Beyond The Book Festival 2024

"Super Penguin,” a super  hero origin story, traces an average Joe who gets flung into a problem bigger than he is. He comes up against a treacherous villain as he tries to overcome the odds, becoming a hero along the way. The story is set against the backdrop of a world void of any humans. Instead, animals have evolved and taken over – holding jobs,  driving cars, playing sports and so much more. Paul Frost, who becomes the hero, Super Penguin, is a sportswriter for the Eagle City Inquirer, where he also works with his best friend, Annie Freese, a polar bear.

"Christopher Bevard entered the world obsessed with monsters, ghouls, creatures, and rock n’ roll. Little has changed in the ensuing decades.

Stephen Terrell is a retired Indiana attorney with a passion for writing. He has written three novels, numerous short stories and articles, and is a columnist for the American Bar Association’s Experience Magazine. His historical true crime book, The Madness of John Terrell, Revenge and Insanity on Trial in the Heartland, will be published October 22 by Kent State University Press. 
 

Stephen Mizell grew up in Norton, Kansas; a blink-and-you-miss-it kind of town with only one stoplight. Now he lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his wife, son, and their two cats. He has published multiple scripts for dramatic competition and is an affiliate writer in the  Horror Writers Association. Written during his work lunch breaks, 

SERENADE is his debut novel.

His mom would tell you his father got him hooked on horror movies at too young an age.

Although a 90’s kid, Ross has had a steady diet of everything from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein to Dawn of the Dead. 

He works security full time and reads and writes when his  daughter is taking naps. Ross lives in central Indiana with his wife and daughter and is a member of the HWA. He’s the author of Full Moon Highway and Stuck to a Monster.