Nathaniel Farcaswas a 19-year-old award-winning short story author and had been writing poetry since the age of six. His poetry has been seen in the Southern Florida Poetry Journal (SoFloPoJo) as well as featured in New Words {press}. He was so very proud to be featured in the Running Wild & RIZE Annual Short Story Anthology. He left an enormous amount of stories, poems and two novels which are slowly being curated by his mother for continuing publication. Lauren Langhttps://www.facebook.com/AuthorLaurenLang/ Jon Fainhas worked as a silk-screen printer, warehouse worker, resume writer, corporate documentation and training consultant, and freelance editor. He began publishing fiction in commercial and literary magazines in the 1980s, and later in some of the first online literary journals in the 2000s. He has close to 100 short fiction publications to date. His flash fiction chapbook, ""Pass the Panpharmacon!"" is available from Greying Ghost Press. He lives in Massachusetts. Elizabeth Devecchi, Elizabeth's short story, ""The Hunt,"" appeared in Ariel Chart; and her essay, ""A Moment in My Head,"" ran in Run Amok Book's The Growlery. Lately, she has delved into the world of horror, and her poem, ""Oh, Brother"" is included in the second installment of Black Spot Books' annual women in horror poetry showcase, UNDER HER EYE, released in November 2023. Her debut horror novel, A WHISPER IN THE DARK, is set for release by Wicked House Publishing in 2024 and her second novel, a thriller/horror, with a touch of the paranormal is being signed for release in early 2025. Elizabeth is an HWA and SCBWI member, and currently resides in Colorado with her family. Eric D. Lehmanand has been consulted on diverse subjects and quoted byThe Atlantic Monthly,USA Today, the BBC, the History Channel,Deutsche Presse-Agentur, andThe Wall Street Journal. Ken Goldman, former Philadelphia teacher of English and Film Studies, is an Active member of the Horror Writers Association. He has homes on the Main Line in Pennsylvania and at the Jersey shore. His stories have appeared in over 970 independent press publications in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Australia with over twenty due for publication in 2023-24. Ken's tales have received seven honorable mentions in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror. He has written six books: three anthologies of short stories, YOU HAD ME AT ARRGH!! (Sam's Dot Publishers), DONNY DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (A/A Productions) and STAR-CROSSED (Vampires 2); and a novella, DESIREE, (Damnation Books). His first novel OF A FEATHER (Horrific Tales Publishing) was released in January 2014. SINKHOLE, his second novel, was published by Bloodshot Books August 2017. Vincent Czyzis the author of two collections of short fiction, the first of which won the 2016 Eric Hoffer Award for Best in Small Press, two novels, a novella, and an essay collection. He is the recipient of two fiction fellowships from the NJ Council on the Arts, the W. Faulkner-W. Wisdom Prize for Short Fiction, and the 2011 Capote Fellowship at Rutgers University. His stories have appeared inShenandoah, AGNI, The Massachusetts Review, Tin House, Copper Nickel,andSouthern Indiana Review, among other publications. Dalton Mire. By day,Gary Zenkeris an award-winning marketer and copywriter, using his talents to help companies and nonprofits reach their audiences. By night, his particular madness is flash fiction, crossing genres to write stories revealing the highs and lows of the potential hidden inside people you might know. He began his writing career in college, grammar-correcting bathroom stall graffiti (true story). He believes that prepared him for a long history of angry rejection and harsh critique of his writing. He is also the founder of two writers' groups (one of which he still runs after 15 years), is the primary instigator of Noir at a Bar which runs annual benefits for the Oxford PA public library and likes to write about himself in the third person, much to the annoyance of people around him. He has authored a handful of books and published two dozen more reprinting rock and roll artifacts. His flash fiction has appeared in a number of online publications and print anthologies including Chicken Soup For the Soul: Humor and two previous Running Wild Anthologies. www.garyzenkerstoryteller.com. Mykyta Ryzhykh: Nominated for Pushcart Prize. Published many times in the journals Dzvin, Dnipro, Bukovinian magazine, Polutona, Tipton Poetry Journal, Stone Poetry Journal, Divot journal, dyst journal, Superpresent Magazine, Allegro Poetry Magazine, Alternate Route, Better Than Starbucks, Littoral Press, Book of Matches, TheNewVerse News, Acorn haiku Journal, The Wise Owl, Verse-Virtual, Scud, Fevers of the Mind, LiteraryYard, PLUM TREE TAVERN, ITERANT, Fleas on the Dog, The Tiger Moth Review, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Angel Rust, Neologism Poetry Journal, Shot Glass Journal, QLRS, The