Carol Gyzander read classic science fiction and Agatha Christie mysteries non-stop as a child. Now that her own kids have flown the coop, she writes and edits horror, suspense, dark fiction, and sci-fi stories from her couch-with her black cat firmly Velcroed to her side. Her stories are in over a dozen anthologies, including Stories We Tell After Midnight from Crone Girls Press; Across the Universe: Tales of Alternate Beatles from Fantastic Books (amidst stories by Cat Rambo, Spider Robinson and David Gerrold); Cat Ladies of the Apocalypse from Camden Park Press; and The Devil's Due: Nothing is Ever as it Seems. She also has stories in Hell's Highways: Terrifying Tales of Tormented Travels and Hell's Mall: Sinister Shops, Cursed Items and Maddening Crowds from Lafcadia Press.As editor-in-chief and one of the founders of Writerpunk Press, she's edited four anthologies of punk stories inspired by classic tales, including Merely This and Nothing More: Edgar Allan Poe Goes Punk and Hideous Progeny: Classic Horror Goes Punk. Carol works with James Chambers as Co-Coordinator of the Horror Writers Association New York Chapter and as co-host of the HWA-NY Galactic Terrors online reading series (on the second Thursday of every month-see HWANY.org for details). She is also one of the overall Chapter Program Managers for HWA.Carol's a member of Horror Writers Association, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Broad Universe, and Historical Novel Society. Find her at www.CarolGyzander.com or on Twitter @CarolGyzander.
