End of the World Publishing presents…

Zehlreg Augustus Grindstone’s Spectacular Western Oddity Emporium is an anthology project co-edited by authors Suzanna Lundale and Marc Tizura.

Suzanna Lundale is a lifelong writer and observer of the world who grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and has made her home in many places since. She is passionate about language, history, travel, dogs, and the loved ones – real and imagined – who form her galaxy. Suzanna’s Latinx/Scandinavian-American heritage, and her identity as a witch, contribute to the complexity of her worldview and her interest in questions of identity and liminal spaces. Suzanna’s poetry & stories have appeared in The Crow’s Quill, Goat Shed Press, Haunted Words Press, and others. She is the co-creator and -editor of The Hyperion: Tales from Hell (2023). Suzanna tweets new poetry and fictional vignettes daily as @SuzannaLundale. Email: suzanna.lundale@gmail.com 

Marc Tizura is a Chicago-based, part-time Actor/Voice actor, author of short stories in the horror, speculative, fantasy, sci-fi and comedy genres, scriptwriter, YouTuber, paranormal enthusiast, and former ghost hunter with a deep love of history and mythology, and an odd interest in hypnosis. He is also the Creator and operator of #tfteotw and End of the World Productions Ltd. Marc currently staff writes for two digital Rewritten Realms publications: In The Pantheon, where he writes for Thanatos, the God of Death, and In the Crescent, where he writes for the Crossroads Demon, Dr. John Lafayette. Marc has been featured in the Crow’s Quill Magazine through Quill & Crow Publishing. Links to Marc’s publications and social media can be found here.

evan austin writes Fantasy and Science Fiction from his home in California. When he’s not tuning pianos professionally, he’s making home improvements and trying desperately to keep plants, pets, and kids alive. His first novel, It Uncoils, is a dark fantasy about complicated relationships with paternity, religion, and sexuality, and about finding one’s place in the world. The sequel will be about doing good things for the wrong reasons, the tragedy of self-loathing, and the power of choice. He also writes poetry with elemental/nature and erotic themes, and is 1/3 of a band called I’ve Seen Better Elephants. Twitter: @evanaustinauthr

David Bushman is the independent author of the LitRPG series Darklands Online, Armageddon Earth, and McBride’s Magical Munchies. When not writing, he enjoys soccer with his two children, playing various games with his wife, and long walks with his three dogs. Twitter: @DavidJBushman

Christina Chin is a painter and haiku poet from Malaysia. She is a four-time recipient of top 100 in the mDAC Summit Contests, exhibited at the Palo Alto Art Center, California. 1st prize winner of the 34th Annual Cherry Blossom Sakura Festival 2020 Haiku Contest. 1st prize winner in the 8th Setouchi Matsuyama 2019 Photohaiku Contest. She has been published in numerous journals, multilingual journals, and anthologies, including Japan’s prestigious monthly Haikukai Magazine. Twitter: @Christina_Haiku

Laura Cooney is a writer from Edinburgh with work in a variety of places including HAD, Northern Gravy and The VoidSpace Zine. This will be her second encounter with the End Of The World and she is honoured to be part of this project. Her second chapbook, “No Trauma, No Drama” is forthcoming, courtesy of Backroom Poetry in August 2024. Find her on www.lozzawritimg.com or with her children, as close to the sea as possible. There will be ice-cream!

Christopher Davis aka CJ The Tall Poet is a poet, digital artist, and author based in Chula Vista, California. He is currently attending college at Cal State San Marcos and majoring in Literature and Writing. Some of his writing pieces have been published on The Drabble, Shortkidstories.com, Teen-Ink, The Amazine, Backpatio.press, Fivefleas, Bardics-Anonymous, and dadakuku. He has art-pieces published on All-Existing Literary Magazine, mini-mag, Trash-Wonderland and the RECESSES Zine. Three of his books: Interpret The Status of His Consciousness, Abstractions of Civil Modernity, and Childish Expressions are available on Amazon.

