Meet the judges of the Spooky Microfiction short story competition.

  • Kelly Ragan

    A fanatic for all-things zombies who will die on the hill that Tyler Posey’s 2011 YA drama Teen Wolf is one of the greatest shows of our generation.

    (Also a developmental editor and former ghostwriter and one of the founding editors of Archetype Editing.)

  • Ryan Charaba

    A former chain-smoking submariner currently writing your ex’s favorite book.

    (Also with an MFA in Creative Writing and a background writing speculative fiction, creative nonfiction and screenplays.)

  • James Redmond

    A self-identified “huge nerd” who’s never met a horror movie he didn’t like but also cried during the series finale of Cobra Kai because “those kids worked so hard.”

    (Also a former newspaper reporter with a decade of experience in writing and editing, and producer of a three-year long weekly fantasy adventure podcast.)

  • Casey Sperry

    An editor with a sharp eye and sharper tongue, Casey is an avid reader and certified sass-queen.

    (Also an editor with a decade of experience as a copyeditor for newspapers and local government, and one of the founding editors of Archetype Editing.)