Collecting original stories from Science-Fiction and Fantasy’s newest and brightest indie voices
We publish themed anthologies on various subjects, speculating about anything from care and compassion to colors.
Below are details of participating authors, listed in alphabetical order.
Amber Parkes
Amber Parkes enjoys creative writing in her spare time, and collaborates with Rowena Parkes (a retired teacher) and John Owens (journalist by background).
Andrew Paradiso
Andrew was born in Europe; English is his second language, following Italian — then Latin, Pig Latin, French, ASL and assorted computer languages. He now lives in upstate New York with two cats. In college he took a dislike to writing of any kind and swore never to try that again. Well, some years later, influenced by Babylon 5’s creator and his own pressure to write about three traumatic events, he turned to creative writing.
You can find his works on his links or on Amazon.
Andy Zach
Andy Zach was born Anastasius Zacharias, in Greece. His parents were both zombies. Growing up, he loved animals of all kinds. After moving to the United States as a child, in high school, he won a science fair by bringing toads back from suspended animation. Before turning to fiction, Andy published his Ph.D. thesis “Methods of Revivification for Various Species of the Kingdom Animalia” in the prestigious JAPM, Journal of Paranormal Medicine. Andy, in addition to being the foremost expert on paranormal animals, enjoys breeding phoenixes. He lives in Illinois with his five phoenixes.
You can find his works on his website or on Amazon.
Anaïs Chartschenko
Anaïs hails from the Canadian wilderness. She has come to enjoy such modern things as electric tea kettles.
As an author, her published works include The Weightless One and Sailing Toward Us. She illustrated Biron the Bee Who Couldn’t (written by Gregg McBride).
You can find Anaïs’ books on Amazon.
Anamura Alententa
Assaph has had his nose in a book since he was five, so it wasn’t surprising that he turned to writing. All those years reading on ancient Rome, sci-fi, fantasy, and mysteries while practicing various martial arts, travelling the world, and working odd jobs lead to some interesting combinations in his stories.
Assaph is one of regular published authors – see his works here.
B.E. Zemlá
B.E. Zemlá has written for city newspapers and magazines, taught English in Asia and Africa, and fought wildfires in the western United States. He currently lives in Colorado, USA.
Find his works on his website.
Bill McCormick
Bill “McSciFi” McCormick is an award-winning and critically acclaimed science fiction author, publisher, and raconteur celebrated for his vivid storytelling and unique blend of sci-fi, humor, and social commentary. Known affectionately by fans as “McSciFi,” Bill has carved a niche in speculative fiction with works that challenge conventional narratives while exploring complex characters and futuristic worlds.
Brent A. Harris
Brent A. Harris is a two-time alternate history Sidewise Award finalist. He writes of time-traveling astronaut dinosaurs, misunderstood orcs, conflicted AIs, and a universe where Dickens meets steampunk.
When not harried behind a keyboard chugging caffeine, Brent enjoys nerdy stuff like board games, DnD, and arguing why there’s still hope for Marvel movies. He holds a Masters in Creative Writing and Film from National University because the school liked his writing enough to pay for his degree.
Charles Walter
Charles Walter grew up in Phoenix. He earned a NASA graduate student fellowship to support his doctorate in astronomy and then began a career in software engineering. Since 2010 he has worked on projects in air traffic management at NASA Ames Research Center. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife, two sons, and mortgage.
Christian Bieck
Christian Bieck fell in love with the fantastic after following Lucy through a magical wardrobe as a boy. Besides writing, mostly light-hearted fantasy in English and German, he researches the future of business, makes music, and teaches tennis. His short stories, in English and German, have been published in several anthologies/
Find his collected author pages at linktr.ee/chbieck.
His stories are available on Amazon.
Christine Emmert
Christine Emmert has been in theater most of her life. She has been actress, director, playwright and educator, using her talents to try and influence audience for a better world. She trained with Tamara Daykharanova of the Moscow Arts Theatre in the ‘60s. Her work has been read/performed throughout the USA, UK and Canada. In addition her poetry has been widely published as well as three novellas – LILLITH, THE NUN’s DRAGON and DREAMING OF STORMS (all available on Amazon).
Christine Wolfram
Christine Wolfram is a queer writer who makes her home in the Pacific Northwest. When she’s not dreaming up new stories, you can catch her at her local Renaissance faire, playing Bloodborne, or geeking out on her YouTube channel.
Her stories are available on her website.
Cindy Tomamichel
Cindy is a multi-genre writer. Escape the everyday with time travel action adventure novels, scifi and fantasy stories or tranquil scenes for relaxation. Every book is a portal to a new world. Worlds where the heroines don’t wait to be rescued, and the heroes earn that title the hard way.
You can find Cindy’s writing on cindytomamichel.com, and her newsletter on: tinyurl.com/AdventureNews
Her novels are available on Amazon.
