Our MECHANISTS

Tianna Ebnet rose from the ashes in the magical land of winter and road construction, also known as Minnesota. She makes a living teaching English Composition to mostly disinterested young college students. She has been published by Luna Station Quarterly, a story that has been translated by El Nombre del Mundo es Cuento. As a life-time and self-proclaimed nerd, her passion is writing speculative fiction, particularly stories with queer protagonists. When she’s not writing, she is usually engaging with any medium that has a good story be it books, movies, podcasts, or games both video and tabletop. You can find her talking about any of those things on Twitter.

Timothy Burkhardt’s fiction has appeared in Metastellar, The Horror Tree, Riddled With Arrows online literary journal. He lives in the mountains outside of Asheville, NC with his two teenage sons and his cat, Keats.

Timothy G. Huguenin lives in the dark Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia. His short fiction has appeared in various publications, including VASTARIEN: A LITERARY JOURNAL, DIM SHORES PRESENTS VOLUME 2, TALES TO TERRIFY, and THE DREAD MACHINE. His weird novella, UNKNOWING, I SINK was released in October 2020 by Independent Legions Publishing. His third novel, SCHAFER, is coming 2021 from Bloodshot Books. You can find out more about him and his writing by visiting https://tghuguenin.com/

Timothy Mudie is a speculative fiction writer and an editor of all sorts of genres. His fiction has appeared in various magazines, anthologies, and podcasts, including Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Escape Pod, Wastelands: The New Apocalypse, and Daily Science Fiction. He lives outside of Boston with his wife and son. Find him online at timothymudie.com or on Twitter @timothy_mudie.

Travis D. Roberson grew up in Central Florida, where he spent most his youth reading comic books and throwing rocks at snakes. Now settled in Queens, he lives with his wife and dog. His work appears in Maudlin House, Orca, Shirley Mag, and a number of other publications. Find him at www.travisdroberson.com

Before becoming a writer, Vaughan Stanger spent twenty-six years working on exciting technologies in the defense and aerospace sector, such as virtual reality, image processing and AI. His work can be found in Daily Science Fiction, Abyss & Apex, and Shoreline of Infinity. Find him online at https://www.vaughanstanger.com/.

Vivian Chou is a science advocate by day and a science fiction advocate by night. A second-generation Chinese-American, she lives with her husband, two sons, and a genetically engineered Glo-fish. She prefers to have three types of dessert in the house at all times.

Warren Benedetto writes short fiction about horrible people doing horrible things. His stories can be found in anthologies from Scare Street, Black Hare Press, Devil's Rock Publishing, Black Ink Fiction, Ghost Orchid Press, Eerie River Publishing, Dark Lane Books, Sinister Smile Press, and Dragon Soul Press; in publications such as Dark Matter Magazine, The Dread Machine, Sanitarium Magazine, and 365Tomorrows; and on podcasts such as The NoSleep Podcast, Tales to Terrify, and The Creepy Podcast. He studied Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University, and has a Master's degree in Film/TV Writing from the University of Southern California. When he's not writing, he works as Director of Global Product Strategy at PlayStation, where he holds 20+ patents for various types of gaming technology. He is also the developer of StayFocusd, the world's most popular anti-procrastination app for writers. He built it while procrastinating. For more information, visit www.warrenbenedetto.com and follow @warrenbenedetto on Twitter.

William Jablonsky is originally from Rock Falls, Illinois, but has since settled in Dubuque, Iowa where he teaches writing and interdisciplinary humanities at Loras College. He is the author of three published books: The Indestructible Man: Stories (Livingston Press, 2005); The Clockwork Man (Medallion Press, 2010, republished by Grey Oak in India in 2012); and Feral Boy Meets Girl: Stories (Unsolicited Press, 2020). Hos short fiction has appeared in a wide array of journals and magazines, including Bourbon Penn, Shimmer, the Florida Review, and Asimov's.