. She's a member of Horror Writers Association, Sisters in Crime, and Science Fiction Writers of America. You can support her work via Patreon. www.nicolegivenskurtz.net

Derek Austin Johnson has lived most of his life in the Lone Star State. His work has appeared in The Horror Zine, Rayguns Over Texas!, Horror U.S.A.: Texas, Terror Tract, and Campfire Macabre. He lives in Central Texas. derekaustinjohnson.com

Michelle Renee Lane holds an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. She writes dark speculative fiction about identity politics and women of color battling their inner demons while fighting and/or falling in love with monsters. Her work includes elements of fantasy, horror, science fiction, romance, and erotica. Her short fiction appears in several anthologies, and her Bram Stoker Award nominated debut novel, Invisible Chains (2019), is available from Haverhill House Publishing. www.michellerlane.com

Emily Lavin Leverett is a writer, editor, and professor. She writes the Eisteddfod Chronicles, a contemporary fairy fantasy:Changeling's Fall, Winter's Heir, Traitor's Spring (2021), and Summer's Queen (2022). She also writes The Wolf and the Nun, a paranormal historical romance about twelfth century poet and abbess Marie de France: the Wolf in the Cloister (2020), The Enchanted Rose (2021), The Lai of the Black Wolf and An Honorable Love (2022). Her scholarship on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld includes the co-edited essay collection Terry Pratchett’s Ethical Worlds. She lives in North Carolina where she, her spouse, and their three cats are avid Carolina Hurricanes fans. www.emilylavinleverett.com

Kyoko M is a USA Today bestselling author and a fangirl. She is the author of The Black Parade urban fantasy series and the Of Cinder and Bone science-fiction series. The Black Parade has been reviewed by Publishers Weekly and New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews. Kyoko M has appeared as a guest and panelist at such conventions as Geek Girl Con, DragonCon, Blacktasticon, Momocon, and Multiverse Con. She is also a contributor to Marvel Comics' Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda (2021) anthology. www.shewhowritesmonsters.com

Amanda Makepeace is a Chesley Award winning illustrator, working in both digital and traditional mediums. Through her art, she explores mythology, magical beings, our connection to the planet, and even distant worlds. Amanda's art has appeared in ENnie award-winning games, in short fiction magazines, like Amazing Stories and Fireside Fiction, and on the covers of independent novels and anthologies. She is a regular at Fantasy and SciFi conventions in the southeast. When she's not in the studio, she can be found reconnecting with nature and the woods that inspired her as a child. Delve into her imagination at www.amandamakepeace.com.

Founder of Journey Press, an independent publisher focused on unusual and diverse speculative fiction, three time Hugo Finalist Gideon Marcus also runs the time machine project, Galactic Journey. He is a professional space historian, member of the American Astronautical Society's history committee. Gideon lives in San Diego County with his writer/editor wife, Janice, and their polymath artist daughter, Lorelei…along with a cat, a snake, and an immense library. He is currently hard at work on Hyvilma, third book in the Kitra Saga.

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Alex Matsuo is a paranormal researcher, singer, and author. She runs the blog and YouTube channel, “The Spooky Stuff” and is the founder/director of the Association of Paranormal Study. Alex has been seen on Travel Channel’s “Haunted Hospitals” as well as “Most Terrifying Places in America.” In addition, Alex is the host of the podcasts, The Spooky Stuff, and Informal Paranormal. She has written several books including, “The Brave Mortal’s Guide to Ghost Hunting”, “The Haunting of the Tenth Avenue Theatre”, “More than Ghosts”, and “The Haunted Actor.” You can find more information about Alex at www.alexmatsuo.com.

Melissa McArthur is the associate publisher at Falstaff Books, a freelance editor, and an author. She has worked with authors and presses worldwide and has fiction published with several small presses throughout the Southeast.

