Toil and Trouble

Melanie R. Anderson is an assistant professor of English at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS. Her book Spectrality in the Novels of Toni Morrison was a winner of the 2014 South Central MLA Book Prize. She co-hosts The Know Fear Podcast.

Lisa Kröger holds a PhD in English. Her short fiction has appeared in Cemetery Dance magazine and Lost Highways: Dark Fictions from the Road. She’s an adjunct instructor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast. She co-hosts The Know Fear Podcast.

Tegan Ashton Cohan is a classically trained actress, physical comedienne, and entrepreneur. A Wellesley College alumna, she's studied with Shakespeare & Company, The National Theatre Institute, and The Meisner Center, among others. She owns and operates Daizy the Clown & Company, bringing to her work a comedic timing honed over decades of professional clowning. She narrates and produces audiobooks as Howl at the Moon Audio. Her voice has been described as deliberate, spirited, and wry . . . "a little bubble-up with your shut-up!" In other pursuits, she raises money for charity by selling her homemade jams and runs a D&D game and a coven. She loves dogs and books.