Contributors

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Mike Adamson
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Apotheosis of Rosie
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Mike Adamson holds a doctoral degree from Flinders University of South Australia. After early aspirations in art and writing, Adamson returned to study and secured qualifications in marine biology and archaeology. He has been a university educator since 2006, is a passionate photographer, master-level hobbyist and journalist for international magazines. For more about him, check out his website, The View From The Keyboard.
                        
                        
                        
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Britta Ager
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Smells like witch spirit: How the ancient world’s scented sorceresses influence ideas about magic today
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Britta Ager is an assistant professor of classics at Arizona State University in the School of International Letters and Cultures. She has previously taught at a variety of colleges and universities throughout the US. Her research encompasses Roman history, ancient agriculture and environmental issues, the senses, and Roman religion, ritual, and magic.
                        
                        
                        
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Edward Ahern
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Roommate
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Ed Ahern resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He’s had over three hundred stories and poems published so far, and six books. Ed works the other side of writing at Bewildering Stories, where he sits on the review board and manages a posse of nine review editors. He’s also lead editor at The Scribes Micro Fiction magazine. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook, and Istagram.
                        
                        
                        
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Kenneth Amenn
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Take Me With You
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Kenneth Amenn has had two stories published: the October 2019 issue of 3 Moon Magazine featured Skin Deep and the 2020 Kyanite Press featured Diamond Tears in their Winter issue. He lives in Chicago with his three siblings and their dog.
                        
                        
                        
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K.K. Ameyo
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
A PLATE FROM THE GODS
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Kevin Ameyo often visits mythical lands, makes merry with fictional people and comes back to Earth to write their fantastical tales on his blog, The Words of a Dying Flame.
Find me on Twitter and on Instagram
                        
                        
                        
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Ryan Anderson
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Top 3 VR Headsets for Half Life: Alyx
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Ryan Anderson is the senior editor at AR/VR Tips, an online company that showcases the latest augmented reality apps and virtual reality products and offers tutorials and guides to help you play.
                        
                        
                        
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Gwen Anderson
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Odds of Logical Failure
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Gwen Anderson is a Junior in High School with aspirations of turning her addiction to writing of the weird, the funny, and the outright strange into something she can actually live off of someday. She spent the past summer at Columbia’s Crafting the Novel Immersion and has earned three Honorable Mentions from Scholastic. She runs her own book review and original writing blog which can be found on Instagram @4TheStarryEyed or on her website at 4THESTARRYEYED.
                        
                        
                        
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Douglas Anstruther
                                                
                                                    

                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Douglas Anstruther was raised among the long cold winters of Minnesota. He married his lovely wife, Dana, went to medical school, had three very nearly perfect children and moved to Wilmington, North Carolina.  When not tending to people’s kidneys, Anstruther likes to read, write and talk about history, linguistics, space, AIs, the singularity, and everything in between. Find him on Twitter at @DouglsAnstruthr and on Facebook at @douglasanstruther.
                        
                        
                        
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Asch
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Three Centuries. Same Radio.
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Asch is a high school teacher, an avid gamer, and a first reader in both science fiction and fantasy at  Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores. Her current project is illustrating the poetry book Tell Me More Tales, sequel to Tell Me Tales.
                        
                        
                        
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Beatrice Ashton-Lelliott
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Prestige: the real-life warring Victorian magicians who inspired the film
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Beatrice Ashton-Lelliott recently completed her PhD at the University of Portsmouth on Victorian magician autobiographies and fictional representations of conjuring in 19th-century literature. She has most recently published on illusions in Hawthorne's The Blithedale Romance and Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
                        
                        
                        
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Dawn Baird
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Wacky Fun Factory
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Dawn Baird spends her days in the world of fiction, creating short stories and novels. She lives in Florida with her husband and a fat cat who loves to walk on her computer keyboard as she works. Follow her on Twitter at  @DawnBairdWriter.
                        
                        
                        
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Alexandra Balasa
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Birth of Death
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Alexandra Balasa is a writer, editor, PhD student, and TA at the University of Texas at Dallas.  Her writing has appeared in magazines such as PodCastle,  Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, and Deep Magic. You can follow her on @BalasaAl.
                        
                        
                        
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Raluca Balasa
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Blood State
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Raluca Balasa holds an MFA in Creative Writing: Fiction from the University of Nevada, Reno. Her debut science fiction novel  Blood State was released in September of 2020.  Find out more at her website Raluca Balasa or follow her on Twitter at @rabalasa.
                        
                        
                        
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Patrick Barb
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Live Nude Death
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Patrick Barb is a freelance writer and editor from the southern United States, currently living (and trying not to freeze to death) in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Previously, his short fiction has appeared in  Sci-Fi & Scary , Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters Vol. 7, Boneyard Soup Magazine, and other publications (see Patrick Barb for more info).
                        
                        
                        
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Travis Beaty
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Amelia’s Appliances
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Travis Wade Beaty grew up in Northeast Indiana, spent a good deal of his twenties in Los Angeles, and now resides in Washington, DC. While he’s had a great many jobs, his favorites have included acting, teaching, and being a stay-at-home dad to two girls and two cats. He can be found on Twitter at @TravisWBeaty or his website, TravisWadeBeaty.wordpress.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Kathrine Beck
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Life of Frank Herbert, Dreamer of Dune
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Kathrine K. Beck (also known as K.K. Beck) lives in Seattle, Washington, and is the author of 17 crime novels and one work of nonfiction, Opal: A Life of Enchantment, Mystery and Madness. Beck is an Edgar award nominee and an Agatha award nominee. Visit her Amazon author page here.
                        
                        
                        
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Gary Beck
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Last Glance
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Gary Beck has spent most of his life as a theater director and art dealer. He has also been a tennis pro, a ditch digger and a salvage diver. His original plays have been produced Off Broadway. His poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in hundreds of literary magazines and his published books include 32 poetry collections, 14 novels, 3 short story collections, 1 collection of essays and 5 books of plays. Find him at Gary Beck and on Facebook 
                        
                        
                        
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Scott Beggs
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Out Here
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Scott Beggs keeps an eye on the stars. His short stories have appeared in PseudoPod, Dark Moon Digest, MYTHIC Magazine, and All Worlds Wayfarer. He moves around a lot with his family, and he wants to be Buster Keaton's best friend. Follow him on Twitter at @scottmbeggs and visit his website at ScottBeggs.com for more.
                        
                        
                        
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C.R. Beideman
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Islands of Misfit Toys
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
C.R. Beideman writes from Butte, Montana. His fiction appears in: The Saturday Evening Post, Gray's Sporting Journal, and AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review. He's taught classes at Montana State. In addition to skiing and fly fishing, these days he's into gardening. His bottom right desk drawer and his first novel have a Schrödinger's cat thing going on. Find out more on Twitter @CRBeideman.
                        
                        
                        
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Jim Bell
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Perseverance lands tomorrow; lead scientist explains tech and goals
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jim Bell is a planetary scientist, educator, author, public speaker, and past president of The Planetary Society. He works at Arizona State University and is heavily involved in NASA solar system exploration missions like those of the Mars rovers Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity. His popular science and space photography books include Postcards from Mars, Mars-3-D, Moon 3-D, The Space Book, The Interstellar Age, The Earth Book, and most recently Hubble Legacy: 30 Years of Images and Discoveries (2020) and can be found at  books/Jim Bell. He is a Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU, an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University, and a Distinguished Visiting Scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
                        
                        
                        
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Warren Benedetto
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Unarmed
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Warren Benedetto writes short fiction about horrible people doing horrible things. For more stories, visit Warren Benedetto and follow on Twitter @WarrenBenedetto.
                        
                        
                        
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Katherine Bergeron
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Old Red Schoolhouse in the Forest
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Katherine Bergeron's writings have been published by The Haven, Queen Mob’s Teahouse, The Satirist, The Bigger Picture, All Worlds Wayfarer, The New North, and Circlet Press. She studied film at Emerson College, and later publishing and communications at Harvard University. Coverage of her work has been featured in print and television, including The Boston Globe, The Boston Phoenix, The Dig, and WCVB-TV’s Chronicle. She lives in Boston. you can visit her website at DameCore, her instagram at  DameCoreInc her twitter at DameCoreInc.
                        
                        
                        
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Kerry E.B. Black
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Quietly, Ross
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Kerry E.B. Black writes from a little house that slips further into a swamp with each thunderstorm. Follow the award-winning author of many short stories and the novel "Season of Secrets" on Goodreads, Book Bub, Amazon, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and at kerryebblack.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Daisy Blacklock
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Kingdom To Awry
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Daisy Blacklock is a young writer, aged 13, who hopes to achieve her dream career in the future: a full-time writer.
                        
                        
                        
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Matt Bliss
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Everything is a Rocket Ship
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Matt Bliss is a construction worker turned speculative fiction writer from Las Vegas, Nevada. He believes there's no such thing as too much coffee and is the proud owner of way too many pets. His short fiction has appeared in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Hyphenpunk, and Scare Street's Night Terrors among other published and forthcoming works. If you don’t find him haunting the used book aisle of your local thrift store, you can always find him on Twitter at @MattJBliss.
                        
                        
                        
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Craig H. Bowlsby
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Bota and the Swarm
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Craig Bowlsby lives in Vancouver Canada. Recent fiction includes, “The Day the Earth Didn’t Stand Still” in Neo-opsis science fiction issue 32, July 2021; “The Last Run of Old 248” in the JayHenge science fiction anthology, June 2021; “The Last of the Shamrocks” in Aethlon, issue 36-1, 2020; “One Day in Tom’s Life with Ice Cream,” in Neo-opsis science fiction magazine, issue 30, 2019; and “Translate This,” in the science fiction magazine, Polar Borealis, issue 6, 2018, re-issued in a Tall Tale TV Podcast in 2021.
                        
                        
                        
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Noreen Brenner
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Regeneration of human limbs and organs – science fact or science fiction?
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Noreen Brenner is a science fiction writer with masters degrees in molecular biology and bioinformatics. Her Kobo author page is here. She's currently working on a novel featuring an intergalactic human civilization, time travel, and aliens. Follow her on Facebook at Noreen Brenner Author.
                        
                        
                        
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Glenn Bresciani
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Dagger Quest
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Glenn Bresciani is an Australian who works in community aged care. Fantasy and sci-fi are his favorite genres to read and write about. Yet, whenever he tries to write fantasy, he mostly ends up writing "slice of life" fiction instead. Glenn's Facebook page is here. 
                        
                        
                        
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Laurence Raphael Brothers
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
From Out a Full-Orbed Moon
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Laurence Raphael Brothers is a writer and a technologist with 5 patents and a background in AI and Internet R&D. He has published over 35 short stories in such magazines as Nature, PodCastle, and the New Haven Review. He is most proud of his romantic noir urban fantasy novellas The Demons of Wall Street and The Demons of the Square Mile (Mirror World Publishing, 2020 and 2021). Follow Laurence on twitter: @lbrothers or visit Laurence Raphael Brothers  for more stories that can be read or listened to online. Pronouns: he/him.
                        
                        
                        
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Culum Brown
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Could octopuses evolve until they take over the world and travel to space?
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Culum Brown is a professor at Macquarie University, where he teaches vertebrate evolution. He is also the assistant editor of the Journal of Fish Biology.
                        
                        
                        
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Julius A.M. Brown
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Knight of Innocence
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Julius A.M. Brown is a lover of fiction with a degree in Criminal Justice. He lives in North Carolina with his wife, their son, and their dog. Find him on his website Julius Brown Books, on Twitter. and  on Instagram.
                        
                        
                        
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Jacob Budenz
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Seen
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jacob Budenz is a queer writer, multi-disciplinary performer, educator, and witch whose work you can follow on Instagram at @dreambabyjake, on Twitter at @jakebeearts, and the Internet beyond at JakeBeearts.com. The author of Pastel Witcheries from Seven Kitchens Press, Budenz has work in journals including Slipstream, Wizards in Space, and Entropy Magazine, as well as anthologies by Mason Jar Press, Lycan Valley Press, and Mad Scientist Journals.
                        
