Brazilian, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Diogo is an English teacher and the Editor-in-Chief of Revista A Taverna (Twitter @atavernarevista), an online Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine that publishes short stories written by Brazilian authors in Portuguese. He’s been teaching for almost fifteen years and, once in a while, he dares to translate stories from English to Portuguese. His stories have appeared in countless magazines, in parallel universes. In this one, they’re still nowhere to be found. Find him online at: diogolsramos.com

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Lalini Shanela Ranaraja writes about imperfect lives, best beloveds, and luminous worlds. Their speculative fiction and poetry has appeared in and is forthcoming from Beneath Ceaseless Skies, MetaStellar, Strange Horizons, Uncanny Magazine, and others. Discover more of their work at www.shanelaranaraja.com .

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Ace Ratcliff currently lives and works in Oakland, CA with their fiancé, Derek, and a pack of wild beasts. Ace’s essay “Who Gets to Say #MeToo?” was published in Fireside Fiction’s Fireside Quarterly July 2018 edition and their essay “Nihil De Nobis, Sine Nobis” appeared as part of Uncanny Magazine’s Kickstarter campaign for Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction. Their poetry has been published in Breath & Shadow. Their short story, “The Ritual,” appeared in Phobos Magazine. Ace writes about disability inclusion and representation and has bylines at Huffington Post, Self Magazine, Bustle, Bitch Media, and io9. They put their art, photography, and other fun stuff at stayweirdbekind.com and regularly tweet @mortuaryreport.

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Louise Ratcliffe is a a scientist and an artist. She spent her school days either trying to blow stuff up in Chemistry, or creating angsty pieces of writing and performance art. She is originally from England, and came to New Zealand as a souvenir from an OE. She is currently doing everything she never planned to do out in rural Waikato.

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David Rees-Thomas was born sometime between 1743 and 3025.

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Jenn Reese writes science fiction and fantasy adventure stories for readers of all ages. Her first novel, Jade Tiger, is a kung fu action-adventure romance, and her latest books, the Above World trilogy for young readers, feature bioengineered mermaids in a post-apocalyptic future. Jenn is also a graphic designer, a (lapsed) martial artist, and a very occasional voice actor. When she’s not exploring her new home city of Portland, she’s playing video games, learning to knit, or watching far too much TV.

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Alter S. Reiss is an archaeologist and writer who lives in Jerusalem with his wife Naomi and their son Uriel. He likes good books, bad movies, and old time radio shows.

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Pamela Rentz is a citizen of the Karuk Tribe of California. She has been writing since the beginning of time, and found success in 2007 when she won second prize in Wordstock, the book festival in Portland, Oregon. She used that story to apply to Clarion West and graduated from the workshop in 2008.

She grew up in southern California and graduated from Agoura High School and University of California at Santa Barbara, and completed a paralegal training program through UCLA Extension. Pamela ended up in Portland, Oregon, where she did a number of jobs until her big break as a paralegal working with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations.

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Mike Resnick is the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short fiction (according to Locus). He has won 5 Hugos (from a record 37 nominations), a Nebula, and other major awards in the USA, France, Japan, Spain, Catalonia, Croatia, and Poland. He has written 75 novels, over 275 stories, and 3 screenplays, and has edited 42 anthologies. His work has been translated into 27 languages, and he is currently the editor of Stellar Guild books and Galaxy’s Edge magazine.

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