Jennifer Raygoza and Matt Manochio

"Strangers passing through. Friends seeing each other with new eyes. The hesitant touch of new lovers. A first glance. A first word. A first touch. A first kiss. Take a journey through thirteen erotic shorts, poems and art to relive that first-time feeling. Naughty Bedtime Stories: First Taste will stir the butterflies, curl the toes and send hearts racing. After all, nothing tastes as good as naughty feels". Jennifer Raygoza's story in the Anthology is “Tackle Me”.

Matt Manochio is a writer and editor who worked for 12 years as an award-winning newspaper reporter in New Jersey, where he lives with his
wife and son. He loves AC/DC and has twice written about them for USA Today. He is a supporting member of the Horror Writers Association. Matt’s favorite books include Salem’s Lot, Jurassic Park, The Hobbit, and Animal Farm. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in history/journalism. The Dark Servant is his first book.

"The Dark Servant" Synopsis: Unsuspecting kids vanish as a blizzard crushes New Jersey. All that remains are signs of destruction—and bloody hoof prints stomped in snow. Seventeen-year-old Billy Schweitzer awakes December 5 feeling depressed. Already feuding with his police chief father and golden boy older brother, Billy's devastated when his dream girl rejects him. When an unrelenting creature infiltrates his town, imperiling his family and friends, Billy must overcome his own demons to understand why his supposedly innocent high school peers have been snatched, and how to rescue them from a famous saint's ruthless companion (Krampus) - that cannot be stopped.