Amanda Worthington
My name is Amanda and I'm a horror writer. It's taken a long time to admit this about myself, but now that I've found my tribe, I'm happier than I've ever been!
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I chair Horror in the Heartland, the MO/KS chapter of the Horror Writers' Association. I also volunteer as the scholarship coordinator for 2023, run a critique group in Kansas City, and work full-time as a librarian.
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When I'm not writing, I'm playing Zelda, working a crossword puzzle, running, cooking, or at my local cinema.
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I'm newer to this journey but do have a couple self-published books of poetry. I've had poetry published by Space and Time and fiction published in H. Everend's Horrorscope anthology.
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You can follow me on my website at www.theamandalaeffect.com
Meet our members
Katie Bennett
I'm Katie Bennett, also known in the horror space as K.M. Bennett. I have a Master of Arts in Writing (technical writing), and my work has been featured in several podcasts, including the NoSleep Podcast and the Nighty Night with Rabia Chaudry podcast. My short stories have also been featured in multiple small-press anthologies.
During the day, I work as a technical editor. I live with my husband, son, and two rescue dogs.
I’m working on my debut horror novel and am seeking agent representation to help me in the next stage of my writing career.
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You can learn more at ThatKatieLady.com.
Angela Yuriko Smith
Angela Yuriko Smith is a third-generation Shimanchu-American and award-winning poet, author, and publisher with 20+ years of experience as a professional writer in nonfiction.
Publisher of Space & Time magazine (est. 1966), two-time Bram Stoker Awards® Winner, and HWA Mentor of the Year for 2020.
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Xavier Poe Kane
Still not a best-selling author, Xavier is a former door gunner on the International Space Station. When not making the galaxy safe for democracy, he writes whatever weirdness comes to mind. He currently lives in the woods with his wife, Morticia, in a state of mutual weirdness with their dogs Chuck Norris and the three-legged Jabba the Hutt. Thanks to the GI Bill, he has a MFA in Popular Fiction Writing & Publishing from Emerson College.
He also writes short horror for the Fear From The Heartland podcast. You can find it on iTunes, YouTube, and Spotify.
He is currently working on his second and third publications releasing in 2023. The first is Broken Hearts and Other Horrors an inter-connected collection of short stories. The second is his first full novel A Mother's Torment.
Dan B. Fierce
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Dan B. Fierce loves humor and horror alike, and many things in between. A long-time fan of
authors like Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Edgar Alan Poe, he lets his darker side come out in the
macabre, Revenge; demonstrates the tension caused by the corona virus with Mistaken; and gives
the reader a taste of dark humor with Warning Shot; all contained between the covers of the 2020
Indie Authors’ Short Story Anthology.
His suspense-filled story Abandoned Bikes published in Crimes
and Culprits: An Anthology by the Indie Author Group, won second place in the Missouri Writer’s Guild’s
2022 President’s Award Contest. Both books were put out by Heathory Press.
In 2022, he made his solo short story publication debut with Roadkill King and had his story The Nothing included in Woodneath Press’s Community Voices III anthology. He has also recently had a poem published in the Horror Writers
Association’s Poetry Showcase IX. This year kicked off with his story El Cangrejo finding a home in the first volume of the HorrorScope anthology series.
Dan resides in the Kansas City, Missouri, area with his long-time husband of twenty-plus years.
Links to social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanBFierce/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danbfierce/
Twitter: @DanBFierce1
Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/danbfierce
WordPress: https://www.firecefantoms.com
Tommy B. Smith
Tommy B. Smith is a writer of horror and dark fiction, author of The Mourner's Cradle, Poisonous, and Anybody Want to Play WAR?, as well as the Black Carmenia series. A two-time Imadjinn Award-winning author and 2023 Michael Knost Wings Award nominee, his work has been featured in numerous magazines and anthologies to span the years.
His presence currently infests Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he resides with his wife and cats. More information can be found on his website at http://tommybsmith.net.
Donna J. W. Munro
Donna J. W. Munro teaches high schoolers the slippery truths of government and history at her day job. Her students are her greatest inspiration. She lives with five cats, a fur covered husband, and an encyclopedia son. Her daughter is off saving the world.
Donna’s pieces are published in Corvid Queen, Enter the Apocalypse, It Calls from the Forest, Apparition Lit, Pseudopod 752, Shakespeare Unleashed, Novus Monstrum, ParABnormal, and many more. Check out her novels, Revelation: Poppet Cycle Book 1 and Runaway: Poppet Cycle Book 2, and her website for a complete list of works at https://www.donnajwmunro.net/.