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Welcome to the Horror Realm Convention site. September 18th - 20th 2009, Pittsburgh Pa.
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Authors are subject to change or cancellation. Some authors may charge a fee for autographs.
Library of the Living Dead Authors Paul McConnell began writing short stories for his mother at the tender age of six, and he’s been writing ever since. A huge fan of movies and books he spends a great deal of his time watching and reading. He’s as big of a fan as he is a writer. Paul lives in Fort Worth Texas with his wife Connie and his children Connor (who’ll be taking over the writing duties one day), Dana and Keeli. Oh, and his dog Tinkerbelle. Element {.245} is his baby, one that he hopes to take to HBO or the big screen. Paul teaches middle school English with the hopes that one day he’ll be able to write for a living. He currently has ten books finished with three more on the way. Keep an eye out, its going to be a fun ride.
When not writing, Kody enjoys reading, watching movies, spending endless hours on the internet and thinking about what he could be writing. You
can visit him online at
Robert R. Best is the author of the short story anthology All Kinds Of Things Kill and has numerous upcoming projects. He lives in Missouri with his wife and cats. Please visit him on the web at http://www.robertrbest.com.
Eric S Brown
is the author of 13 books including Season of Rot (Permuted
Rob Fox lives in Mableton, GA (Just outside of Atlanta) with his wife, Darcy, their dog Tweek, and two cats Lasia, and Sticky. Rob is Author of the Z Day is Here blog (located at www.zdayishere.blogspot.com), as well as the author of the forthcoming zombie novel also entitled Z Day is Here. Rob has written a number of zombie and horror related short stories and is currently working on the follow up to the Z Day novel. In his real life, he is a senior network engineer for a large software/hardware consulting company. He enjoys spending time with his wife, playing Xbox 360 and watching horror movies.
Stephen A. North is
the author of the zombie novel 'Dead Tide" and sci-fi/alien/apocalyptic
novel 'Beneath the Mask.' He is currently under contract with "Library
of the Living Dead Press" for two additional novels. These include a
sequel to the well selling "Dead Tide" and a co-authored book called
"Barren Earth" with Eric S. Brown. His credits also include stories in "Zombology
II - Return of the Reannimates" and "Zombology III - Tres Undead". He
has a BA in English Literature, and is a former Army Reservist. He has
a wife and daughter and lives in Florida.
Scott A. Johnson is the author of six fiction books, three books on true hauntings, and a plethora of short stories. His most recent books include Library of Horror's City of Demons and Library of the Living Dead's re-release of Deadlands. He is also the Paranormal Studies Editor for Dread Central (http://www.dreadcentral.com), a paranormal investigator, and all-around horror enthusiast. To find out more about Scott, his writing, or his other activities, visit his web site at http://www.americanhorrorwriter.net
Appearing courtesy of Joseph Beth Booksellers S.G. Browne
is the author of Breathers: A Zombie's Lament, a dark comedy
Appearing courtesy of Joseph Beth Booksellers
Jonathan Maberry
Appearing courtesy of Permuted Press
Kim Paffenroth is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Iona College, and the author of several books on the Bible and theology. He has received degrees from St. John's College (Annapolis, MD), Harvard Divinity School, and the University of Notre Dame. His contributions in the field of horror writing include Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth (Baylor, 2006) - WINNER, 2006 Bram Stoker Award; Dying to Live: A Novel of Life among the Undead (Permuted Press, 2007); History Is Dead: A Zombie Anthology (editor; Permuted Press, 2007); Orpheus and the Pearl (Magus Press, 2008); and Dying to Live: Life Sentence (Permuted Press, 2008). He lives in upstate New York with his wife and two children.
James Melzer is an author and podcaster from
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His debut novel in a trilogy, Escape: A
Zombie Chronicles Novel began as a free podcast in September of 2008.
Two months later, all three books were purchased by Permuted Press with
the first one coming to print in the Fall of 2009. Since then, the podcast
version has seen more than 120,000 downloads and received the Dead Letter
Award for Best Web Series: Written, from Mail Order Zombie. Melzer is an
advocate of podcast fiction, Web 2.0 and social media. He is also the
creator of an upcoming online audio book imprint. Visit him on the web at
www.jamesmelzer.net
Z.A. Recht is an author living in West Virginia. His debut novel, Plague of the Dead: The Morningstar Strain, has proven popular in both the U.K. and in the United States. Following Plague of the Dead's success, he released a continuation of the story entitled Thunder and Ashes. He is hard at work on the third installment and expects to either finish it soon or die trying (and shortly thereafter, reanimate.) He enjoys reading pulp fiction novels and is an amateur historian. Z.A. Recht's books are published through Permuted Press and can be found both online and in traditional booksellers such as amazon.com, Borders Bookstores, and Barnes and Noble.
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Authors are subject to change or cancellation. Some authors may charge a fee for autographs.
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Brought to you by The It’s Alive Show Fan Club & Horrorrealmonline.com Questions? Please contact hrcon@itsalivefans.com
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Kody
Boye began writing at the young age of seven, after a teacher inspired
him to write what was truly on his mind. At the age of fourteen, his short
stor, [A] Prom Queen's Revenge, was published in the Yellow Mama
Webzine. Sine then, he's made several appearances in various magazines,
webzines, anthologies and podcasts. 
Rhiannon Frater works and lives in Austin, Texas. She became an
Independent Author at the urging of her husband. The first novel in her
zombie trilogy, As The World Dies: The First Days, has been very
successful for an independently published book and has received praise
from other writers in the genre.
Derek
J. Goodman is a horror, sci-fi, and fantasy writer. His stories
David
Dunwoody is the author of the zombie novel Empire and the short
story collection Dark Entities and has appeared in several print
and online publications. Upcoming projects include Empire 2 and
The Harvest Cycle, both from Permuted Press. Dave lives in Utah and
can be visited on the Web at daviddunwoody.com.
Travis
Adkins is author of *
D.L.
Snell is tired from long nights writing. Permuted Press published his
first novel ROSES OF BLOOD ON BARBWIRE VINES, which pits zombies against
vampires. DEMON DAYS, his second novel, co-authored with
screenwriter/producer Richard Finney, involves a journalist who uncovers a
plot to trigger Armageddon after her fiancé endures a cryptic near-death
experience.
