BIO:
Notorious Poet. Fool. Born in Washington DC. Stavros
was a writer and editor for The Independent Underground
Magazine. Besides screaming verse in coffeehouses,
his poetic works have been published in several
online and print publications, including Central
Avenue, The Sword That Cuts Through Stone, Poets
Against The War, Conceptions Southwest, The Mynd,
Imagine: Creative Arts Journal, and Bartleby, where
he won a specialty award for his poem, Blackbird.
In 1999, he won an Official Selection into the Writer’s
on the Edge Festival for his play, The Redline.
In 2001, he created the Poetry Television Project
for public cable access in Albuquerque, NM. All
eight volumes of Ptv’s groundbreaking show
were broadcast to over 100,000 viewers on a network
of regional PAC channels throughout the Southwest
and Baltimore. He helped to launch Unpublished Magazine,
sponsored the monthly poetry series, The Word Café,
and produced a political compilation, Poetic Democracy.
In 2007, he released the award-winning documentary
film, Committing Poetry in Times of War.
He is a photographer and graphic designer, a
musician, and most recently released the exciting
horror thriller novel, Blood Junky, which is the
first tale in the epic One Blood series. The second
book of the saga, Däm’Um: Song of the
Vam Pyr’s Love in Vein, is set to release
in early 2011 along with his third scribbled offering,
Dead Girl: A Romantic Zombie Tale of Revenge.
Checkout more about Stavros at his blog: www.bitemereallyhard.com.
BOOKS WRITTEN: • Blood Junky, which is the first
tale in the epic One Blood series.
• Däm’Um: Song of the Vam Pyr’s
Love in Vein
• Dead Girl: A Romantic Zombie Tale of Revenge.
BIO:
Lesley Bannatyne is an author who writes on Halloween.
She is also a freelance journalist, covering stories
ranging from local druids to relief aid in Bolivia.
Bannatyne has shared her knowledge of Halloween
on television specials for Nickelodeon and the History
Channel ("The Haunted History of Halloween"),
with Time Magazine, and has given talks at venues
as diverse as the 2000 Halloween Convergence in
New Orleans and the St. Louis Art Museum. She contributed
the Halloween article to World Book Encyclopedia.
Most recently, she, with many compatriots, held
the Guinness World Record for "Largest Halloween
Gathering," from October 2007-09
BIO:
Thomas M. Malafarina is a horror author from South
Heidelberg Township, Berks County PA (USA). Thomas
is known for writing some of the most horrifying
scenes in print including his detailed, descriptive,
no excuses, in-your-face gore which is present in
many of his stories. His books are designed terrify
and disturb. His work is published through Sunbury
Press, Inc. of Camp Hill PA. Thomas was born in
Ashland, PA in the heart of the hard coal mining
region of and many of his stories take place in
that region of the country. Thomas lives outside
of Wernersville with his wife JoAnne. They have
three grown children and three grand children.
BOOKS WRITTEN: (through Sunbury Press of Camp Hill, PA
- www.sunburypress.com) • "99 Souls" (Horror Novel)
• "Thirteen Nasty Endings" (Short
story collection including "Devil's Den"
which won 2nd prize last year at the Nat. Haunt.
Conv.) • "Burn Phone" (Horror
Novel)