                        
                        
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Mark Budman
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
My Plastic Dreams
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Mark Budman is a first-generation immigrant. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Catapult, Witness, Five Points, Guernica/PEN, American Scholar, Huffington Post,  Mississippi Review, Virginia Quarterly, and elsewhere. His novel My Life at First Try was published by Counterpoint Press. Learn more at MarkBudman.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Tim Burkhardt
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Dr. Garbanzo Writes the First Draft
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Tim Burkhardt is a writer who lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina. His work has appeared in Riddled With Arrows, The Horror Tree, and forthcoming in The Dread Machine. He spends the rest of his time raising his two sons and their rescue cat, Keats.  His work can be found at TimothyBurkhardt.wordpress.com. Follow him on Twitter @TmthyBurkhardt.
                        
                        
                        
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William C. Burns Jr
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Thirteen Quixotic Temples of Light and Darkness
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
William C. Burns, Jr. has won the Greenville County Library Award for haiku, and has been published in To Be Men,  After the Orange: Ruin and Recovery and Confessions: A Nightmare in Five Acts.  He also published in Star*Line, The New Press Literary Quarterly, South Ash Press, and Slug Fest. He is a regular contributor to  MetaStellar Magazine. He’s a full-time writer whose previous lives include being a bioengineer, a teacher of electrical power, microprocessor control systems and a set designer for local theaters.
                        
                        
                        
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David Burton
                                                
                                                    

                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
David Burton is the author of two award-winning young adult novels, and over thirty professionally produced plays. He works at the University of South Queensland.
                        
                        
                        
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Sean Cahillane
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Wheel of Time series has awkward start
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Sean Cahillane is a science fiction and fantasy writer based in Massachusetts. You can find him at @thesean_mc.
                        
                        
                        
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Rex Caleval
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
In the Land of the Blind
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
After retiring from a twenty year career as an air traffic controller, Rex Caleval decided to try writing a few of the story ideas that were always popping into his head, and has been pleased to find that some people like them. Links to his stories which have been published online can be found on his Facebook author page Rex Caleval.
                        
                        
                        
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Judi Calhoun
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Letters
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Judi is a long time member of Berlin Writers Group, New England Horror Writers Assoc. Her work appears in numerous fiction anthologies and national magazines, including Flame Tree’s Urban Crime, Appalachia Journal, Blue Moon Literary & Art Review, Crimson Street, and releases by the New Hampshire Pulp Fiction series, Great Jones Street’s collection of award winning stories, and anthologies by the John Greenleaf Whittier museum, Snowbound With Zombies, & Murder Among Friends. 
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Arasibo Campeche
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
First Blink
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Arasibo is originally from Puerto Rico and has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics. He writes science fiction, fantasy, and horror that's often inspired by scientific principles. His work has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Tales to Terrify , Weirdbook #41, and Helios Quarterly Magazine.
                        
                        
                        
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Thomas Canfield
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Falls of Imoletta
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Canfield has had recent pieces with Inked In Grey Press and Hawksbarrow Press. His phobias run to politicians, lawyers and TV pitchmen. He likes dogs and beer.
                        
                        
                        
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James Cannice
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Pumpkin Seeds
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
James grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from Pepperdine University. He has work published or forthcoming in Tales to Terrify, Maudlin House and Novel Noctule. He currently resides in the Bay Area and is pursuing a master’s degree at the University of San Francisco.
                        
                        
                        
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Kate cantrell
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
From pygmies to puppets: what to do with Roald Dahl’s enslaved Oompa-Loompas in modern adaptations?
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Kate Cantrell is an award-winning writer, editor, and teacher working at the intersection of creative writing, mobility studies, and social justice. She teaches at the University of Southern Queensland.
                        
                        
                        
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Elliott Capon
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Bod Yart
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Elliott Capon is the author of four published novels -- one horror, two funny whodunits and one sarcastic murder cozy -- and a collection of shaggy dogs. He's been married 42 years and will probably remain so until he can find them damn right of rescission papers. Visit his Amazon author page here.
                        
                        
                        
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Jared Cappel
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Arbitrator 4000
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jared Cappel's work has appeared or is forthcoming in After Dinner Conversations, Blue Lake Review, Door Is A Jar, Literally Stories, and Reflex Press, among others. When he's not writing, he enjoys creating digital art known for its abstract imagery and vibrant use of color. A lover of wordplay, he's ranked as one of the top Scrabble players in North America. Follow the latest at Jared Cappel.
                        
                        
                        
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Steve Carr
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Strange Water
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Steve Carr, from Richmond, Virginia, has had over 580 short stories – new and reprints – published internationally in print and online magazines, literary journals, reviews and anthologies since June, 2016. He has had seven collections of his short stories published. A Map of Humanity, his eighth collection, being published by Hear Our Voice LLC Publishers is due out in January, 2022. His paranormal/horror novel Redbird was released in November, 2019. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize twice. Find him on Amazon.com.
                        
                        
                        
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A.D. Carson
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Why Gil Scott-Heron’s ‘Whitey on the Moon’ still feels relevant today
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Award-winning performance A.D. Carson is the assistant professor of Hip-Hop & the Global South in the Department of Music at the University of Virginia. His most recent album, i used to love to dream is available on all major streaming platforms.
                        
                        
                        
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Jay Caselberg
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Wyrmhole: Jack Stein #1
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jay Caselberg is a writer and poet whose work, novels, short fiction, poetry, has appeared around the world and been translated into several languages. From time to time, it gets shortlisted for awards. Find out more at Caselberg.net.
                        
                        
                        
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Micah Castle
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
A Winter’s Morning
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Micah Castle is a weird fiction and horror writer. His stories have appeared in various magazines, websites, and anthologies, and has three collections currently out. While away from the keyboard, he enjoys spending time with his wife, aimlessly spending hours hiking through the woods, playing with his animals, and can typically be found reading a book somewhere in his Pennsylvania home.
                        
                        
                        
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James Cato
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
House Keepers
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
James Cato writes instead of doing laundry and his novel, Litter of the Waste, is in orbit. He has previous publications in Daily Science Fiction, The Molotov Cocktail, Gone Lawn, Litro, Atticus Review, and The Colored Lens, among others. He tweets humbly @the_sour_potato and his work lives on JamesCatoAuthor.com/fiction.
                        
                        
                        
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Eric Cavalcanti
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
A new quantum paradox throws the foundations of observed reality into question
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Eric Cavalcanti is an Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow at Griffith University. His research is aimed at uncovering the reality behind the mathematics of quantum mechanics, and how it allows for exciting technologies such as quantum computing and cryptography.
                        
                        
                        
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Brad Center
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Shift Change
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Brad Center was born and raised in Philadelphia, and now lives just outside Washington, DC in Fairfax Virginia. By profession, he is a partner in a small consulting business.  As a writer, he has had poems published in small press publications like Dream International Quarterly.  His speculative fiction short stories have appeared in on-line magazines like The New Accelerator.  His book of short stories entitled Blurring the Lines is a mix of horror and speculative fiction.  
                        
                        
                        
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Joshua Chaplinsky
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Whole Infernal Machine
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Joshua Chaplinsky is the Managing Editor of LitReactor. He is the author of The Paradox Twins (2021, CLASH Books), the story collection Whispers in the Ear of A Dreaming Ape, and the parody Kanye West—Reanimator. His short fiction has been published by Motherboard, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Thuglit, Severed Press, Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, Clash Books, Pantheon Magazine and Broken River Books. Follow him on Twitter Jaceycockrobin. More info at Joshua Chaplinsky and Unraveling The Paradox
                        
                        
                        
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Barry Charman
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Concerto
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
A writer living in North London, Barry Charman has been published in various magazines, including Ambit, Firewords Quarterly and Popshot Quarterly. He has a blog at barrycharman.blogspot.co.uk.
                        
                        
                        
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Charles Q. Choi
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Kill Your Darlings
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Charles Quixote Choi is a science journalist who has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Science, Nature, Scientific American, Popular Science, Inside Science, Wired.com and Space.com, among others. He has also traveled to every continent and holds the rank of yondan in the Toyama-ryu battodo style of Japanese swordsmanship. His first sale, "By the Will of the Gods," appeared in the January-February-2021 issue of Analog.
                        
                        
                        
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Regina Clarke
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Sweet Bells Jangled
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Regina Clarke lives in the ancient terrain of the Hudson River Valley, and not very far from where Rod Serling grew up and Jane Roberts encountered Seth. Her background at one time was in the field of IT, writing about subjects engineers wanted to explain, including virtual reality, military surveillance software, and augmented reality. Some of these things have inspired her fiction. Her stories have appeared in Thrice Fiction, Kzine, Mad Scientist Journal, NewMyths, Aurora Wolf, Alien Dimensions, T. Gene Davis’s Speculative Blog, and The Farther Trees, among others. Her fantasy novel MARI was a finalist in the ListenUp Audiobooks competition and three of her stories have been featured on podcasts. You can see her books and story page, book trailer videos, and blog posts at Regina Clarke.
                        
                        
                        
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Jonathan Cohen
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Forbidden
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jonathan's been a writer ever since he was old enough to toddle to Dad’s Selectric and plink out the phrase “It was a dark and stormy night” key by key (his parents thought he was a child prodigy; they never read Peanuts). Jonathan's worked as a technical writer, marketing writer, editor, blogger, court reporter, and pretty much every job where slinging words is involved. He is the writer and creator of the Lavender Tavern podcast.
                        
                        
                        
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Logan Thrasher Collins
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Honeybee and the Blot
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Logan Thrasher Collins is a synthetic biologist, futurist, and author. Logan’s science fiction and sci-fi poetry have been published in Abyss & Apex Magazine, Mithila Review, The Centropic Oracle, After Dinner Conversation, and elsewhere. You can learn more about Logan on his website LoganThrasherCollins.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Russell Contreras
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Afrofuturism: The Rise of Black Science Fiction and Fantasy
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Russell Contreras is the justice and race reporter at Axios covering the policies and agencies at the heart of the administration of justice and how it impacts people of color. See all his stories here.
                        
                        
                        
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Georgia Cook
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Please Hold
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She is the winner of the LISP 2020 Flash Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, among others. She has also written for numerous podcasts, webcomics and anthologies. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/
                        
                        
                        
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Fred Coppersmith
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
This World of Strange Design
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Fred Coppersmith's fiction has appeared previously or is forthcoming in Andromeda Spaceways, Stupefying Stories, and Bourbon Penn, among others. He toils by day the wilds of academic publishing and also edits and publishes the quarterly zine Kaleidotrope.
                        
                        
                        
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Lyndsey Croal
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Never Gone
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Lyndsey is an Edinburgh-based writer of speculative and strange fiction. She is a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee, and her work has been published in several anthologies and magazines, including Mslexia's Best Women's Short Fiction 2021. In 2021, her debut audio drama was produced by the Alternative Stories & Fake Realities podcast, and she is currently editing Ghostlore: An Audio Fiction Anthology, with the same podcast. Find her on Twitter as @writerlynds or via Lyndsey Croal.
                        
                        
                        
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Merlin Crossley
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
New CRISPR technology could revolutionize gene therapy
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Merlin Crossley is the deputy vice-chancellor (Academic) and a professor of molecular biology at the University of New South Wales. He has also worked or studied at the Universities of Melbourne, Oxford, Harvard and Sydney. He has been recognized by numerous awards, including a Rhodes Scholarship, the Australian Academy of Science's Gottschalk Medal, and the NSW Premier's Prize for Excellence in Biomedical Sciences in 2020.
                        
                        
                        
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Daniel Crow
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Lighthouse In The Desert
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Daniel Crow is a Russian-Israeli journalist and public relations associate living in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Having grown up on Tolkien and Stephen King, he has long been in love with writing and all things fictional and grim, drawing inspiration from myths and folk tales of the past. His other passions include high-tech, history, and old comedy movies. Daniel Crow can be found on https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004111501817
                        
                        
                        
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Odera Darka
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Never
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Alyssa Barkevich, AKA Odera Darka, is a young women with goals for the future. She wants to learn to drive, take a baking classes and get a job working at a bakery. She makes jewelry and plays the tin whistle flute and other foreign instruments. One day she hopes to travel to different countries and learn about different cultures and their customs and even learn new languages. Her book, The Never, is published by Legacy Book Publishing.
                        
