Markus Harmon | email
"Deserted Papers Found In a House"

Haunted continuously by his conscience taking the shape of a ferret, this unfortunate has been both haunted and writing for several years. Or at least he claims as much when cornered — or perhaps the ferret claims it, that much is unclear. This is known: The man is as real as any of us; physically speaking. He works for some institution of higher learning (how much higher is unclear). His work is reputed to involve the internet in some capacity. He does not harm animals, although occasionally he forgets people as if he were unused to them. He had NOTHING to do with the infamous Noodle Incident. He is not a pawn in the game of life, (although he has played one on TV). And, although he's written much, he's submitted little, and published less. His story owes great debts for style and material to Lovecraft and Bloch. He lives near Denver, and has been known to quote Aristotle and the Amazing Randi in the same breath, which is quite a lot to say for one person.

D.F. Lewis | email | web site
"Dark House Lane"

Desmond Lewis was the recipient of the British Fantasy Society Karl Edward Wagner Award 1998. He was born 1948 in Walton-on-Naze, Essex. From 1966-69, he attended Lancaster University where he formed the Zeroist Group. Des loves listening to 20th century 'classical' music and walking along Clacton sea front. He is married with two grown up children. DF Lewis has published over 1200 stories worldwide since 1987. He was five consecutive years in Year's Best Horror Stories. He has stories in many prestigious literary journals such as Stand, Orbis, Iron, Panurge and London Magazine. In The Best New Horror vols. One, Two & Eight. Several 'honourable mentions' in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror. Many stories in professional book anthologies. His acclaimed novella Agra Aska has been published in severely limited edition, now seeking new publisher.

Malcolm McClinton | email | web site
gallery artist - "Lilith"

Malcolm has done Collectable Card Game illustrations for Nebula games and Alderac Entertainment. Covers for Galloglass, Rune's Law, The Leading Edge, Hubris games, and Millenium Science Fiction And Fantasy. He has created interior illustrations for Guild Hall publishers and Hubris games. He is currently doing interior illustration for the book THE END OF DAYS by David McCandless and David Learner (the cover to be done by Darrel Sweet). The piece "Lilith" took best of show at the 1999 Foolscap Convention in Seattle, WA.

Lester Thees | email
"The Kartoupelos"

Lester Thees has worked as a welder, driving instructor, office manager, truck driver, private investigator, and house painter, spent a year in college, a year in a Catholic Seminary, and many years in the Land of the Lotus Eaters. He began writing after a friend cornered him in a dark parking lot and forced him to admit what he really wanted to do with his life. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Ellen, and their cat, Rita. His fiction has appeared in over a dozen print publications, including Not One Of Us, Night Terrors, Outer Darkness, Mindmares, and vampire Dana's Story Emporium, and on the World Wide Web in Shadow Feast, Gathering Darkness, Crimson, and Genre Zone.

Rew X | web site
cover art - "desert1" and "desert2"
gallery art - "acolytes," "forbidden city: south gate" and "cockatrice"

Says he has re-discovered the childhood art of bubble-blowing… yet another project to distract him from writing fiction.