Aimee Ogden is an American werewolf in the Netherlands. Her debut novella, “Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters,” was a Nebula Award Finalist, and her third novella, “Emergent Properties,” arrives in July 2023. Her short fiction has previously appeared in publications such as Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, and Fantasy Magazine. She also co-edits Translunar Travelers Lounge, a magazine of fun and optimistic speculative fiction.

Rebecca Halsey is the author of the historic romance novel Notes of Temptation. Her short fiction has most recently appeared in Ghost Parachute and The Bookends Review. 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 editor-in-chief 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. Learn more at www.rebeccahalsey.com.

Jim Kourlas earned an MFA degree in fiction from Roosevelt University and has stories in Longleaf Review, Short Story Long, HAD, Hunger Mountain, Lost Balloon, and elsewhere. He lives in glorious Omaha, Nebraska with his family.

Lettie Prell’s science fiction stories often explore people merging with their technology, touching on topics of transhumanism and artificial intelligence. She has also explored justice-related themes, which stem from her long-standing career as a researcher in that field. Her work has appeared in Analog, Apex, Clarkesworld, Tordotcom, Wired, and elsewhere. Various works have been reprinted in anthologies, including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, “best of” publications curated by Neil Clarke and Rich Horton, and The New Voices of Science Fiction (Tachyon). Several of her stories have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, and other languages. She is a lifelong Midwesterner and currently lives in Des Moines.

Damyanti Biswas is currently based in Singapore. Her short fiction has been published at Smokelong, Ambit, Litro, Puerto del Sol, among others, and she’s the co-editor of The Forge literary magazine. Her popular blog damyantiwrites.com — where she speaks about the writing life and interviews publishing professionals — turned 15 this year.

She’s the author of You Beneath Your Skin, an Amazon-bestselling crime novel, which has been optioned for screens by Endemol Shine. Her next crime novel, The Blue Bar, was published by Thomas & Mercer USA. It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and Goodreads named it one of 2023’s Most Anticipated Mysteries & Thrillers. The sequel, The Blue Monsoon, is out now and receiving positive buzz from readers.