Authors
Michael Haynes
Michael Haynes lives in Central Ohio. An ardent short story reader and writer, Michael has had stories appear in periodicals such as Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Nature, and also in anthologies such as Deep Cuts, Not Our Kind: Tales of Not Belonging, and Kwik Krimes. He serves on the board of Rainbow Dublin and enjoys photography, cooking, watching ice hockey, and travel. His website is http://michaelhaynes.info/, and he can be found on Twitter as @mohio73.
Mike Morgan
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.
Monica Louzon
Monica Louzon (she/her) is a queer, Maryland-based writer, translator, and editor. Her words have appeared in Apex Magazine, After the Storm, Dark Recesses, Paranoid Tree, Shoreline of Infinity, and others. She is Acquiring Editor for The Dread Machine. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram @molo_writes.
Monte Lin
While being rained on adjacent to Portland, Oregon, Monte Lin edits, writes, and plays tabletop roleplaying games and writes short stories. Clarion West got him to write about dying universes, edible sins, dreaming mountains, and singularities made of anxieties. His stories have been published at Cossmass Infinities, Cast of Wonders, Flame Tree Press anthologies, and others. His nonfiction has been published at Strange Horizons. He is Managing Editor of Uncanny and Staff Editor of Angry Hamster Press. He can be found posting Doctor Who news, Asian American diaspora discourse, and his board game losses on Bluesky @montelin.bsky.social.
Moustapha Mbacké Diop
Moustapha Mbacké Diop is a speculative fiction writer from Dakar, Senegal. He studies medicine and is obsessed with African mythology, animation and horror films. His work has appeared in Omenana, If There's Anyone Left: Volume 2, and the Africa Risen anthology.
N. R. M. Roshak
N. R. M. Roshak is an award-winning Canadian author and translator. Their fiction has been published in four languages, and has appeared in various anthologies and magazines, including Flash Fiction Online, Galaxies, Daily Science Fiction, and Future Science Fiction Digest. They live in Ontario, Canada, with a small family and a loud cat. You can find more of their work at https://nrmroshak.com.
Natalia Theodoridou
Natalia Theodoridou has published over a hundred short stories, most of them dark and queer, in magazines such as Strange Horizons, Uncanny, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and F&SF, among others. He won the 2018 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction and has been a finalist for the Nebula Award in the Novelette and Game Writing categories. Natalia was born in Greece, with roots in Georgia, Russia, and Turkey. His debut novel, Sour Cherry is coming in April 2025. Find out more at www.natalia-theodoridou.com.
Natalie Kikić
Natalie Kikić is a speculative fiction writer and daughter of immigrants from the former Yugoslavia. She holds a Bachelors in Slavic Languages & Literatures and writes fiction inspired by her heritage. Originally from California, Natalie has called several places home, but she currently lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her husband and two polydactyl cats.
Nnadi Samuel
Nnadi Samuel (he/him/his) holds a B.A in English and Literature from the University of Benin. His works have been previously published or is forthcoming in FIYAH, Fantasy Magazine, Star*Line Fiction & Poetry, Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine and elsewhere. He is also the winner of the Miracle Monocle Award for Ambitious Student Writers 2021 (University of Louisville), Penrose Poetry Prize 2021, Lakefly Poetry Contest 2021 (Wisconsin), International Human Right Arts Festival Award 2021, and Canadian Open Drawer contest 2020, and he received an honorable mention for the 2021 Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prize (College Category). He reads for U-Right Magazine and tweets @Samuelsamba10.
Olumide Manuel
Olumide Manuel is a poet, educator and an environmentalist. He is a 2x nominee of Pushcart award, a Best of Net nominee and the winner of the Ake Climate Change Poetry Prize 2022. His poems have been recently published on A Long House, Waccamaw Journal, Fiyah Magazine, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Barrelhouse, Full House Literary, and elsewhere.