Authors
Cressida Roe
Cressida Roe is a multiracial writer of speculative and literary fiction, whose stories appear in Apex, Fusion Fragment, Kaleidotrope, Lightspeed, and elsewhere. Her work has been selected for the Wigleaf Top 50 and nominated for the Best Small Fictions. See more at cressidaroe.wordpress.com or @eggandcressida.bsky.social.
Crystal Lynn Hilbert
I live in the backwoods of western PA with my partner and a small pack of (in their opinion) wild animals. I accidentally collect a very specific model of vintage blender and make a hobby of finding new hobbies. One day my slowly amassed hoard of crochet blankets may consume my home. My short stories have appeared in Apex Magazine, Cossmass Infinities and in the Women in Practical Armor Anthology. You can find the rest of my writing credits at clhilbert.wordpress.com/publications/.
Crystal Sidell
A native Floridian, Crystal Sidell grew up playing with toads in the rain and indulging in speculative fiction. She holds a master of arts in both English and library & information science, moderates two creative writing groups, and has reviewed books for the Florida Library Youth Program. A Pushcart-nominated writer, her work has appeared in 34 Orchard, Apparition Lit, F&SF, Factor Four Magazine, The Sprawl Mag, Strange Horizons, Sylvia, and others. You can find her on Twitter @sidellwrites.
Cynthia Zhang
Zhang is a part-time writer, occasional academic, and full-time dog lover currently based in Los Angeles. Her novel, After the Dragons, was published with Stelliform Press in 2021, and was shortlisted for the 2022 Ursula K. LeGuin Award in Fiction as well as the 2022 Utopia Awards in the category of Utopian Novella. Their work has appeared in Translunar Travelers Lounge, PseudoPod, Kaleidotrope, On Spec, Phantom Drift, and other venues. They can be found online at czwrites on Bluesky.
D.K. Lawhorn
D.K. Lawhorn (he/him) has stories that have appeared in Pyre Magazine, Sick Lit Magazine, and Ghost Orchid Press. He is a citizen of the Monacan Indian Nation and lives on his ancestral land in Virginia with his legion of rescue cats. He is studying Native Speculative Literature at Randolph College’s MFA in Creative Writing program. Follow him on Twitter @d_k_lawhorn or visit his website at dklawhorn.com.
Dafydd McKimm
Dafydd McKimm is a speculative fiction writer whose stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies such as Flash Fiction Online, ParSec, Small Wonders, The Cafe Irreal, The Best of British Science Fiction, and elsewhere. He was born and raised in Wales but now lives and writes in Taiwan. You can find him online at www.dafyddmckimm.com.
Dan Peacock
Dan Peacock is a sci-fi and climate fiction writer. His short fiction has been featured in Nature, F&SF, Cast of Wonders, and many other magazines and anthologies. He lives in the UK with several other life forms: his long-suffering partner, daughter, and a cat that doesn't work properly. You can find his work at danpeacockwriter.com.
Dana Berube
Dana Berube is a writer, artist, editor, and erstwhile Mandarin Chinese translator whose short fiction has been published by Zombies Need Brains, the Chicago Tribune, and Luna Station Quarterly, among others. She lives in Boston with her partner and her very orange cat. You can find her on Twitter at @dana_berube and at @dana-berube.bsky.social.
Dana Vickerson
Dana Vickerson can be found in the concrete confines of Dallas, though she’s most comfortable deep in the woods where she loves to sit and listen to the symphony of nature. When not crafting buildings, writing stories, or painting weird 3D-printed sculptures, Dana can be found analyzing horror movies with her husband or making elaborate paper dolls for her daughters. She’s a slush reader for Apex Magazine and an active member of HWA and SFWA. Her short fiction appears in Zooscape, Reckoning, Dark Matter Magazine, and many other places. You can find her on Twitter @dmvickerson.
Danai Christopoulou
Danai Christopoulou is a queer Greek SFF author and editor. Danai’s nonfiction has appeared in publications such as Glamour and Marie Claire since 2004. They are an editor for Hugo-nominated khōréō magazine, an assistant editor for HavenSpec, and an Assistant Literary Agent at Tobias Literary Agency. Their short fiction has been published in khōréō, Fusion Fragment and others, nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and featured in the official Nebula Reading List. Danai’s novels are represented by Lauren Bieker of FinePrint Literary.