Dan Dolan is a Sci-Fi/Fantasy writer based in New England, who explores human relationships through the lens of the magical and the surreal. Long plagued by a temperamental muse he’s sought to exorcise the many ideas and stories that have filled his mind before he overloads. Having published both short stories and poetry, he aims to have his first full length novel out sometime in the not too distant future should that same mercurial muse hold out. Follow his attempts to do so and his other mad ramblings @DanDDoes on Twitter, Threads and Bluesky.

C. Durand is a fledgling writer currently living in the rolling hills of Upstate New York. She is a fan of both cowboys and fantasy, and she thinks putting them together is a brilliant idea. Her hobbies include, but are not limited to, reading, watching old Western TV shows, and getting caught in storms and running for cover.

Angelique Fawns is a journalist and speculative fiction writer. She began her career writing articles about naked cave dwellers in Tenerife, Canary Islands. After selling her first story to EQMM, she fell in love with weird fiction, which is ACTUALLY stranger than non-fiction. You can find her lurking at @angeliquefawns on X, Blogging about upcoming calls at http://www.fawns.ca, or gazing into the abyss hoping it stares back at her. Over 60 stories published. Find some in Mystery Tribune, Amazing Stories, and Space & Time. Amazon Author: https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B07ZHJGCX1 Facebook: amfawns @angeliqueauthor.bsky.social Instagram: @angeliqueiswriting Patreon: AngeliqueFawns

John M. Floyd is the author of more than a thousand short stories in publications like Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Strand Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, Best American Mystery Stories, and Best Mystery Stories of the Year. A former Air Force captain and IBM systems engineer, John is an Edgar Award finalist, a Shamus Award winner, a six-time Derringer Award winner, a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, and the author of seven collections of short mystery fiction. He is also the 2018 recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for lifetime achievement.

Kayla Fussell is a fantasy, romance, and horror writer running her own blog and working on finishing her first full length novel. About this project, Kayla wrote, “Western is not my area of expertise, but I wanted to challenge myself creatively and tried to take inspiration from growing up in dead boom towns in rural Montana.” Twitter: @Kayla7K

Matt Gabrielson is a Midwest native who spends his time writing poetry, blogging and creating short stories for all to enjoy. He has recently published his first novella titled Small Town Chaos, which is a crime fiction/ mystery. Along with writing, he enjoys music, nature trips and trying out new cooking recipes. Most days you can find him writing or helping others with their social media marketing. He strives to grow and succeed with his writing and help other indie authors do the same. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mattsrandomramblings

KC Grifant is an award-winning writer based in Southern California who creates internationally published horror, fantasy, science fiction, and weird west stories. Many of her short stories have appeared in podcasts, magazines, games, and Stoker-nominated anthologies. Her weird western novel, Melinda West: Monster Gunslinger (Brigids Gate Press, 2023), described as a blend of Bonnie & Clyde meet The Witcher and Supernatural, is the first in a series. It ranked #1 in Amazon New Releases for Western Horrors and has received positive reviews internationally. The second novel, Melinda West and the Gremlin Queen, will release in 2025. She is also author of the short story collection Shrouded Horror: Tales of the Uncanny (Dragon’s Roost Press, 2024) and co-creator of the Monster Gunslingers card game. In addition to writing, she is the co-chair and founder of the Horror Writers Association San Diego chapter, a short story instructor, and member of numerous writing organizations. @KCGrifant on all platforms

Leigh Grissom is the author of The Eden Evolution Series and “Fear of the Dark: Stories My Mom Would Have Liked.” This is her first foray into Western Horror and might not be her last. Twitter/X/Instagram/Threads: @iamthecritic (The Critic)

J. D. Harlock is a SWANA American writer, editor, researcher, and academic pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of St. Andrews. In addition to their work at Solarpunk Magazine, as a poetry editor, and at Android Press, as an editor, Harlock’s writing has been featured in The Griffith Review, The Cincinnati Review, & New York University’s Library of Arabic Literature. You can find them on LinkedIn, Twitter, Threads, & Instagram: @JD_Harlock

Andrew is a multi-genre writer, with three self-published books (a light-hearted clash of of mythology with the business world, a dystopian whodunit, and a coming-of-a-very-young-age tale about the anxiety of childcare), plus a horror novella released with an independent publisher. In 2023, he was also one of ten authors selected for inclusion in horror anthology The Hyperion: Tales from Hell. You can find out a bit more about him on X and Threads: @HarrowellAndrew.

