R.L. Meza is an author of horror fiction. She lives in a century-old Victorian house on the coast of northern California with her husband and the collection of strange animals they call family.

Pedro Iniguez is a Mexican-American Bram Stoker and Elgin Award-winning science fiction and horror writer from Los Angeles, California. He is the author of Mexicans on the Moon: Speculative Poetry from a Possible Future, Fever Dreams of a Parasite, Echoes and Embers: Speculative Stories, and The Fib, his debut picture book, among others. Apart from leading writing workshops and […]

Jonathan L. Howard is the author of the Johannes Cabal, Russalka Chronicles, and Carter & Lovecraft novels. He currently derives most of his income from writing dialogue for games, with the forthcoming Sniper Elite 5 being the next one to bear his work, so blame any unreasonably sarcastic Wehrmacht chitchat on him. He lives in […]

Belicia Rhea was born under a waning crescent moon in the Sonoran Desert. Her work spans genres, often leaning dark. She writes prose, poetry, and the spaces in-between. You can find more of her work published in or forthcoming from Miracle Monocle, Ghost Orchid Press, and others.

A.L. Goldfuss’s work has been longlisted for the Locus Award, British Science Fiction Association award, and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. For past work and newsletter updates, visit algoldfuss.com

Dante Luiz is an illustrator, editor, and occasional writer from an island in southern Brazil. He’s also art director for Strange Horizons, and has edited an anthology and two magazines while he juggles art, fiction and non-fiction. He’s the interior artist for Crema (comiXology/Dark Horse), and his work with comics has also appeared in anthologies, […]

Jordan Shiveley is the author of the Dread Singles (@hottestsingles) Twitter account. Their work has also been seen in a variety of short fiction collections and tabletop roleplaying games, the Old Gods of Appalachia and Caring Into the Void podcasts as well as the upcoming novel Hot Singles in Your Area from Unbound. They live […]

Kiyomi Appleton Gaines is a writer of fairy tales and other fantastical things. She was a 2018 Contributing Editor at Enchanted Conversation, and contributor to Mad Scientist Journal 2019 Spring Quarterly. Her work has also appeared in Quail Bell Magazine, A Twist in Time, and The Grimm Reaper. When not writing fiction, she writes about […]

Susan Calvillo is a Chinese/Mexican-American mother of 2020 twins and the author of Excerpts From My Grocery List (Beard of Bees). Her short works have appeared in Eye to the Telescope, Zyzzyva, New American Writing, West Wind Review, and other charming magazines. She co-hosts the reading series Poets Upstairs in San Francisco. Keep reading at […]