Emma Burnett
Emma Burnett is a researcher and writer. She has had stories in Grimdark Magazine, Nature:Futures, Mythaxis, Northern Gravy, Radon, Uncharted, Flash Fiction Online, Apex, MetaStellar, The Forge, and more. She’s pretty excited that her first book, Ex Partum, was released in June 2026 by Atthis Arts.
You can find Emma @slashnburnett.bsky.social or emmaburnett.uk.
Ivy Grimes
Ivy Grimes‘ stories have appeared in The Baffler, Vastarien, hex, Maudlin House, ergot., and elsewhere. She is the author of Glass Stories (Grimscribe Press), The Ghosts of Blaubart Mansion (Cemetery Gates), and The Cellar Below the Cellar (Violet Lichen). For more, please visit www.ivyivyivyivy.com.
Joe Koch
Joe Koch writes literary horror and surrealist trash. Their books include The Wingspan of Severed Hands, Invaginies, Convulsive, and The Couvade, which received a 2019 Shirley Jackson Award nomination. His short work appears in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Southwest Review, Nightmare, Vastarien, PseudoPod, and many others. Find Joe (he/they) at horrorsong.blog.
Andrew Kozma
Andrew Kozma’s fiction appears in Phano, The No Sleep Podcast, and Flash Fiction Online, while his poems appear in Strange Horizons, The Deadlands, and Rogue Agent. His first book of poems, City of Regret, won the Zone 3 First Book Award, and his second book, Orphanotrophia, was published in 2021 by Cobalt Press. You can find him on Bluesky at @andrewkozma.net and visit his website at www.andrewkozma.net.
Ben Lockwood
Ben Lockwood is a writer in central Pennsylvania. Ben’s work has been featured in Clarkesworld Magazine, Vast Chasm, ergot., Maudlin House and others. He is also the editor of Rotting Leaf Magazine.
Samuel M. Moss
Samuel M. Moss lives in rural Cascadia. He is the author of The Veldt Institute (Double Negative, 2025). Speculative writing has been published in Seize the Press, Chthonic Matter, Vastarien and Dim Shores Presents among other venues. He runs ergot., a site for innovative horror. Find more at perfidiousscript.com and on Bluesky @perfidiousscript.bsky.social
Karlo Yeager Rodriguez
Karlo Yeager Rodríguez is originally from the enchanting island of Puerto Rico, but moved to the Baltimore area some years ago where he now lives with his wife and one odd dog. His fiction has appeared in such places as Typebar, khōréō, Strange Horizons among others.
R.L. Summerling
R.L. Summerling (she/her) is a part-time fiction writer and full-time squirrel watcher from Southeast London, UK. She has fiction in places such as Nightjar Press, Weird Horror Magazine, The Dark, Seize the Press, ergot., Interzone and Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror Volume 5. You can find her at https://www.rlsummerling.com/
Kay Vaindal
Kay Vaindal is a writer and environmental scientist in Baltimore. Kay’s fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Remains, Weird Horror, Seize the Press, ergot., and more. Kay’s stories have been selected for Brave New Weird and ECO24: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction. Find out more at kayvaindal.com.