Off The Chain

Taylor Dawn began writing as an item to check off her bucket list. She resides in the southernmost part of Illinois, right on the mighty Mississippi river. She enjoys the quiet country life with her husband, son and the many farm animals that make up the rest of the family. Deciding that farm life was just a little too mundane, Taylor began writing romance and fantasy to liven things up, so far so good. Before starting her writing career, Taylor entered the field of cosmetology. When she isn't writing, she can usually be found sitting around a table making people laugh. She has always wanted to be a standup comic. She loves pulling practical jokes, dresses up in a costume every Halloween and believes that dancing is the key to a happy life (even if you aren't a good dancer). She believes that life shouldn't be taken too seriously, we will never get out alive anyway. More than anything, she is a kid at heart, she doesn't believe in bedtimes, eating everything on her plate, or having ice cream only for dessert. Her favorite quote is by Dr. Seuss..."Why fit in, when you were born to stand out."

David Jones is an up and coming writer and author of 28 years old. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and moved to St. Petersburg, Florida at a young age, where he spent most of his childhood. During High school, he moved to Lake City in North Florida with his family. In his time as a student in high school, he discovered his passion of writing and story telling. After high school, he briefly attended ITT Technical Institute while majoring in Game Design, seeking out his obsession with story creation in gaming. His favorite genres include, but are not limited to, Science Fiction, Science Fantasy, Drama and Adventure. His favorite hobbies also stem from his thrill of story creating through art and movies, as well as video games.              His love for writing goes hand in hand with his obsession with story creating. He has several projects in development, and his first published work, The Autobiography of Edwin Smith, being that of a completely self published work. He is also constantly working on an adventure novel series with four 'main' books planned and two side stories included. He is currently working entirely on his lonesome and his beginning his search for publishers. His overall goal in life is to bring his imaginations to life in order to share his stories with the rest of the world, all in hopes of leaving a burning impression in the reader's mind in the form of a story they'll find hard to put down.

8-9PM EST Award-winning and International bestselling author Ashley Fontainne enjoys stories that immerse the reader deep into the human psyche and the monsters lurking within each of us.Her short thriller entitled Number Seventy-Five, touches upon the sometimes dangerous world of online dating. Number Seventy-Five took home the BRONZE medal in fiction/suspense at the 2013 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards contest and is currently in production for a feature film.Her paranormal thriller entitled The Lie, won the GOLD medal in the 2013 Illumination Book Awards for fiction/suspense and is also in production for a feature film entitled Foreseen.Ashley's delved into the paranormal with a Southern Gothic horror/suspense novel entitled Growl,followed by the suspenseful Christian mystery Empty Shell. Ashley teamed up with Lillian Hansen (Ashley calls her mom!) to pen a three-part murder mystery/suspense trilogy entitled The Magnolia Series. The first book, Blood Ties, released the Summer of 2015.Two other mystery/thriller works released in 2015: Whispered Pain and Night Court. In 2016, 9-10PM EST Author Bryan Way Though I grew up near Philadelphia, I never really grew up. I preferred to write instead, and despite the fact that I always had, I was the last one to realize I was a writer. As a result, I refused to call myself one until I had something published, and in 2013, that moment came.'Life After: The Arising' was my first novel, a coming-of-age odyssey embodying my devotion to realism, strong characterization, and pulpy zombie films.

Over the centuries, Frank Bittinger has experienced many existences. In this incarnation, Mr. Bittinger is a vegan who lives and writes in historic Western Maryland, sharing his home with a menagerie of pets, several alternate personalities, and the occasional ghost. One of his favorite pastimes is taking walks in old cemeteries in the evening. Angels of the Seventh Dawn Angels of the Mourning Light A Christmas Canticle and his latest Rhayven House Since he is eccentric, he has been known to be interested in books, frogs, and Christmas trees, amassing large collections of each—sometimes combining his interests, like the Christmas tree decorated entirely with frog ornaments and stuffed animals. And can get lost for hours staring at fish in an aquarium. [email protected]   http://frankebittinger.com/

Chad lives in Battle Creek, MI. with his wife and children where he works as a medical language specialist. For over two decades, he has been a contributor to several different outlets in the independent music and film scene including articles, reviews, and artwork. Chad loves music, rain, sarcasm, dry humor, and cheese. He has a strong disdain for dishonesty and hard-boiled eggs.  He has written for ?Famous Monsters of Filmland?, Rue Morgue, andScream magazines and is a regular contributor to Horror Novel Reviews, Halloweenforevermore, and Heavy Planet.  You can find his published work here. You can also find him lurking around the following websites: Facebook Author page Amazon Author page

