Davina Silkwing lives in the North of England and is a cleaner and freelance editor working in the gig economy. She is the author of two young adult novels, Fish Food and Nagel, and Streaks is her debut novel for an adult audience.

Gina V. Badd is every bit a bad girl—a spicy, outspoken, Italian firecracker! Gina is a dreamer, and fiercely believes if you want something, go and get it! She lives in Indiana with her husband, Travis.

Fredricka ‘Ricki’ Maister calls herself a ‘lifelong mourner.’ At age twelve, she experienced the untimely death of her father. Twenty-five years later, she was forced to cope with the intense, overwhelming emotions unleashed by the brutal murder of her longtime partner. Then came the slow decline of her mother, whose final years were spent in a nursing home.

D.J. Hupp is a filmmaker, actor, and comedian based in Portland, Oregon. He is known for: Comedy shorts and mashups. Creating BardSubs.com (comedic modern language subtitles for movies based on Shakespeare plays). Editing James Nguyen’s (famous for creating one of the worst movies ever made, Birdemic) film, Julie and Jack, featured on RiffTrax. Creating the AI fan edit, AI: The Kubrick Edit.

The painful, sudden ending of a long-distance relationship and the pains of trying to love someone living as two different versions of himself due to his high profile career. The hollowing fact that the ghost of his image across my screen, in my suggestion feeds, his voice on the radio will now haunt me forever.

Laura (she/her) is an author, educator, and writing coach/developmental editor from Oxford, Ohio. Her memoir Mosaic (Unsolicited Press, March 2025) delves into loss, motherhood, and parenting a child with disabilities. Mosaic was named on LitHub’s Notable Small Press Books of 2025 list. She has been published in Thin Air Magazine, Stonecoast Review, Brevity Blog, and elsewhere.

Kim Greenfield Alfonso, MBA, is an entrepreneur, executive leader, and passionate advocate for accessibility and inclusion. She is the CEO of Results One LLC, a certified minority- and woman-owned business that partners with organizations to make their digital content, workplaces, and programs accessible to all.

Just like her character, Ana from Sweden lives in Stockholm and keeps her personal life behind the scenes. She might shop at the same grocery store as you or bring her kids to the same sports activities. Look around, there are plenty of women like her, present but often unnoticed. Ana the author holds a bachelor’s degree in literature. Confessions of a Female Dominant is her debut novel.

Kim Bainbridge, born as Kim van Rossum, I grew up in the small Dutch town of Megen in the Netherlands. After serving for ten years in the Royal Dutch Army, I have spent the next twelve years travelling through nearly eighty countries across Asia, Central America, Australia, and beyond.

D.J. Slater is a Milwaukee native with a love for sharing stories. He wrote his first in third grade followed by several more during his school years, mostly about dinosaurs and an ambitious detective. His passion for writing took him on an appropriate career path—journalism, magazines, and marketing.