Authors
Richard Ford Burley
Richard Ford Burley (they/he) is a writer of speculative fiction and poetry as well as Managing Editor of the academic journal Ledger. They've published two novels, an assortment of stories and poems, some academic essays on narrative creation in pop culture settings, and a doctoral thesis on the intersection of medieval literature and remix culture. Raised in Markham, Ontario—and with stints in York, England and Boston, Massachusetts—they now reside in Lebanon, New Hampshire where they write, edit, and serve as a warm but uncomfortable piece of furniture for their cat.
Rin Willis
Rin Willis (she/they) is a writer and artist living in sunny Southern California with her husband and goofy cat. She has been nominated for a Pushcart, and her poetry and short stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, The Molotov Cocktail, and Corvid Queen. She loves dark chocolate and coffee, and if a genie offered her one wish, she'd ask for a personal chef. Come say hi to her on twitter @Indigo_Summers.
Roderick Leeuwenhart
Roderick Leeuwenhart writes SF from a Dutch angle and frequently dreams about East Asia. He won the 2016 Harland Awards, the Netherlands' top prize for speculative fiction. His work has been translated all the way to China. The Gentlemen XVII is his most recent novel, asking the question of what would have happened if the Dutch East India Company had never ceased to exist. Find him online at www.roderickleeuwenhart.nl.
Russell Nichols
Russell Nichols is a speculative fiction writer and endangered journalist. Raised in Richmond, California, he gave up all his stuff in 2011 and now lives out of a backpack with his wife, vagabonding around the world ever since. Look for him at russellnichols.com.
S.T. Eleu
Raised in Vegas then exiled to Chicago, S. T. Eleu (they, them) has been a musician, teacher, and consummate Vulcan. Autism is their default universe, and though sparsely populated, is a glorious place to escape to, write in, and display an impressive collection of action figures. Their most recent publications were in Divergents Magazine, New Feathers Anthology, Star*Line, and Aphelion Webzine.
Sagan Yee
Sagan Yee (he/they) is a media artist and organizer whose creative practice includes animation, games, interactive installations, and speculative fiction. Their writing has appeared in places like Apex Magazine, Tales & Feathers, and Lightspeed. Marine biology and ecosystems provide the inspiration for many of his stories. Find more of his work at saganyee.com or catch them (for now) on Twitter @SaganYee.
Sandra Pope
Sandra Pope is an artist, author and in a previous chapter, was a high school teacher in California. She graduated from UCLA in fiction writing in 1972. In 2008, she penned GROWING UP WITHOUT THE GODDESS, a memoir about returning to North Carolina to discover her childhood abusers. For ten years, her pen fell silent. Then, during long walks through rural land debased by hog farms and abused by industrial farming, she listened to the land and honored its voice in poems. In 2021, Sandra's poem, “The Day After Christmas” was a finalist in the NC Poet Laureate Contest, judged by North Carolina's Poet Laureate.
Sarah Cannavo
Sarah Cannavo is a writer haunting southern New Jersey, the home of the Jersey Devil (full disclosure: she hasn't run into him yet). Her work has appeared in anthologies and magazines such as Star*Line, The Litarary Hatchet, JOURN-E, and Dreams and Nightmares, and is forthcoming in Pulp Modern and parABnormal. Her poetry has been nominated for the 2020 and 2021 Rhysling Awards and the 2022 Dwarf Stars Awards. Her story “Unreality” and novella Wolf of the Pines are available now on Amazon. She's been reported to post on her website and been sighted tweeting @moodilymusing.
Shana Ross
Shana Ross is a new transplant to Edmonton, Alberta and Treaty Six Territory. Qui transtulit sustinet. A Pushcart and Rhysling nominated author, her work has recently appeared in Cutbank Literary Journal, Laurel Review, Phantom Kangaroo, Radon Journal and more. She serves as an editor for Luna Station Quarterly and a critic for Pencilhouse.org. She is almost a year into a project of befriending her local magpies; they like unsalted peanuts.
Sharang Biswas
Sharang Biswas is a writer, artist, and award-winning game designer based in NYC. His nonfiction writing has appeared in publications such as Eurogamer, Unwinnable, Broken Pencil, First Person Scholar, and more, while his fiction & poetry has been published by Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Augur and Baffling, and has been selected twice to appear in the annual We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction anthology. He is the co-editor of Honey & Hot Wax: An Anthology of Erotic Art Games and recently released Tome of Dark Delights, a collection of D&D-inspired erotica. His upcoming novella The Iron Below Remembers is due in 2025.