Wendy Nikel is a speculative fiction author with a degree in elementary education, a fondness for road trips, and a terrible habit of forgetting where she’s left her cup of tea. Her short fiction has been published in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, Daily Science Fiction, Nature: Futures, and elsewhere. Her time travel novella series, beginning with The Continuum, is available from World Weaver Press. For more info, visit wendynikel.com

John (@Wiswell) is a disabled writer who lives where New York keeps all its trees. His work has won both the Nebula Award and Locus Award. His work has also appeared in Uncanny, Nature, and Fireside. He hopes for peace among all people of all universes.

William Paul Jones is either a sci-fi and fantasy author or two golden retrievers wearing a fedora and overcoat so they can get into R-rated movies, it’s hard to say which. He is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill and currently lives in Los Angeles where he works various movie production jobs. He is attended by one hilarious wife, a pair of insane dogs, and whichever new best friend he happens to run into at Burning Man. He likes wizardry a great deal, plays the guitar passably well, and is usually filled with roasted chicken and quinoa.

Somewhere in the Midwest, Maura Yzmore writes long equations, weird fiction, and goofy poetry. Her flash can be found in The Arcanist, The Molotov Cocktail, Bending Genres, and elsewhere. She sometimes says long, weird, or goofy things about writing on her website, http://maurayzmore.com, or on Twitter @MauraYzmore.

Hannah Whiteoak is a speculative fiction writer living in Sheffield, UK. She has a degree in physics, a passion for the Peak District, and an incurable habit of borrowing more library books than it is possible to read during the loan period. Her short fiction has appeared in places such as Escape Pod, On The Premises, and Banshee. You can find links to her stories at www.hannahwhiteoak.me or connect on Twitter @hannahwhiteoak.