Maria Kelson writes speculative stories and crime fiction. Her mystery novel-in-progress won the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Crime Fiction Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime. Short works have appeared in Flash Fiction Magazine, About Place Journal, and at strandmag.com. As Maria Melendez, she published two books of poetry with University of Arizona Press. […]

Donyae Coles has had a number of works appear in various podcasts, magazines, and anthologies. She has recently sold her debut novel, Midnight Rooms, but a list of her short works can be found on her website, donyaecoles.com. You can follow her on Twitter @okokno.

S.G. Demciri is a Black Amazighi writer of science fiction and fantasy. She received her PhD in English literature with a focus on Victorian literature and translation in 2020. After graduating she lectured on the history of western fantasy, drawing connections from Beowulf, through depictions of the crusades in medieval literature, the chivalric romance, William […]

Jo Miles writes optimistic science fiction and fantasy. Their work includes the space opera novel Warped State, as well as short stories in Fantasy & Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Analog, and more. Jo lives in Maryland, where they help nonprofits use the internet to save the world, but mostly serve the whims of their two […]

Elly Bangs is the author of the new apocalyptic cyberpunk novel Unity, as well as 15 published short stories appearing in Clarkesworld Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Fireside Quarterly, and others. She was raised in a New Age cult and once rode her bicycle alone from Seattle to Panama. She lives in Seattle with her partner […]

Theresa DeLucci’s fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Weird Horror, and on Tor.com, where she also reviews books, TV, and video games. An alum of Clarion West Writers’ Workshop, she’s also gotten nerdy for Wired.com’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. She lives in Queens, New York.

Yang-Yang Wang is a writer, producer, and director from Seattle, WA. A graduate of 2014 Clarion West, he is a lover of brevity.

Justin C. Key is a speculative fiction writer, psychiatrist, and a graduate of Clarion West 2015. His short stories have appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Tor.com, Escape Pod, and Interstellar Flight Magazine. He is currently working on a near-future novel inspired by his medical training. His horror novella, Spider King, is available now […]