C. W. Stevenson
Native to San Antonio, Texas, C. W. “Clint” Stevenson lives there with his wife, two sons, and their retinue of furry companions. He earned his B.S. in Sociology from Tarleton State University. A lifelong reader, he’s probably got his nose in a book when he’s not writing, spending time with his family, or having second breakfast. His work has appeared in various publications.
Find his works on Amazon.
Daniel Lukes
Daniel Lukes is a writer and editor based in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke, and his most recent book is Black Metal Rainbows (PM Press/Between The Lines, 2023). His short stories have been published by Bloody+Honey, Propagule, Litmora, Memezine, Moonpark Review, Alien Buddha Press, Expat Press, Misery Tourism.
Find him on Instagram.
Darren Todd
Darren Todd has published more than sixty short stories over the years, mostly in the horror and speculative genres. He is an editor for Evolved Publications and a regular contributor to the horror podcast Don’t Fall Asleep. His collection of short stories, The Ugly Mug and Other Stories, is available on Amazon.
Find his works on Amazon.
Douglas Lumsden
Douglas earned a doctorate in medieval European history at the University of California Santa Barbara. Go Gauchos! He taught world history at a couple of colleges before settling into a private college prep high school in Central California. After he retired, Douglas began to write an urban fantasy series featuring hardboiled private eye Alexander Southerland as he cruises through the mean streets of Yerba City and interacts with trolls, femme fatales, shape-shifters, witches, and corrupt city officials. He is currently working on a new series featuring Shade the Collector.
You can find Douglas’ blog at douglaslumsden.substack.com
His works are available through Amazon.
E. D. Edwards
E. D. Edwards was born in the American South near the burned ruins of a large Greek Revival plantation house and grew up hiking the fields near that plantation looking for the meaning of life. She can report with certainty that meaning in life is oblique and the ruins of old plantation houses cast long, dangerous shadows.
Find her works on her website.
Emily A. Grigsby
Emily is a stay-at-home wife and homeschool mom of three from Ohio, USA. She is a born-again Christian, and her faith is very important to her. She loves fantasy and sci-fi even though she is on the aphantasia spectrum (the inability to visualize mental images, especially images one has never seen before). She is also a PWS (a person who stutters). She has two previously published short stories entitled “The Eerie Wood” and “All Is Not As It Seems” in anthologies “Goblincore” and “Midnight Menagerie” respectively.
Eric is a lifelong science fiction and fantasy reader who has always enjoyed those stories that show how the science and technology can affect people’s lives. By day he works in hi-tech, lecturing on telecom security (at the hardware level, not about the people who use phones to commit fraud).
Eric is one of regular published authors – see his works here.
Gareth D. Jones
Gareth D Jones is unofficially the second most widely translated science fiction short story author in the world, having been published in 36 languages. He’s a father of five, two of whom are also published authors, and lives in the UK where he writes science fiction, fuelled by copious amounts of tea.
You can find his writing on his website
Harley Carnell
Harley Carnell lives and writes in London. His Puschart-nominated fiction has appeared in Blue Earth Review, Confrontation, Shooter Literary, and Riptide Journal, among others. His non-fiction appears in Gamut, Aurealis, L’Espirit Literary, and the Lovecraft Annual.
You can find his writing on his website
Jane Jago
Jane is an eccentric genre hopping pensioner, who writes for the sheer enjoyment of the craft and gets in terrible trouble because of her attitude. Her writing includes modern-day thrillers sitting side by side with sword and sorcery, wicked dragons, and short stories and verse.
Find out more about Jane at her blog: workingtitleblogspot.com
Her works available on Amazon.
Jennifer Jeanne McArdle
Jennifer writes mostly short speculative fiction and has had around 50 pieces published or upcoming. Her story, “The Mules” was a 2022 Brave New Weird award winner. She lives in New York State and works for an animal conservation organization.
You can find her writing on her website
Jim Webster
Jim is now sixty something, still farming in South Cumbria, England. He has a wife and three daughters. He has been described as having no dress sense and too strong a sense of the ridiculous to write erotica. Instead he has shunned immoderate wealth and transient fame and instead writes fantasy and science fiction. Apparently there are times when his dry sense of humour escapes onto the page.
John Owens
John Owens is a journalist by background, and collaborates with Amber Parkes and Rowena Parkes.
John-Paul Coté
John-Paul lives in St. Catharines, Ontario with his wife and two children. He’s been writing for years and is a fan of Sci-fi and fantasy. He is a person of few words, so he enjoys writing short stories and novellas the most.
Jonathan Maas
Jonathan Maas was born in New Haven, Connecticut and grew up in San Antonio, Texas. After graduating from Stanford University with degrees in Biology and History, he’s earned a living as a Musician, Peace Corps Volunteer, Standup Comedian, TV Producer and Web Designer.
Find his works are on Amazon.
Joyce lives on the Central Oregon Coast with her husband. She works on writing as well enjoying walking, reading, and cooking. Joyce has been published in several anthologies under the name of Joyce Carletta Mandrake for her short stories and poetry: Children of the Dragonfly, Nothing but the Truth, Stories Migrating Home, and Traces in Blood, Bones & Stone. She says, ”Life is an adventure and I wonder at my willingness to keep jumping in.” She is a member of the Minnesota Chippewa (Ojibwe/ Anishinaabe).
