Justin C. Key is a practicing psychiatrist and a speculative fiction writer. A graduate of Clarion West 2015, he is the author of the story collection The World Wasn’t Ready for You, and his stories have appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, Lightspeed, and on Reactor. His debut […]

Sharang Biswas is a writer, artist, and game designer based in NYC. He has won IndieCade, Ennie, and IGDN awards for his games, and has written for games including Pathfinder, Vampire: The Masquerade, Avatar: Legends and Spire. His interactive works have been showcased at numerous galleries, museums, and festivals, including Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, the […]

Isha Karki is a writer based in London. Her short fiction has won the Dinesh Allirajah Prize, Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize, and Mslexia Short Story Competition. Her work appears in publications such as khōréō, Lightspeed Magazine, and Best British Short Stories 2021. She is a graduate of Clarion West and currently a PhD […]

Lauren Ring (she/her) is a perpetually tired Jewish lesbian who writes about possible futures, for better or for worse. She is a Nebula Award finalist, and her short fiction can be found in venues such as F&SF, Nature, and The Deadlands. When she isn’t writing speculative fiction, she is most likely working on a digital […]

Jendayi Brooks-Flemister (they/she) has been imagining the weird and unsettling since they started writing at 7 years old. Their experiences as someone queer and Black have lent themselves to how they understand the mental and emotional toll that comes with being othered. This lens manifests itself through the people, cultures, mental health issues, and experiences […]

Shiv Ramdas is an Indian storyteller. His short speculative fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Fireside, Podcastle, and other publications, and has been nominated for the Nebula, Hugo and Ignyte Awards. He currently lives and works in Seattle, USA. You can find out more about him at https://shivramdas.net/ or find him tweeting as @nameshiv.

Shelley Parker-Chan is an Australian by way of Malaysia and New Zealand. A 2017 Tiptree Fellow, she is the author of the historical fantasy novel She Who Became the Sun. Parker-Chan spent nearly a decade working as a diplomat and international development adviser in Southeast Asia, where she became addicted to epic East Asian historical TV […]

Grace Chan is an Aurealis and Norma K Hemming Award-nominated writer and doctor. She can’t seem to stop writing about brains, minds, space, technology, and identity. Her short fiction can be found in Clarkesworld, Fireside, Aurealis, Andromeda Spaceways, and many other places. Her debut novel, Every Version of You, will be published in September 2022. […]

Arden Powell is a speculative-fiction author and illustrator from the Canadian East Coast. They graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Honouring in English Literature. As a hybrid author, they self-publish as well as publish with indie presses, and have had work accepted in places including Baffling Magazine […]