                        
                        
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Graham J. Darling
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The New Season
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Graham J. Darling's creations of diamond-hard sci-fic, mythopoeic fantasy and unearthly horror have escaped out of Vancouver Canada and are at large in the pages of Dark Matter Magazine and Brain Games: Stories to Astonish. Homeowners are advised to lock their doors and windows, and tune in here for survival tips: Fiction.GrahamJDarling.com, on Twitter as @GrahamJDarling or on Facebook as  GrahamJDarling.
                        
                        
                        
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Melissa Davilio
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Dead People’s Things for Sale
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Melissa Davilio is a self-taught poet and short fiction author.  She is a domestic violence survivor and awareness advocate, and resides in Bristol, Conn., with her husband, James, and their furry family.  More of her work can be viewed on her website.
                        
                        
                        
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Arthur Davis
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
A Sly and Knowing Grin
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Arthur Davis is a management consultant who has been quoted in The New York Times and in Crain’s New York Business, He has been published in a collection, nominated for a Pushcart Prize, received the 2018 Write Well Award,  received Honorable Mention in The Best American Mystery Stories 2017. Additional background at Arthur Davis at Amazon.com, Poets and Writers, and Tales of Our Times.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Jim DeLillo
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Space Perspective unveils luxurious capsule interior for high altitude balloon rides
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jim DeLillo writes about tech, science, and travel. He is also an adventure photographer specializing in transporting imagery and descriptive narrative. He lives in Cedarburg, WI with his wife, Judy. In addition to his work for MetaStellar, he also writes a weekly article for Telescope Live.
                        
                        
                        
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DC Diamondopolous
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Haunting of Piedras Blancas
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
D.C. Diamondopolous is an award-winning short story, and flash fiction writer with over 300 stories published internationally in print and online magazines, literary journals, and anthologies. Her stories have appeared in: Penmen Review, Progenitor, 34th Parallel, So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, Lunch Ticket, and others. She was nominated for the Pushcart Prize twice in 2020 and also for Best of the Net Anthology in 2020 and 2017. Her short story collection Stepping Up is published by Impspired. She lives on the California central coast with her wife and animals.  Her new book Captured UP Close: 20th Century Short Stories, is coming out in June, 2022. Find out more at DCDiamondopolous.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Russell Dorn
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Scent of Daisies
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Russell Dorn is an author from Reno, Nevada, who has short stories published in Third Flatiron's Infinite Lives anthology, Unnerving Magazine, Urhi’s anthology The Needle Drops..., and more.
Visit his website Russell Dorn for more information or follow him on Amazon and Twitter.
                        
                        
                        
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Trey Dowell
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Decision Tree
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Trey Dowell's fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Abyss & Apex, and Intrinsick, in addition to several anthologies.  His debut novel, The Protectors, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2014.
                        
                        
                        
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Jelena Dunato
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Bellatrification
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jelena Dunato is a writer and translator. You can find her on Twitter at @Jelenawrites.
                        
                        
                        
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Andrew Dunn
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Before
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Andrew Dunn is a Maryland-based writer. His work has previously appeared here in MetaStellar, 365 Tomorrows, Antipodean SF, Daily Science Fiction, and Penumbric Speculative Fiction. He's won a few writing awards as well. When he isn't writing, he's running, cooking, playing with his dog or guitar, or watching old movies - all of which fuel his future stories.
                        
                        
                        
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Tony Dunnell
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Dark Constellation
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Tony Dunnell lives in a Peruvian jungle town on the edge of the Amazon rainforest. He is a freelance writer, straying further into fiction with every passing day. You can read more of his writing at TonyDunnell.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Tish Eastman
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Viper Pit or Brad Pitt
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Tish Eastman reports about the paranormal and writes sci-fi short stories and novels. She is the co-editor of an anthology of Experiencer poetry, CE 1-7: Poetry of Contact, that is now accepting submissions at [email protected].  Find, Like, and Follow her on on Facebook at @AlienManifest, @ThatAintNoGhost, and @HotelReptilia. You can also follow her on Twitter at @TishEastman, on TikTok at @TishEastman, on Instagram at @TishEastman, on YouTube and on SoundCloud. And check out DragonTears Media if you're interested in her upcoming poetry anthology, CE 1-7, and want to see the submission guidelines.
                        
                        
                        
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Louis Evans
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Rocket Man
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Louis Evans is an author living in downtown NYC, so if nuclear apocalypse occurs, he'll be the first to let you know. His work has previously appeared in Nature: Futures, Analog SF&F, Interzone, and elsewhere. This story, which previously appeared in Interzone, was longlisted for the BSFA Award. Louis is a member of SFWA and the Clarion West ghost class of the plague year. His site is Louis Evans: Writer and he tweets Louis Evans.
                        
                        
                        
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Chinaza Eziaghighala
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Mmanwu Festival
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Chinaza is a medical doctor who tells stories. An interdisciplinary writer at the intersection of health, film, comics and literature, she is a University of Iowa International Writing Program and EbonyLife Creative Film Academy Alum. She won the 2021 Twelve Days of Brittle paper stories competition and was Longlisted for the 2020 African Writers Awards (AWA) and the Wakini Kuria Award. Her works are in/forthcoming British Science Fiction Association's Fission, African Writer, Brittle Paper, Afritondo and British Science Fiction Association's Focus. CHIMERA, her debut novella, is forthcoming in 2024 from Nosetouch Press. She is a member of the Science Fiction Writers Association of America, a First Reader for Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores and a Guest Nonfiction Editor for Please See Me.  Connect with her here: chinazaeziaghighala.disha.page or on her Twitter @chinazaezims
                        
                        
                        
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William Falo
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Fangs
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
William Falo lives in New Jersey with his family. His recent short stories can be found in Fragmented Voices, Dead Skunk Literary Magazine, Vamp Cat Magazine, and many other literary journals. He can be found on Twitter and Instagram.
                        
                        
                        
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Alex Farnsworth
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Dune: how high could giant sand dunes actually grow on Arrakis?
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Alex Farnsworth is a senior research scientist and visiting professor at the University of Bristol. His main focus centers on investigating past and future climate change and the impact of changing greenhouse gas concentrations and tectonic shifts on the evolution of global temperature, and more specifically, monsoon systems by using and modifying climate models.
                        
                        
                        
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Michael Farnsworth
                                                
                                                    

                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Michael Farnsworth is a post-doctoral researcher at the Digitisation Lab for Manufacturing at Sheffield University, undertaking research and project management in manufacturing informatics, robotics, machine learning and AI.
                        
                        
                        
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Nathan J. Fealko
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
年兽 Nián Shòu
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Nathan J. Fealko grew up in a very sheltered environment, being homeschooled until he attended a private liberal arts college. After this, he rather overcompensated by enlisting in combat arms, spending several tours in Iraq. Nowadays, he's achieved a healthier life balance, living in Taiwan with his wife and son while teaching students online and writing in his spare time.
                        
                        
                        
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Jonathan Ficke
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Howler on the Sales Floor
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jonathan Ficke lives outside of Milwaukee, Wis. with his wife and daughter. When he isn't writing, he turns lumber into sawdust and, when all goes according to plan, furniture. His fiction has been translated into Spanish and Estonian, and he muses online on Twitter at @jonficke and at JonFicke.com.
                        
                        
                        
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C. M. Fields
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Nothing in the Dark
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
C. M. Fields is a queer, non-binary astrophysicist and writer of speculative fiction. They live in Seattle, Washington, with their beloved cats, Mostly Void Partially Stars and Toast, and spend their days looking for other Earths. They are also the co-editor of If There’s Anyone Left, an anthology series featuring the flash fiction of marginalized writers from across the globe. C. M. can be found on Twitter as @C_M_Fields and @toomanyspectra. Their fiction has appeared in Diabolical Plots, Metaphorosis, The Dread Machine, and more.
                        
                        
                        
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Eric Fomley
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Rehuman
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Eric Fomley's stories have appeared in Clarkesworld, Daily Science Fiction, Galaxy's Edge, and other places around the web. More of his stories can be found on his website Eric Fomley or in Flash Futures, a collection of his stories.
                        
                        
                        
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E. M. Foner
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
An author’s first take on Kindle Vella
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
E. M. Foner is the author of 30 science fiction and fantasy novels, including the 19-book EarthCent Ambassador series. He published Game Ship: Origins in Kindle Vella under the name Morris Foner. Learn more at his website, IfItBreaks.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Ehsan Foroughi
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Where One Vulnerability Researcher Sees AI in 2030
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Ehsan Foroughi, chief technology officer at Security Compass, is an application security expert with more than 13 years of management and technical experience in security research. As an entrepreneur, he has also served as the founder and CTO of TELTUB, a successful telecommunication startup. 
                        
                        
                        
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Lisa Fox
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Angel’s Death Knell
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Lisa Fox is a pharmaceutical market researcher by day and fiction writer by night. She thrives in the chaos of suburbia, residing in New Jersey (USA) with her husband, two sons, and Double-Doodle puppy. Her work has been featured in Metaphorosis, New Myths, Brilliant Flash Fiction, and Flash Fiction Magazine, among other journals and anthologies. You can find Lisa and her published work via her website Lisa Fox or on Twitter.
                        
                        
                        
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Melody Friedenthal
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Harder Science Fiction
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Melody Friedenthal is MetaStellar's newsletter editor and copyeditor. She is a librarian and former software developer, leader of a science fiction book club, teacher of Python for Beginners, administrator of To Tell A Tale Writers' Group, library blogger, and science fiction writer. She has read too many books to count.  

Her short story "Country Lane" is in Bardsy's Romance Anthology: Love is Blind.

You can read her story "Weekend Treasures" here: Weekend Treasures.
                        
                        
                        
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Adam Gaylord
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Superhero Registry
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Adam Gaylord (he/him) lives in Colorado with a wife who is smarter than him, two monster children, and a cranky mutt dog. When not at work as an ecologist, he’s usually writing, baking, drawing comics, or some combination thereof. Look him up on GoodReads or find him on Twitter at @AuthorGaylord.
                        
                        
                        
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Sharmon Gazaway
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Corvid King Seeks Perfect Wife
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Sharmon Gazaway's work has appeared in The Forge Literary Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, New Myths, Metaphorosis, Enchanted Conversation Ghost Orchid Press, and also in the anthologies, Love Letters to Poe Volume 1, Dark Waters, and Wayward & Upward. Sharmon writes from the Deep South of the US where she lives beside a historic cemetery haunted by the wild cries of pileated woodpeckers--you can also find her on Instagram at @sharmongazaway.
                        
                        
                        
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Marie Ginga
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Our best stories of 2021
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Marie Ginga, MetaStellar's reprints and excerpts editor, has been writing and publishing books for five years. She writes as Marie LeClaire in Magical Realism. She thinks there's a little bit of magic out there if you know where to look. You can find her books on Amazon.
                        
                        
                        
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Peter Goggin
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Mermaids aren’t real – but they’ve fascinated people around the world for ages
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Peter Goggin is associate professor of English at Arizona State University where he studies and teaches theories of literacy, environmental rhetoric, and sustainability.
                        
                        
                        
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Elana Gomel
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Stella Maris
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Elana Gomel is an academic and a writer. She is the author of six academic books and numerous articles on subjects such as narrative theory, posthumanism, science fiction, Dickens, and serial killers. As a fiction writer, she has published more than a hundred fantasy and science fiction stories and four novels. She can be found on her website,  Cities of Light and Darkness and on Facebook, Instagram and  Twitter.
                        
                        
                        
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Sophie Gorjance
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Gideon the Ninth — ‘Show them what the Ninth House does!’
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Sophie is an MFA student at Emerson College. She spends her free time reading and writing science fiction and fantasy, and making her boyfriend watch campy sci-fi flicks with her (suggestions welcome).
                        
                        
                        
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Andre Gouyneau
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
A Last Word
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Andre Gouyneau was born in 1948 at Orleans in the Loire Valley. He currently lives in New Caledonia, an island in the South Pacific. An avid reader and lifetime dreamer, he eventually turned to writing.