Find more about Joyce’s work at shortnotesinmind.blogspot.com
Her works are on Amazon.
K. R. Moore
K.R. Moore is an author that likes to bring joy and look at the positives of life. Channeling them within his writing into the craziest, most bizarre ways possible with fun at every turn. In addition to self-published works, he currently has 6 short story pieces published in various magazines.
Find out more about his works on his blog.
And his works on Amazon.
Keyla Damaer
Keyla Damaer is an Italian author who has carved a niche for herself in the realm of science fiction. Her stories often explore the complexities of human and non-human relationships set against the backdrop of space operas. Her journey as a writer began in 2017, and since then, she has captivated readers with her compelling character arcs.
Find out more about Keyla on her blog: keyladamaer.com
And her works on Amazon.
Laura J. Campbell
Over eighty-five of Laura Campbell’s short stories have appeared in Chilling Crime Stories, Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers Vol. 6, Roses & Wildflowers, and other publications. Most of Laura’s recent works are available on Amazon. Laura’s short stories “From the Garden” and “416175” can be heard on Spotify’s ‘Scare You to Sleep’ podcast. When she is not writing, Laura can be found running alongside Houston’s bayous or supporting live music. She is encouraged in her writing by her children, Alexander and Samantha.
Find her on Instagram.
Margret A. Treiber
Margret Treiber is a writer and serves as editor-in-chief for the speculative fiction humor magazine, Sci-Fi Lampoon. When she is not writing or working at her day job with technology, she helps her birds break things for her spouse to fix. Her fiction has appeared in a number of publications.
Kody Boye
Kody is a young adult horror, fantasy, and science-fiction writer currently residing in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. First published in the Yellow Mama Webzine, he has gone on to write works such as The Beautiful Ones and When They Came trilogies, as well as The Red Wolf Saga.
Find out more about Kody on his blog: kodyboye.com
And his works on Amazon.
Marie-Hélène Lebeault
Marie-Hélène is a Canadian author specializing in young adult novels. Her works are imbued with themes of magic, fantasy, and time-travel, paired with vital coming-of-age narratives. Marie-Hélène enjoys outdoor activities like hiking and cycling, as well as unwinding on the beach with a book.
You can find Marie-Hélène works at mhlebeault.com, and her newsletter on landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/c4j9g7
Her other works are on Amazon.
Meir Michael Fogel
Meir Michael lives in Texas with his dog and his family. From the very first time a book was placed in his hands, he has loved books, to the point of teachers complaining of his preference for books above all else. Once his verbal ability developed, he has not stopped telling stories.
Meir is 13 years old at the time of publication of It Takes A Village. This is his debut.
Michael B. Fletcher
Michael H. Hanson
Michael H. Hanson is a Poet and Short Story Writer, and his works appeared in numerous publications. Altogether, Michael has 119 short stories published in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, and horror He has also penned 6 collections of poetry available on Amazon, with a 7th volume, CHASING PEACE, soon to be available.
Reut Barak
Reut was born in Camelot in the year 1201, following the famous explosion of the northern dragon tower. She has a degree in fantasy and science fiction from the University of Atlantis and this record can be found in the central library, now twenty thousand leagues under the sea. She likes phoenix riding, dragon fighting and painting the roses red. And Grimm’s Fairy Tales.
Ross Baxter
After thirty years at sea, Ross Baxter now concentrates on writing sci-fi and horror fiction. His varied work has been published in print by numerous publishing houses in the US and the UK. He won the Horror Novel Reviews Creation Short Story Award in December 2014, and has a short story on the 2017 HWA Bram Stoker recommended reading list. Married to a Norwegian and with two Anglo-Viking kids, he now lives in Derby, England.
Rowena Parkes
Rowena Parkes is a retired teacher, and collaborates with Amber Parkes and John Owens.
Scott Branchfield
Scott Branchfield is the author of the novel Star Liner, and has written for Utopia Science Fiction, Daikaijuzine, and Aphelion. He is an avid reader of all the subgenres of speculative fiction, as well as history, other nonfiction, or anything else that strikes his fancy.
Visit his author’s blog, or find his works on Amazon.
Spencer Keene
German born but English writing author, Ulff, was raised reading, almost any and everything, from the classic Greek to Roman to Germanic myths to more appropriate fiction for children his age. Initially devouring books in his native language, he switched to reading English books during a yearlong stay in the USA as a foreign exchange student.
You can find Ulff’s works on Amazon.
Virgo Kevonté
A writer who squandered his youth traveling to over sixty countries, Virgo Kevonté made his home in the east of the Arab Gulf. Virgo Kevonté currently works, writes and works in Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, where most restaurants still use ketchup for pizza sauce. Kevonté has a couple novels looking for a home.
You can find his works on his website.
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