Scary Stories Told in the Dark Creators & Guests

Otis Jiry is a broadcaster, podcaster, voice actor, narrator, and audio engineer. He is host of the podcast "Scary Stories Told in the Dark."Jiry is a retired radio sportscaster and newscaster.

Talha F. Ahmad is an author of horror fiction and a voice artist.Ahmad's fiction has appeared in Dark Futures, Soiled, Phase 2, and Tales to Terrify. His non-fiction has been published in Architizer and The Chicago Monitor.

William Barclay Meikle is a writer of horror, fantasy, and historical mystery fiction.Meikle has published over 300 short stories. His first book, the collection "Millennium Macabre," was published in 2000, and his first novel, "Island Life," was published in 2001. He has since published more than thirty novels.

Ron A. Riekki is a writer and editor. Riekki's fiction has appeared in Gingerbread House Literary Magazine, SQ Mag, Gathering Storm Magazine, Expanded Horizons, and Dark Moon Digest. His first book, "U.P.: A Novel," was published in 2008. He edited "The Way North: Collected Upper Peninsula New Works," which was published in 2014, and "Here: Women Writing on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula," which was published in 2015. His second book, the memoir "Posttraumatic: A Memoir," was published in 2019.

David Niall Wilson is a horror, science fiction, and fantasy author. He has published more than forty novels and collections. He is a former president of the Horror Writers Association and CEO and founder of Crossroad Press Publishing.Wilson has received multiple Bram Stoker Awards.