Mary Alexandra Agner writes of dead women, telescopes, and secrets in poetry, prose, and Ada. Her latest book is “The -OLOGISTS” (Dancing Girl Press 2019). You can sign up for her writing newsletter at https://tinyletter.com/maa.
Stewart C Baker is an academic librarian and author of speculative fiction and poetry, along with the occasional piece of interactive fiction. His fiction has appeared in Nature, Galaxy’s Edge, and Flash Fiction Online, among other places. Stewart was born in England, has lived in South Carolina, Japan, and California (in that order), and currently resides in Oregon with his family—although if anyone asks, he’ll usually say he’s from the Internet, where you can find him at https://infomancy.net.
A.L. Blacklyn currently resides not too far from the coastline in the Southeastern United States. They share a small house with their husband, child, pets, and any wildlife that can follow a few house rules. You can find more dark reflections at shadowsinmind.net
May Chong (@maysays on Twitter) is a bi Malaysian poet/speculative writer who aims to tackle the heart and tickle the soul. Her verse has been nominated for the Pushcart/Rhysling/Best of The Net and published in various venues, including Fantasy Magazine, Strange Horizons, Anathema Magazine, Apparition Literary, Eye to The Telescope and Liminality Magazine. May enjoys writing for the stage as well as the page, and was a finalist at the first Malaysia National Poetry Slam in 2018. Away from the keyboard, she enjoys performing spoken word, birdwatching, good cheese, great stories, and terrible, terrible puns. Her first microchap Seed, Star, Song is now available from Ghost City Press.
Mariel Herbert enjoys reading, writing, and discussing speculative fiction. She is drawn to engaging characters and voices, and to myths and the shapes of stories. Her short fiction and poems have appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Silver Blade, and Star*Line. She lives in California with one high-maintenance dog and hundreds of low-maintenance books. Links to her fiction and poetry can and will be found at marielherbert.wordpress.com.
Margaret Kingsbury writes fantasy, fairy tales, and poetry. She’s currently working on an epic fantasy novel about a group of misfits with dragon magic, as well as several children’s books. Her short stories and poems have been published by Abyss & Apex, Devilfish Review, Nonbinary Review, Pulp Literature, and Expanded Horizons, among other publications. When she’s not writing fiction, she’s writing about fiction for BuzzFeed, Book Riot, StarTrek.com, Think Inclusive, The Nashville Scene, and more. She’s also a freelance editor and virtual assistant. In her spare time, she writes about children’s books at Baby Librarians, a children’s book review website she co-founded with Jen Sherman, a fellow Book Riot contributor and mother. Follow Margaret on Instagram @babylibrarians and Twitter @readerlymom.
Mary Soon Lee was born and raised in London, but has lived in Pittsburgh for over twenty years. Her two latest books are from opposite ends of the poetry spectrum: “Elemental Haiku,” containing haiku for each element of the periodic table (Ten Speed Press, 2019) and “The Sign of the Dragon,” an epic fantasy with Chinese elements (JABberwocky Literary Agency, 2020). After twenty-five years, her website has finally been updated: marysoonlee.com.
Gerri Leen lives in Northern Virginia and originally hails from Seattle. In addition to being an avid reader, she’s passionate about horse racing, tea, ASMR vids, and creating weird one-pan meals. She has work appearing in Nature, Deep Magic, Galaxy’s Edge, Escape Pod, Daily Science Fiction, Cast of Wonders, and others. She’s edited several anthologies for independent presses, is finishing some longer projects, and is a member of SFWA and HWA. See more at gerrileen.com.
L. P. Melling currently writes from the East of England after living around the UK through education and work. He is a Writers of the Future finalist and his short fiction has appeared in such places as ASM, Thrilling Words, DreamForge, and ARTPOST and is forthcoming elsewhere. When not writing, he works for a legal charity in London that advises and supports victims of crime.
More poetry and fiction by Mari Ness can be found in Clarkesworld, Tor.com, Uncanny, Lightspeed, Nightmare, Apex, Fireside, Diabolical Plots, Strange Horizons, and other anthologies and zines.Her poetry novella, Through Immortal Shadows Singing, nominated for the Elgin and Rhysling Awards, is available from Papaveria Press. For more, follow her on Twitter at @Mari Ness or check out her blog at marikness.wordpress.com. She lives in central Florida.
Isaac E. Payne has degrees in English and Writing from the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, with a focus on speculative fiction. He has worked on the campus literary magazine, Baily’s Beads, and has done editorial work for Triangulation, a speculative fiction anthology from Parsec Ink. His poem “The American Drive-Through Revisited” has appeared in Abyss and Apex and his short story “Esclados the Red” appeared in the thirds issue of DreamForge Magazine. At his day job, Isaac does content writing and inbound marketing with Protocol80. He is currently working on a novella and a number of short stories. You can find him on Twitter @the_paynanator.
Laura Theis grew up in a part of Germany where all the streets were named after characters from myths and fairy tales, moved to the UK a decade ago, and writes poems, stories and songs in her second language. She has an MSt (Distinction) in Creative Writing from Keble College, Oxford. Her work has been published in the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Canada and the U.S. It appears in a variety of anthologies and journals including Mslexia, Strange Horizons, and Abyss&Apex. An AM Heath Prize recipient, she has also won the 2020 Mogford Short Story Prize and was a finalist in over twenty other international poetry and fiction competitions including the Acumen Poetry Prize, the Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize and three consecutive Live Canon International Poetry Awards. Her forthcoming pamphlet, how to extricate yourself, was selected by Paul McGrane for the 2020 Brian Dempsey Memorial Prize. Her website is http://lauratheis.weebly.com/.
Lisa Timpf is a retired Human Resources and communications professional who lives in Simcoe, Ontario. Her speculative poetry has appeared in a number of venues, including Star*Line, Eye to the Telescope, New Myths, and Dreams & Nightmares, and over 30 of her short stories have been published in magazines and anthologies. Lisa has also several written book reviews for The Future Fire. When not writing, Lisa enjoys playing with her Border Collie, Emma, bird-watching, and reading. You can find out more about Lisa and her writing at her blog site, The Writing Journey, http://lisatimpf.blogspot.com/
Kim Whysall-Hammond is a scientist and an expert in obsolete telecommunications arcana, who used to write poetry and hide it away. She now shares poetry on her blog (thecheesesellerswife.wordpress.com) and has been published by Ink, Sweat and Tears, Three Drops from a Cauldron, Amaryllis, Crannóg and Star*Line. She believes, against all evidence, that she is a good dancer.
Merc Fenn Wolfmoor is a queer non-binary writer who lives in Minnesota with some very cute and photogenic cats. Merc is a Nebula Awards finalist for their story “This Is Not A Wardrobe Door” (Fireside, 2016), and their stories have appeared in Lightspeed, Fireside, Apex, Uncanny, Nightmare, multiple anthologies, and several Year’s Best collections. You can find Merc on Twitter @Merc_Wolfmoor or their website: http://mercfennwolfmoor.com. Their debut short story collection, SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROBOT, was published by Lethe Press (2017), and is available at major booksellers or in ebook.