Aiste Grice is a fantasy author from Lithuania, although she has been writing exclusively in English for many years, much to her literature teachers’ dismay. She is most drawn to stories exploring the human psyche and complicated relationships, so her works tend to lean heavy on the character, light on the plot. She’s also currently working on a Master’s in Climate Studies.

Alistair Robinson (any/all) is a writer crafting stories at the confluence of science, technology, philosophy and humanity. You can find their work at substack.com/@alistairrobinson

M.A. Acosta is an educator and speculative poet based in the US South. Her poems have been nominated for the Rhysling Award, Dwarf Star Award, and Best of the Net. Her poems appearing in Prismatica, Heartiness Spec, and Star*Line imagine livable queer futures on Earth and among the stars.

Anna Stein is an artist, writer, and lover of stories in all forms. Her work can be found in audio drama including Before The Tone, A Somewhat Peculiar Frog, Hubris, Of The Sword, 11th Hour Audio, This Address Does Not Exist, and Someone Dies In This Elevator as well as in the print anthology A Coven Of Witches. When not writing, Anna can be found drawing, podcasting, and generally scheming devious plots. Information on the podcasts she showruns can be found on KnaveOfHearts.com.

Cyrus Amelia Fisher writes queer tales of shipwrecks, mycelium, and horrors of the flesh. You can find more of their work at cyrusameliafisher.com.

Emmanuel Kibet is a medical student with ink-stained fingers and a mind that wanders easily between theatre rooms and imagined worlds. A sucker for creative writing, he believes stories can heal in ways medicine sometimes can’t. When he’s not studying disease, he’s dissecting human emotion, a sentence at a time.

Hannah Baxter is a writer from Northern Ireland. She achieved a first-class honors degree and an MA in English Literary Studies from Queen’s University, Belfast. Her work has been featured in New Isles Press, The Martello Journal, Spellweaver Magazine, Samhain Screams, Bizarro Circus of Madness and America’s Slide Towards Authoritarianism

JD Rivers writes queer speculative fiction where they fall deeply and madly in love while figuring out the world around them. She collects hobbies as others collect books and has an unhealthy addiction watching competitive cooking shows. JD lives close to the woods with her husband and the cutest dog in the world.

K.J. Isley is a speculative fiction author who seems to think basic compassion is the highest form of art. Having experienced temporary global aphasia in childhood, K.J. has never taken communication, in all its variety and beauty, for granted again. K.J.’s work has appeared in various publications, including Panorama Journal, The Woods Reader, and Modern Women Bali Magazine.

Lisobel Tang is an emerging writer from Tiohtià:ke (Montréal). Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in trampset and khōréō magazine. In her spare time, she can be found with her dog by the St. Lawrence River, where she regularly pauses to contemplate sentence structure. Find her at lisobeltang.com.

Matthew Taber-Hanson has written extensively for tabletop roleplaying games as Matthew J. Hanson. Most notably, he created the all-ages game Magical Kitties Save the Day. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two children. This is his first published short story.

Nico Martinez Nocito writes speculative fiction and poetry with a queer, feminist bent. Their work has been nominated for the Rhysling Award and published in Strange Horizons, Heartlines Spec, and Apex Magazine. Learn more about Nico and their writing on Bluesky and Instagram @nicowritesbooks, or on their website, nicomartineznocito.com.

R.F. Daniels (they/he) is a queer nonbinary writer of speculative fiction and software engineer living in Finland. When they aren’t arguing with computers or getting lost in speculative worlds, they can be found painting, composing sad music, and spending time with their cats. Find them online at rfdaniels.com.

Ren Oliveira (he/they) is a Brazilian writer and aspiring artist who spends their days as a web developer and their nights making stories. They live in the countryside with three cats and write fantasy about wild magic, strange worlds, and complicated bonds. Their work also appears in first volume of Common Bonds.

S.H. Marr is a writer and connoisseur of angsty teens, the power of platonic love and the human soul, undefinable relationships, and unreliable narrators. Most of hir writing is somewhere in the fantasy or science fiction genres, but ze enjoys adventuring through many.

S.M. Pearce is the fantasy and dystopian author behind Natural Outlaws and Fractured Sovereignty (2023) and Outliers (2018). Outside of her fictional projects, S.M. Pearce is currently pursuing an MA in history at the University of Ottawa.

Sophie A. Katz (she/her) is a queer Jewish writer who loves to write about queer Jews. She currently makes a living as a writer for themed experiences, such as theme parks, museums, and cruise ships. Her debut poetry collection, Enigma and Other Aromantic Asexual Love Poems, is available wherever books are sold. Follow her across social media @sophieakatz.

Tunvey Mou hails from Assam and with every passing day in Delhi she wishes she had remained there as well. Ex-chess player, voracious reader, and part-time poisoner; she enjoys writing about eldritch monsters, uncanny myths, cursed love, demonic cults, ritual cannibalism, and other such delightful things. You can find her on instagram as tunvey_mou, where she mostly rambles on about anime.

Yelena Crane is equal parts borscht and black coffee. With an advanced degree in the sciences, she has followed her passions from mad scientist to sci-fi writer. Her stories often explore the uneasy intersection of technology with human nature, and the consequences of our choices. Follow her @yelenacrane.bsky.social and on https://www.yelenacrane.com/.

Genre/Age Category: Adult, Fantasy, Science-Fiction, Queer Fiction, Short Stories
Publisher: Claudie Arseneault
Publication Date: March 26, 2026
Cover Artist: Laya Rose
ISBN-13 (paperback): 978-1-0692516-5-7
ISBN-13 (ebook): 978-1-0692516-6-4

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