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Hartley James writes science fiction, though sometimes he thinks that the science fiction writes him. Occasionally he writes other stuff. He grew up on speculative fiction of all sorts, though it was the greats, Asimov, Herbert, Dick, Clarke, Wolfe, Heinlein that shaped his perception. In his real life, he does other things, apart from writing, following the principle laid down by Robert A. Heinlein, that specialization is for insects. So, he strives not to be an insect.

Charles Williams is a native of Monroe, Louisiana who spent most of his professional life in commercial real estate finance after obtaining an MBA from The Wharton School. From 1993-2003, he resided in New Orleans while working for Chase Bank and The National Equity Fund in the financing of large and often controversial real estate developments. In 2003 he moved to Alexandria, Virginia, and was working on similar financings in fifteen states when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. He volunteered to return to south Louisiana in 2006 to arrange financing under special government programs that were created to help Louisiana rebuild from Katrina's damage. He concluded his real estate finance career in this role. Charles has always been a student of Louisiana history and has followed Louisiana's politics even in the years he lived out of state. His work experience allowed him to see the seamy side of his home state at close range on many real estate projects. In his novel, he presents a realistic picture of the corruption and infighting that ensue when a large development receives $24 million in government-supported financing.

Cory Swanson lives in Northern Colorado with his wife, two daughters, and his old blind dog named Kirby. When he’s not working teaching tweens how to play band and orchestra instruments, he can be seen camping with his family in his tiny trailer or traveling to strange worlds in his head in order to write about them. If the weather is decent, you might catch him riding his bike or running because he is afraid of death, and he’s heard exercise helps with that.

Cory has a Bachelors in Music Education from the University of Northern Colorado and a Masters in Music with an Emphasis in Conducting from Colorado State University. Neither of these degrees is helpful with his writing, but they do allow him to earn a living teaching music to middle schoolers, which he has done since 2004.

He began writing in 2016 after the Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl. The absence of American Football in his life after that point left a gaping hole in his soul. He then proceeded to fill said hole with speculative fiction. It’s worked out okay so far, with his story, “The Musicologists,” being published in the anthology, Triangulation: Harmony and Dissonance, published by Parsec Ink. He also has a novella, Geminus, published by Castrum Press.

If you would like to witness a nearly middle aged man attempt to navigate the perils of social media, you can find Cory on Facebook under the handle @speculativemeculative, or at his website, coryswansonauthor.wordpress.com

Jared Cappel is driven by intellectual and creative pursuits. He's a highly ranked tournament Scrabble player, a celebrated digital artist and an aspiring keyboardist. His writing tends to examine the darker sides of technology in an ever-changing world. Look for his prose in esteemed literary journals including After Dinner Conversations, Literally Stories, Metastellar, and more.

Viggy Parr Hampton, MPH is a horror author, epidemiologist, and host of the podcast “Horror Humor Hunger." She is a graduate of Georgetown University and Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health.

Whenever she's not writing, she's playing pickleball, baking, or going on long walks with her German Shepherd/Poodle mix, Tater Tot.

I was born in Cuba eighty-two years ago and migrated to the United States as a young man. I became an engineer and lawyer and practiced in those fields for nearly fifty years. I retired, turned my attention to creative writing, and authored many short stories of various genres and three novels. My stories have been published or accepted for publication in over one hundred and eighty short story anthologies, magazines, audio books and podcasts. Four collections of some of my stories, including "The Satchel and Other Terrors" and "The Potion and Other Perilous Libations" have been published and are available on Amazon and other retailers. A fifth collection is forthcoming.

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Carl Tait is a software engineer, classical pianist, and writer. His work has appeared in After Dinner Conversation (Pushcart Prize nominee), Exquisite Death (Derringer Award finalist), Mystery Magazine (cover story), NewMyths, Allegory, Eunoia Review, The Saturday Evening Post, and others. He also has a story in Close to Midnight, a horror anthology from Flame Tree Press / Simon & Schuster. Carl grew up in Atlanta and currently lives in New York City with his wife and twin daughters.

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