and being asked to do some art for one of his new books another is truly paranormal,” Oliver said.
Visit Bill Oliver’s website at http://www.boysoblue.com/.
Dan “Wolfman” Allen
Dan “Wolfman” Allen is the owner of Ronin Studio, where he has been perfecting his unique style of comic book art for many years. Wolfman also does incredible renderings of vampires, werewolves, and other assorted monsters in a very compelling and graphic manner. He is not really into the “superhero” genre that permeates the American comic book industry. Rather, most of his characters are more a part of the fantasy and sci-fi genre; his protagonists, while thought by some of their peers to be antisocial or disreputable, continue to be themselves and try to rise above their superficial visages or reputations to solve a key problem, rather than trying to save the entire world.
Dan “Wolfman” Allen
Dan is also fascinated by Native American lore and shares both tribal and Viking blood in his genes. As much as possible, he attempts to follow shamanic teachings in combination with Christian philosophy. He has studied the paranormal and the mystical since he was a boy, and he has experienced many aspects of the so-called supernatural on a personal basis. Contact him at [email protected].
Tim R. Swartz
Tim Swartz is an Indiana native and Emmy Award-winning television producer/videographer. He is the author of a number of popular books, including The Lost Journals of Nikola Tesla, Time Travel: A How-To-Guide, and Admiral Byrd’s Secret Journey Beyond the Poles. As a photojournalist, Tim has traveled extensively and investigated paranormal phenomena and other unusual mysteries from such diverse locations as the Great Pyramid in Egypt to the Great Wall of China. As well, he is the writer and editor of the Internet newsletter Conspiracy Journal, a free, weekly email newsletter considered essential reading by paranormal researchers worldwide. Visit his website at www.conspiracy journal.com.
Tim R. Swartz
Alyne Pustanio
Folklorist and occultist Alyne Pustanio is a New Orleans native whose roots go deep into the local culture; and it is from that proverbial “gumbo” that she draws her inspiration for most of her tales of terror and fascination.
Alyne Pustanio
A descendant of Portuguese and Sicilian immigrant families who trace their ancestry to European Gypsies, Alyne was exposed to the mysteries of the occult at an early age. Two great-grandmothers were gifted and sought out mediums and another relative is a verified psychic; however, Alyne credits her mother—an avid spiritualist—with inspiring her lifelong interest in the supernatural and unexplained.
These interests, combined with her avocations in folklore and history, result in a validity and passion that is immediately obvious in all her writings. Learn more at her website www.hauntedamericatours.com.
Pastor Robin Swope
Pastor Robin Swope, who is known as the “Paranormal Pastor,” has been a Christian minister for more than 15 years in both mainline and evangelical denominations. He has served as a missionary to Burkina Faso, West Africa, and ministered to the homeless in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen. He is the founder and chief official of Open Gate Ministerial Services and a member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Erie, Pennsylvania. His website is http://theparanormalpastor.blogspot.com.
Pastor Robin Swope
William Michael Mott
William Michael (Mike) Mott has been a creative director for a national toy and manufacturing company and a high-performance software company, an art director for a city newspaper, an artist/designer for Fortune 500 companies, as well as for an NSF Engineering Research Center, and has done work for a variety of clients on a freelance basis, such as book and magazine publishers. He is also a freelance artist and writer, and writes both fiction and nonfiction. His artwork and writing have appeared or been featured in many publications, such as Computer Graphics World Magazine, DRAGON Magazine, FATE, NEXUS, World Explorer, Undaunted Press, Lost Continent Library Magazine, and others. He has created artwork and graphic design for massmarket book covers, posters, brochures, packaging, CD-ROM covers and art collections, and digital/web-based media. And he has won several design awards, from regional Advertising Federation awards for printed material to awards for website graphics and design. His artwork has been featured in the exhibition “In Dreams Awake: Art of Fantasy” at the Olympia and York Gallery, NYC, 1988; at the 1987 World Fantasy Con, Con∗stellation, the DragonCon 2001 art show, several one-man exhibits, and digital galleries in various venues. He also researches and writes on Fortean, folklore, comparative religion, and paranormal topics.
William Michael Mott
Mike is also the author of the satirical fantasy novel Pulsifer: A Fable and its sequel, Land of Ice, A Velvet Knife, both soon to be re-released in one omnibus edition from TGS Publishing, as well as the nonfiction books Caverns, Cauldrons, and Concealed Creatures and This Tragic Earth: The Art and World of Richard Sharpe Shaver. His pulp fiction anthology of fiction, verse, and artwork, PULP WINDS, featuring an introduction by Brad Steiger, has been recently published by TGS (www.hiddenmysteries.com). Mike can be reached at [email protected] and at [email protected]. His website is www.mottimorphic.com.
Nick Redfern
Nick Redfern
Nick Redfern is the author of a number of books on cryptozoology, including There’s Something in the Woods; Memoirs of a Monster Hunter; Three Men Seeking Monsters; and Man-Monkey. Originally from England, Nick lives with his wife, Dana, in Dallas, Texas, and only a stone’s throw from the infamous Grassy Knoll. When he’s not chasing monsters, you can usually find Nick playing music—very, very loudly. He can be contacted at his website www.nick redfern.com.
Donald Avery
Donald Avery
Donald J. Avery was born in Tacoma, Washington, and has been a resident of Washington state for most of his life. He has been married to his wife, Peggy, for 31 years. Avery has a B.S. degree in business administration and a master’s degree in public administration. He did a stint in the Marine Corps from 1966 to 1972. Most of his employment background centered around a23-year period in which he was a city and county administrator. Don and Peggy retired in March 2010 after spending almost two years as assistant managers for a retirement community in Kennewick, Washington.