Josh Caporale
Josh Caporale is an aspiring horror and speculative fiction writer who
has had short stories published in his high school and college literary
magazines, though has most notably had his short story, "Pity Teeth,"
published in the Speculations from New Jersey
anthology put together by the Garden State Speculative Fiction Writers.
When he is not working on his multiple writing projects, Josh is
working on a web show called Literary Gladiators, where a panel
of readers discuss and debate books and other works of literature.
These videos can be found on YouTube. Josh recently graduated
from Kean University with a Bachelor's in English and is working a
retail job while trying to establish himself as a writer. He is a native
of New Jersey.
Frederick Doot
Doot has been
Managing Editor of Fantasy Scroll
Magazine since its inception in 2014. He writes literary fiction,
screenplays, film reviews, and blogs both on the craft of writing and the no-longer-woeful
New York Mets. He is also a freelance editor and copywriter, and is Vice
President of the Garden State Speculative Fiction Writers. Doot and his alter-ego,
Rick Tood has work appearing in various anthologies including: "Throw a Gem" - Every Day Fiction; "'She said...'"Speculations fromNew Jersey; "The Black and The Blue" - Disturbed Digest "Last Stop" - Writers Arena. He also co-edited Dragons, Droids, & Doom: Year One,
an anthology featuring 51 short stories that appeared in Fantasy Scroll
Magazine's first year of publication, including work by Piers Anthony,
Michael Resnick, Ken Liu, and Cat Rambo.
He spends half his time in Glen Rock, N.J.,
and half up in the woods of the Catskills near Livingston Manor, N.Y. where he
claims to be writing, but is more likely to be hiking, fishing, or sitting
beside the campfire howling at the moon and sipping whiskey.
You can find him on Twitter at: @dootthewriter
You can find him on Twitter at: @dootthewriter
K. Edwin Fritz
Keith
Edwin Fritz entered this world on Halloween. The year, 1974, was the
same as when Stephen Edwin King published his first novel. Keith prefers
to think neither the date nor their middle names were a coincidence.Today Keith teaches 7th Grade Language Arts and writes to his heart's content during his "spare time". The best of these moments are nearly always by moonlight. The worst of them are also by moonlight.
Keith lives with his wife, Corina, in Lawrenceville, NJ. Keith writes Horror, Dark Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and some Y.A.
To date (July 2015), Keith has published the following books: Night Storms (2009) Collection. Cover of Darkness (2011) Collection. Bombardier (2012) Short Single.Man Hunt (2013) Novel. Woman Scorned: Man Hunt, Book 2 (2014) Novel. Battle of the Sexes: Man Hunt, Book 3 (2015) Novel.
Keith will also have a short story, “The Two Hundred” published in the anthology Dark Tales From Gents Pens, which is scheduled to be out August, 2015.
Erin M. Hartshorn lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, two kids, and
English cocker spaniel. She is a moderator at Forward Motion for Writers
(an online writers community), a member of Garden State Speculative
Fiction Writers, and a member of SFWA. Her fiction has appeared both
online and in print in various places, placed in the PARSEC short story
contest, earned honorable mentions and semifinal status in the Writers
of the Future contest, and been shortlisted for the UPC Award for
science-fiction novellas. She also publishes mysteries under the pen
name Sara Penhallow; her most recent release is The Corn Maze Murders.
She blogs online at erinmhartshorn.com/blog and can be found on
Twitter @ErinMHartshorn
Keith will also have a short story, “The Two Hundred” published in the anthology Dark Tales From Gents Pens, which is scheduled to be out August, 2015.
Erin M. Hartshorn
W.L. Hoffman
W.L. Hoffman was born in New Jersey, and grew up in Margate
City. As a resident of a quiet island community, he spent much of his childhood
imagining adventures above and below the waves. He worked many summers as a beach
lifeguard, where rainy days meant uninterrupted reading, and sunny days brought
the occasional rescue in riptides best left to the locals.
Hoffman’s interest in reading was voracious from the
beginning, with a keen taste for Fantasy and Science Fiction, and his teachers encouraged
him to pursue this passion. He took advanced English curricula through high
school and continued this trend in college. He received his BA in English from
Duke University and attended English literature classes at New College at
Oxford University in England.
Following his introduction to legislative drafting while
serving in the Duke University student government, Mr. Hoffman obtained his JD
from Cornell Law School. While there, he edited and wrote as an associate on
the Cornell International Law Journal, and between legal treatises, continued
devouring Fantasy and Science Fiction stories. With his creativity under daily
siege from the law professors, his dreams wandered into strange realms as he
quested for life’s higher meaning. Thus was born the foundation for his epic fantasy
novel series, The Soulstealer War. While
the concept for the series lingered as he made his way through a legal career,
the sleepless nights that come with young children proved to be an apt trigger
for putting pen to paper thereby resulting in The First Mother’s Fire.
Hoffman currently resides in central New Jersey, with his wife and daughters.
When not plying the day job or writing The
Splintering Realm and other stories at night, he enjoys spending time with
his girls, digging in their organic vegetable garden, exploring the wilds of
the Sourland Mountains and telling tales on the front porch to the next
generation of dreamers and writers.
Tom Joyce
Tom Joyce recently started writing fiction after a 20-year
career as a newspaper reporter, during which he won numerous awards. His 2013
debut novel, “The Freak Foundation Operative’s Report,” was nominated for a
Pushcart Prize. He’s had short stories published in several periodicals and
anthologies. His short story collection, “The Devil’s Kazoo Band Don’t Take No
Requests,” is due out in early 2015 from Codorus Press. He is the editor of
“Chamber of the Bizarre,” the newsletter of Garden State Speculative Fiction
Writers.
Tom lives in New Jersey.
C.I. Kemp
C.I. Kemp is a
strange visitor from another planet who came to earth with a love and
fascination for the dark, the mysterious, and the outré. He is a lifelong horror buff who counts as
his influences Edgar Allen Poe, Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, and
T.E.D Klein as well as the old Universal Horror and Roger Corman flicks.
By day, he is
disguised as a mild-mannered Information Technology specialist who lives in the
wilds of New Jersey with his neurotic cat. He enjoys caving, hiking, biking, and various
other outdoor activities.
As of October 2015, C.I. has the following works under his
belt: Autumn Moon (Novel); Auras
– “Horror Garage”, “Bastion” – Isotropic Fiction, Issue 8; “Big
Eyes, Big Ears, Big Teeth” – Every Day Fiction; “Dead Meat” – Allegory
Magazine, Fall 2013; “Depths” – Kzine, Issue 3; “Evacuation” – State of Horror, New Jersey; “Gator Girl”
- Kzine, Issue 12; “Pickman’s Motel” - Kzine, Issue 8; “Shelter
From The Storm” – Under The Bed; “Some
Call It Thunder” – Speculations From New Jersey; “The Cleansing” – Encounters Magazine, Issue 9; “The Fire Walkers” – Bards And Sages Quarterly, April 2014, “The
Floor Below” – Cover Of Darkness, September 2012
Roberta Rogow
