Daniel P. Douglas is the pen name for identical twins Phillip and Paul Garver. Phillip, a U.S. Army veteran, former intelligence analyst, and retired federal government employee, and Paul, with 30 years in the museum profession including the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, write science fiction, suspense, and thrillers.
Michael James Tapscott is a San Francisco Bay Area-based writer, musician, and songwriter. Since 2004, he has been recording, releasing, and performing under various names.
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.
Kevin LeCompte is a high school English teacher who loves stories of all genres, though he tends to lean towards horror because he grew up in the 80's and was sneaking out of bed to watch scary movies way before he should have been.
Carlos Castillo is a writer from Sylmar, California. He writes short stories about random ideas which pop into his head, and sometimes, he even goes back and edits them. These ideas can be science fiction, fantasy, horror, or something that doesn't fit any genre cleanly.
Amita Basu’s fiction appears in more than 85 venues. She’s contributing editor at Fairfield Scribes Micro, and sustainability columnist and interviews editor at Mean Pepper Vine. She lives in Bangalore, and works at a climate action thinktank.
David Sebek was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and spent his early childhood traveling between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres before settling in Houston, Texas. As a writer, he explores the darker edges of imagination in short stories that blend realism with the uncanny.
Rajeshwar Mittapalli is a Professor of English with more than thirty years of teaching experience at universities across Asia, Africa, and Europe. He is also active as a creative writer and translator.
Holly Pfeiffer will study English and Creative Writing at Middle Tennessee State University. She won the Charlotte Akers Gardner Writing Scholarship for incoming students, and looks forward to giving it the old college try.
Andrea Tillmanns lives in Germany and works full-time as a university lecturer. She has been writing poetry, short stories and novels in various genres for many years.
Victor Julian-Henry Roberts is a speculative fiction author and poet specializing in horror and erotica. Born and raised in Maine, he lives right next to the forest, where he derives much inspiration for his writing.
Lucien R. Starchild is an enigmatic poet/writer and cosmic dreamer, weaving tales that blur the line between reality and the surreal. Born under a wandering star, he draws inspiration from forgotten myths, celestial whispers and the hidden magic of everyday life.
T. J. Young is a writer living in Seattle, WA. After years as an environmental attorney, he now pursues the far more lucrative profession of creative writing. He occasionally travels to the Andromeda galaxy in search of material, but otherwise spends most of his time reading. He is married with three superhero children.
