Christopher Ruz is a teacher, board game convention coordinator, and one-time stuntman living in Melbourne. He is the author of The Ragged Blade (2019, Parvus Press), a yet-to-be announced MAGNUS PROTOCOL novel, and several IP projects with Insight Editions. His short fiction has appeared in Andromeda Spaceways and Apollo’s Daughters.

Seth Haddon is a queer Australian writer of fantasy. He is a video game designer and producer, has a degree in Ancient History from the University of Sydney. He's been selected as an Emerging Artist 2024 for the Chateau d'Orquevaux Artist and Writers Residency. Some of his previous adventures include exploring Pompeii with a famous archaeologist and being chased through a train station by a nun.

Jordan Alsaqa is a Palestinian-American comic writer. Jordan has funded numerous comics through Kickstarter, including Terminal Protocol, Finding Peace, and We Have to Go Back. Jordan has written a wide variety of projects, including Raise Hell! for Comixology and Tiny Tina's Wonderlands: A Bunkers & Badasses Coloring Adventure for Insight Editions. He is currently writing Cooking with Monsters, a YA fantasy series, for IDW, and has several additional unannounced projects in development.

Jessie is a recovering lawyer living in Toronto with her wife and two cats. She writes SFF with an emphasis on queer joy, telling stories full of magic, adventure, and, of course, kissing.

Revel is a queer Australian artist living in Canada. He makes the fantasy webcomic Sparks, and spends all his spare time walking his dog.

Public benefits attorney by day, author of urban fantasy and science fiction by night, Erin Fulmer lives in Northern California with her husband and two spoiled cats. When she’s not writing or working, she enjoys hatha yoga, taking pictures of the sky, and napping like it’s an Olympic sport.

Emily is a Maryland-based illustrator, cartoonist, and product designer. She is a Rhode Island School of Design 2016 graduate.

Ginn resides in the Pacific Northwest with her lovely wife and wayward cats. She is an award-winning author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an avid coffee-drinker.

Toril is the author and artist of the webcomics Hotblood! and Zarco: A Centaur in the Old West. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in 2013.

Sami Ellis is a queer horror writer inspired by the horrific nature of Black fears and the culture’s relation to the supernatural. You can follow her @themoosef on Twitter, or check out her words in the Black horror anthology, All These Sunken Souls (2023) and in her debut novel Dead Girls Walking (2024).

Marianne is a NYC-based Coptic writer and illustrator. She is presently an art director for TV animation where she has worked since 2017 on productions such as Disney Jr.'s Pupstruction, Jim Henson Company's Harriet the Spy, and DreamWorks's Archibald's Next Big Thing. Her art and writing center on queer women and their relationships in fantastical settings

Clyde Fisher holds an MFA in SFF writing and is a professional nerd: he has edited for small romance presses as well as fandom sites and game publishers.