James L. Sutter is a co-creator of the bestselling Pathfinder and Starfinder roleplaying games. He’s the author of the queer young adult romance novels Darkhearts and The Ghost of Us, as well as the fantasy novels Death’s Heretic and The Redemption Engine. In addition to Nightmare, his short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of […]

Born and raised along the Irish coast, Rowan Wren is no stranger to salt-whipped villages and the strange stories they hold, making her interest in speculative fiction inevitable. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction as well as several anthologies. When she isn’t writing she enjoys listening […]

Juan Martinez is the author of Best Worst American, a story collection published by Small Beer Press and the winner of the Neukom Institute Award for Debut Speculative Fiction. His novel Extended Stay is forthcoming from University of Arizona Press’s Camino del Sol series in 2023. He lives near Chicago and is an associate professor […]

Priya Chand grew up in California and currently resides in the Chicagoland area. When she’s not reading or writing, she does martial arts, volunteers as a forest steward, and takes naps. She is co-editor on Reckoning 9. Find her online at priyachandwrites.wordpress.com.

Daniel David Froid is a writer who lives in Arizona and has published fiction in The Masters Review, Lightspeed, Black Warrior Review, Post Road, and elsewhere.

Lavie Tidhar is author of Osama, The Violent Century, A Man Lies Dreaming, Central Station, Unholy Land, and By Force Alone. His latest novels are The Hood and The Escapement. His awards include the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the John W. Campbell Award, the Neukom Prize and the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize.

Alex Saint-Widow is a writer and a professor. He recently completed the script for a comic series and is looking for an illustrator. You can find him here: alexsaintwidow.com. He also writes lofi acoustic punk songs about angelbeasts and his life under the name Switchblade Mantis. You can find that stuff here: switchblademantis.bandcamp.com. Alex has […]

Maria Zoccola is a queer Southern writer with deep roots in the Mississippi Delta. She has writing degrees from Emory University and Falmouth University. Her speculative poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Fantasy Magazine, Strange Horizons, Abyss & Apex, and elsewhere. Her literary poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Ploughshares, 32 Poems, The Massachusetts Review, […]

Alex Woodroe is a Romanian writer and editor of dark speculative fiction. She’s a member of SFWA and HWA, an acquiring editor for Tenebrous Press, and a staff writer for the videogame Decarnation. Among her latest publications, her Weird SF “Midnight Sun” appeared in Dark Matter Magazine, and her Folk Horror “Abandon” in Horror Library […]