His work has a touch of the surreal and the ethereal about it. Often whimsical, always insightful, and thought-provoking, his work stems from his understanding of life and his love of the fictional characters and situations he creates.
                        
                        
                        
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Andrea Goyan
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Ringworld the television series, and Larry Niven’s tips on working with co-authors
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Andrea Goyan is a writer, painter, performer, and Pilates teacher. Winner of the 2021 Roswell Award for Science Fiction, some of Andrea's recent stories can be found in The Molotov Cocktail, Dear Leader Tales, Luna Station Quarterly (issue 043), 365 tomorrows, and The Dark Sire. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, a dog, and two cats. Follow her on Facebook @Andrea Goyan Storyteller  or on Twitter at @AndreaGoyan  or check out her Amazon author page
                        
                        
                        
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Kris Green
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Retribution
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
 Kris lives in Florida with his wife and two-year old son. He writes daily and has published many short stories in publications such as Morpheus Tales, Flume, In Parentheses, Route 7 Review and more. He was a finalist for Chester B. Himes Memorial Fiction Contest and received an Honorable Mention from Allegory Ezine.
                        
                        
                        
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Jonathan Worlde
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Cassandra Project
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jonathan Worlde’s neo-noir mystery novel Latex Monkey with Banana was winner of the Hollywood Discovery Award (available on Amazon). Recent short fiction appears in Antietam Review, The Raven Review, the 2020 anthology Ghost Stories of Shepherdstown, in Cirque Journal, Ab Terra Voices, Everyday Fiction, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Sirens Call, and Stupefying Stories. Jonathan is also a traditional country blues performer under the stage name Paul the Resonator, whose CD is Soul of a Man.
                        
                        
                        
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Richard Gunderman
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Nikola Tesla: The extraordinary life of a modern Prometheus
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Richard Gunderman is the Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy at Indiana University.
                        
                        
                        
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Caren Gussoff Sumption
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Bars of Orion
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Caren Gussoff Sumption's work has been published by Seal Press, Serpents Tail, Aqueduct Press, Abbadon, and Pink Narcissus, among others, and her short work's been in magazines like Interzone, Abyss & Apex, and Black Static. She occupies space south of Seattle, but spreads out on the Internet at spitkitten.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Charles Hand
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Milagro
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
After a long career in artificial intelligence research at IBM, JPL, NASA, and Hughes, Chuck Hand now lives on a five-acre farm in Massachusetts and puts in a solid three hours a day writing, reads voraciously, and cautions new writers not to use long sentences. He is also one of the founding members of MetaStellar. Contact him at [email protected].
                        
                        
                        
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Amanda Hard
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Spiral Woman
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Amanda Hard holds an MFA in creative writing from Murray State University in Kentucky. Her dark poetry and fiction have appeared in several magazines and  anthologies. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association and lives in the cornfields of southern Indiana with her husband and son.
                        
                        
                        
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Neil Harrison
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Treasure Hunt
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Neil Harrison’s most recent stories have appeared in Pinyon Review and Panoplyzine. A former instructor of creative writing and the coordinator of the Visiting Writers Series at Northeast Community College, he lives in northeast Nebraska with his third drahthaar, the Happy Dog. Follow him on Facebook.
                        
                        
                        
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Bridget Haug
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
William’s Legacy
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Bridget Haug plays with words at the edge of the world. Born and raised in France, she now lives in New Zealand where she sometimes writes down the untold stories lurking in her brain. Find out more at BridgetHaugWriter.wordpress.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Peter Cooper Hay
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
What Lovecraft Feared – A Review of Winter Tide and Deep Roots by Ruthanna Emrys
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Peter Cooper Hay retired from teaching biology and chemistry to devote himself full time to writing. His eclectic background lets him weave together science, mysticism, and magic. ​He has published nonfiction essays on Quaker and Pagan spirituality as well as poetry. He has two novels currently being shopped out to agents.
                        
                        
                        
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Ted Hayden
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
A New Home
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Ted Hayden's stories have appeared in literary publications including "Newfound Journal," genre publications including "Andromeda Spaceways Magazine," and his "Nature: Futures" short "These 5 Books Go 6 Feet Deep" will be anthologized in an upcoming short story collection from the UK publisher Head of Zeus. Read more of his work at tedhaydenstories.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Florian Heller
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Until the end of the party
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Florian Heller was born in 1974 in Germany. His professional careers range from tool making over engineering to data science. He spent some time in Mexico, more time in the United States, a lot of time in China and a really long time in New Zealand. After having spent a decade abroad, he returned to Europe and settled down in Switzerland. His writing led to over 30 short story publications, which include two nominations for the major German science fiction award, Deutscher Science Fiction Preis, in 2011 and 2012 as well as publications and translations in Austria, Germany, China, Poland and the USA.
                        
                        
                        
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Ashley Herbert
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Writing Prompt for the Week – Dec 20
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Ashley Herbert is a fantasy writer, avid reader, and mother of two. She writes freelance articles and is working on her first fantasy novel, The Crystal Finder. Visit her Facebook page to read some of her short stories, as well as excerpts from her new novel, and updates.
                        
                        
                        
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Henry Herz
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Magic Knapsack
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Henry Herz's speculative fiction short stories include Out, Damned Virus (Daily Science Fiction), Bar Mitzvah on Planet Latke (Coming of Age, Albert Whitman & Co.), The Crowe Family (Castle of Horror V, Castle Bridge Media), Demon Hunter Vashti (The Jewish Book of Horror, Denver Horror Collective), Alien with a Bad Attitude (Strangely Funny VIII, Mystery and Horror LLP), The Case of the Murderous Alien (Spirit Machine, Air and Nothingness Press), Maria & Maslow (Highlights for Children), A Proper Party (Ladybug Magazine). He's written ten picture books, including the critically acclaimed I Am Smoke.
                        
                        
                        
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David Wesley Hill
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Castaway on Temurlone
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
David Wesley Hill is an award-winning fiction writer with more than thirty stories published in the U.S. and internationally. In 1997 he was presented with the Golden Bridge award at the International Conference on Science Fiction in Beijing, and in 1999 he placed second in the Writers of the Future contest. In 2007, 2009, and 2011 Mr. Hill was awarded residencies at the Blue Mountain Center, a writers and artists retreat in the Adirondacks. He studied under Joseph Heller and Jack Cady and received a Masters in creative writing from the City University of New York.
                        
                        
                        
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Ernest Hogan
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Love Nwatta-Nwatta-Nwatta Style
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Ernest Hogan is the author of High Aztech, Cortez on Jupiter, and  Smoking Mirror Blues, his work has appeared in Analog, Amazing Stories, Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, and most recently, Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology.
                        
                        
                        
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Kartik Hosanagar
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Free Will in an Algorithmic World
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Kartik Hosanagar is a professor of operations, information and decisions at Wharton. His research focuses on the digital economy, in particular the impact of analytics and algorithms on consumers and society. He has co-founded two startups and serves on the boards or is an investor in many others. He is also the author of "A Human's Guide to Machine Intelligence." For more information, visit Hosanagar.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Phyllis Houseman
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Foot Race on PhytoLore
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Phyllis Houseman was born in Detroit, served in the Peace Corps, Ecuador, and then taught Biology and Physical Science in Detroit and California schools. In a step into another career, she published several novels and short stories. Find out more at Phyllis Houseman and at her author page at Amazon.
                        
                        
                        
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Brian Hugenbruch
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
So You Want to Eat An Omnalik Starfish
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Brian Hugenbruch lives in Upstate New York with his wife and their pets. By day, he writes information security programs to protect your data on (and from) the internet. By night, he writes speculative fiction and poetry. You can find him on @Brian Hugenbruch, The Lettersea, or at The Lettersea.
No, he’s not sure how to say his last name, either.
                        
                        
                        
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Jess Hyslop
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Moon-Boy
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jess Hyslop is a British writer of fantasy, fabulism, and science fiction. Her short stories have appeared in venues such as Cossmass Infinities, Interzone, and Black Static. Jess can be found online at www.jesshyslop.com. Offline, she resides in Oxford with a number of slowly decaying houseplants.
                        
                        
                        
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Nicotine Inkslinger
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Heaven’s Shutting Gate
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
nikki.ink has published fiction in Penumbra Magazine, poetry in Sine Cera and has been a featured writer for Salt Lake City Public Library's Author In The House series.  He writes and performs with Simple Simple, a storytelling troupe.  nikki also runs his own original fiction podcast - Stray Country.  Find out more about him and his work at Stray Country. Follow nikki.ink on Instagram at nikki.ink.
                        
                        
                        
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Davin Ireland
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Losing It
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Davin Ireland was born and bred in the south of England, but currently resides in the Netherlands. His fiction credits include stories published in over seventy print magazines and anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic, including Aeon, Underworlds, The Horror Express, Zahir, Pseudopod, Rogue Worlds, Storyteller Magazine and Something Wicked. You can visit his site at Davin Ireland.
                        
                        
                        
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Larry Ivkovich
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Refugee
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Larry Ivkovich’s speculative fiction has been published in over twenty online and print publications, including Polis: Tales of the One City, Shoreline of Infinity, Across the Karman Line, and TV Gods: Summer Programming. Learn more at LarryIvkovich.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Katrina Jacobs
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Even Black is Bright in Oz
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Trina Jacobs was born on Halloween. Her friends say that explains a lot. She has been writing stories for as long as she could hold a pen. Find her on Facebook at @Trina Jacobs.
                        
                        
                        
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Lonnie J. James
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
72 Versions of Simon
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
L. Jordan James was born in Florence, Ala. but grew up kicking around Brooklyn, NY. He is a veteran and has worked as a corrections officer for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He currently works for the Veterans Administration and now kicks around Manhattan.
                        
                        
                        
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Ai Jiang
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Dancing With Etta
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer and an immigrant from Fujian and often draws on cultures and landscapes of the lands she has walked for inspiration. Find her on Twitter and online at Ai Jiang.
                        
                        
                        
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Renay Intisar Jihad
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Top Dog Gone
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
MetaStellar social media manager Renay Intisar Jihad writes juvenile fiction, idiosyncratic short stories, inspirational and socially conscious poetry, and feature news articles. Jihad writes for the Muslim Journal, AF-AM Point of View newspaper, Medium.com, and PoetryVibe.com. Visit her at RenaySpace.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Andrew Johnston
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Angel of El Escorial
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Born in rural western Kansas, Andrew Johnston discovered his Sinophilia while attending the University of Kansas. Subsequently, he has spent most of his adult life shuttling back and forth across the Pacific Ocean. He is currently based in Hefei, Anhui province. He has published short fiction in Daily Science Fiction, Nature: Futures and the Laughing at Shadows Anthology. You can learn more about his projects at FindTheFabulist.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Tom Jolly
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
An Unusual Practice
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Tom Jolly is a retired astronautical/electrical engineer who spends his time writing SF and fantasy, designing board games, and creating obnoxious puzzles. His stories have appeared in Analog SF, Daily Science Fiction, Amazing Stories, MYTHIC, and a few anthologies, including As Told by Things, and Tales from the Pirate’s Cove. His fantasy and SF novels, “An Unusual Practice,” “A Game of Broken Minds,” and “Touched,” are available on Amazon. He lives in Santa Maria, California, with his wife Penny in a place where mountain lions and black bears still visit, especially if you own any chickens. You can discover more of his stories at Tom Jolly and follow him at Twitter  or Facebook.
                        
                        
                        
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Esther Jones
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Science fiction builds mental resiliency in young readers
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Esther L. Jones is Associate Provost and Dean of the Faculty at Clark University, where she is a tenured professor in the department of English and the E. Franklin Frazier Chair of African American Literature, Theory and Culture. Her research and teaching specializations include race, gender, health and medical ethics as represented in literature, especially science fiction and fantasy. She is the author of Medicine and Ethics in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction (2015), and the editor-in-chief for “Health Humanities in Global Context: Race and Ethnicity Across the World,” a reference text with Palgrave MacMillan.
                        
