Stewart C Baker is an academic librarian and author of speculative fiction and poetry, along with the occasional piece of interactive fiction. His fiction has appeared in Nature, Lightspeed, and Flash Fiction Online, among other places, and his poetry has appeared in Fantasy, Asimov’s, and numerous haiku magazines. Stewart was born in England, has lived in South Carolina, Japan, and California (in that order), and now lives within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya in western Oregon, along with his family—although if anyone asks, he’ll usually say he’s from the Internet.

Paul DesCombaz lives in the wilds of Washington with his wife, their two goofball dogs and an insane cat with hate in her heart.

Benjamin C. Kinney is a neuroscientis a SFF writer, neuroscientist, and editor based in St. Louis. He hasn’t created any cyborg monkeys in years, but he has no comment about cyborg cars. His short stories have appeared in many lovely magazines, including Analog, Strange Horizons, and Fantasy Magazine. He’s also a Hugo Award finalist for his work as the assistant editor of the science fiction podcast magazine Escape Pod. You can find him and his work at benjaminckinney.com.

Avra Margariti is a queer author, Greek sea monster, and Rhysling-nominated poet with a fondness for the dark and the darling. Avra’s work haunts publications such as Strange Horizons, The Deadlands, Three-Lobed Burning Eye, F&SF, Asimov’s, and Vastarien. You can find Avra on X/Twitter (@avramargariti).

Emma Munro is a queer cis woman who lives in the Blue Mountains of Australia with her wife and cat. Her stories have appeared in Hashtag Queer LGBTQ+ Creative Anthology Vol. 1, Hello Horror, Pure Slush, Cosmos and other places.