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- Staffan Truvé has a PhD in computer science from Chalmers University and has spent his whole career in the borderland between research and technology startups. His fascination with artificial intelligence led him to do early research on computer vision, and more recently he has focused on building a system that can organize, analyze and reason about all that is written on the internet—a vision that has come to fruition in the company Recorded Future.
- Devan Barlow is the author of An Uncommon Curse, a novel of fairy tales and musical theatre. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in several anthologies and magazines. She can be found at her website devanbarlow.com/ or on Bluesky @devanbarlow. She reads voraciously, and can often be found hanging out with her dog, drinking tea, and thinking about sea monsters.
- Abra Staffin-Wiebe loves dark science fiction, futuristic fairy tales, and cozy horror. Dozens of her stories have appeared at award-winning publications including Tor.com, F&SF, Escape Pod, and Fireside Magazine. She lives in Minneapolis, where she wrangles her children, pets, and the mad scientist she keeps in the attic. Join her newsletter and discover more of her fiction at her website, aswiebe.com/. You can also find her as @abracanabra on Bluesky (mostly microfictions), Mastodon (mostly cat pictures), and Dreamwidth (mostly neglected except for long updates).
- Jenna Hanan Moore loves to travel, take pictures, drink coffee, and immerse herself in nature or a good story. Her tales appear or are forthcoming in places like Luna Station Quarterly, The Lorelei Signal, 365 Tomorrows, Twenty-two Twenty-eight, Savage Planets, and Friday Flash Fiction. She is the founder and editor of Androids and Dragons. She lives with her very understanding husband and their small dog.
- John Arthur Neal has written three science fiction novels and six novels of a crime series. John has also written two novellas, twenty-one short stories, and several screenplays. He is currently seeking agent representation for his novels and is submitting stories to contests and magazines. So far, five stories have been accepted into anthologies, including this one.
- Robert Bagnall was born in Bedford, England, in 1970. He has written for the BBC, national newspapers, and government ministers. Four of his stories have appeared in the annual Best of British Science Fiction anthologies. He is the author of sci-fi thriller 2084 - The Meschera Bandwidth and two anthologies, each of which collects 24 of his seventy-plus published stories. He can be contacted via his blog at meschera.blogspot.com.
- Caroline Cormack has been writing fiction since childhood, although these days her stories feature more dead bodies and fewer ponies than they did back then. Her work has recently appeared in The First Line Journal "What should we do with the body?" edition. Caroline can be found on Bluesky as @bookclubdropout.
- Jeannie Marschall is a teacher & writer from the green centre of Germany who more often than not can be found stuck in a hedge because there was a fascinating bug or shiny berry in there somewhere. Otherwise, Jeannie reads & writes mostly queer SFFH stories and poems which a few publishers have found fit to print, for example Black Spot Books, QueerWelten Magazine, or Snowflake Mag. Longer works are in the pipeline. BlueSky: @JeannieMarschall.
- After completing his degree with the University of Winnipeg, Morgan Wyman has spent his free time writing, revising, and writing again (though he swears he has other hobbies too). Some of his previous stories can be found in Penumbric Magazine, and All Worlds Wayfarer. He is currently working on an end-of-the-world trilogy called The Renaissance Project. Follow him on Instagram: @instantbreakfast.
- S.J.C. Schreiber (she/her) lives with the elves and trolls (and her cats and horses) in Iceland, the perfect setting to write magical stories where fantasy collides with reality. Her work appears in various magazines and anthologies, two self-published ebooks, and was shortlisted in the Furious Fiction Contest by the Australian Writers’ Centre. More information can be found on her author website at sjcschreiber.com/.
- Mike Morgan was born in London, but not in any of the interesting parts. He moved to Japan at the age of 30 and lived there for many years. Nowadays, he's based in Iowa, and enjoys family life with his wife and two young children. If you like his writing, be sure to check out his website, PerpetualStateofMildPanic.wordpress.com.
- Addison Smith (he/him) is an amorphous being constructed of suspended cold brew and kombucha. His mind is a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast formed around a brainstem of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus. He's doing his best, though. His fiction has appeared in dozens of publications including Fantasy Magazine, Fireside Magazine, and Daily Science Fiction, as well as several Shacklebound Books anthologies. Addison is a member of the Codex Writers Group and you can find him on Bluesky @addisoncs.
