Lindz McLeod is a queer, working-class, Scottish writer and poet who dabbles in the surreal. Her short prose has been published by Apex, Catapult, Pseudopod, and many more. Her longer work includes the short story collection TURDUCKEN (Spaceboy, 2023), as well as her novels BEAST (Hear Us Scream, 2023), SUNBATHERS (Hedone Books, 2024), THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET (Harlequin, 2025), and the collaborative anthology AN HONOUR AND A PRIVILEGE (Stanchion, 2025). Her work has been taught in schools, universities, and turned into avant-garde opera. She is a full member of the SFWA, the club president of the Edinburgh Writers’ Club, and is currently studying for a PhD in Creative Writing.

Yelena Crane is a Ukrainian/Soviet born and USA based writer, incorporating influences from both into her work. With an advanced degree in the sciences, she has followed her passions from mad scientist to sci-fi writer. Her stories often explore the boundaries of technology, the complexities of human nature, and the consequences of our choices. She’s published in Nature Futures, DSF, Dark Matter Ink, Flame Tree, and elsewhere. Follow her on twitter @Aelintari and https://www.yelenacrane.com/.

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.

Born and raised in the Philippines, Caroline Hung is a writer of mixed Filipino and Taiwanese descent. She is very normal and totally not deranged. Find her at carolinehungauthor.com.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, USA, Justine Gardner writes stories about the old clanking heart of her city—pigeons, knives, and all.

Her work has been published in a variety of places, including NewMyths.com, House of Zolo, Ligeia, Blood & Bourbon, 86 Logic, and Lucent Dreaming. A few of her stories have even found their way into the following anthologies: Telephone Me Now (Regulus Press, 2018); The Half That You See (Dark Ink, 2021); Illicit Motions (Unnerving Books, 2023). For more, please visit her website www.grumpstonegazette.com.

Kurt Pankau writes mostly silly stories about robots. His short fiction has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Escape Pod, and Nature Futures. He is the author of HIGH NOON ON PHOBOS, the co-author of BRIDEZILLA with Kathy Bailey, and the creator of UNCLE FLUFFY’S POST-APOCALYPTIC SING-ALONG. Obviously, he’s not a golfer.