Ash Vale (they/them) is a queer, non-binary Canadian writer who has an affinity for teeth and weird little guys in the woods. Their short fiction and poetry has been or will soon be published in places like Uncharted, PseudoPod, If There’s Anyone Left, and more. They’re also one of the co-founders of Otherside Spec, a […]

Lizzie Wade is a Mexico City-based science journalist and the author of Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures. It draws on the latest archaeological research to explore ancient sea level rise, the collapse of Old Kingdom Egypt, and many more apocalypses, from Neanderthal extinction to the Black Death to European […]

Audrey Coble is a writer of creative nonfiction and disability researcher living on Dena’ina land in Anchorage, Alaska. Their writing deals with memory, horror, gender, embodiment, cognition, and mediated realities. In 2024, they earned an MFA from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and their writing has since been featured in publications like Apocalypse Confidential, Hex Literary, and Bruiser […]

Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe is an Ignyte award winning writer of the dark and fantastical, a poet, and a reluctant mathematician. He has poetry and fiction published or forthcoming in Podcastle, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Baffling Magazine, Lightspeed, F&SF and elsewhere. When he’s not writing about malfunctioning robots or crazed gods, he can be found doing whatever people […]

When she’s not writing, Wendy Nikel can be often found teaching high school students, planning road trips, and trying to befriend local wildlife. Her short fiction has been published by Analog, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Lightspeed, Nature, and elsewhere. Her short story collections and time travel novellas are available online. For more info, visit wendynikel.com

Ryan Habermeyer is the author of the novel Necronauts (Stillhouse) and the short story collections Salt Folk (Cornerstone) and The Science of Lost Futures. His award-winning stories and essays have appeared in Conjunctions, Alaska Quarterly Review, Copper Nickel, Massachusetts Review, Boulevard, DIAGRAM, and others. A Fulbright scholar who has lived, taught, and studied in Poland, Scotland, Spain, and Mexico, he is Associate Professor of Creative Writing […]

Eva Roslin (they/she) is a dark fantasist, historical horror writer, and poet. They are a disabled, queer and non-binary Canadian writer with SWANA heritage. Their works have appeared in publications that include Pretend You Don’t See Her (Kandisha Press), Slay and Slay Again (Sliced Up Press), Under Her Skin (Black Spot Books), and others. By day, they work as a curator […]

Matthew Wollin is a journalist, filmmaker, and lawyer. His journalism has appeared in Mother Jones, Slate, and The New Republic, and his creative work in Pinch, The Deadlands, juked, and elsewhere. His memoir-in-progress was a finalist for the Iowa Short Fiction Award and a semifinalist for the University New Orleans Publishing Lab Prize. The Hollywood […]

Elizabeth Broadbent is the author of Blood Cypress (Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2025), Ink Vine, and Ninety-Eight Sabers (both Undertaker Books, 2024). A neurodivergent journalist with bylines in The Washington Post, Insider, and TODAY! Parents, she’s written for ADDitude for over a decade. She was also an eight-year staff writer for Scary Mommy, where she […]

Barbara Barnett is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of The Apothecary’s Curse and its sequel, Alchemy of Glass. Her new book on the cultural magic of Renaissance Faires will be published by Rizzoli in 2027. Emerita Publisher and Executive Editor of Blogcritics Magazine, Barbara covers pop culture and the arts. Based in Pittsburgh, she divides […]