                        
                        
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Michael Jones
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Talecrafter’s Apprentice
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Michael M. Jones lives in southwest Virginia with too many books, just enough cats, and a wife who keeps track of all his stupid ideas. His work has appeared in Constellary Tales, Mad Scientist Journal, and G is for Ghost. He is the editor of Scheherazade's Facade and Schoolbooks & Sorcery. For more, visit him at MichaelMJones.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Judith Judson
                                                
                                                    

                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Judith Judson's essays and reviews have appeared in the Washington Post, Pointe Magazine and the Journal of the National Dance Education Organization. She is a member of The Jane Austen Society of North America, the Rochester Speculative Literature Association, and the Kipling Society.
                        
                        
                        
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Joule K. Zelman
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
A Rational House
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Joule K. Zelman lives in Seattle with two feline goblins and an ever-looming TBR pile. Follow her @vivapetronella on Twitter and Instagram.
                        
                        
                        
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David Kariuki
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Pavlov Shack — free realistic multiplayer combat game for Oculus Quest II
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
David Kariuki is a technology journalist who has a wide range of experience reporting about modern technology solutions. A graduate of Kenya's Moi University, he also writes for Hypergrid Business, Cleanleap, and has previously worked for Resources Quarterly and Construction Review. Email him at [email protected].
                        
                        
                        
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John Karr
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Foot Race
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
From his home in Wilmington, North Carolina, John Andrew Karr writes of the strange and spectacular. He is the author of a handful of independent and small press novels and novellas, including the Mars Wars science fiction series. Short stories have appeared in Rogue Planet Press, Flame Tree Publishing, The Weird And Whatnot, Danse Macabre, Allegory and others. And his guest post The Allure of Mars was recently published in Locus Magazine. Visit his Amazon author page here and visit his website here
                        
                        
                        
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Matthew Keeley
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Twinkle Twinkle
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Matthew Keeley is a writer and teacher from Glasgow, Scotland. He writes in various genres and his paranormal coming-of-age novel, The Stone in My Pocket, was published by The Conrad Press in 2021.
                        
                        
                        
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Jon Michael Kelley
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Tended Field of Eido Yamata
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jon Micheal Kelley's credits include stories in the multiple award-winning anthology Qualia Nous by Written Backwards Press, Firbolg Publishing's ambitious literary series Enter at Your Own Risk: Dark Muses, Spoken Silences, Sensorama by Eibonvale Press, and Triangulation: Lost Voices by Parsec Ink.   
                        
                        
                        
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E. E. King
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Blood Prism
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
E.E. King is a painter, performer, writer, and naturalist. She’ll do anything that won’t pay the bills, especially if it involves animals. Ray Bradbury called her stories “marvelously inventive, wildly funny and deeply thought-provoking. I cannot recommend them highly enough.” She’s been published widely, including Clarkesworld and Flametree. She also co-hosts The Long Lost Friends Show on MetaStellar's YouTube channel. Check out paintings, writing, musings, and books at ElizabethEveKing.com and visit her author page on Amazon.
                        
                        
                        
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Michelle Ann King
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Not the Pizza Girl
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Michelle Ann King is a short story writer from Essex, England. Her stories of fantasy, science fiction, crime, and horror have appeared in over a hundred different venues, including Strange Horizons, Interzone, Black Static, and Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show. Her collections are available in ebook and paperback from Amazon and other online retailers, and links to her published stories can be found at her website: www.transientcactus.co.uk
                        
                        
                        
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Jason Kocemba
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
A Waste of Time
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jason Kocemba lives and writes in a house with two humans, one cat and one dog. He loves stories and is a lifelong creator and devourer of them. He is an optimist and has hope that he will learn from his mistakes. If you like, you can find out more at  jasonkocemba.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Kenneth Kohl
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Leo
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Kenneth Kohl has published several short stories and articles for literary magazines, e-zines, and podcasts as well as two full-length novels. Kenneth lives in Columbus, Ohio with his beautiful wife, two sons, and an energetic shepherd dog named Daisy. When he is not at his computer working on his next novel, he is probably hiking, biking, or traveling the world. Kenneth's anthologies and novels may be found on Amazon  or most local bookstores.
                        
                        
                        
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Maria Korolov
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Jun. 26
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
MetaStellar editor and publisher Maria Korolov is a science fiction novelist. During the day, Maria Korolov is an award-winning freelance technology journalist who covers artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise virtual reality. See her Amazon author page here and follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Email her at  [email protected]. Her first virtual world novella, Krim Times, made the Amazon best-seller list in its category. Her second novella, The Lost King of Krim, is out now. She is also the editor and publisher of Hypergrid Business, one of the top global sites covering virtual reality.
                        
                        
                        
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Alex Korolov
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jun. 24, 2022
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
MetaStellar news editor Alex Korolov is also a freelance technology writer who covers AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise virtual reality. His stories have also been published at CIO magazine, Network World, Data Center Knowledge, and Hypergrid Business. Find him on Twitter at @KorolovAlex and on LinkedIn at Alex Korolov.
                        
                        
                        
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J.D. Kotzman
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Uryuom Plight
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
J.D. Kotzman lives in the Washington, D.C., area and works in the health policy field.  His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Chronos Chronicles (a project of Indie Authors Press), Dark Lane Anthology, Ink Stains (a project of Dark Alley Press), Shelter of Daylight, The Speculative Edge, and elsewhere.  Find more of his writing at J.D. Kotzman
                        
                        
                        
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Carl Kurlander
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
3 things I learned from teaching students about horror pioneer George Romero’s movies during these scary times
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Carl Kurlander wass a screenwriter on St. Elmo’s Fire, and TV writer and producer on NBC’s Saved by the Bell franchise who accepted an offer to teach at the University of Pittsburgh for what he thought would be a one year Hollywood sabbatical.
                        
                        
                        
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Jason Lairamore
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Mad’s Scientist’s Brother
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
  Jason Lairamore is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror who lives in Oklahoma with his wife and their three children. He is a published finalist of the 2012 SQ Mag annual contest, winner of the 2013 Planetary Stories flash fiction contest, a third place winner of the 2015 SQ Mag annual contest, and a Writers of the Future contest Semi-Finalist. His work is both featured and forthcoming in over 90 publications.
                        
                        
                        
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Lauren Lang
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Eat Me
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Lauren Lang is a former broadcast journalist and current freelance photographer and videographer living in Denver, Col.. In her spare time, she writes fiction, cooks, bakes, crochets hats for stuffed animals, gardens with the intent of taking pictures of the flowers should they live, and terrorizes local residents by pretending to be a wildlife photographer and running through area parks with her camera screaming, “Birds!” Occasionally, she does actually take a picture of a bird. She can also occasionally be found in a tree with the birds.
                        
                        
                        
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Joseph Laycock
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Rival fantasies: Dungeons & Dragons players and their religious critics actually have a lot in common
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Joseph P Laycock is an assistant professor of religious studies at Texas State University. He teaches courses on world religions, religion in America, new religious movements, and the intersection of religion and popular culture.
                        
                        
                        
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Marie LeClaire
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
One Thousand Buddhas: But Who’s Counting
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Marie writes in Magical Realism. She has four novels available on Amazon.com. She also has a library of free short stories on her website Marie LeClaire. Follow her on Facebook and Instagram.
                        
                        
                        
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Eric Lewis
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Relative
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
By day Eric Lewis is a research scientist weathering the latest rounds of mergers and layoffs and trying to remember how to be a person again after surviving grad school. His short fiction has been published in Nature, Cossmass Infinities, Electric Spec, Bards & Sages Quarterly, the anthologies Crash Code, Into Darkness Peering and Best Indie Speculative Fiction Vol. 1, the short story collection Tricks of the Blade as well as other venues detailed at ericlewis.ink. His debut novel The Heron Kings is available from Flame Tree Press.
                        
                        
                        
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Joshua Jones Lofflin
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Lizzie Williams’ Swampy Head
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Joshua Jones Lofflin’s writing has appeared in The Best Microfictions 2020, The Best Small Fictions 2019, The Cincinnati Review, CRAFT, Paper Darts, SmokeLong Quarterly, Split Lip Magazine, and elsewhere. He lives in Maryland. Find him on Twitter at @jnjoneswriter or visit his website at JJLofflin.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Amira Loutfi
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 21
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
MetaStellar reviews editor Amira Loutfi writes nonfiction by day and fantasy by night. You can join her newsletter where she discusses writing, marketing for authors, and relevant epiphanies along the way.
                        
                        
                        
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Brian Lowe
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Dead Guy Walking
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Brian K. Lowe is the author of over 20 stories and novels which he talks about on his website Graffiti on the Walls of Time. He lives in Southern California either a century too late or too early, but can't make up his mind which.
                        
                        
                        
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Soter Lucio
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Wholesale Torture
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Soter Lucio is a great grandmother who does ironing for a living and writes horror at night. She lives alone and her hobbies are reading and writing. She's been published by Sirens Call, Weird Mask, Dark Chapter Press and Migla Press. She can be found on twitter @JanSoter and on FaceBook at Soter Lucio.
                        
                        
                        
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Malena Macia
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Nade
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Malena Salazar Maciá is an award-winning Cuban writer of science fiction and fantasy. She has authored several novels, most recently Aliento de Dragón (2020). Translated by Toshiya Kamei, Malena’s short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, The Future Fire, Mithila Review, and elsewhere.
                        
                        
                        
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Edward Mack
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Hellsingers: On Hussars
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Edward Mack received an MFA in Creative Writing from Complutense University of Madrid. He has worked as a dating profile ghostwriter, a carpet salesman in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, and a hired hand on a tobacco farm. He has published short fiction in “Flash: The International Short Story Magazine,” “Adelaide,” and “Sixfold," among others. He can be found at Edward Mack Books.
                        
                        
                        
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K MacMichael
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Lake Monster
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
K. MacMichael writes and lives in a small town in western Canada's Okanagan Valley. She has had over twenty short works published, including with Cirque, antilang, and Arachne Press.  For more information please visit KFMacMichael.wordpress.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Jason E. Maddux
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Cramping Your Style
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jason E. Maddux is an aviation attorney, who uses writing speculative fiction and children's stories as a creative outlet each night once his two daughters are in bed.  After spending his youth moving around the southeastern United States, he now resides in what some call Occupied Virginia. Follow him at Adventures in Writing Science Fiction and on Twitter @Jason_E_Maddux.
                        
                        
                        
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S.R Malone
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Conscription Day
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
S.R Malone is a writer living just outside Edinburgh, Scotland. He has been published in Synthetic Reality Magazine, 365 Tomorrows and Entropy-Squared. When he is not writing or reading, he likes to spend time with his family and their dog, going for walks in the Scottish wilderness. Get in touch on Instagram: s.r_malone
                        
                        
                        
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Katrinka Mannelly
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Twinkle
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Katrinka Mannelly writes and lives in Fircrest, Wash. with her husband Brian, daughter Tigist, dog Queenie and cat Riptide. Her book, Section 130 is now alailable in hard cover and ebook format. Check out what she's up to at 130andBeyond.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Paul March-Russell
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Urban fantasy novels: why they matter and which ones to read first
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Paul March-Russell is the current editor of Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, the general editor of SF Storyworlds (Gylphi Press), and an editorial advisor to Short Fiction in Theory and Practice and Journal of the Short Story in English. He is a Specialist Associate Lecturer in Comparative Literature, University of Kent.
                        
                        
                        
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Evan Marcroft
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Snakeheart
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Evan Marcroft is a speculative fiction writer from Sacramento California, currently operating out of Chicago with his wife. Evan uses his expensive degree in literary criticism to do menial data entry, and dreams of writing for video games, though he’ll settle for literature instead. His works of science fiction, fantasy, and spine-curdling horror can be found in a variety of venues, such as Pseudopod, Strange Horizons, and Asimov’s SF. Find a complete list of his published works on his website.
                        
                        
                        
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Jean-Luc Margot
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Are there any planets outside of our solar system?
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jean-Luc Margot is a UCLA professor with joint appointments in the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences and the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He is a planetary astronomer who conducts research on the properties of planetary bodies with a variety of spacecraft and telescopes. His research interests include the dynamics and geophysics of planetary bodies, radio and radar astronomy, and SETI.
                        
