Author Archive

Main fiction: “Stars in a Grave, Stars in a Skull” Jeremy Szal was born in 1995 and was raised by wild dingoes, which should explain a lot. He writes epic fantasy and dark space opera of a character-driven, morally grey nature. His main series is the Common trilogy from Gollancz/Hachette, which includes Stormblood, Blindspace, and […]

Main fiction: “183 Million Light Years from Home” This story originally appeared in Wild & Wishful, Dark & Dreaming: The Worlds of Alethea Kontis (2016). Alethea Kontis is an actress, storm chaser, and New York Times best-selling author. She has received the Scribe Award, the Garden State Teen Book Award, and is a two-time winner […]

Main fiction: “Wakizashi” by Jeffrey Thomas This story originally appeared in Punktown (2000). Jeffrey Thomas’s books include Punktown, Deadstock, Blue War, The American, and The Unnamed Country. He has been a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award and John W. Campbell Award, and his stories have been reprinted in The Year’s Best Horror Stories 2022, […]

Main fiction: “Cycles” by Owen Kerr Owen Kerr has been a writer, freelance editor, and indie game designer since 1999, but don’t tell his mom; she thinks he’s selling feet pix on MostlyPans. His most recent projects include lore for an OSR setting, a full-bore post-apocalyptic fantasy game (Splintered Moon – PbtA), and his self-published […]

Main fiction: “Quad Cops” by Rudy Vener Rudy Vener’s stories have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, StarshipSofa, Sally Port Magazine, and The Beast Hunt Anthology Vol 1. He has won Connecticut’s Tassy Walden Award for New Voices in Children’s Literature, and been a finalist in the Jim Baem Memorial Short Story Award. Rudy is […]