Matt Grimes grew up in the New York/New Jersey area and now teaches middle school English in suburban Maryland just outside of D.C. He played baseball in college and loves the Yankees. Outside of teaching and trying to write, he spends a lot of time with his dog, reading too much Hemingway or Steinbeck, and wasting money playing terrible golf.
Karama Neal writes fiction inspired by her experience of community and her background as a geneticist. She lives, writes, and thrives in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Aidan Alberts is a short story writer with a knack for writing sad stories. He is currently writing a military science-fiction novel. He hopes that it isn't science-fiction that he will be attending a creative writing PhD program soon.
Joe Wood is a novice speculative fiction writer. Having graduated from Canisius College with a BS in Psychology and a BA in Creative Writing, he now studies School Psychology at SUNY Oswego. During his free time, Joe enjoys going on hikes and reading Heartstopper over and over.
Isaiah J. King is a Ph.D. candidate at George Washington University, studying machine learning. When he isn't doing that, he writes short fiction and poetry.
Cynthia Bernard is a woman in her early seventies, a long-time classroom teacher and an emerging writer of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. She lives with her husband, their pets, and many houseplants on a hill overlooking the ocean, about 25 miles south of San Francisco.
John Leppik is an English educator currently pursuing a research project with the University of Minnesota to introduce role playing games to high school students.
Angela Townsend is a Pushcart Prize nominee, seven time Best of the Net nominee, and the 2024 winner of West Trade Review’s 704 Prize for Flash Fiction. Angela has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 34 years, laughs with her poet mother every morning, and loves life affectionately.
David Henson and his wife have lived in Brussels and Hong Kong and now reside in Illinois. His work has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes, Best of the Net and two Best Small Fictions and has appeared in various journals.
Cameron Walker is a writer from the north of England. He has contributed fiction pieces to "Lovecraftiana Magazine," as well as biographical articles for the national media relating to his health journey.
