Devan Barlow is the author of the Curses & Curtains series of fairy tales-meet-musicals fantasy novels, and the collection Foolish Hopes and Spilled Entrails: Retellings. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in various anthologies and magazine, and she was a 2025 Hugo Finalist for Poetry. She reads voraciously, and can often be found hanging out with her dog, drinking tea, and thinking about sea monsters. devanbarlow.com, Bluesky: @devanbarlow.bsky.social.

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F. J. Bergmann lives in Wisconsin and fantasizes about tragedies on or near exoplanets. She is the poetry editor of Mobius: The Journal of Social Change. Her work has appeared in Abyss & Apex, Analog, Asimov’s SF, and elsewhere in the alphabet. She thinks imagination can compensate for anything.

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Melissa Bezan (she/her) is a speculative fiction writer located on the Canadian Prairies, where she lives with her husband, two cats, and a collection of (mostly dead) plants. She is previously published by Crow and Cross Keys and Andromeda Spaceways.

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Johnny Caputo is a pirate, but only part time. He spends the rest of his time wandering the woods and teaching at various institutions around Cleveland, Ohio. His speculative fiction has appeared in Escape Pod, Mithila Review, Cast of Wonders, and other venues. Find him online at www.johnnycaputo.com or on Bluesky @neekapwrites.

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In the past quarter-century, Jennifer Crow’s work has appeared in many print and electronic venues, including Uncanny, Analog, and anthologies like Along Harrowed Trails and Under Her Skin. A Rhysling Award winner in 2023 for her poem “Harold and the Blood-Red Crayon,” she will have work in upcoming issues of Kaleidotrope and Asimov’s Science Fiction as well as her poem in Penumbric. Those who’d like to know more about her writing can catch up with her on Bluesky: @writerjencrow.bsky.social.

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Diane Dooley is the published author of short stories and novellas in a variety of genres. You can find links to them at her blog (https://dianedooley.wordpress.com/). She lives on the side of a mountain in the middle of nowhere, Vermont. You can follow her on Twitter (https://twitter.com/DianeDooley) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063499449749) and BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/dianedooley.bsky.social).

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Joshua Ginsberg is the author of the short story collection Tales from the Dusty Tiger and six non-fiction books on the subjects of off-beat travel, local history and haunted locations. His work has appeared on the NoSleep Podcast, in multiple anthologies, and in publications including Apex Magazine, Spooky, Stygian Lepus, Tension Literary, Crepuscular, Black Hare Press, Trembling with Fear and Flash Phantoms. He lives in Tampa with his wife, Jen, and their Shih Tzu, Tinker Bell.

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Gerri Leen lives in Northern Virginia and originally hails from Seattle. She's passionate about horse racing, tea, and collecting encaustic art and raku pottery. She has stories and poems in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nature, Strange Horizons, Dark Matter and others. She’s recently published her first poetry collection, Unwilling: Poems of Horror and Darkness, and had her first novel, Bluegrass Dreams Aren’t for Free, released by WolfSinger Publications. See more at gerrileen.com or Instagram @leengerri.

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Gordon Linzner is the founder and former editor of Space and Time Magazine, and author of five published novels and scores of short stories in F&SF, Twilight Zone, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, and numerous other magazines and anthologies. He is a full member of the Horror Writers Association and a lifetime member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association.

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Native New Yorker. Poet. Writer. Dramatist. Member: BFS, HWA, SFPA, and The Dramatists Guild. In 2024 LindaAnn LoSchiavo had three poetry books published in 3 different countries; two titles won multiple awards. In 2025 two titles are forthcoming: Cancer Courts My Mother and Vampire Verses.






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Richard Magahiz tries to live an ordered life in harmony with all things natural and created but one that follows unexpected paths. He's spent much of his time wrangling computers as a day job but now when he's not making music he is writing speculative and mainstream poems. This he has written for over twenty years, and has received nominations for Rhysling, Dwarf Stars, Pushcart, and Best of the Web awards. His chapbook collection The Reducing Flame was published in 2025. His website is at https://zeroatthebone.us/.

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Avra Margariti is a queer author, Greek sea monster, and Pushcart-nominated poet with a fondness for the dark and the darling. Avra’s work haunts publications such as Vastarien, Asimov’s, Liminality, Arsenika, The Future Fire, Space and Time, Eye to the Telescope, and Glittership. The Saint of Witches, Avra’s debut collection of horror poetry, is forthcoming from Weasel Press. You can find Avra on twitter (@avramargariti).

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Parker McIntosh was born and raised on Maryland's Eastern Shore. He currently lives in Southern Oregon with his wife and dog. When not writing (or pursuing his day job in accounting) he can usually be found exploring the trails and mountains surrounding his home. His stories have been featured or are forthcoming in The Flexible Persona, A Narrow Fellow, and The Garfield Lake Review.

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Warren Muzak is a self-taught Canadian illustrator with a love for creating horror, and sci fi illustrations.