                        
                        
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Matthew McAyeal
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Melody
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Matthew McAyeal is a writer from Portland, Oregon. His short stories have been published by Bards and Sages Quarterly, Fantasia Divinity Magazine, cc&d, The Fear of Monkeys, Danse Macabre, The Metaworker, Scarlet Leaf Magazine, Bewildering Stories, The Magazine of History & Fiction, Tall Tale TV, Fiction on the Web, and Necro Magazine. In 2008, two screenplays he wrote were semi-finalists in the Screenplay Festival.
                        
                        
                        
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Beth McCabe
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Siren Song
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Beth McCabe lives in the Tacoma, Washington area. Her stories and blogging have appeared in Andromeda Spaceways, Luna Station Quarterly, On the Premises, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Halfway Down the Stairs, Youth Imagination, and other publications.
                        
                        
                        
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Michael McCormick
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Boy in the Giant Robot
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Mike McCormick writes stories in his Batman pajamas. Find out why at Mike McCormick.
                        
                        
                        
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Matt McHugh
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Unfinished Novels of Mandrake Fluke
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Matt McHugh was born in suburban Pennsylvania, attended LaSalle University in Philadelphia, and after a few years as a Manhattanite, currently calls New Jersey home. Read more at his website Matt McHugh.
                        
                        
                        
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Gary McKay
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Apatite Necklace
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Gary McKay is a speculative fiction writer from Northern Ireland. He’s had stories published in Kraxon Magazine, The Purple Breakfast Review and Tidbits, and can be found on Twitter at @GaryCMcKay.
                        
                        
                        
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Dafydd McKimm
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Most Reasonable House in Faerie
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Dafydd McKimm is a speculative short fiction writer whose work has appeared in publications such as Deep Magic, Daily Science Fiction, Kaleidotrope, Syntax & Salt, 600 Second Saga, Flash Fiction Online, The Best of British Science Fiction, The Best of British Fantasy, & elsewhere. He was born and grew up in Wales but now lives in Taipei, Taiwan. You can find him online at www.dafyddmckimm.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Henry-James Meiring
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
We’ve been imaging mind uploads for centuries
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Henry-James Meiring is a registered clinical psychologist and a doctoral candidate in the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland. Research interests include psychoanalysis, evolutionary science, and the psychology of religion. His article "Thomas Robert Malthus, Naturalist of the Mind" was awarded the Annals of Science Best Paper Prize for 2019.
                        
                        
                        
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MV Melcer
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Greatest Mystery of the Universe
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
MV Melcer is a fiction writer and a filmmaker, with a primary interest in science fiction. Born in Poland, she has lived in the USA, the Netherlands and Belgium before settling in the United Kingdom. When not writing, she is working on a degree in astronomy and planetary sciences. You can find her on MVMelcer.com and on Twitter at @MVMelcer.
                        
                        
                        
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L. P. Melling
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Signs of Gods
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
L. P. Melling currently writes from the East of England after academia and his legal career took him around the UK. He is a Writers of the Future finalist, with his short fiction appearing in ASM, DreamForge, and the Best of Anthology: The Future Looms. When not writing, he works for a legal charity in London that advises and supports victims of crime. Follow him on Twitter @l_lpmelling or at LPMelling.wordpress.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Marshall J Moore
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Maize
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Marshall J. Moore is a writer, filmmaker, and martial artist born and raised on Kwajalein, a tiny Pacific island. He has traveled to nearly thirty countries, sold a thousand dollars' worth of teapots to Jackie Chan, and was once tracked down by a bounty hunter for owing $300 in overdue fees to the Los Angeles Public Library. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife Megan and their two cats.
                        
                        
                        
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Cristiane Morais Smith
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Can consciousness be explained by quantum physics?
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Cristiane de Morais Smith, professor in theoretical physics at Utrecht University, works on condensed matter physics, more specifically on strongly correlated systems. Her research spans a large variety of lowdimensional quantum systems, ranging from high-temperature superconductors to quantum Hall systems, graphene, and carbon nanotubes.
                        
                        
                        
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Geordie Morse
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Flash fiction submissions start Mar. 1
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
MetaStellar fiction editor Geordie Morse works primarily as a personal language coach, developing curricula and working with clients remotely. His first book, Renna's Crossing, is out now. His various other projects are cataloged on his site Arnamantle.
                        
                        
                        
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Nina Munteanu
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Neither Here Nor There
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Nina Munteanu is a Canadian limnologist/ecologist, novelist and award-winning short story author of eco-fiction, science fiction and fantasy. Her work has appeared in Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Chiaroscuro, subTerrain, Apex Magazine, Metastellar, and several anthologies. Nina currently lives in Toronto where she teaches writing at the University of Toronto and George Brown College.  Her book “Water Is…” (Pixl Press)—a scientific study and personal journey as limnologist, mother, and teacher—was Margaret Atwood’s pick in 2016 in the New York Times‘The Year in Reading.’ Nina’s most recent novel, "A Diary in the Age of Water" released in 2020 by Inanna Publications, is about four generations of women and their relationship to water in a rapidly changing world. Find out more at Nina Munteanu.
                        
                        
                        
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N.T. Narbutovskih
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jun. 3, 2022
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
N.T. Narbutovskih is a bestselling author and writes in the tech and security fields. His work has appeared in Metastellar, Air and Space Power Journal and Over the Horizon Journal for both fiction and non-fiction, and he has spoken on leadership and geopolitics at the USAF Squadron Officer School and NavyCON. His first book, Steel in the Blood, has received rave reviews and is available now wherever books are sold. Join his mailing list for exclusive early access and an opportunity to pre-order his next book at Narbutov.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Dick Narvett
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Non Cogito Ergo…
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Dick Narvett retired from a life in international business and independent film acting. He currently lives in rural Pennsylvania, where he writes flash fiction and poetry. His work can be found in MetaStellar, 365 Tomorrows, Star*Line and Better Than Starbucks, among others.
                        
                        
                        
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Gibson Ncube
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Aliens in Lagos: sci-fi novel Lagoon offers a bold new future
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Gibson Ncube has a doctorate from Stellenbosch University and a bachelors and a masters from the University of Zimbabwe. He has received the the African Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Iso Lomso Fellowship at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, and the National Humanities Fellowship in North Carolina. His research interests are in gender and queer studies, comparative literature and cultural studies.
                        
                        
                        
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Steven M Nedeau
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Simple Principle
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Steven M Nedeau lives in NH with his family. He holds a BS in Engineering from UNH and works as an Analog Layout Mask Designer.  Steven likes to twist his stories into mind bending tales reminiscent of Black Mirror or The Twilight Zone and has been compared favorably to Patrick Rothfuss and Terry Goodkind.
                        
                        
                        
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Bret Nelson
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Fur
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
When Bret Nelson isn’t writing stories, he works on TV programs, movies, and stage shows. Plus video and tabletop games. And TOYS. Right now, he’s working on things he can’t talk about (that’s what the contracts say). You'll find more of his stories in the collection Lumber and Other Tales.
                        
                        
                        
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David Nepentes
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Goddess of the Labyrinth
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
David Nepentes is writer of science fiction, horror, and speculative myths. He has worked as a second language instructor, an English-Spanish medical translator, and handbill passer. Also at times as an aspiring musician, actor, and slam poet, a day laborer, cashier, bagger, and an office worker. Find out more on his website  David Nepentes and on his Amazon page.
                        
                        
                        
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Maggie Nerz Iribarne
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Kept Woman
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Maggie Nerz Iribarne practices writing in a yellow house in Syracuse, New York. Her story, “Somewhere Else,” recently won a finalist prize in the 2021 Zizzle Literary Flash Fiction contest. She keeps a portfolio of her published work at Maggie Nerz Iribarne.
                        
                        
                        
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Wendy Nikel
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Lingering Taste of Mars
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Wendy Nikel is a speculative fiction author with a degree in elementary education, a fondness for road trips, and a terrible habit of forgetting where she's left her cup of tea. Her short fiction has been published by Analog, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Nature, and elsewhere. Get her time travel novella The Continuum on Amazon. It is part of the Place in Time series. Also check out her fantasy short story collection Impossible Realms and her sci-fi short story collection Perilous Stars. For more info, visit WendyNikel.com
                        
                        
                        
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George Nikolopoulos
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Lady Who Would Not Die
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
George Nikolopoulos is a speculative fiction writer from Athens, Greece, and a member of Codex Writers' Group. His short stories have been published in over 60 magazines and anthologies including Galaxy's Edge, Nature, Daily Science Fiction, Factor Four, Dream Forge, Best Vegan SFF, and The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF. Find his books on Amazon and learn more at GeorgeNikolopoulos.wordpress.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Spencer Nitkey
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
If Suddenly You Forget Me, Do Not Look for Me
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Spencer Nitkey is a writer, researcher, and weirdo living in New Jersey. His writing has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Fusion Fragment, Metaphorosis, Corvid Queen, Write Ahead/The Future Looms, and others.
                        
                        
                        
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Jeff Norton
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
How science fiction precedes science fact
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jeff Norton is the author of MetaWars: Fight For the Future, its three sequels and six other novels. He is also a successful film and television producer and the founder of IP and production company Dominion of Drama. He is online at JeffNorton.com and tweets as @thejeffnorton.
                        
                        
                        
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Alan Nourse
                                                
                                                    

                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Alan Edward Nourse (1928 – 1992) was an American science fiction writer and physician. who wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. His pen names included Al Edwards and Doctor X. He is the author of the 1974 novel The Bladerunner, whose title -- but not plot or characters -- was used in the move Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick's story "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep."
                        
                        
                        
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Uchechukwu Nwaka
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Limb Regeneration Therapy
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Uchechukwu Nwaka studies Medicine and Surgery at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His work is set to appear in Occult Detective Magazine, Cossmass Infinities and Mythaxis Magazine. When he’s not trying to unravel the mysteries of human (or inhuman) interaction, he can be found working on his first novel, or generally trying to catch up on schoolwork. Find him on Twitter.
                        
                        
                        
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Hugh O'Donnell
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Trapper
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Hugh J. O’Donnell (he/they) writes fiction, produces podcasts, and likes things. His work has appeared in The No Sleep Podcast, Quoth the Raven, and Andromeda Spaceways, among others. He is also the author of the novella The City: A Story in 140 Characters. He is currently producing Everyday Drabbles, an ongoing daily flash fiction project. His greatest achievement thus far has been winning Carl Kasell’s voice on his voicemail. O’Donnell lives in Western New York with his husband, cats, and obsolete video game consoles. You can find more of his work online at HughJODonnell.com.
                        
                        
                        
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A. L. O’Connor
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Unknown Empire
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
A. L. O’Connor is an Air Force brat who has lived in five different countries on three different continents. She has written a Historical/Fantasy novel, The Eagle in Green Man’s Clearing and is currently working on the sequel. She also writes short stories and runs the History Writes Itself blog.
                        
                        
                        
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Aimee Ogden
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
A Song for the Leadwood Tree
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Aimee Ogden is a former science teacher and software tester; now she writes stories about sad astronauts and angry princesses. Her fiction has appeared in Fireside, Analog, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and her novella "Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters" is coming from Tor.com in 2021.
                        
                        
                        
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J.A. Pak
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Dream of Humans
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
J.A. Pak is the author of Lottie & the Temple Cat Quahr and Romance of the 3 Djinn. Her writing has been published in Litro, Lunch Ticket, Joyland, etc. More of her work can be seen at Triple Eight Palace of Dreams & Happiness
                        
                        
                        
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Haxhi Pantina
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
How I learned German in virtual reality
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Haxhi Pantina is an international physics student at the University of Vienna. Follow him on LinkedIn.
                        
                        
                        
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Stephanie Parent
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Sugar Plum Ghosts
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Stephanie Parent is a writer who, like the heroine of this story, always dreamed of becoming a ballerina. Her short horror fiction has been published by Cemetery Gates Media and Not Deer Magazine. Connect with her on Twitter at @SC_Parent.
                        
                        
                        
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Avery Parks
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
All Appearances Aside
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Avery Parks is a SFF writer of short fiction. Her work has placed in multiple contests, including the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award. She lives in Texas with her family, a variety of pets, and -- according to some -- too many books. You can find her on Twitter at @parks_writes.
                        
