Contributors
MetaStellar would not exist without our talented writers and editors. Thank you for your contributions!
If you would like to join our team, please email [email protected] or contact individual editors listed on our contacts page.
Here is our full list of contributors:
Ryan 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.
Latest posts by Ryan Anderson (see all)
- Top 3 VR Headsets for Half Life: Alyx - Dec 9, 2020
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.
Latest posts by Dawn Baird (see all)
- The Wacky Fun Factory - Jan 25, 2021
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). 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.
Latest posts by Jim Bell (see all)
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- Quietly, Ross - Oct 2, 2020
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.
Latest posts by Mark Budman (see all)
- My Plastic Dreams - Feb 1, 2021
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.
Latest posts by Tim Burkhardt (see all)
- Dr. Garbanzo Writes the First Draft - Feb 12, 2021
William Burns lives somewhere in the mountains at the end of the Appalachian Chain. Rumor has it that he taught electrical engineering and biotechnology for two score years while closeted at night with his writing equipment.
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.
Latest posts by Arasibo Campeche (see all)
- First Blink - Dec 5, 2020
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.
Latest posts by James Cato (see all)
- House Keepers - Dec 17, 2020
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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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.
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.
Latest posts by Merlin Crossley (see all)
- New CRISPR technology could revolutionize gene therapy - Feb 3, 2021
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 Sword & Mythos 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 .
Latest posts by Graham J. Darling (see all)
- A Pleasant Walk, A Pleasant Talk - Dec 3, 2020
DC Diamondopolous is an award-winning novelette, short story, and flash fiction writer with over 250 stories published internationally in print and online magazines, literary journals, and anthologies. DC's stories have appeared in 34th Parallel, So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, Ball State University, Lunch Ticket, Progenitor, Blue Lake Review, and many others. DC was twice nominated for Best of the Net Anthology. DC’s short story collection, Stepping Up will be published in 2021. She lives on the California central coast with her wife and animals. Find out more at dcdiamondopolous.com and get her books on her Amazon author page.
Latest posts by DC Diamondopolous (see all)
- Crow Barn - Feb 8, 2021
- Safe Harbor - Nov 3, 2020
Jelena Dunato is a writer and translator. You can find her on Twitter at @Jelenawrites.
Latest posts by Jelena Dunato (see all)
- Bellatrification - Dec 3, 2020
Andrew Dunn's stories have been previously been published in Antipodean SF, 365 Tomorrows, Daily Science Fiction, and will soon be in Penumbric Speculative Fiction.
Latest posts by Andrew Dunn (see all)
- Jingle-jangle - Mar 31, 2021
- To Soar Like Rockets - Mar 3, 2021
- Evacuation: Earth - Feb 17, 2021
Jonathan 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.
Latest posts by Jonathan Ficke (see all)
- The Howler on the Sales Floor - Dec 1, 2020
Librarian and former software developer, leader of an SF book club, teacher of Python for Beginners, administrator of To Tell A Tale Writers' Group, library blogger, and SF writer. Copyeditor doing business as 'Friedenthal Writing Review'.
Latest posts by Melody Friedenthal (see all)
Elana Gomel is an academic and a writer. She is the author of three novels: A Tale of Three Cities (2013), The Hungry Ones (2018) and The Cryptids (2019). She has lived in four countries, speaks three languages, and has two children. She can be found on her website, Cities of Light and Darkness and on Facebook, Instagram andTwitter.
Latest posts by Elana Gomel (see all)
- The Hungry Ones - Oct 17, 2020
Peter Goggin is associate professor of English at Arizona State University where he studies and teaches theories of literacy, environmental rhetoric, and sustainability.
Latest posts by Peter Goggin (see all)
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).
Latest posts by Sophie Gorjance (see all)
- ‘The Killing Moon’: Where Dreaming Means Death - Sep 4, 2020
Richard Gunderman is the Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy at Indiana University.
Latest posts by Richard Gunderman (see all)
- Nikola Tesla: The extraordinary life of a modern Prometheus - Aug 14, 2020
After a long career in artificial intelligence research at IBM, JPL, NASA, and Hughes, MetaStellar essays editor 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. Contact him at [email protected].
Latest posts by Charles Hand (see all)
- Milagro - Oct 12, 2020
- Artificial Intelligence experiments produce satisfyingly bizarre results - Sep 28, 2020
- The Church of the Written Word - Sep 22, 2020
Ted Hayden's stories have appeared in literary publications including "Newfound Journal," genre publications including "Andromeda Spaceways Magazine," and my "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.
Latest posts by Ted Hayden (see all)
- A New Home - Dec 8, 2020
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.
Latest posts by Kartik Hosanagar (see all)
- Free Will in an Algorithmic World - Dec 18, 2020
MetaStellar excerpts editor Steve Hovland is a software engineer and urban farmer who has been writing screenplays for the past ten years. He is currently converting them to novellas as well as developing a new story about dealing with the COVID Collapse. Follow him on his YouTube channel or contact him by email at [email protected]. His new supernatural thriller,The Family Jewel is available on Amazon.
