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The Demonic Lord AL J. Vermette is the founder of Sapphire Publications which opened in 1999.
Since then he has created and released the horror magazines Blood Moon Rising, The Horror Writer
and Werewolf Magazine. He is the author of the books Lycanthrope: Nature of The Beast, They Hunt By
Night and the fantasy series Lucan: Heart of The Warrior and Lucan: Serpents Rein. His newest novel
Dark Soul Rising from Publish America is his first novel outside his Sapphire universe and his first
straight up thriller.
Vermette's work can also be found in the print magazines Happy Halloween Magazine, The Hacker's
Source, Tales From The Still Beating Heart, The Horror Fiction Review, and Hybrid Moments. His
writings can also be found on the web sites Werewolfcafe.com and Werewolfpage.com. He is also
the creator of the Halloween Horror Rock Show Blood Fest and the Institute of Horror, Fantasy &
Science Fiction, both held at the Queens Flushing Library to date. Along with his teaching publication
The Horror Writer Vermette runs a series of class rooms for writing and publishing in and out of the
horror genre. Along with writing, AL J. Vermette also dabbles in film making and would love to turn his
book They Hunt By Night into a feature film along with his Lucan series.
Shoshana Strier is the co-founder of Sapphire Publications along with publisher AL J. Vermette. She
has been the editor of Blood Moon Rising since its started in 2000. She has also worked on the book
Lycanthrope: Nature of The Beast and The Horror Writer magazine. Shoshoana lives in New York and
has two chilldren Adele and Lisa.
D.W. Jones has lives in Queens, NY. During the day, he works in
a law firm as a supervisor. Growing up, he was never a big fan
of horror movies, but one day realized that he enjoyed the thrill
and excitement of horror movies. In early 2000, he was
approached to join a new upcoming horror magazine. This
began his career as a short story horror writer for BMR. Since
then, he done interviews, articles and host Bloody Book Reviews
for BMR, The Horror Writer and Werewolf Magazine.
Recently he has published his first short story collection Dark
Corners of the Mind through Sapphire Publications in 2006. He
continues to write and looks forward to publishing his first novel
in the near future.
Dark Soul has become Blood Moon Rising's mascot over the
years with his long black coat and skull mask. He is said to be the
grand son of no other then Jack The Ripper. He has lived in the
U.S. most of his life. He started with Blood Moon RIsing since its
start in 2000. He hosts the BMR Horror Rock Party Blood Fest and
is our horror convention field agent. Dark Soul is BMRs movie
reviewer and sees BMR ruling the world in the years ahead.
William H. Pratt has been with Sapphire Publications since the
beginning and has written for Blood Moon Rising from issue #1 in
June 2000. William who comes from Louisville KY where he met
our publisher AL J. Vermette. He has moved around over the years
and now lives in CT with his wife Mary and two kids. William has
worked his way up from staff writer to co-editor to editor of BMR,
The Horror Writer and Werewolf Magazine. He hopes to be a part of
the Sapphire Family until the end of time.
I was born in Far Rockaway, NY in 1954. I attended Adelphi University in NY, where I studied archaeology, ancient mythology and Latin.
I moved to Cape Coral, Florida in 1999, where I still reside.
My first published work was a book of poetry “Realities, Dreams, and In-Betweens” (1975); My next book of poetry was “Inner City
Barbecue” in 1986. Both books were published with small presses in New York and California, respectively. In 2004 the book "The
Shadow of the Succubus/The Eternal Thirst: Two Novels of Horror", was published and is being translated into French by French writer
Jacques Sirgent. He has also expressed interest in making a film based on the book. I am also author of the screenplay “Carmilla,”
which is based on Le Fanu’s late-nineteenth century vampire classic, and which is slated for production in late 2005, early 2006 under
the aegis of 72 Films of Canada. I'm staff writer for the horror magazines BMR and The Horror Writer, which are based in NY, which I
write short stories and articles. I have been writing for these magazines since 2000.
I also have done readings of my works in many parts of the country, including Florida and California, and have written on such subjects
as ancient civilizations and mythology, and over the past decade have specialized in the darker myths such as vampires and succubi,
with an emphasis on supernatural seductions.
Robert first appeared in the pages of Blood Moon Rising in issue
#12 with the short story "The Feeding". Since that time, he has
had a dozen more stories, articles and interviews published in
various print and electronic publications including Blood Moon
Rising, The Horror Writer and Werewolf Magazine. Robert is also
a regular contributor to The Phantom of the Movies' VideoScope
Magazine and Scary Monsters. His first collection of short stories,
A Place of Dreams and Nightmares Vol. 1, was published in 2005.
He currently lives in Alabama with his wife.
Eric S. Brown is the author of the zombie books Cobble
and The Queen. Both can be found on
www.amazon.com. Some of his other books include Dying
Days, Madmen's Dreams, and The Wave (which will be
released from www.nakedsnakepress.com this summer).
He lives in NC with his wife and son where he spends his
free time buying way too many comics.
As shy quiet recluse in Loveland, Colorado, Sam
Wallace has a passion. Drawing! Illustrating on a free
lance basis of over 10 years, Sam has illustrated many
projects from children's books to greeting cards to even
cartoon maps. But what he loves to draw more than
anything... Zombies. "I like the morbid yet zany side of
things." Sam attended Rocky Mountain College of Art
and Design in Colorado and spent much of his time
perfecting his style. Currently he free lances and is
always looking for the next project to illustrate. He
spends his time with a very patient wife and daughter.
"We love to play games, all kinds, but mostly video
games." Other things that have influenced him, movies.
Horror & sci-fi movies. His favorites are.... Star Wars,
Alien, Road Warrior, Blade Runner, and Evil Dead. He
also has been known to watch a lot of anime. Please
visit his website at http://sawillustrations.com
Benny has been with Blood Moon Rising and associated
publications since 2000. His amazing artwork has been featured
on BMR issues #9, #20 and the upcoming issue #29. He also
done work on Werewolf magazine issue #1 and The Horror Writer
issues #2 & 3. His latest artwork has been for cover art for the
books Sick Twisted Little Tales and Lycanthrope: Nature of the
Beast.
I've been drawing all my life. I started out copying Marvel Comics
on brown paper bags and even making little tattoos on my Barbie
dolls. Then I Moved up to the El Marko graphitti on my school
desks. Of course this became my obsession now. It was time to
start sending things out. BMR was the first to publish my art. I
love doing the horror art. I can work with airbrush, oilsand pastels
or pretty much anything. I'm currently working on my Turbo Bich
Comics. It's about the horrors of working retail. Hope you enjoy
my work.
Blood and Kisses, Sandy Reece
