Ghosts of the Quad Cities

MICHAEL McCARTYis a five-time Bram Stoker Award finalist and winner of the David R. Collins' Literary Achievement Award from the Midwest Writing Center. McCarty is the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, includingI Kissed A Ghoul, A Little Help From My Fiends, Dark Duets, Liquid Diet & Midnight Snack, Monster Behind The Wheel(co-written with Mark McLaughlin),Dracula Transformed(with Mark McLaughlin),Lost Girl Of The Lake(with Joe McKinney), the vampireBloodlessseries:Bloodless, Bloodlust,andBloodline(with Jody LaGreca). McCarty is also the author of the mega-book of interviews,Modern Mythmakers: 35 Interviews With Horror And Science Fiction Writers And Filmmakers,featuring interviews with Ray Bradbury, Dean Koontz, John Carpenter, Richard Matheson, Linnea Quigley, Joe McKinney, Elvira, and many more. With Mark McLaughlin, he co-authored the nonfiction book,Ghosts Of The Quad Cities. MARK McLAUGHLINis a Bram Stoker Award-winning author whose fiction, nonfiction and poetry have appeared in more than one thousand magazines, newspapers, websites and anthologies, includingWriter's Digest, Cemetery DanceandThe Year's Best Horror Stories(DAW Books). McLaughlin's latest paperback releases includethe story collections,City of Living Shadows & More Lovecraftian Tales,Horrors & Abominations: 24 Tales Of The Cthulhu MythosandThe House Of The Ocelot & More Lovecraftian Nightmares(all coauthored by Michael Sheehan, Jr.). Other collections of McLaughlin'sfiction includeDracula Transformed(with Michael McCarty),Best Little Witch-House In Arkham,andEmpress Of The Living Dead. McLaughlinand McCarty co-wrote the horror novel,Monster Behind The Wheel.McLaughlinis also the coauthor, with Rain Graves and David Niall Wilson, ofThe Gossamer Eye,a Bram Stoker Award-winning poetry collection.