James Nettles has consulted on and managed business and technological transformation projects across the globe for businesses from startups to Fortune 100’s, and everything in between. He is a University of South Carolina graduate in Entrepreneurial Management and Management Information Systems, with studies in Anthropology, Sociology and Philosophy. A fiction and nonfiction author, he got his start in media in college, and continues to write, speak and consult in the fields of privacy, artificial and business intelligence, next generation technologies, business process and strategy, and entrepreneurship as well as writing tools, technology, and craft. He currently lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife and hounds. He is the CEO and founding partner for Author Essentials, a project started by writers, for writers. www.jamespnettles.com

Dee Norman is a witch who grew up in her family’s Italian American magical tradition. She received her first Tarot deck at the age of 11 and has been studying card reading, magic and witchcraft ever since. Her focus of study is on esoteric art, symbolism and grimoires. She has been a professional Tarot and Oracle Card reader for over 25 years, reading cards and teaching workshops in several states and on two continents. She has founded three covens, two of which were teaching covens. This year, Dee published the Emblemata Lenormand Oracle Deck, based on art from 15th Century Emblem Books, and is writing a book on her family’s magical tradition. She lives in Tennessee with her partner, her daughter, and their dog Halloween Jack. www.sol-et-luna.net

James is a writer of science fiction and pulp adventure. He is the author of the space opera novels Star Swarm and Ix Incursion, as well as four novellas in the Shadow Council archives series for Falstaff Books. James is the co-creator and editor of the shared world, Cold War giant monster anthology series Monster Earth. He has also written comics and audio drama. A recovering comic book addict, James lives in Northeast Georgia with his wife and daughter, two dogs, a cat, and a crap ton of books. For more info, and to get a free ebook, visit www.jamespalmerbooks.net.

Award-winning fantasy author Ellie Raine is a voracious BookWyrm for epic adventures, detailed world-building, and thrilling battles. Fueled by coffee-bean concoctions brewed by the finest caffeine alchemists in Atlanta, Georgia, she’s crafted an Epic Fantasy Adventure series, The NecroSeam Chronicles (Willow of Ashes (I), Orbs of Azure (II), Pearl of Emerald (III), Phoenix of Scarlet (IV), Blossom of Gold (V), Princess of Shadow and Dream (Prequel)) and the paranormal-noir novella, Nightingale, published with Pro Se Productions. Her first book, Willow of Ashes, won multiple awards in 2019 including First Place in Fantasy for the Writer's Digest Self-Published Ebook Awards. www.EllieRaine.com

Tonia Ransom is the creator and executive producer of NIGHTLIGHT, a horror podcast featuring creepy tales written by Black writers. Tonia has been scaring people since the second grade, when she wrote her first story based on Michael Myers. She’s pretty sure her teacher was concerned, but she thinks she turned out fine(ish). Tonia tells horror stories regularly on Twitter @missdefying, and her debut novella Risen was released early December 2020. She lives in Austin, Texas. www.nightlightpod.com

Nat's iconic art series, Cuteness & Vexation, blends relatable humor with expressive animal portraits in a celebration of the weird, wonderful creatures of the world and how we connect with them. A self-styled professional meme peddler, Nat has been selling at conventions across the US since 2012. She’s happy to talk about animals, art business, and various geekery. www.natrodgers.com

Dahlia Rose is the USA Today best-selling multi-genre author from Urban fantasy to Romance with island spice. Raised in Barbados and now currently lives in Charlotte, N.C. She has a love of dark fantasy, sci-fi, and the things that go bump in the night a, the while giving her characters the happy ending in love they deserve. Her books feature strong heroines with a Caribbean or African American culture, and showcased in the vibrancy of her words. Books and writing are her passions, and she hopes to open your imagination to the unknown between the pages of her books. www.dahliaroseunscripted.com

Joel Ruiz is a video editor and podcast producer with over a decade of production experience and projection promotion. From 2015 to 2018 he wrote, edited, and produced over 100 short films in the comedy, Ladies Night. In 2019 he started Critical Bits, a comedy RPG podcast. Through Critical Bits, Joel runs several actual play events and livestreams, including Seasons, Pokemon Revolt, Helldale Hornets, along with various annual events and streams for Spider Day. As gamemaster in the current Critical Bits main campaign, The Fun Bunch Saga, Joel crafts a comedically terrifying world full of superheroes. www.CriticalBitCast.com

