Join us for an Ecology Horror Tour panel featuring authors Joshua Millican, Bitter Karella, and Allison Mick, moderated by Eve Harms.

Joshua Millican is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz where he earned degrees in American Literature and Creative Writing. He is a journalist (Dread Central), an actor (Cannibal Comedian), and an active member of the HWA. Millican’s best-known works of fiction include Teleportasm (Killer VHS Series #3) and Chopping Mall: The Novelization. His latest novel, Dopefoot, is a gory cryptid mystery released June 16th, 2026 via Mad Axe Media.

Bitter Karella is a genderfluid transvestite goblin, who writes gonzo psycho-sexual body horror with a grotesquely humorous edge. His short story “Low Tide Jenny,” originally published in Seize the Press magazine, was a winner of the Brave New Weird award for best new weird fiction of 2022 by Tenebrous Press. Her work has also appeared in Bag of Bones’ “Step into the Light,” Tenebrous Press’ “Your Body is Not Your Body,” Ghoulish Books’ “Bound in Flesh,” and From Beyond Press’ “This World Belongs to Us.” Their first novel, Moonflow, is now available from Orbit’s new horror imprint Run For It.

Allison Mick is a Los Angeles-based writer on the comedy-horror spectrum. She is the author of the eco-horror novel HUMBOLDT CUT and the upcoming story collection DIVE (Nov 2026, Tenebrous Press). Her writing also appears in Trailer Park Boys: Big A$$ Comic Collection (Devil’s Due Comics) and The Hard Times: The First 40 Years (Mariner Books).

Eve Harms is a writer of horror, exploitation, and bizarro fiction. Her trans body horror novella TRANSMUTED was featured in Sadie Hartman’s award-winning book 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered. In addition to her love for storytelling, her belief in art and the power of self-expression feeds her passion for zines, the creative commons, and the work of independent creators. She currently resides in the Los Angeles area with her children’s book illustrator partner and two cats.