- Mark Silcox was born in Toronto, Canada and has worked as a security guard, a short order cook, and a freelance video game writer. He currently teaches philosophy at the University of Central Oklahoma. He has published several books of philosophy, including Experience Machines: The Philosophy of Virtual Worlds (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017) and A Defense of Simulated Experience (Routledge, 2019) His stories have appeared in Fterota Logia, Cornice, Cerasus, and Leading Edge, among other venues. More information can be found at marsilcox.net.
- Holly Schofield travels through time at the rate of one second per second, oscillating between the alternate realities of city and country life. Her speculative fiction has appeared in many publications including Analog, Lightspeed, and Escape Pod, is used in university curricula, and has been translated into multiple languages. She hopes to save the world through science fiction and homegrown heritage tomatoes. \newline Find her at hollyschofield.wordpress.com.
- Kurt Newton's stories have appeared in Weird Tales, Space and Time, Daily Science Fiction, and Black Infinity. His collection of horror stories, Bruises, was recently published by Lycan Valley Press.
- James Rumpel is a retired high school teacher who greatly enjoys spending his additional free time trying to turn a few of the odd ideas circling his brain into stories. He lives in Wisconsin with his wonderful wife, Mary.
- Liam Hogan is an award-winning short story writer, with stories in Best of British Science Fiction and in Best of British Fantasy (NewCon Press). He helps host live literary event Liars’ League and volunteers at the creative writing charity Ministry of Stories. More details at happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk.
- Jen Downes has worked as beautician, copy editor, commercial artist and care-giver to the frail aged. After decades avidly reading she now writes with the same enthusiasm. Jen traveled extensively in Alaska and the UK, and lives near Adelaide, South Australia, where several future stories will be set.
- Michael Seaholm is a software developer from Minneapolis, MN, who writes fiction in his spare time. He has previously written for a handful of short story anthologies as well as a few online publications. His interests beyond writing include game development, music, and retrocomputing.
- Spencer Orey (he/him) has a PhD in cultural anthropology and is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop. He grew up in dry California and now lives with his family in rainy Denmark. You can find more of his stories in Zooscape, the Lost Atlantis anthology by Flame Tree Publishing, Tales from Fiddler's Green, and more. He is online at spencerorey.com and on X @spencerorey and Bluesky @spencerorey.
- J.M. Eno's work has appeared or is forthcoming in House of Zolo's Journal of Speculative Literature, Cobalt, and The Fabulist. He can be found among the trees with his family and a recalcitrant English bulldog or on Twitter at @jmenowrites.
- Zary Fekete grew up in Hungary. Zary has a debut novella coming out in early 2024 with DarkWinter Lit Press. Zary enjoys books, podcasts, and many many many films. Twitter and Instagram: @ZaryFekete.
- Alicia Hilton is an author, editor, arbitrator, professor, actor, and former FBI Special Agent. Her work has appeared in Back 2 OmniPark, Creepy Podcast, Daily Science Fiction, Eastern Iowa Review, J Journal: New Writing on Justice, Litro, Mslexia, Neon, NonBinary Review, Space and Time, Unnerving, Vastarien, Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volumes 4, 5 & 6, and elsewhere. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Her website is aliciahilton.com. Follow her on Twitter @aliciahilton01 and Bluesky @aliciahilton.
- 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 300 works of short fiction and upwards of one novel.
- Jennifer Lee Rossman (they/them) is a queer, disabled, and autistic author and editor from the land of carousels and Rod Serling. Their work has been featured in dozens of anthologies, and their queer thriller novel Blue Incarnations is now available. Find more of their work on their website jenniferleerossman.blogspot.com and follow them on Twitter @JenLRossman.
- Glenn Dungan is currently based in Brooklyn, NYC. He exists within a Venn-diagram of urban design, sociology, and good stories. When not obsessing about one of those three, he can be found at a park drinking black coffee and listening to podcasts about murder. For more of his work, see his website: whereisglennnow.com.
- Ray Daley was born in Coventry & still lives there. He served 6 yrs in the RAF as a clerk & spent most of his time in a Hobbit hole in High Wycombe. He is a published poet & has been writing stories since he was 10. His current dream is to eventually finish the Hitch Hikers fanfic novel he's been writing since 1986. Tweet him @RayDaleyWriter or on Bluesky @RayDaleyWriter.
- Also going by the moniker of "Ew! It's Margret", Margret "The Margret" Treiber has been voted "most likely to display awkward and inappropriate behavior in public" by a random group of drunks downtown.
Besides being odd and writing speculative fiction, Margret serves as editor-in-chief for the speculative humor magazine, Sci-Fi Lampoon. When she’s not writing or working at her day job corrupting technology, she helps her birds break things for her spouse to fix.