Tony Sarrecchia is a storyteller whose tales include the award-winning Harry Strange Radio Drama, Lady Sherlock Holmes Adventures, and Scarlett Hood Chronicles; all full-cast audio dramas. He’s written TV pilots, feature films, novellas, and short stories. His radio dramas have been performed in front of live audiences at Hear Now, the audio equivalent of a film festival; DragonCon, the largest multimedia, science fiction and fantasy convention in the universe; and other conventions and streaming events. The Harry Strange Radio Drama has racked up almost 400,000 downloads. At conventions and book signings he discusses writing, audio drama, B-movies, and popular culture. And dogs… he always wants to about his dogs and your dogs. Keep up with his projects at www.tsarrecchia.com.

M.M. Schill is a writer, illustrator and traditional Japanese artist, and reviewer. She currently serves as an associate editor for PseudoPod, a weekly short fiction, horror podcast magazine in the award-winning, pro-paying, Escape Artists network of speculative short fiction podcasts. Outside of her creative endeavors, she’s a victim’s advocate and survivor’s rights activist, working with local and national survivor’s rights organizations to help share vital resources and spread awareness on survivor issues. www.mmschill.com

Tamsin Silver is a Fantasy author based out of Albuquerque, NM. Her Historical Fantasy works include three books in the Untold Legends series with Falstaff Books (3rd book out in 2021). Her Urban Fantasy works include the Windfire saga, Mark of the Necromancer, and Skye of the Damned novellas (based on the web series). She is also a writer for Faith Hunter’s Rogue Mage Anthologies with Lore Seekers Press, the We Are Not This anthology for Falstaff Books, and the Storming Area 51 anthology with Bayonet Books. You can learn more about Ms. Silver by visiting www.tamsinsilver.com and www.skyeofthedamned.com.

Sarah J. Sover is the author of the noir fantasy Fractured Fae Series, with Fairy GodMurder releasing from Falstaff Books in 2022. Her debut novel Double-Crossing the Bridge became an Amazon bestseller in humorous fantasy, and she’s had short fiction included in both JordanCon Anthologies. Sarah is a contributor to Dan Koboldt’s Putting the Fact in Fantasy and to Writer's Digest magazine with “Trope: My Favorite Dirty Word” set to appear in the Nov/Dec issue. When she’s not writing, Sarah is busy raising small tyrants, creating art, paneling at conventions, or sipping a good IPA. www.SarahJSover.com

Pounds of pecans and plates of peaches, a southern drawl to boot; Aziza Sphinx sees the world through a canopy of weeping willows while stopping to smell the roses. Family matters, and not just blood, for those who take care of us are the truest who stand and fall during the winding road. When the hills and valleys of the journey summon and the pen becomes mightier than the sword, this is the world Aziza Sphinx breathes for. www.azizasphinx.com

Adam Stemple is an award-winning author, poet, and musician. Like most authors, his life experience is broad and odd. He spent twenty years on the road with a variety of bands playing for crowds of between 2 and 20,000 people. He started, ran, and sold a poker training site. He worked in a warehouse. He picked corn. He traded options and demoed houses. He drove pizzas for nine months in 1986, which for twenty-seven years was the longest he'd ever been employed. He drank too much and has now been sober for over fifteen years. He published his first book at the age of sixteen, "The Lullaby Songbook," which he arranged the music for. His mother is a famous children's book author. His children are artistic. His wife is a better person than him in nearly all regards. www.adamstemple.com

Jeff Strand is the four-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of over fifty books, including PRESSURE, DWELLER, and MY PRETTIES. He's mostly a horror author but has cheated on his chosen genre a few times. Several of his books have been optioned for motion pictures, and he wrote the screenplay adaptations of his books THE GREATEST ZOMBIE MOVIE EVER and KUTTER, both currently in development. Cemetery Dance magazine said "No author working today comes close to Jeff Strand's perfect mixture of comedy and terror." He lives in Atlanta, and you can visit his website at www.JeffStrand.com.

