Benjamin C. Kinney is a neuroscientist, SFF writer, and assistant editor of the science fiction podcast Escape Pod. He’s created cyborg monkeys, magnetically altered the activity of the human brain, and generally done his part to make the world as science fictional as possible. His short stories have appeared in Analog, Lightspeed, Sunday Morning Transport, […]

Liz Ziemska is a graduate of the Bennington Writing Seminars. Her fiction has appeared in such places as Tin House, Strange Horizons, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, and Tordotcom, among others. She has been awarded the Pushcart Prize, nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, and received Honorable Mention for the Katherine Anne Porter Prize.

Paul Crenshaw is the author of three essay collections: This One Will Hurt You, This We’ll Defend, and Melt Wth Me: Coming of Age and Other 80s Perils. Other work has appeared in or is forthcoming from Best American Essays, Best American Nonrequired Reading, The Pushcart Prize, Apex, and Interzone. Follow him on Substack at […]

Greg van Eekhout is the author of four novels for adults, five novels for middle-grade readers, and more than fifty short stories. His work has been nominated for the Nebula and Andre Norton awards and was included on the New York Public Library’s 2019 Best Children’s Books list. He lives in San Diego. For more […]

Adam R. Shannon is a career firefighter/paramedic, speculative fiction writer, aspiring cook, and steadfast companion of dogs. His work has appeared in magazines and anthologies including Nightmare, Apex, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die. His story “On the Day You Spend Forever With Your Dog” was […]

Ben H. Winters’ most recent novel is The Quiet Boy (Mulholland/Little, Brown). He is the author of many previous works of fiction, including Golden State, the New York Times bestselling Underground Airlines, The Last Policeman and its two sequels, the horror novel Bedbugs, and several works for young readers. His first novel, Sense and Sensibility […]

Elan Samuel grew up traveling between southern California and Israel. He now lives in Oakland with his partner and their three cats, and works as a writer and editor. He is currently pursuing an M.F.A. in creative writing at Western Colorado University. Find him on Twitter at @bonbonelan.

Audrey spent her childhood on North Carolina beaches playing in the breakers at Emerald Isle and fishing on Bogue Inlet pier. She now roams Northern California beaches, rivers, and woods seeking sea glass, foraging chanterelles, and hunting rocks and gems. Her work can be found in Space and Time Magazine. She works in San Francisco […]