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.

Alexis A. Hunter is a speculative short story writer in possession of a superbly shaped skull. When she’s not writing, she can usually be found cursing too much on Twitter or taking too many pictures of her daughter. Her stories have appeared in magazines such as Fireside Fiction, Shimmer, and Apex, among others. To learn more, visit www.alexisahunter.com–or if you aren’t afraid of a few (hundred) f-bombs, follow her on Twitter (@alexisahunter).

Samantha Murray is a writer, mathematician, and mother. Not particularly in that order. Her work has appeared Flash Fiction Online previously, and has also been seen in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Interzone, and Escape Pod, among other fine places, and been collected in The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, and The Best Science Fiction of the Year (Vol 4). Samantha is a two-time Aurealis Award winner. You can follow her on Twitter as @SamanthaNMurray.

Samantha lives in Western Australia in a household of unruly boys.

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.

Matt Dovey is very tall and very English and most likely drinking a cup of tea right now. He has a scar on his arm where a micrometeorite tore through his spacesuit and left him seconds from a cold and frozen death. He now lives in a quiet market town in rural England with his wife & three children, and despite being a writer, he still hasn’t found the right words to properly express the delight and joy he finds in this wonderful arrangement.
His surname rhymes with “Dopey”, but any other similarities to the dwarf are purely coincidental. He is the Golden Pen winner for Writers of the Future volume 32 (2016), was shortlisted for the James White Award (2016), and has short fiction all over the place, including the March 2016 issue of Flash Fiction Online with “This is the Sound of the End of the World“. Keep up with everything at mattdovey.com, or follow along on Facebook and Twitter both as @mattdoveywriter.

J.W. Alden is fascinated with the fantastic. As such, science fiction and fantasy have become his literary domain—though some other weird things sneak in from time to time.
Growing up along the coasts of Florida, James learned to hate the sun and love the shade. While most kids his age spent their weekends at the beach or on the basketball court, he buried himself in books. He now lives just outside West Palm Beach with his wife Allison, who doesn’t mind the odd assortment of musical instruments and medieval weaponry that decorate his office (as long as he tries to brandish the former more often than the latter).
J.W. Alden is a graduate of Odyssey Writing Workshop and a 1st Place Writers of the Future winner. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Nature, Daily Science Fiction, Cast of Wonders, and various other publications. Read more from him at www.AuthorAlden.com. Follow him on twitter at @AuthorAlden.