Siobhán Scarlett O’Reilly is a Media and Social Sciences PhD researcher at the University of Brighton. She has presented conference papers on Queer Horror, Fan Studies, Nostalgia and Digital Cultures. Her doctoral research delves into the influence of liminal space imagery on individuals’ well-being. To unravel the effects of these images on people’s well-being, she will employ photo-elicitation interviews (PEIs), a creative method often used to explore experiences of images. She holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, a Master’s degree in Global Film and Television and a Postgraduate Certificate in Screenwriting.

Writer and scholar. MFA in Writing, concentration in children and young adult literature, Vermont College of Fine Arts, ALM, Harvard, BA, UCLA.

Megan Stephens is a PhD student researching representations of death in contemporary fantastic film and television.

PhD in Hispanic Studies, specialized in contemporary Mexican Gothic/Horror fictions. Interested in Latin American Gothic.

I am Professor of Spanish, Comparative Literature, Film, and Media Studies at the University of Rochester. I have published on the ghosts of modernity in Mexico, supernatural film, and am currently working on Neo-Gothic women writers of Mexico.

Raquel Alfaro (PhD University of Pittsburgh) specialises in the study of contemporary Latin American literature with a special interest in the Andean region and women’s literary production. His research revolves around works that contain decolonising proposals, that is, that seek to undermine the assumptions of hegemonic Western logic by contrasting it with expressions from indigenous cultures, to offer alternative cultural projects. He pays special attention to those works that use strategies from horror literature to achieve the stated purpose. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Modern Languages ​​and Cultures at the University of Rochester.

Raquel Alfaro (PhD Universidad de Pittsburgh) se especializa en el estudio de literatura latinoamericana contemporánea con especial interés en la región andina y en la producción literaria femenina. Su investigación gira en torno a obras que contienen propuestas descolonizadoras, es decir, que persiguen minar los presupuestos de la lógica occidental hegemónica contraponiéndola a expresiones provenientes de culturas indígenas, para ofrecer proyectos culturales alternativos. Presta especial atención a aquellas obras que emplean estrategias de la literatura del horror para alcanzar el propósito señalado. Actualmente es Visiting Assistant Professor del Department of Modern Languages and Cultures de University of Rochester.

I am a professor at the University of Rochester. I have published on the Gothic in Spain and Spanish America and am working on a collaborative project on neo-Gothic women writers in Argentina, Mexico, and Bolivia.

Taylor Greene is a MA candidate in Literature at Northern Michigan University. Current interests and research lie in Edgar Allan Poe studies, Gothic fiction, and Japanese literature.

I am a first-year MPhil student in the Comparative Literature department at the University of Hong Kong.

Lexie Angelo is a PhD researcher in creative writing at the University of Edinburgh where she is studying postcolonial settings in Canadian and Scottish crime fiction. Her work has appeared in Gutter Magazine, Culinaire Magazine, and Neon Books. She is a recipient of the Carlyle Norman Scholarship for Emerging Literary Artists Endowment, and was awarded a residency at The Banff Centre. She is a member of the Writer’s Union of Canada, Society of Young Publishers, and Society of Authors. She teaches creative writing at the University of Calgary and owns Radical Bookshop and Press.