Along with being an award-winning writer-producer-actor with over two hundred hours of film and TV credits, David E. Ballard is also an honorary Anunnaki Ulema as well as an initiate of Eckankar, Sant Mat/Science of Spirituality and SGI Buddhism. His… 

Yuri Heart is a romance author who writes emotionally driven stories centered on healing, vulnerability, and meaningful connection. Her work explores love in its quieter forms, where patience, trust, and emotional honesty take precedence over spectacle. She is especially drawn… 

I live near Melbourne in Australia. To pay the bills I have worked as a teacher, teacher-librarian, journalist, theatre publicist, theatre producer, TV script assistant, and lecturer in the Diploma of Arts (Professional Writing and Editing).

I am a multi-genre author who specialises in books covering hard-hitting topics such as abduction and abuse survivors’ stories. My first novel (My Life in His Hands) became an Amazon bestseller back in 2017, selling over 250,00 copies worldwide and… 

A storyteller and lover of language with one foot in fiction and the other in real life, Robin writes short tales and is currently wrangling a historical fiction novel into submission. She’s been published in online magazines, trade journals, and… 

Michael Sarrazin, a Louisiana native, brings a unique perspective to his writing. He navigates life with a basic silver walker and a vibrant chrome purple one equipped with a seat. Residing in the New Orleans area with his husband, Nicholas,… 

Leah Joanne has many passions, but two of them have now become a necessary part of her life: writing and traveling. Fiction has always been Leah’s coping mechanism of choice when life tastes sour. Traveling has opened her mind and… 

As a mom and former teacher, I love reading and sharing stories. Our family has traveled back and forth across the country, and we have lived on both coasts. We currently reside in Wyoming. We have two dogs, a cat,… 

Natalie Horner lives in South Yorkshire with her husband, son, and a cat called Puss. When she isn’t daydreaming about her characters and stories, she’s writing about them instead.

Richard H. Moon is an award-winning screenwriter, producer, family man, care-provider for several dogs and cats, curler, archer, hiker, musician, physics tutor, SFF nerd, literature aficionado, history obsessive, and kitten fosterer. He has a physics degree but has never let… 

Eric Eichhorn is the author of several plays and feature pieces. He was born in Michigan and attended the University of Michigan. He now lives in New York with his dog, Keith. He has never been to a dinosaur festival.

Howard and I have been working together in some form since we were kids, during which time we’ve written plays, performed stand-up comedy, and produced several podcasts. Our longest-running show, The Worst Writer in the World, is about stories. We… 

I was born and raised in Northern California – where I still live today. I received my bachelor’s degree in criminology from UC Irvine, then went on to pursue my MFA in creative writing from Arcadia University in 2021. I’ve… 

Born in Ukraine and currently residing in California, Elana Gomel is an academic, an award-winning writer, and a professional nomad. Her academic work centers on speculative fiction and narrative theory. Among her many academic books are Science Fiction, Alien Encounters,… 

I was born and raised in South Texas but have resided in Türkiye since 1993. I’ve published eight books of poetry, most recently Rites of Passage, All Told, Take, and the bilingual collection Galata’dan/The View from Galata. My second collection,… 

I live in Vermont with my wife and daughters, one whom we just adopted. I recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Southern New Hampshire University with my bachelor’s in social work with a concentration on children and families.

A.M. Harker is a literary fiction writer based in St. Louis, Missouri. Drawn to the classics and existential philosophy, Harker wrote Evangeline (2026), a debut novel narrated by a vampire who participated in the Romantic period and contributed to the… 

Elorine Jade is a children’s author who writes gentle, magical stories for readers who feel deeply and notice the quiet details of the world. Her work centres on courage, resilience, and emotional growth, often told through nature-rich settings and thoughtful… 

Jaime Rodriguez is a blue-collar Latino NWU writer from the 253 who found his passion for storytelling after high school. Working in construction and sales by day, he spent his free time crafting stories that explore faith, resilience, and the…