Crank, Chronogram, The Antonym, Monterey Poetry Review, Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, Ranger magazine, PPP Ezine, Bending Genres Journal, Rat's Ass Review, Cajun Mutt Press, minor literatures, Audience Askew Literary Journal, Spirit Fire Review, The Gravity of the Thing, Ballast Journal, Star 82 Review, The BeZine, A Thin Slice of Anxiety, Synchronized Chaos, boats against the current, The Decadent Review, Corvus Review, American Diversity Report, Unlikely Stories, Triggerfish Critical Review, The Moth, Ripple Lit, Rock & Sling, Meniscus, Rabid Oak, ZiN Daily, Stone of Madness, The Cortland Standard, Quarter Press, Schredder, Wilderness House Literary Review, Poetry Porch, Chewers & Masticadores, The Big Windows Review, Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, Third Wednesday, Cosmic Double, Dialogist, Consequence, Cool Beans Lit, Poets Choice, BarBar. Kim Ransleylives in Tasmania, the small island at the bottom of Australia. She has a PhD in psychology and her stories often explore hallucination and altered states of mind. She has published poems and short stories in Australia and overseas and is currently working on her first novel. She has also published several non-fiction articles about the brain for news and science media around the world. Mark Williams'sfiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Eclectica, The Baffler, Cleaver, The Main Street Rag, Bull: Men's Fiction, and Gargoyle. His poems have appeared in The Southern Review, Rattle, Nimrod, Beyond Words, and elsewhere. Kelsay Books published his poetry collection, Carrying On, in 2022. This is his third appearance in a Running Wild Press anthology. He lives in Evansville, Indiana. Beck Erixsonwrites about the beautifully awkward world of navigating the journey to happiness through friendships, love, and family-be it blood, found, or chosen. Her stories enhance the importance of positive interconnection, even when we feel lonely. She lives on the Jersey Shore and can often be found either writing by the river, or in it in some way. Ibtisam Shahbaz. Jennifer Cinguinalives in New York. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University and a master's from The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Her writing can be found inThe New York Timesand various online literary magazines. Brittany Bellis a middle school teacher who lives in Queens, New York with her husband and two tiny humans who call her mom. She holds a BA in English Literature from CUNY Queens College, an MA in Special Education from CUNY Hunter College, and is a proud Teach for America alumni. Brittany has been writing since childhood and currently belongs to two local writers groups, including one she moderates. You can usually find her reading, writing, playing outside with her kids, or snuggled up next to one of the family cats. Morning.Caroline Shannon Davenportsits here half asleep. Needing coffee. She reads from her soon-to-be published novel,Terror at the Sound of a Whistle, and looks back through time. She considers her short story published in Anthology #7, ""Perennials."" She could dream up something else in this state of mind. Would it be too redundant? If not, she'll use it, otherwise she'll dream...and a cat strolls by. Joseph A. Schilleris a high school social studies teacher in Houston, TX USA, where he lives with his wife and three sons. Joseph has had several poems and short stories published along with a fantasy novel, Spanish translation of that novel, a non-fiction historical investigation, and an upcoming graphic novel. Born and raised in Sioux Lookout, Ontario,John Tavaresis the son of Portuguese immigrants from Sao Miguel, Azores. Having graduated from arts and science at Humber College and journalism at Centennial College, he more recently earned an Honors BA in English Literature from York University. His short fiction has been published in a variety of print and online journals and magazines, including anthologies and community radio and newspapers, in the US, Canada, and internationally. His many passions include journalism, literature, economics, photography, writing, and coffee, and he enjoys hiking and cycling. Jerry Purdonwrites dark fantasy and horror stories. ""Bloodlines"" inIncurable: Stories from the World of CUREanthology appeared in Spring of 2025. Earlier works include ""Beer in a Bar"" and ""Graveyard Game"". His favorite thing in the world is to sit outdoors engrossed in a great book. He holds a B.A. in Literature from the University of Houston, Clear Lake. Jerry resides in Texas and is married to his ideal reader. You can find Jerry @www.jerrypurdon.com Justin Lowelives in a house calledDougin the Blue Mountains west of Sydney where he edits international poetry blog,Bluepepper.""Portobello"" comes from a work-in-progress comprising short stories, memoir and letters conceived while I waited on word from my publishers regarding my latest poetry collection (contracts are being drawn up as we speak).