Phantom Felines And Other Ghostly Animals - Gerina Dunwich 2006

Contributor Biographies

Linda J. Adams is a forty-four-year-old single mom and fulltime Realtor. She enjoys absorbing information on all paranormal activity and unexplained phenomena through TV, movies, books, articles, lectures, the Web, and just plain conversation. She is into “ghosts, spirits, UFOs, aliens, crop circles, the Loch Ness monster, the Jersey devil, and any of life’s mysteries.” She also likes socializing with friends and family, writing, photography, music, and dancing.

Vikki Anderson is a metaphysics teacher, lecturer, and writer who practices and lives in northern New Jersey. For more information, please visit her website at www.VikkiAnderson.com.

Erik Bratlien (pronounced “brat-lynn”) lives in Missoula, Montana. He and his son are the founders of the paranormal investigation group, Tortured Souls Investigations (T.S.I.).

Tamara Buchfelder is currently a stay-at-home mom to two wonderful children, a cat and a husband, and once upon a time had a career in the medical field. She’s also done some freelance writing in the past, as well as performed in the musical theater. She says, “I haven’t had another dog in my life since Sandy…. She’s a tough act to follow.”

Gerina Dunwich (see About the Author, page 198)

James Griffiths is a psychic medium, clairvoyant, and spiritual healer who has had psychic experiences since he was ten years old. In the past four years James has branched out into providing readings and workshops for spiritual awareness as well as being the “online psychic” for one of the United Kingdom’s largest regional newspaper groups. Griffiths is also a Reiki master and uses his gift to heal animals and people. He is based in Cheshire, England. For more information, please visit his website at www.semajames.co.uk.

E. G. Gruebner is a retired social studies teacher who resides in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Brandy Hoffstedder is a graphic arts designer, a freelance writer, and an animal rights activist. She teaches art and yoga classes in New York, where she resides with her husband, two daughters, a Great Dane, three noisy parakeets, and an overly pampered Himalayan cat.

Sheila Hrabal has been writing since she was a child. She began her writing career by editing the Entertainment section of her high school newspaper, The Tiger Rag. She has a teaching degree, an associate’s degree in Applied Arts and Sciences, and a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in Visual Art Studies. Since graduating college, she has been writing articles about travel, home improvement tips, sleep apnea, alcohol abuse and treatment, horoscopes, and craft tips sheets for several websites. Her poetry has been published by the International Society of Poetry and on the Poetry.com since 2000. Additionally, she has written technical manuals for CompoGraphics and Verizon and has also been a freelance fiction writer for more than twenty-five years. She has published recipes for local fundraising cookbooks and recently completed an IRS tax deduction eBook for small business owners. Currently, Sheila is working with students to improve their grade-level comprehension as an online tutor. She resides in Irving, Texas.

Suzy Johnson is the founder of the Garrs Lane Project (an ongoing haunted house investigation). She and her family reside in Louisville, Kentucky.

Amy Lynwander and Melissa Rowell are the owners of Fell’s Point Ghost Tours, an award-winning walking ghost tour of historic Fell’s Point in Baltimore, Maryland. Lynwander is originally from New Jersey. She graduated from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and lives with her family in Fell’s Point. Rowell is originally from Georgia. She graduated from West Georgia College in Carrolton, Georgia, and the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. She lives with her family in Baltimore County. Their first book, Baltimore’s Harbor Haunts: True Ghost Stories, was published in June of 2005. Fell’s Point Ghost Tours: P.O. Box 38140, Baltimore, MD, 21231. Fore more information, please visit their website at: www.fellspointghost.com.

Ray “Eyramon” Murton is a shadowy figure, a hermit living near Round Mountain on the northern tablelands of NSW, Australia. He lives with his dogs, horses, and various other creatures, mainly wild, which visit when inclined. The local aboriginals call him “Spirit Man” as his occult heritage parallels their “Dreamtime.” He is a practicing magus/medicine man/witch of a hereditary eclectic tradition and has been, for seventy-three of his seventy-five years—having been initiated by his mother. He has “the Sight,” is a healer, and is recognized as an elder of the Australian pagan community. Eyramon is available for consultations, teaching, Reiki, and numerological readings. For more information, e-mail: raymurton@yahoo.com.au or write to Kangaroo Creek Crossing, RMB 172 Guyra Road, Guy Fawkes via Ebor 2453 NSW, Australia.

Lee Prosser was born in Missouri on December 31, 1944. He has a Ph.D. in Ancient Religions and has a lifelong interest in Vedanta, Wicca, Witchcraft, and Shamanism. He is an Adept of the Order of the Golden Dawn and a Druid Adept of the Ancient Order of Druids in America. He is the author of numerous publications including the memoir Isherwood, Bowles, Vedanta, Wicca, and Me. His writings have appeared in The Encyclopedia of Haunted Places by Jeff Belanger, and the books Dunwich’s Guide to Gemstone Sorcery, A Witch’s Guide to Ghosts and the Supernatural, and Herbal Magick (all by Gerina Dunwich). He is the book review editor and contributor to both Ghostvillage.com and Jazzreview.com. His articles and essays include “Raymond Buckland,” “The Ghost of Aldous Huxley,” “India and the Supernatural,” “The Golden Dawn,” and “Arthur Edward Waite,” among others. Prosser and his wife live in Missouri.

Russell Roberts lives in a small village north of Utica, New York, and currently works in a local hospital. His interests include fishing and hiking in the Adirondacks region, history, architecture, archaeology, bird watching, and photography.

Doris “Dusty” Smith is the president and founder of both the Daytona Beach Paranormal Research Group, Inc. (www.dbprginc.org) and the International Association of Cemetery Preservationists, Inc. She is a proud member of the TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) family and the American Ghost Society (AGS). She also owns and operates the Haunts of the World’s Most Famous Beach Ghost Tours.

Eileen Smith is a holistic arts practitioner and artist. Originally from Point Pleasant, New Jersey, she now lives in Matawan, New Jersey.

Suzanne Smith is a floral artist. She lives in Huntington Beach, California. For more information, please visit her website at: suzannemsmithdesigns.com.

Athena Sydney was born and raised in the Netherlands. At the age of eighteen she moved to Switzerland and subsequently lived in half a dozen countries worldwide. Now she is back in the Netherlands and lives with her two cats in a village not too far from the North Sea. She writes fantasy, fiction, and articles on various subjects from witchcraft to current affairs. She is also the author of the fantasy novels Heiress to Evil and Bracelets: Star’s Quest for Avalon. For more information, please visit her website at athena. gemstonedeva.com.

Rosemarie V. was born in La Palma, Michoacan, Mexico, and has had many experiences with the paranormal since she was a little girl. She currently lives in Fresno, California.

Michael John Weaver is the director of the San Antonio Parapsychological Association (Texas). He holds an M.S. degree in Psychology: Marriage and Family Therapy Concentration. He was born under the sign of Taurus. For more information, please visit his website at sapa.freeservers.com.

Samantha Williams lives in Oakridge, Tennessee, in a house built during World War II. Contrary to popular belief, she wasn’t named after the Bewitched character, though her mother did watch the show. A practicing witch since the age of sixteen, she shares her life with four beautiful felines: Silver, Bastet, Sheba, and Queen Mab, and a loving companion, Seamus. Her hobbies are books (she has about a thousand), herbs, candles, watching scary movies, the tarot, and researching the history of the Craft.