Suzanne Vincent is the editor-in-chief of Flash Fiction Online. That’s what people think anyway. Actually, she’s really a pretty ordinary middle-aged woman packing a few extra pounds and a few more gray hairs than she’s comfortable with. As a writer, she leans toward the fantasy spectrum, though much of what she writes is difficult to classify. Slipstream? Isn’t that where we stick stories when we just can’t figure out where else they go? Suzanne’s first professional publication was right here at FFO, published before she joined the staff: “I Speak the Master’s Will,” — a story she’s still very proud of. While she doesn’t actually have time to blog anymore, she once did. You can still read her ancient posts on writing at The Slushpile Avalanche. Suzanne keeps a house full of kids (3), a husband (1), and pets (too many to number) in Utah, USA. Yes, she’s a Mormon. No, there isn’t another wife. Mormons haven’t actually practiced polygamy since the 1890s. Too bad. She’d love to have another woman around to wash dishes and do laundry.

Merc Wolfmoor is a queer transmasculine non-binary writer who lives in the Midwest United States. Favorite things include: robots, dinosaurs, monsters, and tea. Their stories have appeared in Lightspeed, Fireside Fiction, Apex, Escape Pod, Shimmer, Cicada, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015, and Wilde Stories 2016. Merc has considered making their tagline “The Robot Who Makes People Cry With Their Stories.” In addition to breaking readers’ hearts, Merc likes to play video games, watch movies, read comics, and wear awesome hats. You can find Merc on Twitter @Merc_Wolfmoor or their website: https://mercfennwolfmoor.com/.

Jason S. Ridler is a writer, historian, and actor. He is the author of The Brimstone Files, and his latest historical work Mavericks of War was called a “visceral read that is also an important piece of scholarship” by Pulitzer-Prize winner Richard Rhodes. He is a Teaching Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and teaches creative writing at Google, Youtube, and for private clients.

Robert Bagnall is an English writer who has completed four undistinguished marathons but holds a world record for eating cream teas. The two may be related.

His speculative fiction has appeared in a variety of magazines, websites, and anthologies since the early 1990s. His words have also very, very occasionally cropped up on radio, in newspapers, and out of the mouths of UK government ministers, for whom he was briefly a speechwriter. He is currently taking a break from corporate wage slavery to renovate a Victorian villa on the English Riviera.

You can find his musings on science fiction and writing at meschera.blogspot.co.uk and his non-fiction book ‘127a – Diary of a Self-Builder’ on Amazon. His science fiction novel ‘2084’ will be released by Double Dragon Publications in late 2017.

He doesn’t like dogs and is allergic to cats.

Lina Rather lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan where she works at a historical archive. In her spare time, she cooks, collects terrible 90’s comics, and writes melancholy stories. Her work has appeared venues including Shimmer, Daily Science Fiction, and Lightspeed. You can find her and her other stories at her website, linarather.wordpress.com, or on Twitter as @LinaRather.

Ryan Row‘s fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, Quarterly West, Bayou Magazine, Shimmer Magazine, and elsewhere. He is a winner of the Writers of the Future Award, and holds a B.A in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. He lives in Oakland California with a beautiful and mysterious woman. You can find him online at ryanrow.com.