Jennifer Hudak is a speculative fiction writer fueled mostly by tea. Her work has appeared on both the Locus Magazine and the SFWA recommended reading lists, and has been twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is a graduate of Viable Paradise and a member of the Codex Writers Group. Originally from Boston, she now lives with her family in Upstate New York where she teaches yoga, knits pocket-sized animals, and misses the ocean. Find out more about her on her website: JenniferHudakWrites.com.

Rich Larson was born in Galmi, Niger, has lived in Spain and Czech Republic, and currently writes from Montreal, Canada. He is the author of the novels Ymir and Annex, as well as the collection Tomorrow Factory. His fiction has been translated into over a dozen languages, including Polish, Italian, Romanian, and Japanese, and adapted into an Emmy-winning episode of LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS. Find free reads and support his work via patreon.com/richlarson.

Rebecca Halsey is the author of the historic romance novel Notes of Temptation. She holds an MFA degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University.​ Her nonfiction writing has been a byproduct of her work in the cybersecurity industry where her analysis has covered cybersecurity trends, eCrime threats, hacktivism, and targeted intrusion adversaries worldwide. She has been part of Flash Fiction Online staff off and on since 2016, most recently taking on the roles of Fiction Editor and Publisher. She resides in Maryland with her husband, four children, and a very stubborn Olde English Bulldogge. When she isn’t writing or editing, she is sketching, painting, gardening, and playing video games.

Tess Lloyd is a professor emerita of English at East Tennessee State University. She has done postgraduate work in fiction at the Vermont College of Fine Arts and attended the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Her blog “The Ten Hour Day” deals with social injustice and social reform in the nineteenth century. Although she has previously published academic writing, “Salisbury Confederate Prison, North Carolina, 1864,” is her first fiction publication.

Vivian Chou is a science advocate by day and a science fiction / slipstream writer by night. Her fiction appears or is forthcoming in Apex, Heartlines Spec, and The Forge Literary Magazine, among others. Vivian is a Best American Short Stories nominee. She lives with her family, a betta fish, and two escape artist snails.