Luigi Musolino was born in 1982 in the province of Turin. He is the author of several collections of weird fiction, horror, and rural gothic stories. His debut novel, Eredità di carne, was published by Acheron Books in 2019, followed by the novella Pupille (Zona 42, 2021). In 2022, Edizioni Hypnos released his collection Un buio diverso – Voci dai Necromileus. He has translated into Italian works by Carl Jacobi, Brian Keene, Lisa Mannetti, Michael Laimo, and the autobiographical writings of H. P. Lovecraft. His collection A Different Darkness and Other Abominations was published by Valancourt Books in 2022 and was a finalist for the 2023 World Fantasy Awards. His works have appeared in the United States, Ireland, Hungary, Russia, Spain, and South Africa. He is the editor of the Caronte series for Zona 42, dedicated to unsettling fiction. His latest book is the short novel Della donna aracnide, published in October 2024.

Jon R. Meyers is a freelance author, staff book reviewer at The Horror Zine, and social media coordinator for the Horror Writers Association Chicagoland Chapter, as well as a former resident book reviewer for The Horror Fiction Review (2012-2020). His body of work has appeared in a number of various publications specializing in Occult, Horror, and Weird Fiction. Jon is forty years old and is currently residing in the Chicagoland area, where he can be found reading, writing, and hiking. For more information, please feel free to visit him on social media or find him at hwachicago.org.

Jeffrey Thomas is an American author of horror, SF, and weird fiction. His books include Punktown, Deadstock, Blue War, The Idol, The American, and The Unnamed Country. He has been a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award and John W. Campbell Award, and his stories have been reprinted in The Year’s Best Horror Stories XXII (editor, Karl Edward Wagner), The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror #14 (editors, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling), and Year’s Best Weird Fiction #1 (editors, Laird Barron and Michael Kelly). At NecronomiCon 2024 he received the Robert Bloch Award for his contributions to weird fiction. Thomas lives in Massachusetts.

Darrell Hardy is a writer, game designer, and self-styled "storyworld architect." He'll gladly listen to you talk about your D&D character, so long as he gets to talk about his character next. You can find him at darrellhardy.com.

Kathrine Buentello-Gowen is a writer based in Tennessee. Currently, she writes short stories based in the supernatural or thriller realm. In 2018 she earned her BA in English with a focus on creative writing and this is her publishing debut.