Rachael K. Jones grew up in various cities across Europe and North America, picked up (and mostly forgot) six languages, and acquired several degrees in the arts and sciences. Now she writes speculative fiction in Portland, Oregon. Contrary to the rumors, she is probably not a secret android. Rachael is a World Fantasy Award nominee and Tiptree Award honoree. Her fiction has appeared in dozens of venues worldwide, including Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Strange Horizons, and all four Escape Artists podcasts. Follow her on Mastodon: wandering.shop/@RachaelKJones, or find her at www.RachaelKJones.com.

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.

Katie Kotulak is a speech language pathologist by day and a writer by…also day because she’s pretty useless after 7:00pm. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario with her husband, two dogs, and a toothless cat named Guildenstern. This is her first publication.

J. Autumn Needles is particularly fascinated with bodies and books. She teaches fitness to satisfy her interest in how bodies move, and when she’s not teaching or moving her own body, she’s curled up with a cup of tea and a book. She has written and published essays and reviews in the past but is a new fiction writer. She uses writing and art to explore her interests, and to make creations she would enjoy herself. She recently started making comics, and right now she’s making one about a clumsy spider. She likes spiders and also chickens.

Brandon Case is an erstwhile government cog who fled the doldrums into unsettling worlds of science and magic. He has recent or forthcoming work in Escape Pod, Small Wonders, Death Knell Press, and The Dread Machine, among others. You can find his alpine photography and adventures on Twitter or Instagram @BrandonCase101.

Vicki Wilson is a freelance journalist who also writes fiction, plays, and poetry. Her work has appeared in Rattle, Smokelong, The Southampton Review, and Literary Mama. She’s a rare disease/healthcare patient advocate with an interest in narrative medicine, and lives in upstate New York with her husband, son, and dog, Ellie, who’s also known as Elle-Belle, Puppernutter, or Floofter.