Dark Detectives

STEPHEN JONES lives in London, England. A Hugo Award nominee, he is the winner of four World Fantasy Awards, three International Horror Guild Awards, five Bram Stoker Awards, twenty-one British Fantasy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. One of Britain’s most acclaimed horror and dark fantasy writers and editors, he has more than 175 books to his credit, including such anthologies as The Kingdom of Cthulhu, Shadows Over Innsmouth, Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth and Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth, the “Lovecraft Squad” series, H. P. Lovecraft’s Book of Horror (with Dave Carson) and H. P. Lovecraft’s Book of the Supernatural; the collections Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft and Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre, and the non-fiction study The Weird Tales Boys. You can visit his web site at www.stephenjones-editor.com or follow him on Facebook at “Stephen Jones-Editor”.

Clive Barker is the is the worldwide bestselling author of the Books of Blood, and numerous novels including Imajica, The Great and Secret Show, Sacrament and Galilee. His films include Hellraiser, Hellbound, Nightbreed and Candyman. Based in LA.

Kim Newman is an award-winning writer, critic, journalist and broadcaster who lives in London. He is a contributing editor to the UK film magazine Empire, and writes its popular monthly segment, ‘The Cult of Kim Newman’. He also writes for assorted publications including Sight & Sound, The Dark Side and The Guardian. He makes frequent appearances on radio and TV, and is the chief writer of the BBC TV series Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema. He has won many awards, including the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, Prix Ozone, British Fantasy and British Science Fiction Awards, and been nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and James Herbert Awards. Kim also writes non-fiction books focused on popular culture, film, and television, including a comprehensive overview of the horror film industry, Nightmare Movies (Bloomsbury). You can keep up to date with Kim’s events and writing via his website johnnyalucard.com. Find him on most social media platforms.

The award-winning science-fiction writer Manly Wade Wellman and his son Wade released Sherlock Holmes’ War of the Worlds to universal acclaim in 1975. Manly Wellman’s other work includes: The Invading Asteroid, Sojarr of Titan, The Dark Destroyers, Island in the Sky, Worse Things Waiting and The Beyonders.