Aron Beauregard is the Splatterpunk Award-winning author of such atrocities as The Slob, Playground, Modern Hysteria, Yellow, and countless others. A lightening rod for literary controversy, his style of writing is dark and without boundaries. His work has been translated into multiple languages and he has achieved #1 Bestseller status in horror on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Kristopher Triana is the Splatterpunk Award-winning author of Gone to See the River Man, Full Brutal, The Thirteenth Koyote, They All Died Screaming, and many other terrifying books. His work has been published in multiple languages and has appeared in many anthologies and magazines, drawing praise from Rue Morgue Magazine, Cemetery Dance, Scream Magazine, and many more.
Daniel J. Volpe is the Splatterpunk Award-nominated author of Left to You, Talia, Plastic Monsters, and other various horrors. His love of horror started at the ripe old age of four, when his grandfather unwittingly rented him A Nightmare on Elm Street. Daniel's work has been published by Death's Head Press, The Evil Cookie Publishing, D&T Publishing, and a forthcoming novella from Crystal Lake Publishing.
C.V. Hunt lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio and is the author of RITUALISTIC HUMAN SACRIFICE, BABY HATER, COCKBLOCK, HALLOWEEN FIEND, HOME IS WHERE THE HORROR IS, THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME I'LL PROBABLY BE DEAD, and several other books. C.V. Hunt is also the owner of Grindhouse Press. If you're interested in their work, please visit the Grindhouse Press website or sign up for their newsletter at www.cv-hunt.com. C.V. Hunt has also assisted in the cover wrap design for all issues of The Obituaries, in addition to writing a story for Issue 6: Red Romance.
Edward Lee is the author of over 50 horror, fantasy, and sci-fi novels, and dozens of short stories. He has comic scripts published by DC Comics, Verotik Inc., and Cemetery Dance. Many of his novels have been reprinted in many languages. He is a Bram Stoker Award Nominee; his Lovecraftian novel INNSWICH HORROR won the 2010 Vincent Price Award for Best Foreign Book (Austria), his novel WHITE TRASH GOTHIC won the 2018 Splatterpunk Award for Best Extreme Horror Novel, and his collaborative novella HEADER 3 (with Ryan Harding) won for Best Extreme Novella. In 2020 Lee won the J.F. Gonzales Lifetime Achievement Award.
Bryan Smith is the author of numerous novels and novellas, including Depraved, 68 Kill, Slowly We Rot, The Killing Kind, and Dead End House. He’s a two-time Splatterpunk Award winner, once for best novella (Kill For Satan!) and once for best collection (Dirty Rotten Hippies and Other Stories). He is also the co-author of Suburban Gothic, written with Brian Keene. A film version of 68 Kill was released in 2017. He’ll have a story in the forthcoming Simon & Schuster anthology The End of the World As We Know It: Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand. He lives in TN with his dog Mac.
Wrath James White is a former World Class Heavyweight Kickboxer, professional Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts trainer, distance runner, performance artist, and former street brawler, who is now known for creating some of the most disturbing works of fiction in print. Wrath is the author of such extreme horror classics as The Resurrectionist (now a major motion picture titled "Come Back To Me") Succulent Prey, and its sequel Prey Drive. His forthcoming book, The Bug Collector, is slated for a 2024 release.
Shane McKenzie is the author of over twenty extreme horror and bizarro books. He has written comics for Zenescope Entertainment, and has an upcoming comic of his creation coming out in 2025. For the past eight years, he has been exclusively screenwriting, and wrote projects for Warner Bros, Amazon Studios, Blumhouse Productions, and more. He has recently returned to the world of books, with multiple new projects coming out in 2024 and many more planned for years to come! He lives in Austin, TX with his wife, children, and two killer dogs.
Nick Justus grew up a fan of comics, westerns, sci-fi, and horror in the 1980s and ’90s. He attended VCU School of the Arts with a focus on graphic design and illustration. He’s also a 2011 graduate of the prestigious Kubert School of Cartoon & Graphic Art in Dover, New Jersey. His roster of clients includes Topps, Upper Deck, Blue Juice Comics, Image Comics, Scout Comics, and Black Caravan Comics. IMDB credits include character design and art direction for God-ly, a series in development from S448 Productions. Most recently he’s excited and proud to be providing art for Bad Dream Books.
Ryan Harding is the four-time Splatterpunk Award-winning author of books like Transcendental Mutilation, Genital Grinder, and collaborations with Jason Taverner (the Agent Orange slasher novels Reincarange and Reincursion), Kristopher Triana (The Night Stockers), Lucas Mangum (Pandemonium), and Edward Lee (Header 3). His work has also been published in German, Italian, and Polish. Upcoming projects include a novel with Bryan Smith and the third book in the Agent Orange series.
Barry McClain Jr. is a comic book artist from Trenton N.J. who was raised off horror comics and Fangoria magazine. He was born to draw horror. McClain currently illustrates his comic book series Billy The Kit, cover art for The Obituaries and Ex-Boogeyman, and movie posters for Troma Entertainment. He's always ready to Burn Lead till ya Dead!
is a Colombian director and animator based in Los Angeles, California. His projects include short films like "Push It!", which received an honorable mention at the 2010 Pepsi Film Festival in Poland, and "RED", which was featured at the New York International Children's Film Festival (NYICFF). He also created the graphic novel "Elena," published by LINE Webtoon and Afterlight Comics. He captivates audiences with his unique and surreal style.