HEAD GHOUL
Max Booth III is the editor and publisher of Ghoulish Books, the co-founder of the Ghoulish Book Festival, and the author of several spooky books, including Abnormal Statistics, Maggots Screaming!, Touch the Night, and others. He wrote both the novella and film versions of We Need to Do Something, which was released by IFC Midnight in 2021 and can currently be streamed on Hulu. He was raised in Northwest Indiana and now lives in San Antonio.
QUEEN GHOUL
Lori Michelle Booth is the CFO and layout guru of Ghoulish Books. She formats books for several indie horror publishers and a multitude of other freelancers. In the evening, she is Ms. Lori, dance teacher extraordinaire, teaching young minds all over the San Antonio area the joys of shuffle ball change and pas de bouree.
PUBLICITY GHOUL
Mindy Rose unfortunately lives in South Dakota where she works as a bookseller and a helpline worker. She has had a lifelong obsession with all things horror, and in her free time she can be found reading, collecting medical antiques and bits of human corpses, and hurting her own feelings by thinking too hard about how much she loves her dog.
COPY EDITOR
Jenna Malcolm is an editor by day and a craft enthusiast by night. She’s worked on magazines, technical documents, and fiction, with horror and surrealism being some of her favourite genres. She lives in Alberta, Canada.
COPY EDITOR
Emily McCorkle is an editor, tutor, blade shearer, and recovering English teacher. She has worked with magazines, dissertations, fiction, and horrifying student essays. When not immersed in words or thoughts, she’s knee deep in critters, crafts, crystals, and chaos on The Island of Misfits and Noise in Texas.
ART GHOUL
Betty Rocksteady is the artist behind all appearances of the The Ghoul, including the Ghoulish Tales cover art. Inspired by rubber hose cartoons and underground comix, her illustrations can be found in Cody Goodfellow’s The Flying None and Kayli Scholz’s Saint Grit. She’s also illustrated her own work multiple times, including her cosmic sex horror novella The Writhing Skies and novella/graphic novel hybrid Soft Places, all available from Ghoulish Books. Find out more at www.BettyRocksteady.com.
GHOULISH GRUNT
Miguel Myers is the host of the My Horror Confessional, Decayed Tapes (with Max Booth III) and Sunday School Sessions (Patreon Exclusive) podcasts. Every last Saturday of the month you can catch him hosting Saturday Night Spookies, a free mystery horror movie at Ghoulish Books. He was born in Chicago and currently resides in the hellhole that is Texas.
INTERN
Frank is an intern for Ghoulish Books. He spends his days chasing balls, wearing sweaters, and eating used tissues. When nobody is paying him any attention, he’s liable to do a “trust fall” to see who really loves him. His favorite novel is The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King.
INTERN
Conan O’Brien is an intern for Ghoulish Books. He thrives on chaos—at least, until he is sleepy, then he would prefer to be cradled like a little baby. His personal hero is Tony Soprano.