                        
                        
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Stephen Patrick
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Con of the Dead
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Stephen Patrick's stories have appeared in Dark Recesses Press, The Writer's Post Journal, Aphelion, and Bewildering Stories among others. His most recent work appears in the anthologies Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, vol 1 and vol 2. He currently lives near Dallas, TX.
                        
                        
                        
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Sarah Pauling
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Barter Queen
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Sarah Pauling spent several years sending other people to distant places for a living as a study abroad advisor in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She’s now in Seattle, graciously sharing her home with two cats and a husband. A graduate of the Viable Paradise workshop, her stories have appeared in places like Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, and Clarkesworld. If approached without sudden movement, she can be found at _PaulingS on Twitter, where she natters on about writing, tabletop gaming, comics, and books.
                        
                        
                        
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Andrea M. Pawley
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Quantum Forever
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Andrea M. Pawley lives and writes in Washington D.C., far from the reavers outside the Beltway. She's on twitter @andreapawley and blogs at www.andreapawley.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Adam Patrick Phillips
                                                
                                                    

                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Adam Phillips is a teacher and coach living on the Oregon Coast.  His new novel, Manifest, can be obtained in all the normal places, or a signed copy can be ordered from him directly at [email protected]
                        
                        
                        
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Marisca Pichette
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Moira and Ellie
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Marisca Pichette is a queer creator of monsters and magic. Her work has appeared and is forthcoming in Strange Horizons, Fireside Magazine, Fusion Fragment, Apparition Lit, Uncharted Magazine, PseudoPod, and PodCastle, among others. She lives in Western Massachusetts, collecting fragments.
                        
                        
                        
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Edgar Allen Poe
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Silence
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.
                        
                        
                        
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William Powell
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Box
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
William Campbell Powell lives in a small Buckinghamshire village in England. By day he works in software development. By night he writes YA, Speculative and Historical Fiction. His debut novel, EXPIRATION DAY, was published by Tor Teen in 2014 and won the 2015 Hal Clement Award for "Excellence in Children's Science Fiction Literature" - and Gabrielle de Cuir's narration of the audiobook won a 2016 AudioFile Magazine Earphones award.
                        
                        
                        
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Chris Preston
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Osprey
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Chris Preston is a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction from Ontario, Canada. Formal studies include University of Toronto’s Creative Writing program, as well as various workshops. You can currently see work by Chris within Mystery Weekly, SERIAL magazine, and Asymmetry Fiction. To find out more, feel free to visit See Preston Write. You may also follow Chris on Twitter.
                        
                        
                        
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Andy Rafferty
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Tik Tok Man
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Andy Rafferty lives in the north-west of England with his partner and cat. In his day job he works for Profound Decisions, a live-roleplaying company creating scenarios that give people opportunities to argue with each other. In his spare time he writes about things that scare him and panders to his cat. Support him on Patreon and you can also find him on Twitter at @wulfboyraff.
                        
                        
                        
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Lucien Rapp
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Major changes coming for the global space industry
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Lucien Rapp lectures at the University of Toulouse and is also the scientific director of SIRIUS, the Space Institute for Research on Innovative Uses of Satellites. He has authored, to date, ten books and produced more than a hundred scientific works.
                        
                        
                        
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Ravinder Dahiya Ravinder Dahiya
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Scientists created holograms you can touch – you could soon shake a virtual hand
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Ravinder Dahiya is a professor of electronics and nanoengineering at the University of Glasgow and  the leader of Bendable Electronics and Sensing Technologies research group. He is also the president-elect of the IEEE Sensors Council.
                        
                        
                        
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Christian Riley
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Finding Georgia
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Chris Riley lives near Sacramento, Cal., vowing one day to move back to the Pacific Northwest. In the meantime, he teaches special education, writes cool stories, and hides from the blasting heat for six months of the year. He has had over 100 short stories published in various magazines and anthologies, and across various genres. His debut novel, one of literary suspense, titled The Sinking of the Angie Piper, was published in 2017 and his debut short story collection is forthcoming with Mount Abraxas Press. For more information, go to ChrisRileyAuthor.com.
                        
                        
                        
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E.J. Robison
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Beast
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
E.J. Robison is an author, musician, and avid reader who lives in Central Florida. She has been telling stories since she could form sentences, and you can find all of her whimsical works at E. J. Robison.
                        
                        
                        
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Tristan Drue Rogers
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
‘The Damned Place’ by Chris Miller
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Tristan lives with his lovely wife Sarah and their son Rhett in Texas. Visit his website at TristanDrue.wordpress.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Louis B. Rosenberg
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Metaverse 2030
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Louis B. Rosenberg is the author of three graphic novels, Upgrade, Eons, and Monkey Room from Outland Publishing, a surreal picture book for adults about artificial intelligence, Arrival Mind, and an award-winning web series, Lab Rats.  He is also a well-known AI researcher who tries hard to instill his fiction with genuine issues facing today's technologists. His popular TED talk about the dangers of AI combines fact and sci-fi.
                        
                        
                        
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Aeryn Rudel
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Grave Concerns
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Aeryn Rudel is a writer from Seattle, Washington. He is the author of the Acts of War novels published by Privateer Press, and his short fiction has appeared in The Arcanist, On Spec, and Pseudopod, among others. He occasionally offers dubious advice on writing and rejection (mostly rejection) at rejectomancy.com and on Twitter at @Aeryn_Rudel.
                        
                        
                        
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Robert Runte
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Day Three
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Robert Runté is senior editor with Essential Edits where he primarily edits speculative fiction. A retired professor, he has won three Aurora Awards for his literary criticism. His own fiction has been published in over forty venues and five of his short stories have been reprinted in best-of collections.
                        
                        
                        
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John Ryland
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Ollie and the Stickman
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
John Ryland lives and works in Northport Alabama where he writes poetry, short stories, and longer works. Some of his latest work has appeared in Bewildering Stories, Otherwise Engaged, The Eldritch Journal, the Chamber Magazine, and others. He has published two novels, Souls Harbor and Shatter, as well as a collection of short stories, Southern Gothic. Two of his novels, The Man with No Eyes, and Peripheral will be published in 2022.
                        
                        
                        
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Audri Salinas
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Heartsick
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Audri Salinas is an Hispanic writer of science fiction and fantasy. She's worked for seven years as an assistant at the NYC Pitch Conference and editor at Del Sol Press and her novels are currently represented by the Talcott Notch Literary Agency. When not writing, she can usually be found entertaining her pandemic puppy.More about her can be found at AudriSalinas.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Rory Say
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Vivian’s First Secret
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Rory Say is a Canadian fiction writer from Victoria, BC, currently surviving somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. Stories of his have recently appeared in Lucent Dreaming, Flash Frog, Short Fiction: The Visual Literary Journal, as well as on podcasts such as NoSleep, Tales to Terrify, and Nocturnal Transmissions. "Vivian's First Secret" originally appeared in the fantasy e-zine, Mirror Dance, April 2020.
                        
                        
                        
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MM Schreier
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
A Taste of Online Dating
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
MM Schreier is a classically trained vocalist who took up writing as therapy for a mid-life crisis. Whether contemporary or speculative fiction, favorite stories are rich in sensory details and weird twists. A firm believer that people are not always exclusively right- or left-brained, in addition to creative pursuits Schreier manages a robotics company and tutors maths and science to at-risk youth. Follow Schreier at on the web at mmschreier.com or on Twitter at @NoD1v1ng,
                        
                        
                        
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Mark J. Schultis
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Dawn Cluster I: Detriment
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Community leader. Particle physicist. International Assassin. Mark J Schultis is none of these.  He wrote his first story in elementary school and has spent a lifetime keeping that childhood passion of storytelling alive, studying theater and film making before eventually earning his writing degree from the University of Pittsburgh. A perpetual night owl and pizza connoisseur, Mark was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he lives with his wife and their two children. You can follow Mark on Twitter @schultisscribe
                        
                        
                        
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J.F. Sebastian
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
In the Shadow of the Stars
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Born and raised in the South of France, J.F. Sebastian has been living and working in Toronto for the last 17 years. Writing in English, and under various pen names, has been a way for them to better explore and express their voice and identity beyond their social and professional selves. Their stories in English have been published in Ab Terra Flash Fiction Magazine, Bewildering Stories, Cloaked Press’s anthology Winter of Wonder and Sci-Fi Lampoon magazine. You can find them on Twitter  at Space_Irukandji
                        
                        
                        
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Sherry Shahan
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
A Cracked Teapot
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Sherry Shahan lives in a laid-back beach town in California where she grows carrot tops in ice cube trays for pesto. Her novel in free verse Purple Daze: A Far Out Trip, 1965features a tumultuous year in history. Shorter work has appeared in Oxford University Press, Los Angeles Times, Exposition Review, Confrontation, The Writerand forthcoming from Gargoyle, Gold Man Review, and F(r)iction. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
                        
                        
                        
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Patrick Shanley
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Valiance
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Patrick Shanley is an award-winning journalist and writer of fiction. He recently completed an anthology of short stories and is finishing his first novel. Find him on Substack and Twitter.
                        
                        
                        
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Deets Sharma
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
55 Years Later, ‘Dune’ Still Rises
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Deets Sharma is frankly just happy to be here. You can follow him on Medium, connect on LinkedIn, and reach out to him at [email protected].
                        
                        
                        
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Mary Shelley
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Evil Eye
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, which is considered an early example of science fiction.
                        
                        
                        
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Nina Shepardson
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Old Storms
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Nina Shepardson is a scientist living in New England with her husband. Her short fiction appears or is forthcoming in Mirror Dance, Vastarien, and the anthology Twice-Told: A Collection of Doubles, among others. She also writes book reviews at ninashepardson.wordpress.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Zach Shephard
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
For Love, I Tear
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Zach Shephard's fiction is generally either bleak or humorous, without much of a middle-ground. His stories have appeared in places like Fantasy & Science Fiction, Flash Fiction Online and the Unidentified Funny Objects anthology series; for a complete list of published works, check out www.zachshephard.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Larry Silverberg
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Fragments of energy – not waves or particles – may be the fundamental building blocks of the universe
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Larry M. Silverberg is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University. His research led to a unified formulation of macro-scale gravitation and electromagnetism. Today, Silverberg continues his research and writes the occasional magazine article on a new scientific advancement, including those that bring modern dynamics to the wider public.
                        
                        
                        
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Adrian Simmons
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
How I Came to Be Raised by Balniwan the Fool
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Adrian Simmons has had fiction published at Pseudopod, James Gunn's Ad Astra, Lackington’s and Giganotosaurus.  He writes genre-related essays, interviews, and articles at Strange Horizons, Black Gate, and Revolution SF. He is one-third of the editorial team behind Heroic Fantasy Quarterly.
                        
                        
                        
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Will Slocombe
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Militaries plunder sci-fi for tech ideas, but turn a blind eye to the social commentary
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Will Slocombe is a senior lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool, director of the Science Fiction Studies MA pathway and one of the directors of the Olaf Stapledon Centre for Speculative Futures.
                        
                        
                        
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Kas Smith
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Could Science & Technology Allow Us to Cheat Death?
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Kas Smith is a science fiction author and founder of Sci-fi Visionaries.
                        
                        
                        
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Terrence Smith
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Nebula 2022 Awards honor new and emerging writers
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Terrence J. Smith has contributed his writing to nonprofits and both print and digital publications. He enjoys all things technology, but remembers to meditate and appreciate the outside world.
                        
                        
                        
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D. R. Smith
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Thing in the Woods
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
D. R. Smith lives in New York with his wife and two children. He is a teacher in the Canandaigua City School District. Ever since he was a young boy he's been writing fiction. He loves a good fantasy or ghost story. His favorite authors include Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, and Stephen King. He's won numerous narrative writing contests and published short stories in magazines and the anthology It Calls from the Forest, V1.
                        
                        
                        
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Susan Sokolowski
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Female astronauts: How performance products like space suits and bras are designed to pave the way for women’s accomplishments
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Susan L Sokolowski, is the founding director and associate professor of the Sports Product Design Graduate Program at the University of Oregon. She has over 25 years of performance sporting goods experience, working cross-functionally between footwear, apparel and equipment in creative and strategic roles. She has been recognized internationally for her achievements in design and innovation, including over 40 utility patents, awards from Nike, the United States Olympic Committee and Volvo.
                        
