Jay Crowley is the pen name for Judie Crowley. She lives in Jack's Valley near the base of beautiful Lake Tahoe, Nevada. All of the stories originate in Nevada, which offers an exciting background, providing lots of story opportunities. "A little history with a mystery." There are two dogs and a cat in the family, and quite often, a dog is in the stories.

Some to her novels "Laura" is about a murder that takes place in the Elko area. "My Selection of Short Stories,” the best from different anthologies. "Not Worthy-Story of Revenge," a Novella, "Maggie" is about horse poaching, airmail arrows, and a quilting club that helps to solve the mystery. "Drum of Hope" about the Sutro Tunnel in NV and sex trafficking. "Lahontan City" is dealing with ghost towns, mining, murder, and a ghost. The latest book is "Treasure stuck in Time", based on the "Pots of Gold" story.

Many of her short stories were written for an online magazine Five59.com. However, she also published in the following anthologies: “Other Realms-A Collections of Fantasy I & II,” “13 Bites, Vol 3 and IV,” “Heard it on the Radio” and “Plan 559 From Outer Space, MKII & III”, "Free for All," "Collapsar Directive," “Christmas Lites VII and VIII” and “Christmas Lites IX.” Also, in "Tales of the Southwest."

Some of my ACTION-PACKED stories include:

"Cabin in the Meadow," about a young girl and her dog who want to try the pioneer adventure in Hope Valley.

"A Ship in the Desert," about a couple and their dog. They run into more than they bargained for going to see a cement ship in the desert between Fallon and Hawthorne. Plus dealing with PTSD.

"Opal," A young girl who wants to be a paleontologist, but she finds more than artifacts and gems.

"Laura." a vicious murder that takes place around Elko, this story deals with forensic and DNA. The town is scared as the murderer maybe someone they know.

"Not Worthy-Story of Revenge" is about a child growing up in an Indian school and her "Soul Wound" and how she seeks and gets her revenge. .

"Maggie" Best friends search for airmail arrows but run into wild horse poaching. To help solve the mystery, they bring in the "Wild Stitchers, a quilting club. This adventure is full of facts and excitement.

"Drum of Hope" Maggie and Nan are back. A little history about the famous Sutro Tunnel and

their involvement in helping a young girl involved in sex trafficking.

"Topaz" a body floating on the Walker River and a stolen sword. Maggie and Nan with the "Wild Stichers help to solve the crime.

"Lahontan City" deals with ghost towns, mining, murder, and a ghost.

"Treasure stuck in Time" the wild stichers try to find the gold and solve the crime.

All are on Amazon in paperback and kindle plus Barnes and Noble online. The stories have received five-star reviews.

"A Gift from Nate: A Story of a Double Lung Transplant," a story about a family dealing with a double lung transplant procedure. Lots of medical info is included in the story.

"Natalie's Adventures" is a middle-grade book for 8-10-year-olds. Which includes three stories: One about a young girl and her travels to Great Basin National Park, one about finding a dead person and the other looking for hidden gold.

Jay has won several writing awards. Jay was selected to be in "Who's Who of Emerging Writers 2020 and 21, which is on Amazon. My writing is crisp and fresh, making them a fast read.

Visit my website www.sweetdreamsbooks.com or email: jaycrowleybooks@gmail.com

Adam Bennett (aka A.Alexander) is an Australian author living in northern New South Wales. He has had twenty short stories published in various anthologies and is now one of the co-founders of Zombie Pirate Publishing, working on releasing 3-4 short story anthologies a year.

Donise Sheppard is a romance and horror writer residing in southern West Virginia with her husband and four children. Donise found her passion for books at an early age and has been chasing stories ever since. She is an author, editor, and co-owner of Pixie Forest Publishing. Love and romance are her first passions, but who can resist a scary story? When she isn’t working, she’s reading for pleasure, baking, or singing off key. Find more about her at donisesheppard.com.

Follow M W Brown down the skeleton-strewn path. The international bestselling author longs to lure you into her dark, twisted imagination, lock the door and wait for you to scream.

Her love of all things supernatural and terrifying started at an early age. That love exploded when she discovered Steven King, Clive Barker, and Shirley Jackson. She devoured ghost stories, horror films, and dabbled in writing her own. Brown studied mathematics and psychology at university because there wasn't a course in horror and found numbers and people can be just as terrifying. But it took her decades in finance to follow her true passion and realize her macabre imagination needed an outlet.

Brown has penned Portraits in Flesh, The Lingering Taste of Salted Chocolate, Reality, Under the Moonlight, Iced Coffee Confessions, Jealousy's Shadow, Glass Asylum and co-written The Broken Mirror Series and Through the Eyes of the Mummy, as well as over a dozen short stories.

