Unrealpolitik
- Ishmael A Soledad has read and watched science fiction since before he went to school and thought it was time to give back instead of just taking. His work has appeared in Aphelion, Antipodean SF, Far Cry Magazine, Just A Minor Malfunction, Planet Web Zine, Schlock! Webzine, and Short-story.me. He lives in Brisbane, Australia with his long-suffering wife and psychotic cat and is currently working on his first novel, due for release in 2020.
- Krystal Claxton is a lvl 1 Systems Engineer with unfortunate aspirations involving fiction, words, and publishing. Keep up with her at krystalclaxton.com and on twitter @krystalclaxton
- Damien Krsteski writes science fiction and develops software, and his stories can be found in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Metaphorosis, NewMyths, and The Future Fire, among others. His online home is monochromewish.blogspot.com, and he tweets updates about his writing @monochromewish. He lives in Berlin.
- R. J. Howell is a writer, an artist, and a library assistant. She holds a BA in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago and is currently working toward her MFA in Popular Fiction at Stonecoast. Her writing has been previously published in JayHenge Publishing's Unearthly Sleuths anthology. She's a firm believer in living a life well-read.
- Maria Duendi is a published author who currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, daughter, and two hermit crabs.
- Joe Vasicek is the author of more than twenty science fiction and fantasy books, including The Sword Keeper and the Star Wanderers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus Mountains. He claims Utah as his home.
- J. R. Gershen-Siegel is a published author and Lambda Literary Award nominee (2014, Untrustworthy, under SF/F/Horror www.lambdaliterary.org/current-submissions/ ). She is also the winner of the Riverdale Avenue Books NaNoWriMo Contest of 2013. Her current project is a trilogy of works about Victorian Boston, called The Real Hub of the Universe. She lives in Boston with her husband and twice as many computers than they need.
- Mark David Adam lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia. When he is not foraging for edible and medicinal wild plants, playing funk guitar, or working at his day jobs, he's busy finishing his first novel. He has been published in Metaphorosis, Pulp Modern and in the anthology Hidden Menagerie.
- Mike Adamson holds a PhD in archaeology from Flinders University of South Australia. After early aspirations in art and writing, Mike returned to study and secured degrees in both marine biology and archaeology. Mike currently lectures in anthropology, is a passionate photographer, a master-level hobbyist and journalist for international magazines. Visit his website at dream-craft.com/mikeadamson.
- Douglas DiCicco is an author of speculative fiction of all kinds. He has been a prosecutor, a defense attorney, a teacher, a bingo caller, and a renaissance faire performer. He has a BA in History from UC Santa Cruz, a JD from UC Hastings, and an expired coupon for a half-price haircut. Douglas currently resides in the San Joaquin Valley with his brilliant wife, his amazing son, and his villainous cat.
- Margret Treiber resides in Southwest Florida and is employed as a systems analyst. When she is not working with technology or writing speculative fiction, she helps her birds break things for her spouse to fix. Her short fiction has appeared in a number of publications. Links to her short fiction, novel and upcoming work can be found on her website at www.the-margret.com.
- Ethan Hedman is a speculative fiction writer from South Florida, the land of heat, humidity, and hurricanes. His stories can be found in a variety of publications including Tales of Ruma, Drabbledark, and Lucent Dreaming. His full bibliography is listed on EthanHedman.com. Writing aside, Ethan is a secular humanist who occasionally wreaks havoc on mechanized combatants with ELK Robotics, a local robot combat team.
- Damon L. Wakes was born in 1991 and began to write a few years later. He holds an MA in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Winchester and a BA in English Literature from the University of Reading. He is the author of over 200 works of short fiction and upwards of one novel.
- E. V. Morozov has published academic philosophy, several rants about video games (including a couple of prize-winning letters), and a couple of short stories. "Jurisdiction" is his third published story.
- Maurice Forrester is a writer and software developer living in central New York. Like many people, he is obsessed with the current political climate. He originally wrote this piece in a fit of frustration over how the news was distracting him from writing, but he was encouraged to do more with it by his writing group. Recent publications include appearances in Middle Planet and Daily Science Fiction.
- Michael Seaholm is a software developer from Minneapolis, MN, who writes fiction in his spare time. He has previously written articles for a local alternative press during his undergraduate career in Wisconsin, along with some informal works. His interests beyond writing include game development, music, and retrocomputing.