                        
                        
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Alex Souza
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Metallosis
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
I'm a Brazilian Bachelor of Laws. My work has appeared in Hyphen Punk, MetaStellar and Etherea; a German translation is forthcoming in Nova Magazine. I received an Honorable Mention at Writers of the Future V38 Q4. I also slush for The Common Tongue Magazine and I'm very active at critters.org.
                        
                        
                        
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Matt Spencer
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Trail of the Beast
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Matt Spencer is the author of seven novels, two collections, and numerous novellas and short stories. He’s been a journalist, New Orleans restaurant cook, factory worker, radio DJ, and a no-good ramblin’ bum. He’s also a song lyricist, playwright, actor, and martial artist. He currently lives in Vermont. Check him out online at Musings of a Mad Bard, on Twitter @MattSpencerFSFH, and on Facebook at Books by Matt Spencer.
                        
                        
                        
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Ashley Spindler
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Four ways artificial intelligence is helping us learn about the universe
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Ashley Spindler is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Hertfordshire. She works in the Centre for Astrophysics Research on novel applications of Machine Learning technologies for next-generation astronomy. Her passions range from all things space and computing to science communication, podcasting, and LGBT+ activism. She is currently working on her first novel—a historical fantasy set in 1830's London—and lives with her partner, Sarah, and her puppy, Apollo.
                        
                        
                        
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Wayne Kyle Spitzer
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Devil’s Triangle
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Wayne Kyle Spitzer is an American writer, illustrator, and filmmaker. He is the author of countless books, stories and other works, including the film Shadows in the Garden, the screenplay Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows, and the memoir X-Ray Rider. His recent fiction includes The Man/Woman War cycle of stories as well as the Dinosaur Apocalypse Saga, all available on Amazon. He lives with his sweetheart Ngoc Trinh Ho in the Spokane Valley.
                        
                        
                        
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Robert Stahl
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
5 Shocking Facts from Memory: The Origins of Alien
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Robert Stahl is a former bartender who left his bottle opener behind to follow his dreams as a writer. Now the Dallas-based freakazoid writes advertising copy by day and fiction in the evenings. He loves to connect with others about the craft of fiction. Click the link to find his blog as well as links to some of his stories: robertestahl.com.
                        
                        
                        
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Sebastian Steinig
                                                
                                                    

                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Sebastian Steinig is a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol. He uses numerical models and paleoclimate data to understand how and why climate has changed in the past.
                        
                        
                        
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Stephen Case
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Apotheosis
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Stephen Case is a science fiction and fantasy author with over forty stories published in markets from Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show to Beneath Ceaseless Skies. His science fiction novel, First Fleet, marries the hard sciences with Lovecraftian horror. His first non-fiction work, Making Stars Physical, was short-listed for the History of Science Society’s Pfizer Prize. Follow him on Twitter @StephenRCase.
                        
                        
                        
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Caleb Stephens
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
I Will Wait for You
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Caleb Stephens is a dark fiction author writing from a rusty shed somewhere deep in the Colorado mountains. His short fiction has appeared in multiple publications, anthologies, and podcasts, including, The Dread Machine, The Wicked Library, Scare You To Sleep, and Suspense Magazine. You can learn more about him and his work by visiting www.calebstephensauthor.com and following him on Twitter and Medium @cstephensauthor.
                        
                        
                        
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Roni Stinger
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Six Things you can Build with a Radish when You’re only One Inch Tall
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Roni Stinger lives in the Pacific Northwest, USA. When not writing strange fiction, she's often wandering the forests, beaches, and streets in search of shiny objects and creative sparks. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Dark Matter Magazine, Hypnos Magazine, and The Crypt, among others. She’s a member of the Horror Writers Association, Codex Writers, and Willamette Writers. You can find her online at www.ronistinger.com and on Twitter @roni_stinger.
                        
                        
                        
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James Stratton
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Meat Bag
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jim Stratton has been an avid fan of speculative fiction all his life. He began writing genre fiction more than twenty years. In recent years he’s been forging his dark alter ego through publication of his tales in venues like Dragons, Knights & Angels, Ennea, Nth Degree, Tower of Light, Big Pulp, and The Broadkill Review. He also appeared in “Dead Souls” in September 2009 and “Rum & Runestones” in April 2010, in the “Paper Blossoms, Sharpened Steel” Anthology of Oriental fantasy of Fantasist Enterprises. He was a co-author and co-editor of Fantastic Futures 13.
                        
                        
                        
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Todd Sullivan
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Test Amongst the Shadows
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Todd Sullivan currently lives in Seoul, South Korea, where he teaches English as a Second Language. He has had more than two dozen short stories, poems, essays, and novelettes published across five countries. He currently has two book series available through Amazon. He writes for a web and play series in Taipei, founded the online magazine, Samjoko, in 2021, and hosts a YouTube Channel that interviews writers across the publishing spectrum.
                        
                        
                        
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Jeremy Szal
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Dead Men Walking
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jeremy Szal was born in 1995 and was raised by wild dingoes, which should explain a lot. He spent his childhood exploring beaches, bookstores, and the limits of people’s patience. He’s the author of over forty science-fiction short stories. His debut novel, Stormblood, a dark space opera about a drug made from the DNA of extinct aliens that makes users permanently addicted to adrenaline and aggression, is out now from Gollancz as the first of a trilogy. He was the editor for the Hugo-winning StarShipSofa until 2020 and has a BA in Film Studies and Creative Writing from UNSW. He carves out a living in Sydney, Australia with his family. He loves watching weird movies, collecting boutique gins, exploring cities, cold weather, and dark humor. Find him at JeremySzal.com or on Twitter @JeremySzal.
                        
                        
                        
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R. J. Theodore
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
A Ship With No Parrot
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
R J Theodore is author of the ongoing Peridot Shift series and the Phantom Traveler series. Her short work has appeared in the anthology, Glitter + Ashes. Learn more at RJTheodore.com.
                        
                        
                        
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James Tucker
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Say Cheese
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
James Tucker is a writer from Charleston, SC. His works have appeared in Adelaide Magazine, The Scarlet Leaf review, Mystery Tribune and others.
                        
                        
                        
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Surina Venkat
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Wolf of the Woods
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Surina Venkat is a writer from West Melbourne, Florida who has short stories and essays published in Brown Girl Magazine, Flash Frontier, and more. When she isn't reading or writing, she can be found on a run with her dog, listening to a podcast, or tweeting from @surinavenkat.
                        
                        
                        
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Jules Verne
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
A Drama in the Air
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jules Verne (1828–1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days.
                        
                        
                        
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Jennifer Vickery
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Best AI startups of 2020
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Jennifer Vickery is president and CEO of National Strategies PR and has worked with hundreds of national clients. Her experience includes writing a regular column for a newspaper, producing a health television segment, serving as a radio personality for advocacy issues, and producing a weekly radio show.
                        
                        
                        
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KT Wagner
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Christmas At Grandma Minerva’s
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Surrounded by gnomes, gargoyles and poisonous plants, KT Wagner writes Gothic horror and op/ed pieces in the garden of her British Columbia home. A number of her short stories are published in magazines and anthologies, she’s currently working on a scifi-horror novel, and can be found online at Northern Lights Gothic and on Twitter @KT_Wagner.
                        
                        
                        
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Dustin Walker
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
As Seen From Above
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Dustin Walker is Canadian writer of horror, crime and comedy. His work has recently appeared in Shotgun Honey, Rock and a Hard Place and on the No-Sleep Podcast. He also took first place in Flash Fiction Magazine's quarterly writing contest. You can find him on Twitter at Dustin Walker.
                        
                        
                        
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Nicole Walsh
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Situation
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Nicole Walsh is a cat enthusiast from the east coast of Australia who loves fern gardens and long dresses. She writes short stories and novel-length speculative fiction and urban fantasy that spans from a little bit dark, a little bit amusing through to a little bit steamy. Visit Nicole at NicoleWalshAuthor.com and on Facebook.
                        
                        
                        
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Ivy Waters
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Offstage
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Ivy Waters is actually three writers stacked on top of each other wearing a trench coat. Together, they have stories in publications including CommuterLit and Raconteur Magazine; one or the other of them can usually be found ignoring the advice of the other two and buying more books and/or mugs and/or sweaters.
                        
                        
                        
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HG Wells
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Star
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Herbert George Wells (1866 – 11946) was an English writer who wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called the "father of science fiction."
                        
                        
                        
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Thomas White
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Asexuals of the Cosmos, Unite!
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Thomas White’s speculative fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in online and print literary magazines in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. In addition, he is a Wiley-Blackwell Journal author and contributor to various journals on topics ranging from the meaning of Evil to reality as a computer simulation.
                        
                        
                        
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Alpheus Williams
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Boogieman Vigilante
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Alpheus Williams, curmudgeon, pagan, pantheist, loves wife, nature, good whisky and dogs. Published in The Molotov Cocktail, Barren Magazine, Storgy, The Write Launch, Fabulist Magazine, Shotgun Honey, Bristol Noir, Bath Flash Fiction, Ellipses Zine, et al. Two stories nominated Push Cart Prize 2021. Links to published works seasongchronicle.
                        
                        
                        
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Austin Worley
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Lightning Between Your Fingers
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
A native of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Austin Worley writes fantasy, sci-fi, superhero fiction, romance, and more.  When he's not dreaming up new worlds, Austin enjoys amateur astronomy, gaming, astrophotography, and reading.
                        
                        
                        
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Christina Wott
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Buehler’s ‘The Forest Bride’ will satisfy your craving for fantasy romance
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Christina Wott is a laser scientist, writer, and yoga instructor who resides in Boulder, Col. with a spouse, a robot vacuum, and too many bicycles. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @christinawott or on her website.
                        
                        
                        
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Cory Wright-Maley
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Wedding Party
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
I am a professor, teacher-educator, parent, and partner located in Calgary, Canada. I am a seeker of insights beyond what is readily apparent. I enjoy board and role-playing games, playing ice—and fantasy—hockey, a good IPA, and have travelled to more than 50 countries and lived in the United States for eleven years, where I taught high school social studies for six of them.
                        
                        
                        
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Xuejian Wu
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
New postage stamp honors Chien-Shiung Wu, trailblazing nuclear physicist
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Dr. Xuejian Wu has been a Postdoctoral Scholar in Department of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley. There he developed versatile quantum inertial sensors using light-pulse atom interferometry, advanced their sensitivity and field performance, and implemented them into geoscience applications. Trained in the precision measurements and instruments, Wu received his PhD at Tsinghua University in January 2015. Utilizing atomic physics, optical engineering, and nanophotonics, Wu is particularly interested in advancing quantum sensors to new regimes, with unprecedented sensitivity, miniaturized size, turn-key operation, and versatile functions.
                        
                        
                        
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Catherine Yeates
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
The Roommate
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Catherine Yeates is a freelance writer and artist. They enjoy creating speculative fiction that draws on their experiences as a neuroscience researcher. They live with their spouse, cat, and two rambunctious dogs. Find more of their work at their website or @cjy.art on Instagram.
                        
                        
                        
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Eris Young
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Superfine
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Eris Young is a queer, trans writer of speculative fiction. Their work has appeared in venues including Escape Pod, Shoreline of Infinity and Fusion Fragment, as well as anthologies such as Uncanny Bodies from Luna Press publishing. In 2020 they were awarded a Scottish Book Trust New Writer Award for fiction. Find out more at Eris Young.
                        
                        
                        
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Gerri Zimmerman
                                                
                                                    
            

                                                        
Burning Embers
                            
        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
Gerri Zimmerman lives in Crest Hill, Ill. and likes to write sci-fi and fantasy stories that challenge the reader to think and wonder. She has two published novels to her credit. A few of her short stories have appeared in Soft Cartel Magazine, Literary Yard, Scarlet Leaf Review, Ariel Chart Literary Journal, Aphelion Webzine, and Metastellar Magazine. Follow her on Facebook.
                        
                        
                        
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