Stories

D. S. Carabise grew up in the simultaneously beautiful and horrific farm country of upstate New York. Days of wandering misty woods and haunted-looking barns have given him a taste for the fantastical and macabre. He currently lives with his amazing wife, their two wonderful cats, and their lovely dog. Although there is considerably less farmland where they live now, he often finds himself dreaming of his old, imagined terrors.

Kosoluchi Agboanike writes prose, poetry, and plays from Nigeria. Her work has appeared in African Writer, Anathema, Olongo Africa, and elsewhere. She was the 2021 winner of the Emeka Anuforo Prize for Best Literary Artist of the Year.

Lorraine Schein is a New York writer and poet. Her work has appeared in VICE Terraform, Strange Horizons, Scientific American, and Michigan Quarterly, and in the anthologies The Unbearables, Wild Women and Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana del Rey & Sylvia Plath. The Futurist’s Mistress, her poetry book, is available from Mayapple Press. Her newest book, The Lady Anarchist Cafe, was published by Autonomedia and available on Amazon.

Brandon Case is a golden retriever who writes of unsettling worlds. He has recent work in Escape Pod, Flash Fiction Online, and Small Wonders, among others. You can catch his alpine adventures on Twitter and Instagram @BrandonCase101 or connect at www.brandoncase.net.

Deborah L. Davitt was raised in Nevada, but currently lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and son. Her award-winning poetry and prose has appeared in over seventy journals, including F&SF, Asimov’s, Analog, and Lightspeed. For more about her work, including her Elgin-placing poetry collections, Bounded by Eternity and From Voyages Unreturning, see www.deborahldavitt.com.  She also has a new poetry chapbook out in 2024 (Xenoforming), as well as a TTRPG and novel: Mists & Memory and In Memory’s Shadow.

Sarina Dorie has sold over 200 short stories to markets like Analog, Daily Science Fiction, Fantasy Magazine, and F & SF. She has over one hundred books up on Amazon, including her bestselling series, Womby’s School for Wayward Witches.

A few of her favorite things include: gluten-free brownies (not necessarily glutton-free), Star Trek, steampunk, fairies, Severus Snape, and Mr. Darcy. She lives with twenty-three hypoallergenic fur babies, by which she means tribbles. By the time you finish reading this bio, there will be twenty-seven.

You can find info about her short stories and novels on her website: www.sarinadorie.com.

Helen French is a writer, book hoarder and TV-soaker-upper who grew up in Merseyside near the coast and now lives in Hertfordshire, UK with her family. Her short stories have appeared in venues such as Factor Four, Flash Fiction Online and Stupefying Stories, and she is currently buried in novel writing. You can find her online at helenfrench.net.

Rob Gillham is an author of weird and dark fantasy short fiction. He lives in London, UK. His writing occurs in the margins of the day, where it competes for his time with playing double bass in an obscure gothic rockabilly band. Rob’s stories have appeared—or are due to appear— in Escape Pod, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Kaleidotrope, Daily Science Fiction, Tales To Terrify and Creepy Podcast amongst others. You can find links to all his published work and social media via his website: robgillham.com.

Gray is a Scots-born writer and photographer who lives and works in NYC. His stories have run in New Myths, Abyss and Apex, Cosmic Roots and many more, and it’s his ambition to be well enough known to be considered publicity-shy. [Threads: David_A_Gray]

Liam Hogan is an award-winning short story writer, with stories in Best of British Science Fiction and in Best of British Fantasy (NewCon Press). He volunteers at the creative writing charities Ministry of Stories, and Spark Young Writers. Host of the live literary event Liars’ League for twelve years, he's now escaped London, but remains a Liar. More details at http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk.

Amanda Cecelia Lang is a horror author and aspiring monster-slayer from Colorado. As a diehard scary movie nerd, her favorite things are meta-slashers, ‘80s nostalgia, and the rise of a fierce final girl. Her scary stories haunt the dark corners of many popular podcasts, magazines, and anthologies, including The Deadlands, Ghoulish Tales, Uncharted, Gamut, Cast of Wonders, and Darkness Beckons. Her debut short story collection Saturday Fright at the Movies: 13 Tales from the Multiplex (Dark Matter INK) is now playing. You can stalk her work at amandacecelialang.com—just don’t be surprised if she leaps out at you from the shadows.

In a cove of a Greek island, Akis was born a rather peculiar infant and has only grown stranger every year. By day, he's a researcher of biomedical AI and ethics, hoping there's something less dystopian to come from this technology. His words have wormed their way into Apex Magazine, Strange Horizons, Flame Tree, and Uncharted, among others. Visit his website for updates on his dreadful machinations: https://linktr.ee/akislinardos.

Bret Nelson is an Emmy Award-winning creator. When he’s not writing stories, he makes TV shows and games. Over the years, he’s worked with Kermit the Frog, Buzz Lightyear, and Conan the Cimmerian. Right now, he’s busy with projects he’s not allowed to talk about (that’s what the contracts say). You’ll find his books and stories here: www.amazon.com/author/nelsonwrites.

Spencer Nitkey is a writer, researcher, and educator living in Philadelphia. He was a 2023 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction finalist, and is a Best Small Fictions, Rhysling Award, and two-time Pushcart nominee. His stories have appeared, or are forthcoming, in Apex Magazine, Diabolical Plots, Lightspeed Magazine, Flash Fiction Online, Fusion Fragment, and others. You can find more of his writing and learn more about him on his website, spencernitkey.com.

Nico Martinez Nocito (they/them) writes speculative poetry and fiction, often with a queer and feminist bent. Their work can be found in Strange Horizons, Grimm Retold, and in Flame Tree Press’s anthology Morgana Le Fay, among others. Learn more about them and their writing on Instagram @nicowritesbooks. 

Wen Wen Yang is a Chinese American from the Bronx, New York. She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University with a degree in English and creative writing. You can find her short fiction in Fantasy Magazine, Apex, Cast of Wonders and more. An up-to-date bibliography is on WenWenWrites.com