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P.A. O’Neil has been writing professionally for eight years. Her stories have been featured in over fifty anthologies, journals, and magazines from several continents. She is twice winner of “Story of the Month” on the Spillwords Press website. She and her husband reside in Thurston County, Washington. She is a member of The Sound of the Baskervilles, the John H. Watson Society, and the Association of Christian Writers. She was the winner of the 2023 Mustang Flash Fiction Award with her story, “The Great Burro Revolt.” Her non-fiction article, “Northwest Passage,” about the Ellensburg (WA) Rodeo from the Summer 2022 issue of Saddlebag Dispatches was a medal finalist for the 2023 Will Rogers Medallion Award. Her books, Witness Testimony and Other Tales, as well as Two Sides of the Same Coin: In-between stories of Sherlock Holmes and John H. Watson, are available in paperback and Kindle, from Amazon. For links to other books which feature her stories visit her Amazon author page: P.A. O’Neil.

Brandon Scott crafts tales of Supernatural Suspense and Dark Fantasy from the mountains of Western North Carolina. He is an Active Member of the Horror Writers Association and is featured in various anthologies such as: The Dead Unleashed, 25 Gates of Hell, Campfire Macabre, Institutionalized, Dark Murmurs and From The Depths.

His debut novel of the Vodou series was launched in 2019 by Devil Dog Press with the third in the series published in 2021.

He's currently under contract with Silent House Press.

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Gregg Cunningham 50, born Scotland currently serving out his time in the largest penal colony on earth.

So far I have had 20 short stories published over the last 5 years, each tale a greater challenge than the one before.Competition out there is tough so my rejection list seems to be getting even longer! All the more time to practice, and produce something special.

Mostly I try humour/horror/ science fiction- tongue firmly in cheek dead pan humour. My first story was picked up by 559 publishing and printed in 13 Bites volume III - titled "Stacey" which was about a seance that goes horribly wrong and a horny teen who has to deal with the bloody aftermath. A few good giggles in that one.

I've scattered a few breadcrumbs in many anthology books, some tales carrying on from other stories hidden away.

One such story is "War Pig" picked up by Zombie Pirate Publishing in their anthology 'World War Four'. My tale follows the life of an old time travelling pilot as he battles enemies above the mining craters of our Moon, before finding himself lost in time, a reluctant prisoner of war caught while trying to steal the very secret enemy technology that began his adventures.

Some technology just ain't worth the blood spilled to capture.

Or is it?

Another tale follows Sydney, a young girl lost in space and trying to survive against the stacking odds against her as her Oxygen supply leaks away.

'The Lucky One' can be found inside Deep Space Volume 1 Black Hare Press.

-UPDATE- Her latest Adventure out August 2021 finds Sydney teaming up with a very familiar Mechanical Medical mech as they battle a common foe.

look out for 'Jonah' in Black Ink Fiction's Space Opera Anthology.

Scruddin' Awesome that one!

My First Novellete release in 2020- WARDENCLYFFE is a tongue in cheek daring doo adventure following Captain Swarley Paxmore as he battles monstrosities over the Atlantic ocean onboard the infamous Titanic.

Swarley's second adventure Loves great adventurer is Published soon with Breaking Rules Europe releasing their Adventure Awaits Anthology late 2021.

I hope you read a few of my short tales on your own travels, and enjoy the yarns.

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“Never ignore coincidence. Unless, of course, you’re busy. In which case, always ignore coincidence.” Matt Smith AKA the Doctor.

Short-fiction author, and poet, Nerisha Kemraj, hails from Durban, South Africa. She is the mother of procrastination, and two beautiful girls.

For Kaye Lynne Booth, writing is her passion. It is a very strange time indeed when Kaye Lynne does not have at least three WIPs, in addition to her other writings, teaching and other life activities. Kaye Lynne lives, works and plays in the beautiful mountains of Colorado.

Visit her author's blog and website, "Writing to be Read" to learn more about Kaye Lynne Booth and her writing. https://kayelynnebooth.wordpress.com/

Sam M. Phillips is the co-founder of Zombie Pirate Publishing, producing short story anthologies and helping emerging writers. He has co-edited and published a range of books such as Full Metal Horror and Witches VS Wizards, and many more.

His own work has appeared in dozens of anthologies such as Full Moon Slaughter 2, 13 Bites Volumes IV and V, Rejected for Content 6, and Crescendo of Darkness.

A prolific poet, Sam writes to cope with his existence and express his inner and outer worlds.

He lives in the hinterlands overlooking beautiful Gold Coast, Australia, and enjoys reading, walking, and playing drums in the death metal band Decryptus.

You can find out more at zombiepiratepublishing.com.

or read his stories and poetry on his blog.

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