I am impacted by stories. Spoken or written, real or imagined. Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Bernie Wrightson, Arthur Rackham, and John Buscema are the visual storytellers whose work I am heavily inspired by.

As a seasoned independent freelance illustrator who realizes other people's ideas, I want to set myself apart from this commercial work by exhibiting my uniqueness and being recognized by my own special style.

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Lydia O'Donnell (she/her) is an MFA candidate at The University of Alabama and a writer of speculative poetry and fiction. Her work can be found in Strange Horizons, Emerald City, and Swamp Ape Review.



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Marisca Pichette is a queer author of more than three hundred pieces of short fiction and poetry, appearing in Strange Horizons, Clarkesworld, Vastarien, The Deadlands, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Fantasy Magazine, Asimov's, Nightmare Magazine, and many others. Her speculative poetry collection, Rivers in Your Skin, Sirens in Your Hair, was a finalist for the Bram Stoker and Elgin Awards. Their eco-horror novella, Every Dark Cloud, is out now from Ghost Orchid Press.

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Mary Jo Rabe writes science fiction, modern fantasy, historical fiction, and crime or mystery stories, generally displaying a preference for what she defines as happy endings. Ideas for her fiction come from the magnificent, expanding universe, the rural environment of eastern Iowa where she grew up, the beautiful Michigan State University campus where she got her first degree, and the Black Forest area of Germany with its center in Freiburg where she worked as a librarian for 41 years before retiring to Titisee-Neustadt. News about her published stories is posted regularly on her blog: https://maryjorabe.wordpress.com/

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A freelance journalist and photographer, Sonali Roy wears several other hats including painter, 3-D art designer, music composer, and singer though the sudden demise of her 8-yr old canine friend Fuchoo baffled her. Devoted to vegan diet, Sonali enjoys brainstorming healthy recipes in the kitchen. She also loves creative writing.

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Vekhan Sametyaza [AKA Desmond Rhae] is a transmutative artist, author, and musician with a deep interest in promoting dark awakening through authentic self-expression. An enduring love for sci-fi and fantasy themes has inspired his work for publications like Cosmic Horror Monthly, Burning Light Press, and Florida Roots Press. You can find out more at www.vekhansametyaza.wordpress.com.

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Ron Sanders is an L.A.-based author, poet, and illustrator.





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Carl Scharwath has appeared globally with 180+ journals selecting his writing or art. Carl has published four poetry books and his latest book is The World Went Dark, published by Alien Buddha Press. Carl has four photography books, published with Praxis and CreatiVingenuitiy. His photography was exhibited in the Mount Dora and Leesburg Centers for the Arts. Carl is currently an art editor at Glitterati and former editor for Minute Magazine. He was nominated for four The Best of the Net Awards (2022-25) and two different 2023 Pushcart Nominations for poetry and a short story.

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Marge Simon lives in Ocala, FL. Her works have appeared in Pedestal Magazine, Asimov’s, The Magazine of F and SF, Crannog, Silver Blade, New Myths, Daily Science Fiction, Penumbric. She attends the ICFA annually as a guest poet/writer. A multiple Bram Stoker award winner, Marge is the second woman to be acknowledged by the SF &F Poetry Association with a Grand Master Award and has won the Elgin, Dwarf Stars and Rhysling in both categories. She also received the HWA Lifetime Achievement award in 2021. MargeSimonWrites@instagram.com

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Christina Sng is the three-time Bram Stoker Award® and Elgin Award-winning author of A Collection of Nightmares, A Collection of Dreamscapes, The Gravity of Existence, and with Geneve Flynn, Lee Murray, and Angela Yuriko Smith, Tortured Willows: Bent, Bowed, Unbroken. Her poetry, fiction, essays, and art appear in numerous venues worldwide, including Interstellar Flight Magazine, New Myths, Penumbric, Southwest Review, and The Washington Post. Visit her at christinasng.com and connect @christinasng.

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Garth Upshaw lives in Portland, Oregon, with his super-genius wife, three precocious grown children, and six enthusiastic chickens. His work has appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Bristol Noir, and other fine venues. He has an MA in Theoretical Mathematics and loves carving spoons, bicycling, and curling up with a good book.

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Luke Walker has been writing horror and dark thrillers for most of his life after finding a copy of Lovecraft’s stories that his eldest brother left in the bathroom. From there, he went on to his dad’s collection of Stephen King books and hasn’t looked back since. His novels include Burn, The Ninth Circle, The Kindred, Pandemonium, The Dead Room, The Unredeemed, Ascent, Die Laughing, Dead Sun and Winter Graves. Several of his short stories have been published online and in magazines/books. His next two novels will be published in 2026. While writing, he has worked in a library, a hospital (disposing of severed legs) and a record shop (back in the distant past).

Luke is (too) active on Instagram and Bluesky and loves to hear from people who want to talk about horror.

He is forty-eight and lives in England with his wife, cat, too many bad films and not enough books.