Having spent half of his life weaving in and out of writing and various other creative endeavors, JimmyZ is looking to focus the second half of his life firmly rooted in those creative distractions. Errrr, projects.

Almost 10 years was spent running the site Horror-Web and the Little Bunny Cthulhu continuation of it. After that ended, a brief 4 year stint as comic shop owner and restauranteur occurred. Writing and creating games has gone back and forth between focus and hobby.

The time has come to sit down and put his Dvorak keyboard to work (look it up if you don’t know!) This site will push things forward, gaining momentum until it becomes an unstoppable force. Prepare yourself.

McKenzie is an adjunct professor and graduate student, teaching college composition and communications courses and finishing her MA in English literature. Her thesis work is applying Timothy Morton’s theory of hyperobjects to Robert Chambers’ The King in Yellow. Much of her academic work ties to pop-culture, especially the horror genre and video games (sometimes both!). Some of her past and current projects involve(d) dragons in Spanish mythology, animals in zombie fiction, slave narratives in Elder Scrolls Online, and codeswitching in World of Warcraft.

Little Dragon Cthulhu had long been a pet idea of hers, with the intent of expanding on Jimmy’s Little Bunny Cthulhu (LBC). She had written reviews for Horror-Web and LBC, and expanding into fantasy felt right as a next step. When the possibility of resurrecting LBC came up, expanding was a no-brainer. With the addition of sci-fi, a small village of critters was born and Cthulhuville was built.

When not consuming media for Cthulhuville or for academia, you can find McKenzie playing with her young son, searching out new and exciting restaurants with her partner, and playing board games with JimmyZ.

Education

MA in English Literature
SIUE

MA in Linguistics
SIUC

BA in Spanish & English
Webster University

Ian grew up surrounded with all kinds of horror, science fiction, and fantasy media and absolutely loved it. If there’s a new Marvel or Star Wars show he’s probably already seen it.

He’s always been a jack of all trades, enjoying any outlet for his creativity he can find, whether 3d or woodworking, there’s always some kind of project he’s working on.

Education

BA & MA in Linguistics SIUC