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Nate lives in Oregon and is frequently rained upon. He puts words into various orders. Occasionally people give him money for this. No one knows why. You can read his writing and find links to his published works at www.mirrorshards.net.

Nicholas Jay is a conservation-minded urban planner living in Atlanta, Georgia. He enjoys his time most with either pen, violin, or map in hand -- sometimes all three. Find him on Twitter at @kn1ckkn4cks.

Nikki R. Leigh is a forever-90s-kid wallowing in all things horror. When not writing horror fiction, she can be found creating custom horror-inspired toys, making comics, and hunting vintage paperbacks. Instagram - @spinetinglers Twitter - @fivexxfive

Osahon Ize-Iyamu is a Nigerian writer of speculative fiction. He is a graduate of the Alpha Young Writers Workshop and is a current attendee of the IWP Summer Institute pre-program. He has been published (or has work forthcoming) in magazines such as Clarkesworld, The Dark, FIYAH, and Strange Horizons. You can find him online @osahon4545.

P.G. Streeter lives with his wife and two sons in Maryland, where he teaches high school English and philosophy.

Parker Ragland is a writer who spends most days trying to convince people that artificial intelligence isn’t that scary (contrary to what his fiction might suggest). Currently, he works as a technical writer at a company that builds software used to analyze data. Previously, he served as Executive Editor of the Colorado Technology Law Journal. He lives in Denver. Find out more from his website, parkerragland.com, or his Twitter, @ragland_writes.

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 Boneyard Soup Magazine, Not One of Us, and Dread Stone Publishing's Dose of Dread, among other publications. For more of his work, visit patrickbarb.com

Patrick Hurley has published short fiction in dozens of markets, including work in Deep Magic, Galaxy's Edge, Flame Tree Press, Paizo's Pathfinder, The Arcanist, Abyss and Apex, Third Flatiron, Aurealis, Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores, and The Drabblecast. He attended the 2017 Taos Toolbox Writer's Workshop taught by Nancy Kress and Walter Jon Williams and is a member of SFWA. Find out more about his work at www.patrickhurleywrites.com.