Reiko Murakami was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1982. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. She works as a concept artist and illustrator specializing in surreal fantasy and horror characters. Her website is reikomurakami.com.

Galen Dara sits in a dark corner listening to the voices in her head.  She has a love affair with the absurd and twisted, and an affinity for monsters, mystics, and dead things. She has illustrated for  47North, Edge Publishing, Lightspeed, Fireside Magazine, Apex Publications, Lackington’s, and Goblin Fruit. Recent book covers include War Stories, Glitter & Mayhem, and Oz Reimagined. She […]

Dana Watson is a freelance copy editor, a martial arts instructor, and an obsessive reader. She lives in North Carolina with her wonderfully geeky husband, her bookshelves, two hyper dogs, and an ever-increasing number of fiddly, painstaking hobbies. Follow her on Twitter @danakwatson.

Luke Tolvaj (he/him) is a speculative fiction writer, copy editor, and freelance sensitivity reader. He attended the CSSF Novel Writers workshop in 2019 and the Repeat Offenders Online Workshop in 2020. He is currently deep in the wilderness of drafting a novel. You can find him on Twitter @LukeTolvaj.

Christian A. Coleman is a 2013 graduate of the Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers’ Workshop. He lives and writes in the Boston area. He tweets at @coleman_II.

Jenn Reese writes science fiction and fantasy for readers of all ages. She’s published numerous short stories in places such as The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, and the World Fantasy Award-winning anthology Paper Cities. Above World is the Norton Award-nominated first novel in her middle-grade trilogy from Candlewick Press and combines […]