Thomas M. Sipos has managed the Tabloid Witch Awards horror film contest since its founding in 2004. He has worked as a script reader. As a member of SAG-AFTRA he has worked on dozens of film sets as an extra. His nonfiction books include Horror Film Aesthetics, and Horror Film Festivals and Awards, both published by McFarland. His novels include Vampire Nation, Hollywood Witches and Manhattan Sharks. He is currently working on a critical assessment of Showtime’s Penny Dreadful.