Joshua "Josh" Viola (born July 23, 1983) is a science fiction/fantasy/horror writer, artist and film producer best known for Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver – The Dead Shall Rise, True Believers, Denver Moon, The Bane of Yoto and his companies Hex Publishers and Bit Bot Media.
[7][8] He edited their Denver Post number one best selling[9] horror anthology, Nightmares Unhinged,[10] featuring Bram Stoker, Hugo and Nebula Award winners such as Jason Heller, Steve Rasnic Tem, Edward Bryant and Stephen Graham Jones.
[15] In 2019, his comic book collection, Denver Moon: Metamorphosis, was included on the 2018 Bram Stoker Award Preliminary Ballot for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.
In 2023, he co-wrote the slasher comic book series True Believers with Stephen Graham Jones, which features official cameos from Jamie Lee Curtis, R.L.
In 2024, Viola and Klayton formed Bit Bot Media, a multimedia company focused on film, games, comics and licensed IP.