Murder, Mystery and Mayhem Laced with Morality

KC Grifant is a Southern Californian author of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and weird west stories. She is a member of SFWA and HWA. Her debut supernatural western novel, "Melinda West: Monster Gunslinger," has received positive reviews worldwide. KC's short stories have appeared in various magazines and podcasts,

and she has written for dozens of anthologies, including the Stoker-nominated "Fright Mare: Women Write Horror." https://scifiwri.com/

Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes is a freelance writer, content editor, and writing coach. She is a review board member for Inkspirations Magazine and has been published in Guideposts. Katherine is a member of several writers' associations and serves on the board of non-profit organizations www.540writerscommunity.com and www.submersion14.com. She is also an art instructor for Light for the Future. Katherine hosts the podcast Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Laced with Morality and authored a Christian Bible study for women. Her debut thriller, A Fifth of the Story, comes out on 2/27/23. www.drkatherinehayes.com

Francesca Maria— writes dark fiction surrounded by cats near the Pacific Ocean. She created the Black Cat Chronicles, a true horror comic book series narrated by a mystical black cat. Her short story collection They Hide: Short Stories to Tell in the Dark from Brigid Gate Press debuted as an Amazon #1 Best Seller. Her short stories and essays can be found in various anthologies and publications, including Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters, Death’s Garden Revisited, and Under the Stairs. You can find her at www.francescamaria.com

Ben Monroe— has spent most of his life in Northern California, where he lives in the East Bay Area with his wife and two children. He is the author of In the Belly of the Beast and Other Tales of Cthulhu Wars, The Seething (coming in 2023 from Brigids Gate Press), the graphic novel Planet Apocalypse, and short stories in several anthologies. When not writing about slimy lake monsters, cosmic horrors, or other malevolent entities, Ben spends time with his family, reads a lot, works a perfectly normal day job, builds models of classic monsters, and enjoys hiking and running in the East Bay hills. In addition to this website, Ben puts out a newsletter every couple of months. https://www.benmonroe.com/

Mo Moshaty is a core member and producer with Nyx Horror Collective. They created 13 Minutes of Horror Film Fest for Woman-Identifying and Non-Binary creatives, partnered with The Shudder Channel for 2021-22, and created a fellowship for woman-identifying creatives over 40+ in the horror genre with Stowe Story Labs. Mo is a Black Women in Horror Class of 2023 awardee and has work in "160 Black Women in Horror" by Saulson, Moss-Dyme, and Leakes. Her debut novella, "Love the Sinner," will be released on July 5th through Brigid's Gate Press. Her following titles, Clairviolence: Tales of Tarot and Torment Volumes 1 & 2, will be released in 2024 through Spooky House Press. https://www.momoshaty.com/

Ashley Earley grew up in Georgia, where she spent most of her time running wild in the woods of her backyard, building forts to create her own fantasy worlds, obsessing over books, and experimenting with her writing.

Today, she lives in Colorado with her dog and still spends her time devouring any book she can get her hands on, writing, and editing for her clients at Earley Editing, LLC. In May of 2021, she graduated with distinction from University of Colorado Boulder, receiving a B.A. in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. She also enjoys snowboarding, exploring, annoying her dog, constantly eating chocolate, and sharing her writing adventures on Instagram.

Her Thriller/Suspense short story, Chasing Hair of Gold, won first place in the 2016 Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards.

As a writer, she leans into fantasy or horror due to her love of all things creepy. As an editor, she loves a little bit of everything when it comes to fiction. Give her that steamy, forbidden romance, give her vampires, or even that young lovey-dovey stuff with all the twists and turns!

Make sure to connect with this author on Instagram @ashley_earley

You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, or visit my website www.drkatherinehayes.com💗

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C.J. Milacci is the award-winning author of the Talionis Series, and she seeks to take her readers on a grand adventure that begins with a single word. As a referee, she is always relearning the hard lesson that it’s impossible to make everyone happy, and she’s discovered that stories can be found anywhere, even on a lacrosse field. She is passionate about crafting stories of good overcoming evil, finding hope in the midst of seemingly hopeless circumstances, and true acceptance. Always willing to get real about hard issues, C.J. also enjoys the cheesiest of puns. She chats about writing, her faith, bubble tea, and other fun adventures online (@cjmilacci) and at cjmilacci.com.

Make sure to connect with this amazing author on Instagram @cjmilacci

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A native of Pittsburgh, PA and a hardcore Pirates and Steelers fan, Bob began in radio career in 1972 and worked all over the western US, several times in the L-A market. He's currently a news anchor at CBS Radio LA; KNX 1070 News Radio.

Bob has won multiple broadcast awards including an Edward R. Murrow Award (among others) for anchoring KNX's storm coverage in 2011.

