Charles Wilkinson's publications include The Pain Tree and Other Stories (London Magazine Editions, 2000). His stories have appeared in Best Short Stories 1990 (Heinemann), Best English Short Stories 2 (W.W. Norton, USA), Best British Short Stories 2015 (Salt) and in genre magazines/ anthologies such as Black Static, The Dark Lane Anthology, Supernatural Tales, Theaker's Quarterly Fiction, Phantom Drift (USA), Bourbon Penn (USA), Shadows & Tall Trees (Canada), Nightscript (USA) and Best Weird Fiction 2015 (Undertow Books, Canada). His anthologies of strange tales and weird fiction, A Twist in the Eye (2016), Splendid in Ash (2018) and Mills of Silence (2021) appeared from Egaeus Press. Eibonvale Press published his chapbook of weird stories, The January Estate, in 2022. He lives in Wales. More information can be found at his website charleswilkinsonauthor.com Matthew G. Rees is the author of several collections of short stories including Keyhole, The Feast and, most recently, The Snow Leopard of Moscow & Other Stories. He has - among other things - been a journalist, a teacher and a night-shift cab driver. His writing includes stage plays and audio fiction. He has a PhD from the University of Swansea, Wales. More at www.matthewgrees.com