Samantha Murray is a writer, mathematician, and mother. Not particularly in that order. Her work has appeared Flash Fiction Online previously, and has also been seen in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Interzone, and Escape Pod, among other fine places, and been collected in The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, and The Best Science Fiction of the Year (Vol 4). Samantha is a two-time Aurealis Award winner. You can follow her on Twitter as @SamanthaNMurray.

Samantha lives in Western Australia in a household of unruly boys.

Christine Hanolsy is a Nebula award nominated science fiction and fantasy writer who cannot resist stories about love in all its forms and flavors. Her speculative flash fiction and short stories have been published by EDGE Science Fiction & Fantasy Publishing, Atthis Arts, Small Wonders, World of Possibilities, Solarpunk Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and more. She has worn many hats over the years, including editor-in-chief of an online writing community, Russian-language scholar, composer, interpreter, and general cat herder. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her wife, their two children, and a pair of very vocal cats, all of whom have been extremely patient with her. You can find her full publication list at: christinehanolsy.com.

Christopher Degni writes about the magic and the horror that lurk just under the surface of everyday life. His short work can be found in venues such as Stupefying Stories, 99 Tiny Terrors, 99 Fleeting Fantasies, and Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives. He’s also published a reality-show ghost-hunting novella Ghostshow Live! He is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop, and currently lives south of Boston with his wife.

Elijah J. Mears (he/him) is a fat, gay, neurodivergent, Jewish writer of science-fiction and fantasy from the southeastern United States. Growing up, great speculative fiction was Elijah’s way of escaping from a world where he didn’t always fit in. Now, he honors his younger self by writing speculative stories of queer yearning, adventure, and self-discovery. He lives in North Carolina with his partner and soulmate, Beryl.

Elijah’s short fiction has previously appeared in Crepuscular, Night Shades, Apex, and Wrath Month, and he is a first reader for Fusion Fragment. You can find him on Bluesky @elijah.mea.rs, on Instagram @elijahjmears, and on his website, ElijahJMears.com.

Thomas Price is a writer living in Los Angeles. His fiction has appeared in The Chattahoochee Review, The Barcelona Review, The Los Angeles Review, The Other Stories podcast, Arkansas Review, Vol 1 Brooklyn, The Normal School, Icebreakers Lit, and Tower Magazine.

Christopher Blake is a physician by day and a writer by night. He is a dad (cat and human), by his back of the napkin calculations, approximately 32 hours a day. His short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, DreamForge, Tractor Beam, and other fine publications.