Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito is a Chinese American writer in Portland, Oregon. When she’s not spending time with her family outdoors, she crafts stories in horror, science fiction, fantasy, or whatever genre-bending she manages. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Nailed Magazine, Buckman Journal, Flame Tree Press’s Asian Ghost Stories, Strangehouse’s Chromophobia, Startling Stories, […]

Amanda Song is a writer by night, a product manager in tech by day, and a graduate of the Clarion West class of 2021. She grew up in Chicago and Beijing and now lives in Seattle with a vocal corgi. She is @amandasong0 on Twitter.

Clara Madrigano is a Brazilian author of speculative fiction. You can find her fiction in magazines ranging from The Dark to Clarkesworld, and in already published or forthcoming anthologies. Two of her stories were selected for the 2020 Locus Recommended Reading List.

Kiera Lesley lives and writes in Melbourne, Australia with her partner and their retired racing greyhound. Her fiction has previously appeared in Little Blue Marble and Electric Spec. When not writing she enjoys tea, napping, heavy metal and hugs. You can find Kiera online at: www.kieralesley.com or on Twitter @KieraLesley.

Corey Niles was born and raised in the Rust Belt, where he garnered his love of horror. When he isn’t advising college students, he enjoys binge-watching horror movies and traveling to hoard American history in his cheeks like a chipmunk. He hasn’t met a creepy, isolated hiking trail that he hasn’t liked. In his spare […]

Brian McAuley is an HWA author whose debut novel Curse of the Reaper will be published by Talos Press on October 4th, 2022. His short story “H.I.D.E.” can be found in Dark Matter Magazine’s Issue 010. Brian’s produced credits as a WGA screenwriter range from family sitcoms to horror films. He received his MFA in […]

Hannah Yang is a speculative fiction writer who loves all things strange and surreal. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Analog, Daily Science Fiction, The Dark Magazine, Nightmare Magazine, and other marvelous publications. She has a BA from Yale University and lives in Colorado. When she’s not busy writing, you can find her painting […]

Okwudili Nebeolisa is an MFA candidate at the Iowa Writers Workshop where he is a Provost Fellow and won the Prairie Lights John Leggett’s Prize for Fiction. His poems have appeared in The Sewanee Review and Threepenny Review, are forthcoming in Image Journal, and have been nominated for a pushcart by Beloit Poetry Journal, The Cincinnati Review, and Salamander Magazine. His nonfiction has appeared in Catapult and Commonwealth […]