Gerri Leen likes to think of herself as an author/poet, but really she’s a certified cat
servant. She’s allowed to live with Simon (a white Turkish Angora, also known as The Demolator because he is the most destructive cat ever and as The Vominator because, well, you can guess) and with his sister River who’s a torbie (tabby/tortoiseshell mix–talk about your combos!) shorthair who lives up to her Firefly namesake in so many creepifying ways. She’s also very sweet). Gerri writes fiction and poetry in many genres and also romance as Kim Strattford.

Despite the urging of her feline overlords, she has not dedicated herself solely to fiction that features cats in all their glory. There will be repercussions unless cheese delivery is imminent.

Check out gerrileen.com or kimstrattford.com to see more about her.

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Anne Leonard is a novelist and short story writer. Her novel Moth and Spark was published in 2014, and her short fiction has appeared in several anthologies, Daily Science Fiction, Translunar Travelers Lounge, and Fantasy & Science Fiction, and other venues. Her occupations have ranged from library assistant to teacher to lawyer. She has an MFA in fiction from the University of Pittsburgh and two other graduate degrees. She resides in Northern California with her family and enjoys hiking, baseball, and photography.

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David D. Levine is the author of novel Arabella of Mars (Tor 2016) and over fifty SF and fantasy stories. His story “Tk’Tk’Tk” won the Hugo Award, and he has been shortlisted for awards including the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell, and Sturgeon. Stories have appeared in Asimov’s, Analog, F&SF, and multiple Year’s Best anthologies as well as award-winning collection Space Magic from Wheatland Press.

David is a contributor to George R. R. Martin’s bestselling shared-world series Wild Cards. He is also a member of publishing cooperative Book View Cafe and of nonprofit organization Oregon Science Fiction Conventions Inc. He has narrated podcasts for Escape Pod, PodCastle, and StarShipSofa, and his video “Dr. Talon’s Letter to the Editor” was a finalist for the Parsec Award. In 2010 he spent two weeks at a simulated Mars base in the Utah desert.

David lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Kate Yule. His web site is www.daviddlevine.com.

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Jess is a trans non-binary and pansexual writer, designer, and voice actor who hails from the hollers of Western North Carolina. They currently live in the deep South, where they explore futures of liberation and how to get there.

When they’re not imagining weird queer cli-fi utopias, designing future tech, or facilitating capacity-building workshops, they’re organizing programming with their local queer community and The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird. Their work has appeared in a range of publications, including Solarpunk Magazine, HyphenPunk, and Kaleidotrope.

You can visit their website at https://www.quarefutures.com and follow them on Instagram @‌merrynoontide

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L. D. Lewis is a coffee enthusiast and writer of SFF primarily centering Black women and femmes in extraordinary worlds and with extraordinary power. She also serves as Art Director for FIYAH Literary Magazine for Black Speculative Fiction. Her novella A RUIN OF SHADOWS was published in April 2018 by Dancing Star Press, and she was awarded the 2017 Working-Class Writers Grant by the Speculative Literature Foundation. She lives in Florida, on deadline, and under the judgmental gaze of her cat, Gustavo.

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Brian Lieberman has been many things at the Escape Artists Foundation, first finding his footing back in 2007 as a moderator for the newly minted forums. These days, he’s a Solutions Engineer, helping to manage some of the back-end technologies that help keep the wheels spinning and the stories coming. When he’s not doing all of <em>that</em>, he’s fighting various evils with his friends or cuddling up with his wife and two corgis.

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Leena Likitalo is a writer from Finland, the land of thousands of lakes and at least as many untold tales. She’s a Writers of the Future 2014 winner and a Clarion San Diego graduate. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Daily Science Fiction, and Galaxy’s Edge. She dreams of being a published novelist one day.

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Joshua Lim is a writer of speculative fiction from Klang, Malaysia. His work is published or forthcoming in Fantasy Magazine, PodCastle, The Dark and in anthologies by Apex Book Company, Inklings Press, Fixi Novo, Maya Press, and Teaspoon Publishing. He is currently a medical student who finds time in between classes to write stories and overthink his future. Find him at http://joshualimwriter.wordpress.com or on Instagram @‌joshualimwriter.

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E.M. Linden is a spec fic writer who lives in Aotearoa New Zealand and loves coffee, ghosts, owls, and the sea. Her work has appeared in places such as Strange Horizons, The Deadlands, Flash Fiction Online and the Locus Recommended Reading List. She is online at emlinden.blog or emlinden@bsky.social.

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