Allen Koszowski has been getting art published within the SF/horror/fantasy genres since 1973. Since then he has had over four thousand pieces published in such magazines as Fantasy Tales, Weird Tales, Whispers, Eldritch Tales, Asimov’s SF Magazine, F&SF, Weirdbook, Cemetery Dance, The Horror Show and many others. He has done work for many publishers such as Subterranean Press, Midnight Marquee Press, Gryphon Press, PS Publishing, Centipede Press and many more. Along the way he has won a World Fantasy Best Artist Award among others.
Andrew W. Jones' edgy, irreverent comedy and horror shorts have won honors at dozens of festivals world-wide.This makes it doubly strange that his young professional life has been in children's cartoons. Jones has worked on productions for the BBC, PBS, Cartoon Network and most notably the Walt Disney Company, where his segments of Disney's American Presidents won a Parent's Choice Award.
Anthony Parker graduated from Cinema Makeup School with honors and received the privilege of the protege program working at Spectral Motion the Effects, the company that brought you Hellboy, X-men: First Class, Hansel and Gretel and many more. He has worked on commercial and independent movies specializing in horror and sci-fi as a sculptor and painter. He is a long time Lovecraft and comic book enthusiast.
Ari Grabb is a Los Angeles based animator and filmmaker. His work typically blends macabre animation with humor, absurdity, and cacophonous music. You can find his work on youtube if you're into that kind of stuff. When not making films, Ari can be found within the darkest regions of Hell, riding on the back of a gigantic spider.
Aurelio Voltaire is often described as a modern day renaissance man of the macabre. He is a musician, author, filmmaker and designer of creepy toys. His music can best be described as a collection of murder ballads, tongue-in-cheek exercises in the macabre, with just enough bawdy songs about Star Trek and Star Wars to keep a convention audience rolling in the aisles.
Barrett Hunt is a first-time, amateur filmmaker from Victoria, Texas. A fan of the surreal and strange, he chose to adapt H.P. Lovecraft for his first short. Footage was shot whenever possible when he and Rolando Ramirez, his creative collaborator, and friend and actor in "The Book", Christopher Waldon had the time outside of their day jobs and lives.
Barry is a founding member of the Celtic Arts Center of Los Angeles, and a veteran stage and screen actor, director and producer. He is a five-time recipient of the Hollywood DramaLogue Critics award for outstanding achievement in theater, two Back Stage West Garland awards for Lead actor and the Los Angeles Drama Circle Critics’ Award for Best Actor in Theatre Banshee's production of Conor McPherson’s The Weir. His television credits include Star Trek, LA Law, Judging Amy, Miami Vice, Renegade, Civil Wars, and Hunter (movie of the week).
Ben Kepner discovered the blasphemous works of Mr. Lovecraft at an early age. Since that ill fated meeting, all of Ben's creative endeavors have born the indelible taint of the unknowable horrors that lurk beyond or fragile reality. He struggles daily to maintain his sanity and build a career as a writer and filmmaker in Los Angeles CA. At this year's festival, Ben's film "The End of Forever" is being featured in the shorts program. He sincerely hopes it gives you nightmares.
Bradley Sands is an author and editor of bizarro fiction. His books include TV Snorted My Brain, Sorry I Ruined Your Orgy, Rico Slade Will Fucking Kill You, and others. He works as an editor for Eraserhead Press. Formerly, he was an assistant editor for Weird Tales.
Brandon Seifert is a comics writer from Fairbanks, Alaska, based in Portland, Oregon. Brandon's debut original series "Witch Doctor" was hand-picked by Robert Kirkman as the launch title for Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment at Image Comics. Brandon's Marvel Comics series "Disney Kingdoms: Seekers of the Weird" has received acclaim for its urban fantasy take on the 'lost' real-life Disneyland attraction the Museum of the Weird. Brandon and Clive Barker co-wrote the 12 issue "Hellraiser: The Dark Watch" series from BOOM! Studios. He is currently hard at work on his first novel.