Lindy Ryan is the president and publisher of Black Spot Books, an imprint of Vesuvian Media Group. She is an award-winning and bestselling author, editor, and short-film director. Lindy previously served on the board of directors for the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and was recognized as one of Publishers Weekly's Star Watch Honorees in 2020. She is currently the co-chair of the Horror Writers Association Publishers Council. Lee Murray is an author, editor, screenwriter, and poet from Aotearoa, and a third-generation Chinese New Zealander. A USA Today Bestselling author, Shirley Jackson Award, and four-time Bram Stoker Award winner, Lee is the editor of nineteen volumes of dark fiction. She is a former HWA Mentor of the Year, NZSA Honorary Literary Fellow, and a Grimshaw Sargeson Fellow.
"""A necessary collection on the shelf of every horror reader, not just because of its cause, but also because of its message. Incredibly well-written by a vast array of talented authors...creative and brutally terrifying."" --Joshua Gage, Cemetary Dance ""Award-winning editors Ryan and Murray have ratcheted the unease up a notch... brutally honest and poignant... each [poem] gives readers more than they expect, over and over again."" --Becky Spratford, Booklist Starred Review ""A powerful anthology of horror and its concurrent antonym: hope."" --Midwest Book Review"