Shannon Strucci is a filmmaker, film critic, and podcast host known for her webseries FAKE FRIENDS, her role as a player on the teenage superhero body horror podcast Critical Bits, and her role as film correspondent for the podcast Struggle Session. www.youtube.com/c/struccimovies

What do you do with a degree in world religions and a lifelong love of horror? According to DL Wainright you write a dark fantasy series. Said series, The Hollow Sun, is chock full of folklore, mythology, creepy stuff, and diverse characters. Basically everything DL loves, all wrapped up in a bloody package. Find an assortment of ways to stalk DL at thehollowsun.com.

Merethe Walther is a professional editor, author, and short story writer whose work spans many genres and has won awards with Readers’ Favorite and Writers of the Future. When not writing—or explaining how to pronounce her name correctly—you can find her playing video games and board games, reading, and spending time with her husband and cat in Atlanta, GA. www.MeretheWalther.com

When it comes to fusing elaborate high fantasy with steamy queer romance, no one does it better than three-time Hugo Finalist Laura Weyr! Her first full-length novel, The Eighth Key, will captivate as well as excite. Laura lives in sunny California with her husband, daughter, and cat. Her next title will be a queer take on the Snow White myth.

L. Marie Wood is the bestselling author of 4 novels and over 130 short stories. Her short story, "The Ever After" was part of the Bram Stoker Award Finalist anthology Sycorax's Daughters. Wood has been recognized in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15 and as one of the 100+ Black Women in Horror Fiction. She is the director of GEEK:Horror at Multiverse.

Kenneth Broome, Jr. is currently a college instructor at Albany State University located in Albany, Georgia. He loves to discuss topics of Black Speculative Fiction (and Speculative Fiction in general). He uses it to help get his students interested in the material and connect with the concepts he teaches. On the side, he works as a Lead Editor for the site BlackNerdProblems.com. He also works as a freelance editor of urban fiction and fantasy.

Rachel Lewis is a graduate student at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga in the Masters of English Rhetoric and Professional Writing program. She has a Bachelor of Arts from the same University and a Bachelor of Science from Middle Tennessee State University. She has presented at several academic conferences in the areas of fandom and pedagogy. Her academic interests include fandom, pedagogy, and disability/ableist rhetoric. Her other interests include exploring the Tennessee landscape, travelling, and playing with her two spoiled rescue dogs.

Rory Montgomery is an alum of UNC Wilmington with a bachelor's degree in film studies and is the assistant director of Multiverse's own LEARN track. Their current film interests are the original Universal Studios monster movies and audience's reception of films before the 1930s. They enjoy playing MTG and Pokemon whenever possible, and are a proud and inclusive Heathen. They also think the original Mortal Kombat theme is the pinnacle of video game music and should be played regularly at all dance clubs.

Elizabeth Rawitsch received her PhD in Film, Television, and Media Studies from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. She is currently a Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she teaches courses on the history of American film exhibition, contemporary British television, Turkish Yeşilçam cinema, and international film comedy. Her book Frank Capra’s Eastern Horizons: National Identity and the Cinema of International Relations was published in 2015, and her research on popular culture and national identity has appeared in Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media, Journal of American Studies, and Journal of Popular Film and Television.

Anita Siraki is a librarian and independent scholar who graduated from the University of Toronto with a Master of Information in Library & Information Science. She completed a specialization in Book History and Print Culture where she examined mid-19th century American female authors focusing on Harriet Beecher Stowe and the popularity of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. As Webmaster for the Center for Renaissance and Reformation Studies at the EJ Pratt Library, she participated in several digitization projects. In addition, she is a reviewer for Booklist and Library Journal and received the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Scholarship from the Horror Writers’ Association in 2017.

Lily Tolson is a transgender woman who has studied film at UNCW and is an aspiring fantasy writer. She cares deeply about transgender representation in all forms of media and seeks to provide the representation she never saw growing up into her work. Lily has been a guest presenter to discuss transgender representation at UNCW and Multiverse 2019.