Tad Kelson is a Fiction/Poetry Writer Fueled w/Coffee & Donuts. SF/F, Cosmic Horror, Cyberpunk, w/Punk Genres, Surreal, Weird. Self-Pub He/Him/Cis Low 60s, still trudging along day by day. Twitter: @gamerwriter

Adam Landis has been writing stories that are basically science fiction and fantasy for years, simply for the love of the game, and even wrote for a podcast of a similar name. You can now find his stories on Basically Tall Tales on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Twitter: @aGoblinWrites

Jay Logosz (pron: lowe-gish) is a geologist and author from western North Dakota. Twitter: @jayelwrites

Matthew Maine is a fantasy writer from Indiana where he spends his days not writing, hoping to write, daydreaming about writing, and in some precious moments actually writing. Matthew can be found on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @thematthewmaine and his other writing can be found at matthewmaine.com.

Donna J. W. Munro’s pieces are published in Nothing’s Sacred Magazine IV and V, Corvid Queen, Hazard Yet Forward, Enter the Apocalypse, Beautiful Lies/Painful Truths II, Terror Politico, It Calls from the Forest, Gray Sisters Vol 1, Pseudopod 752, Shakespeare Unleashed, and others. Check out her novel, Revelation: Poppet Cycle Book 1. Contact her at https://www.donnajwmunro.net or @DonnaJWMunro on Twitter.

Uchechukwu Onyedikam is a Nigerian ‘mad’ creative artist based in Lagos, Nigeria. He’s a well-published Poet. His poems have appeared in Amsterdam Quarterly, Brittle Paper, Poetic Africa, Hood Communists, The Hooghly Review, Unlikely Stories Mark V, and in anthologies both print and online. He and Christina Chin has co-written and published two poetry chapbooks — Pouring Light On The Hills (December 2022) and Clouds of Pink (March 2024). You can connect with him on Twitter at @MysticPoet_.

James Pyles is a SciFi writer and technology author. Over 50 of his short stories and novelettes have been published since 2019. His most recent novelettes are “Ice,” “The Fallen Shall Rise,” and “The Haunting of the Ginger’s Regret.” He lives with his spouse in Idaho. His blog is https://poweredbyrobots.com/. X/twitter: @AuthorPylesJ

Craig Rathbone is a short story and video game critique writer from the United Kingdom, who mainly writes fantasy, science fiction and horror. He also likes movies, animals and writing bios, and lives with his wife and two guinea pigs.

Brittany Redd (she/they) is a teacher, writer, and TTRPG enthusiast currently based in Thailand. Her work appears in Funicular Magazine and Quail Bell Magazine.

Mario Rojas was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras where he studied Philosophy and Graphic Design. He is the author and artist of the independent cyberpunk samurai comic, GIRI, from his imprint HIC! or Honduran Independent Comics, available through ComiXology.com. He currently lives and writes in San Diego with his wife and son as the independent author of RAVENS HOLLOW, SHATTERED SUN, and PICNIC AT THE END OF THE WORLD. Twitter: @BacchusIndeed

Matthew Siadak is an author of a number of published short stories, from Lost Boys Press to Quill and Crow, and others, and is working on his first novels The Dark Side of Super, and The Backwards Knight. With a love of all things Fantasy, Eldritch, and horror in general, he’s always looking to mash genres together to play with some of his favorite tropes across his love of reading. Living a life of logic as a software engineer, he loses himself in writing to explore the creative side of himself, when he can. He loves to tinker with new projects, or feed people with homemade bread and jam. You can find him as @backwardsknight on most Socials, or at backwardsknight.com.

