Jack Mangan is an author, podcaster, musician, father, etc., born in New Jersey, but now residing in Arizona. Possibly best-known for Jack Mangan’s Deadpan Podcast, his novel, Spherical Tomi was the first number one title at Podiobooks.com. His fiction and non-fiction writings have appeared in numerous online, print, and podcast venues, including such prestigious outlets as Interzone Magazine, Podthology: The Pod Complex, Theme and Variations, 2020 Visions, Variant Frequencies, and Tales of the Talisman. More info about Jack Mangan and his work at his website.

Derwin Mak lives in Toronto, Canada. His story “Transubstantiation” won Canada’s national science fiction award, the Prix Aurora Award, in the category of Best Short-Form Work in English in 2006. His novels are The Moon Under Her Feet and The Shrine of the Siren Stone. With Eric Choi, he co-edited The Dragon and the Stars, the first anthology of fantasy and science fiction by overseas Chinese. Derwin is a long-time fan of the Cthulhu Mythos. He also lectured about America’s Gothic town, Salem, Massachusetts, at the Royal Canadian Military Institute.

You can learn more about Derwin and his work at his website.

Paul Genesse is the author of several short stories featured in anthologies such as Steampunk’d, Fellowship Fantastic, The Dimension Next Door, Furry Fantastic, Imaginary Friends, Catopolis, Terribly Twisted Tales, Pirates of the Blue Kingdoms, and more. He is also the editor and the co-author of the origin story for The Crimson Pact anthology series. His first novel, The Golden Cord, Book One of the Iron Dragon Series has become the bestselling book his publisher, Five Star Books has ever had. Book two, The Dragon Hunters is out and more novels are on the way. Paul writes when he’s not working the night shift as a registered nurse on a cardiac unit in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he does his best to keep the forces of darkness away from his patients.

In his spare time he has worked as a writing instructor/motivational speaker, computer game consultant, copyeditor, and proofreader. Listen to podcasts, read free samples or watch videos about the Iron Dragon Series and his other works at www.paulgenesse.com.

In addition to his previous careers (installing gas pumps, bussing tables, painting apartments, cleaning toilets, delivering pizza and running his own video store) Scott S. Phillips has written in almost every capacity imaginable: films, TV, comic books and even dialogue for talking dolls. He’s also the author of the novel Squirrel Eyes, a short story collection calledTales of Misery and Imagination, and his film reviews have been collected in the aptly titled Unsafe On Any Screen.

You can learn more about Scott S. Phillips and his work online at: www.cheese-magnet.com.

They Don’t Drive Cars is a selection from the collection Tales of Misery and Imagination. The collection is available in a variety of formats, each of which can be purchased by clicking the appropriate link below:

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Jason Walters is an author/publisher from northwestern Nevada. One of the owners of Hero Games, he has worked on a variety of roleplaying game books, including Champions Battlegrounds, Vibora Bay, Scourges of the Galaxy, and Urban Fantasy Hero. His most recent novel is An Unforgiving Land, which shares the setting of Crucified Coyote.

You can find out more about Jason and his work at his website Jason Walters, Raconteur

David Benz is an Edgar-nominated novelist who usually dabbles in noir crime fiction. In his second contribution to the Chain Story, David fuses steam-punk with gothic horror and the result is a tale of terror and high adventure set in the foggy moors of England.

You can find out more about David at his webpage: blackandredblade.com

Bryan Young is perhaps best known for his work as a documentary
filmmaker, producing the two political documentaries “This Divided
State” and “Killer at Large”. He’s also a columnist for The
Huffington Post and is the editor of the geek news and review website
Big Shiny Robot!. His personal blog, where you’ll find his Chain
Story, is where he’s been publishing a short story online every month
since 2005.

You can find out more about Bryan, sample fiction, and his monthly column on writing from a beginner’s perspective at Short Story Corner

Chuck Heintzelman is a software engineer living in the Pacific Northwest. Each day he juggles his passion of writing with his full-time job, school-age children, and the inevitable curve ball life likes to throw. He primarily writes middle-grade and young-adult fantasy because, as he puts it, “my mental age hovers somewhere between that of a 12 and 14 year old.”

You can find out more about Chuck, sample fiction, and his monthly column on writing from a beginner’s perspective at StoryChuck.com

A creative writing instructor at the University of Louisville, Michael Williams is best known for his Dragonlance novels. His other works include the critically acclaimed Arcady duology and From Thief To King trilogy. His next novel, Trajan’s Arch, is scheduled for publication in Autumn 2010.

Rigel’s other stories include Brigadoon in the Star Trek anthology Strange New Worlds 10 and (writing as Kris Katzen) Kaboom, Ka-bye in the Origins Awards nominated Shadowrun Sourcebook Seattle 2072. Her tale Emerald Guardians is an earlier installment in the wonderful Chain Story collection. This story continues the adventures of the Patel family. Rigel is currently creating other fantastical worlds both near and far, past, present and future.