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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.
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.
Latest posts by Katrina Jacobs (see all)
- Even Black is Bright in Oz - Dec 4, 2020
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.
Latest posts by Lonnie J. James (see all)
- 72 Versions of Simon - Dec 15, 2020
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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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.
Latest posts by Esther Jones (see all)
- Science fiction builds mental resiliency in young readers - Jan 21, 2021
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].
Latest posts by David Kariuki (see all)
- Smart AR glasses will change how we shop, work, and learn - Mar 10, 2021
- Companies to up use of AR, VR in 2021 - Dec 23, 2020
- HBO VR events and concerts start today on VRChat - Sep 3, 2020
Alex Korolov is a contributing writer to Hypergrid Business and MetaStellar. He writes about virtual reality and artificial intelligence and reviews stuff he's seen and read.
Latest posts by Alex Korolov (see all)
- Don’t hold your breath for a real-life Matrix - Jan 19, 2021
- Experts: Ethics a must in AI - Jan 6, 2021
- Five speculative fiction authors killing it on Instagram - Jan 4, 2021
MetaStellar publisher and news editor Maria Korolov is a science fiction novelist who covers artificial intelligence, extended reality and cybersecurity at her day job. See her Amazon author page here and follow her on Twitter here. Email her at [email protected].
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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.
MetaStellar reviews editor Amira Loutfi facilitates social services in underprivileged areas in her day job. She enjoys editing, reading, and creating fine art in her free time.
Latest posts by Amira Loutfi (see all)
- Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Apr. 9 - Apr 9, 2021
- Space operations workshop is open to the public - Apr 3, 2021
- Season 2 of ‘Umbrella Academy’ Outstrips the First - Aug 26, 2020
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.
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.
Latest posts by K MacMichael (see all)
- Lake Monster - Feb 5, 2021
Katrinka Mannelly writes and lives in Fircrest, Wash. with her husband Brian, daughter Tigist, dog Queenie and cat Riptide. Her book, "Section 130" is available on Amazon and at Barnes and Noble. Check out what she's up to at 130andBeyond.com.
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.
Latest posts by Beth McCabe (see all)
- Siren Song - Dec 19, 2020
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.
Latest posts by MV Melcer (see all)
- The Greatest Mystery of the Universe - Dec 19, 2020
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.
Latest posts by L. P. Melling (see all)
- Signs of Gods - Jan 27, 2021
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.
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.
His various other projects are cataloged on his site Arnamantle.
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N.T. Narbutovskih lives wherever the United States Government deems appropriate and spends the majority of his time engaged in the business of national security. He writes compulsively over lunch breaks and late at night, and reads a lot more than is entirely healthy. 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. Come join the conversation at Narbutov.com.
Latest posts by N.T. Narbutovskih (see all)
- Herbert’s Old Rambling House Shows the Truth in Greed - Apr 5, 2021
- Damon Knight’s The Worshippers Shows Right From Wrong - Mar 29, 2021
- Pohl’s The Hated Explores Psychosis of Space Travel - Mar 22, 2021
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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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.
Latest posts by Spencer Nitkey (see all)
- If Suddenly You Forget Me, Do Not Look for Me - Dec 10, 2020
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.
Latest posts by Lucien Rapp (see all)
- Major changes coming for the global space industry - Jan 4, 2021
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.
Latest posts by Christian Riley (see all)
- Finding Georgia - Feb 3, 2021
- A Million Miles Away - Dec 22, 2020
Tristan lives with his lovely wife Sarah and their son Rhett in Texas. Visit his website at TristanDrue.wordpress.com.
Latest posts by Tristan Drue Rogers (see all)
- ‘The Damned Place’ by Chris Miller - Jan 26, 2021
- Review: Reception by Kenzie Jennings - Oct 29, 2020
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.
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 Twitter @Aeryn_Rudel.
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- Second Bite - Dec 1, 2020
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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- A Cracked Teapot - Jan 11, 2021
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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- 55 Years Later, ‘Dune’ Still Rises - Aug 7, 2020
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.
Latest posts by Nina Shepardson (see all)
- The Old Storms - Dec 15, 2020
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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Kas Smith is a science fiction author and founder of Sci-fi Visionaries.
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- Could Science & Technology Allow Us to Cheat Death? - Aug 24, 2020
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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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.
Latest posts by Jeremy Szal (see all)
- Dead Men Walking - Feb 15, 2021
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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- Say Cheese - Jan 29, 2021
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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- Best AI startups of 2020 - Jan 5, 2021
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.
Latest posts by Christina Wott (see all)
- Buehler’s “The Forest Bride” will satisfy your craving for fantasy romance - Mar 2, 2021
- Hit Me - Dec 23, 2020
Gerri resides 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.
Latest posts by Gerri Zimmerman (see all)
- A Long Journey - Dec 7, 2020
- Alien Fugitive - Dec 1, 2020