Franco Amati is a speculative fiction writer from New York. His educational background is in cognitive science. His fiction has appeared in The Colored Lens, Northern Speculative, Utopia Science Fiction, and other places. You can find more of his work at francoamatiwrites.com


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Colleen Anderson has a BFA in writing, is a three-time Aurora Award finalist and was longlisted for the Stoker Award. She has performed her work in the US, UK and Canada. Colleen also co-edited Playground of Lost Toys (Aurora nominated) and Tesseracts 17, and a solo anthology Alice Unbound: Beyond Wonderland. Her short fiction collection, A Body of Work, Black Shuck Books, UK, is available online. A Canada Council and BC Arts Council recipient, her work has been published in such places as nEvermore!, Beauty of Death, Polu Texni, The Future Fire and Cemetery Dance. Living in Vancouver, Colleen keeps an eye out for mold monsters and mermaids. www.colleenanderson.wordpress.com


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Anatoly Belilovsky was born in a city that went through six or seven owners in the last century, all of whom used it to do a lot more than drive to church on Sundays; he is old enough to remember tanks rolling through it on their way to Czechoslovakia in 1968. After being traded to the US for a shipload of grain and a defector to be named later, he learned English from Star Trek reruns, apparently well enough to be admitted into SFWA in spite of chronic cat deficiency. He has sold original and translated stories and poems to NATURE, F&SF, Analog, Asimov's, and other markets.


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David Busboom is the author of more than a dozen short stories, most recently "Ahead of Dragons" in Planet Scumm #9. His debut novella, Nightbird, was published by Unnerving Books in 2018. His other fiction has appeared in such venues as Shock Totem, the Norwegian American, and the Saturday Evening Post. He currently edits a pair of scientific journals and lives in Central Illinois.


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Arasibo Campeche is originally from Puerto Rico and has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics. He writes science fiction, fantasy, and horror that's often inspired by scientific principles. His work has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Tales to Terrify, Weirdbook #41, Helios Quarterly Magazine, and in other venues.


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Shy and nocturnal, Jennifer Crow has rarely been photographed in the wild, but it's rumored that she lives near a waterfall in western New York. You can find her poetry on several websites and in various print magazines including Asimov's Science Fiction, Uncanny Magazine, Liminality and Kaleidotrope. She's always happy to connect with readers on her Facebook author page or on twitter @writerjencrow.


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Darien Dillon is a poet and Bryn Mawr College graduate with a BA in English living in Philadelphia. She often finds herself staying up too late reading horror stories, which probably explains the bizarre dreams she uses to fuel her works. Darien's macabre poetry is featured in The Scribe Magazine February and May 2020 issues as well as The Literary Hatchet issue #25.


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Toshiya Kamei holds an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Arkansas. His translations have appeared in venues such as Clarkesworld, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and World Literature Today.


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Umiyuri Katsuyama is a multiple-award-winning writer of fantasy and horror, often based on Asian folklore motifs. A native of Iwate in the far north of Japan, she later moved to Tokyo and studied at Seisen University. In 2011, she won the Japan Fantasy Novel Award with her novel Sazanami no kuni. Her most recent novel, Chuushi, ayashii nabe to tabi wo suru, was published in 2018. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous horror anthologies in Japan.


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N. C. Krueger is an author/artist from the Twin Cities whose work has been published or is forthcoming in Better Than Starbucks, Prehistoric Magazine, Alexandria Quarterly, and Flashes of Brilliance. She derives joy from freezing temperatures, black metal, dinosaurs, and earthworms. She can be found on YouTube as Anonymous Witness.


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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, Galaxy's Edge, Deep Magic, 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.


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Josie Levin is a visual artist and writer. She splits her time between Indianapolis and Chicago, reads large volumes of books and occasionally writes her own. She has been published in several publications, including The Wayne Literary Review, The 2River View, and Witness Magazine.


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Avra Margariti is a queer Social Work undergrad from Greece. She enjoys storytelling in all its forms and writes about diverse identities and experiences. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Vastarien, Asimov's, Liminality, Arsenika, and other venues. You can find her on twitter @avramargariti.


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More of T. Motley's comics are at tmotley.com.


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Jesper Nordqvist, aka 'Ragathol', is a comic artist and illustrator from Sweden, specialized in fantasy and SF comedy and drama. He's been making a lot more comics since creating Mondo Mecho, most of which are available at gumroad.com/ragathol.


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Novyl the Mysterious can be found on Instagram and Twitter under the username @lyv0n.

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More about Callum Pearce can be found at Callumpearcestoryteller.com

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Hailing from California, Bob Ritchie now lives on the lovely island of Puerto Rico, where he discovered, among other things, that wet heat is better than dry. He has a fantastic wife and as many as five kids, depending on the configuration of the day. He does some editing, yeah, some teaching, sure, some translating, claro. Ritchie (as his wife calls him) is a musician who is fortunate enough to have collaborated with Jon Anderson, a particular favorite of his. Bob (as he calls himself) is also a writer of stories. He has written several things that he believes are good. His work has appeared in Unlikely 2.0, Small Print Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, and other forums; two of his stories were nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Neither won. Oh well.

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Elby Rogers is a self-taught artist of the macabre hailing from the, by now, famous state of Delaware in the United States.



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Lenore Sagaskie is a fantasy and horror writer from Canada living in self-imposed exile in Michigan. The first two books in her fantasy series: The Four Sworn: Spring Equinox and The Four Sworn: Summer Solstice, are currently available on Amazon. Her horror/comedy film, Out of the Grave, is in post-production indefinitely. Lenore is writing the third book in The Four Sworn series, and her next short film, Rage, is currently in pre-production. Her first feature length film, Be Wild, is in pre-production. You can find Lenore lurking on Twitter and Instagram as @lenorewrites, and on Facebook as herself.

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Carl Scharwath has appeared globally with 150+ journals selecting his poetry, short stories, interviews, essays, plays or art photography (His photography was featured on the cover of 6 journals.) Two poetry books, Journey To Become Forgotten (Kind of a Hurricane Press) and Abandoned (ScarsTv) have been published. His first photography book was recently published by Praxis. Carl is the art editor for Minute Magazine, a competitive runner and 2nd degree black-belt in Taekwondo.

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Cory Swanson lives in Northern Colorado with his wife, two daughters, and his old blind dog named Kirby. When he's not teaching tweens how to play band and orchestra instruments, he can be seen camping with his family in his tiny trailer or traveling to strange worlds in his head in order to write about them. If the weather is decent, you might catch him riding his bike or running because he is afraid of death, and he's heard exercise helps with that.

If you would like to witness a nearly middle aged man attempt to navigate the perils of social media, you can find Cory on Facebook under the handle @speculativemeculative, or at his website, coryswansonauthor.wordpress.com

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Lover of wine, women and song, you can find toeken's art at: https://atoekeneffort.weebly.com




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Grace Wagner is a queer, nonbinary writer living with a disability in Houston where they teach at the University of Houston. They have attended the New York Summer Writers Institute and work as Assistant Poetry Editor for Gulf Coast. Their work has been featured in Salmagundi Magazine, The Atlanta Review, The Offing, and is upcoming in Hayden's Ferry Review.