MEET THE WRITER & INKBLOT ARTIST

 
“Mistress of the Macabre.”
— Jef Rouner, HoustonPress (on "The Deadbringer")
 

LONG BIO:

Horror fantasist and inkblot artist E.M. Markoff is a detribalized Nepantlera who creates within a de/colonized world. She writes about damaged heroes and imperfect villains as the creator of the Ellderet series, a diverse dark fantasy exploring how family bonds are tested in a violent world. Some of her works include The Deadbringer, To Nurture & Kill, and “Leaving the #9.” Under her imprint Tomes & Coffee Press, she published Tales for the Camp Fire, a charity anthology to raise money for California wildfire recovery and relief efforts.

As an inkblot artist, E.M. Markoff uses surreal art as a visual storytelling tool and invites the viewer to daydream, to journey into the deepest level of their consciousness by asking, “What do you see? Que Ves?”

Her ongoing projects include Inkblot of the Day (IBOTD) on social media, the forthcoming inkblot project Mil Penas, and the forthcoming novel The Faceless God Part Two.

SHORT BIO:

Horror fantasist E.M. Markoff writes about damaged heroes and imperfect villains; she is also an inkblot artist. She is the creator of the Ellderet series, a diverse dark fantasy epic exploring how family bonds are tested in a violent world, and the ongoing project Inkblot of the Day (IBOTD) on social media. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association and is mostly made up of coffee, cat hair, and whiskey.