Professional killers for hire. Do you need evil done, or justice? Did you hire one, or turn yourself into one when nobody was looking?
What lurks in the darkness?
Publisher: Knotted Road Press, Inc. (http://www.knottedroadpress.com)
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About the Authors
Blaze Ward
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Blaze Ward writes Action-Thrillers about Chace Haig, Swordmistress Zhen, the Red Branch Aviation Mercenary company and others.
Additionally, he is known for science fiction in the Alexandria Station universe (Jessica Keller, The Science Officer, The Story Road, etc.) as well as several other science fiction universes, such as the Corsac Fox, the Dominion, and more.. In addition, he is the Editor and Publisher of Thrill Ride Magazine and Boundary Shock Quarterly Magazine. You can find out more at his website www.blazeward.com, as well as Facebook, Goodreads, and other places.
M.L. ("Matt") Buchman
USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestseller M. L. "Matt" Buchman has over 75 novels, 200 short stories, and 50 read-by-author audiobooks.
From the beginning, his powerful female heroines insisted on putting character first, then a great adventure.
PW declares of his Miranda Chase action-adventure thrillers that: "Tom Clancy fans open to a strong female lead will clamor for more." About his military romantic thrillers: "Like Robert Ludlum and Nora Roberts had a book baby."
A project manager with a geophysics degree, he's designed and built houses, flown and jumped out of planes, solo-sailed a 50' sailboat, and bicycled solo around the world...and designs quilts. He and his wife presently live on the North Shore of Massachusetts. More at: www.mlbuchman.com.
Rebeccca Buchanan
Rebecca Buchanan is the editor of the Pagan literary ezine, Eternal Haunted Summer. She has been published in a wide-variety of venues, but has only recently ventured into the thriller genre. She is enjoying the challenge. A complete list of her publications can be found at eternalhauntedsummer.com.
Robert J. Binney
Seattle screenwriter Robert J. Binney has written about Joe Strummer, James Bond, joyriding with the Salt Lake City police, and his relationships with Peter Frampton, President Jimmy Carter, and Himalayan monks (though not together) for the Los Angeles Times, Kelp Journal, and other fine publications. His crime fiction has appeared in anthologies from Down & Out Books and Starlite Pulp, and he is a regular contributor to the “Mysteries to Die For” podcast. “Restoration Software” will be featured in Level Short’s upcoming The Best Private Eye Stories of 2025.
Binney is a member of the Northwest Screenwriters Guild and the Mystery Writers of America. He holds an MBA from Emory University and an MFA from University of California, Riverside. For more, see www.ThirdActMedia.com.
Alison McMahan
Alison McMahan's short mysteries are in collections by Level Best Books, Wildside Press, Down-and-Out Books, Thrill Ride Magazine, and HarperCollins' Scream and Scream Again middle-grade horror anthology edited by R.L. Stine. She's a two-time Derringer finalist and listed as an "Other Distinguished Mystery Stories" authors in Best American Mystery Stories of 2018.Represented by Sandy Lu, the Book Wyrm Agency. https://alisonmcmahan.com/
David H. Hendrickson
David H. Hendrickson’s first novel, Cracking the Ice, was praised by Booklist as “a gripping account of a courageous young man rising above evil.” He has since published seven additional novels, including Offside, which has been adopted for high school student required reading.
His short fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, Best of Thrill Ride 2023, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, and frequently in Thrill Ride, Pulphouse, Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem, Heart's Kiss, Fiction River, and other anthologies.
He is a multi-finalist for the Derringer Award, and was honored with the 2018 Derringer for Best Long Story. He has released seven short story collections with three more in the pipeline for the coming year.
Hendrickson has published over fifteen hundred works of nonfiction, most notably his first book for writers, How to Get Your Book into Schools and Double Your Income with Volume Sales, and also Travis Roy: Quadriplegia and a Life of Purpose as well as Hendu’s Story: From Dream to Reality. He has been honored with the Joe Concannon Hockey East Media Award and the Murray Kramer Scarlet Quill Award.
Visit him online at www.hendricksonwriter.com. Sign up for his newsletter and get a free book!
Marie Sutro
Marie Sutro is an award-winning crime fiction author. In addition to her Kate Barnes novels, she periodically pens short fiction for magazines and anthologies. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, her writing is inspired by three generations of family service in law enforcement.
When she’s not writing or reading, she hosts Twisted Passages podcast. The show takes a deep dive into psychological thrillers with the authors who write them.
Marie resides in Northern California with her husband and three well-loved felines. Learn more about her at mariesutro.com.
Annie Reed
Annie Reed has been called “one of the best writers of her generation” and for good reason.
She’s a multiple Derringer finalist whose stories have appeared in five year’s best mystery and crime volumes, including an amazing three years in a row in the prestigious Best Mystery Stories of the Year from series editor Otto Penzler. She received a Silver Honorable Mention from Writers of the Future, a Literary Fellowship from the Nevada Arts Council, and her holiday romance story “A New Home for Christmas” was chosen to appear in study materials in Japan for students preparing for college entrance exams.
She’s a frequent contributor to Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Mystery, Crime & Mayhem, and Thrill Ride—The Magazine. Her novels include ROAD OF NO RETURN, A DEATH IN CUMBERLAND, and GRAY LADY’S REVENGE, part of the Gray Lady series co-written with Robert Jeschonek. She’s also an unabashed MCU fangirl.
You can find out more about this prolific writer at anniereed.wordpress.com or on Facebook at annie.reed.142.
Michael Penncavage
- PAGE Awards – Quarter Finalist
- Acclaim Screenwriting Contest - Quarter Finalist
- Derringer Award (Prose) – Best Mystery Short Story of the Year
M.K. Martin
M. K. Martin is a restless world traveler who fell in love with books at an early age. She is a reader, writer, and editor. Her work appears in literary journals, in several anthologies, and in her novels Survivors' Club, Ashfall, and New Avalon Rangers. She was an exchange student to Paraguay, joined the US Army, got deployed to Afghanistan and to Iraq, and currently lives in Ireland where she indulges her tea obsession.