Her fiction has appeared in a number of publications. Links to her short stories, novels, and upcoming work can be found on her website at www.the-margret.com and on Amazon at www.amazon.com/Margret-A.-Treiber/e/B0052U63BI/.
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- Mike Adamson holds a Doctoral degree from Flinders University of South Australia. After early aspirations in art and writing, Mike returned to study and secured qualifications in marine biology and archaeology. Mike was a university educator from 2006 to 2018, is a passionate photographer, master-level hobbyist and a journalist for international magazines.
- Elis Montgomery is a speculative fiction writer from Vancouver, Canada. She is a member of SFWA and Codex. When she’s not writing, she’s usually hanging upside down in an aerial arts class or a murky cave. Find her there or at elismontgomery.com.
- Kostas Charitos lives in Athens and he is a teacher of chemistry in secondary education. His science fiction short stories have been included in international magazines and anthologies like Future Science Fiction Digest, Sci Phi Journal, InterNova, Nova Hellas, The Viral Curtain, etc. Two of his novels, Project Fractal (Triton Publications, 2009) and Lost Colors: Red (Kedros Publications, 2020), have been published in Greek. He is a member of the Athens Science Fiction Club and he is co-ordinating its bi-annual writing workshops.
- L.N. Hunter’s comic fantasy novel, The Feather and the Lamp (Three Ravens Publishing), sits alongside works in anthologies such as Best of British Science Fiction 2022 and Hidden Villains: Arise, among others, as well as several issues of Short Edition’s Short Circuit and the Horrifying Tales of Wonder podcast. There have also been papers in the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, which are probably somewhat less relevant and definitely less entertaining. When not writing, L.N. occasionally masquerades as a software developer or can be found unwinding in a disorganised home in Carlisle, UK, along with two cats and a soulmate.
- Sara Knapp was born in Manchester (UK). She is a retired academic who has always loved reading, listening to and telling stories, and is much enjoying having the reclaimed time to do so. She is currently privileged to live between two French villages with a wonderfully helpful historian husband and numerous imaginary pets.
- Robert Runté is Senior Editor with EssentialEdits.ca. A former professor, he has won three Aurora Awards for his literary criticism and currently reviews for the Ottawa Review of Books. His own fiction has been published over 90 times, and several of his short stories have been reprinted in "best of" collections like this one.
- C. J. Peterson is a writer of science articles and science fiction.
- Laurence Raphael Brothers is a writer and a technologist. He has published over 50 short stories in such magazines as Nature, Galaxy's Edge, and The New Haven Review. His noir urban fantasy series published by Mirror World, starting with "The Demons of Wall Street" has just added a new volume, "The Demons of Montmartre". His new standalone fantasy novel "The World's Shattered Shell" has recently been published by Water Dragon. Pronouns: he/him.
- Ken Farrell's poetry and fiction is forthcoming or published in various anthologies and in journals such as Pilgrimage, Book of Matches, Watershed Review, Coffin Bell, and Panoply. Ken holds an MFA from Texas State University and an MA from Salisbury University, and he has earned as an adjunct, cage fighter, pizzaiolo, and warehouseman. Responding to his daughter’s challenge, Ken is currently writing his first novel, about a world where ghosts are jurors, the sky is off limits, and shards of souls are commodities.
- Samantha Carr is a Creative Writing PhD Candidate and Doctoral Teaching Assistant at the University of Plymouth. She writes poetry and fiction which explores issues such as chronic illness and feminism. Her fiction has been published in 101 Words, Fairfield Scribes, Luna Station Quarterly and Lemon Review.
- John Pegios is a BIPOC writer with Japanese and Greek heritage. He is currently working towards a Master's degree in Creative Writing at the University of Technology Sydney while working as a copywriter and editor. When he's not busy daydreaming about the fantasy epic he's definitely maybe going to write one day, he can be found bouldering, pouring coffee, or spending time with his family.
- Linda Kay Hardie writes short stories in various genres, but not romance. She tried once, and everyone ended up dead. Tragic. She also writes recipes, and is the reigning Spam champion for Nevada (yes, the tasty treat canned mystery meat). Her writing has won awards dating back to a fifth grade essay on fire safety. Linda has a master’s degree in English from University of Nevada, Reno, where she’s a freelance writer and servant to cats.
- Mike Adamson holds a Doctoral degree from Flinders University of South Australia. After early aspirations in art and writing, Mike returned to study and secured qualifications in marine biology and archaeology. Mike was a university educator from 2006 to 2018, is a passionate photographer, master-level hobbyist and a journalist for international magazines.
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