Andrew Slinde is an indie author and consummate cynic. He’s released 5 books in his Sins of the Elders series, beginning with Six-Gun Sorcery, and a standalone novella called My Alchemical Romance, all of which fall under the Western/Fantasy umbrella. He resides in Des Moines, Iowa and cohabits with 3 apex predators. He’s definitely not a dozen squirrels in a raincoat.

Noah Sturdevant is a writer of comedy, in whatever form seems like the most fun at the time. Most of his work is in horror comedy/ urban fantasy, but only because Hasbro won’t let him write books about Transformers. Noah grew up in Southeast Kansas, then lived in Asia (South Korea, China, and Thailand) for most of a decade, acquiring a wife and daughter in the process. He is currently living back in Kansas and is openly resentful about having to grow up and settle down. He plans to take frequent vacations abroad, just as soon as his books are turned into movies or he hits the lottery. Noah never really knows what’s going on, but attempts to have a good time anyway. He hopes you have as much fun reading his books as he does writing them. Twitter/X/Bluesky/Thread/Facebook: @Noahksturdevant

Allison Tebo is a writer committed to creating magical stories full of larger-than-life characters, a dash of grit, and plenty of laughs. She is one of the contributors of the multi-author series A Villains Ever After and A Classic Retold. Her flash fiction has been published in magazines such Splickety, Spark, and Saddlebag Dispatches, and her short fiction has been features in anthologies by Inklings Press, Rogue Blades Entertainment, Pole to Pole Publishing, Ye Olde Dragon Books, Dragon Soul Press, and Editing Mee. She also helps run the speculative fiction magazine Worlds of Adventure.

Stuart lives and writes in Cornwall, UK. While his main role is family carer he writes to relax and explore. A fascination with the United States informs his writing almost as much as his love of science fiction. He regularly publishes stories, non-fiction essays, and articles about sport on the HIVE blockchain: some of them are even in audio form. Being AuDHD neurodivergent means Stuart’s autistic side loves the regularity of a writing schedule, while the ADHD side revels in abandoning projects half-way through in favor of something new and shiny. It’s why he has loads of short stories and poems, but the non-earth steampunkish novel is still unfinished.

A.J. Van Belle is a nonbinary/transmasculine writer and scientist, living on Vancouver Island with their husband and two dogs. A Best of the Net nominee, they’ve penned short fiction and essays that have appeared in journals and anthologies from 2004 to the present. They currently write full-time and serve as a literary agent intern at the Booker Albert Agency. A biologist, they draw on their science background to inform the world building in their work. Lauren Bieker of FinePrint Literary represents their novels. @ajvanbelle on Instagram, Twitter, & Tiktok; @ajvanbelle.bsky.social on Bluesky

B.F. Vega is a horror writer, political poet, and overworked theater artist living in the North Bay Area of California. A member of the HWA, her short stories and poetry have appeared in: Dark Nature, Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging, Haunts & Hellions, Haunt, and Good Southern Witches, among others. Her 90’s supernatural slasher Allies will be published in the upcoming Memento Mori anthology by Culture Cult Press, and her slipstream/sci-fi short story Riffing With Liminality will appear in the Spring issue of Club Chicxulub. Facebook: BFVegaAuthor Instagram/Twitter/X: ByronWhoKnew

Kenya Winn has always been a lover of words. It’s through this love of words as a kid (probably the result of the words being read to him in the womb infusing with his DNA) that Kenya fell in love with writing. Kenya is a South African author who dabbles in various genres but specialises in fantasy stories. With an insatiable passion for storytelling, his mind is always bubbling with the next adventure. Inspired by life and all it has to offer, Kenya’s only hope is to share the magic he finds within it with the world through his writing. Instagram/Threads: @kenyazachary.pdf