Providence native Dave Lipscomb first showed signs of artistic talent at the age of one. Despite his being raised in creatively stifling pockets of New England and upstate New York, this never discouraged his true calling as a visual artist. In fact, his art gradually evolved from "innocent" cartoons into something much darker as his disgust for his surroundings and their corresponding social conventions grew.in Providence, R.I., The United States  Website https://www.facebook.com/dave.lipscomb.3   Genre Music, Horror, Humor and Comedy   Influences Henry Rollins, Anton Szandor LaVey, Vincent Price, Douglas Kenney, H.P. Lovecraft, Jimi Hendrix, Ray Harryhausen, George Carlin, Joe Coleman, Rob Bottin, Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, Lon Chaney, Robert Williams, H.R. Giger, Andy Kaufman (less)

Hydra M. Star was originally one half of a set of twin fetuses conceived during the holiday season of 1977, but ate her twin prior to birth. Almost from birth, like most children, she had an intense interest in all things mysterious and magical. As she aged, her taste matured and darkened from Disney-esque fairy stories in childhood to Erotic Horror today. Evidence of this personal evolution and perverting of childhood things can most readily be seen in her Little Red Riding Hood inspired novella, Candy, Blood, and Sex as well as her recent contribution to the on going anthology series Fucked Up Fair Tales.   In addition to writing, Hydra designs and hand-burns a line of pyrography items featuring symbols and signs from various occult and magical traditions. She is also the publisher of Infernal Ink Magazine, which she uses as a platform to bring the most twisted and sexually depraved horror and dark fiction she can find to the world. She can be found here: Website: www.hydramstar.com   Amazon: www.amazon.com/Hydra-M.-Star/e/B00A72B2V2   Lulu: www.lulu.com/spotlight/Hydra_M_Star   Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/TheBurningWitch

Stephanie Osborn, the Interstellar Woman of Mystery, is a veteran of more than 20 years in civilian/military space programs, with graduate and undergraduate degrees in four sciences: astronomy, physics, chemistry and mathematics, and she is "fluent" in several more, including geology and anatomy. She has authored, co-authored, or contributed to some 30 books, including the celebrated science-fiction mystery, Burnout: The mystery of Space Shuttle STS-281. She is the co-author of the Cresperian Saga book series, and currently writes the critically acclaimed Displaced Detective Series, described as "Sherlock Holmes meets The X-Files," and the exciting Sherlock Holmes: Gentleman Aegis series. In addition to her writing, the Interstellar Woman of Mystery now happily "pays it forward," teaching math and science through numerous media including radio, podcasting and public speaking, as well as working with SIGMA, the science-fiction think tank.

Originally from Burleson, Texas Julie always had a love of books, especially paranormal stories. Julie finally took the leap to begin writing with encouragement from her family.  Having worked in IT her entire career, Julie now spends her free time writing. Living in Central Florida with her husband and daughter, her favorite pastime is reading children's stories to her daughter, especially those around animals.

Robbie lives in sunny Florida where he spends his days where he can usually be found tucked away on his back porch with a cup of coffee while working on his latest manuscript. He has enjoyed a freelance career writing for several magazines, sharing some of his interesting viewpoints on life and those around him. While he enjoys traveling with great friends and their family. Most often, he can be found at home grilling out and sharing a laugh with those who matter most to him. After publishing his first book in 2013, Robbie realized he is not satisfied writing in one genre. Robbie is the author of the Warrior of the Way series, an urban fantasy that takes place along the Indian River in Florida, and several contemporary romance series, such as the Rutherford series, Fangirls, and the Harper Twins. He also has written a paranormal romance, Come Halloween, as well as a Christmas story, Ribbons & Bows. While currently finishing his Warrior of the Way series, Robbie has enough works-in-progress to keep him writing for the next fifteen years in all genres.  Follow Me Links:  Follow Robbie on Facebook: https://www. facebook.com/ themessthatisrobbiecox/ Sign up for The Mess's newsletter: http://bit.ly/ 23CFhQQ Follow Robbie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ CoxRobbie Follow Robbie on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1FcOUvU Follow Robbie on Instagram: http://instagram. com/robbiecox66/