A baseball historian, Bob writes the very popular weekly column found at www.baseballinthe1960s.com. He also is a podcaster who has teamed with former NFL Quarterback Erik Kramer for a weekly Fantasy Football Podcast called Kramer and Brill, which can be found where ever you get your podcasts or at their website www.kramerandbrill.com. Both are always posted on Facebook as well as Twitter.

Bob made his mark with the UPI Radio Network when a gunman went crazy in a San Diego fast food restaurant and Bob covered the story. It was his first big break. He later became a UPI National Correspondent and Bureau Chief. He has interviewed presidents, covered Super Bowl games and Hollywood as well as major news stories.

He lives in L-A. He has survived earthquakes and a beating during the 1992 L-A riots while covering the story, which was recorded on audio tape.

Bob is considered to have an excellent voice and has not only done many voice overs and radio spots, he's starred in television commercials. Bob authored "Fan Letters to a Stripper: A Patti Waggin Tale" from Schiffer Publishing and "NO BARRIER: How the Internet Destroyed the World Economy." His third book "Al Kabul; Home Grown Terrorist" is sure to be a controversial novel as well as a great read. "Lancer; Hero of the West - The Prescott Affair" is the first in a series of western novels set in the 1880's, centering on the central figure; Lancer. Lancer is a gun for hire, good guy, who works the West out of Tombstone.

Make sure to check out this author on Instagram @thebobbrill

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As part of my career in the dental industry, I authored many techno-clinical articles which appeared in various dental journals and I was an associate publisher for a denturist magazine.

After my retirement, I decided to develop my creative writing side and took a course at the University of Waterloo on Advanced Fiction Writing.

I am a member of the Wordsmiths, a writers’ group based in Alliston, Ontario, and I am a member of the Crime Writers of Canada where I have benefited from the mentorship program.

I am an avid British sports car enthusiast who spent two seasons racing with Jagged Edge Motorsports, former president of the Headwaters British Car Club and a student of taekwondo with a second-degree blackbelt.

Make sure to check out this author's website: www.peterthomaspontsa.com

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Catherine McCarthy grew up in the industrial valleys of South Wales where she went on to teach in primary education for almost three decades. Having been 'shown the light' by her mother, who had the tradition of oral storytelling down to a fine art, she quickly developed an insatiable appetite for all things literary.

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Matt Cost was a history major at Trinity College. He owned a mystery bookstore, a video store, and a gym, before serving a ten-year sentence as a junior high school teacher. In 2014 he was released and began writing. And that’s what he does. He writes histories and mysteries.

Cost has published four books in the Mainely Mystery series, with the fifth, "Mainely Wicked", due out in August of 2023. He has also published four books in the Clay Wolfe Trap series, with the fifth, "Pirate Trap", due out in December of 2023.

For historical novels, Cost has published "At Every Hazard" and its sequel, "Love in a Time of Hate", as well as "I am Cuba". In April of 2023, Cost will combine his love of histories and mysteries into a historical PI mystery set in 1923 Brooklyn, "Velma Gone Awry".

Cost now lives in Brunswick, Maine, with his wife, Harper. There are four grown children: Brittany, Pearson, Miranda, and Ryan. A chocolate Lab and a basset hound round out the mix. He now spends his days at the computer, writing.

Make sure to check out this exciting author & connect with Matt Cost on his website at www.mattcost.net

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Dr. Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for more than 40 years. He is a co-founder of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International. As the leader of many campaigns, Dr. Moore was a driving force shaping policy and direction while Greenpeace became the world’s largest environmental activist organization.

In recent years, Dr. Moore has been focused on the promotion of sustainability and consensus building among competing concerns. He was a member of British Columbia government-appointed Round Table on the Environment and Economy from 1990 – 1994. In 1990, Dr. Moore founded and chaired the BC Carbon Project, a group that worked to develop a common understanding of climate change.

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Check out this book overview from Glenda’s book Courage!

If you are alive and breathing, you are growing no matter what you believe or what is happening.

“Who am I?”

Ask yourself this ever-evolving, truth-seeking question every day and ponder it with curiosity. Embracing yourself as you are is a key factor in being able to move anything forward in this world as an empowered manifestation of the honest YOU.

Take the time to step back and reevaluate your life. This action will support your efforts to embrace your own thoughts, inspirations, and honest desires and sort out the inner monologue that is working against you. Look at your own truth and intentionally let go of others’ opinions.

The walls of fear take the wind out of the sails of courage. Own what are truly your feelings. Speak up and speak out with passion and fervor, and love who you are.

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James B. Manning is a writer based in Vermont, where he lives with his novelist wife, S. Lee Manning, and their cat, Xiao. In prior lives, he was an attorney, litigating cases in New York City and New Jersey; a college professor, teaching literature and writing; and a newspaper reporter in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and New Orleans. He has a Ph.D. in English Literature from Columbia University and a J.D. from Rutgers University. His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker.

Make sure to check out this author on his website at https://www.jamesbmanning.com/

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