Shimmery People

Beth Wodzinski’s fiction has appeared in Flash Fiction Online, Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest, and Fictitious Force recently. She tests software for a living and admits to a fondness for reality TV. She’s @bethwodzinski on Twitter.

E. Catherine Tobler lives and writes in Colorado–strange how that works out. Among others, her fiction has appeared in Sci Fiction, Fantasy Magazine, Realms of Fantasy, Talebones, and Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet. For more visit www.ecatherine.com.

Stacey moved to Seattle in 2006 and worked for a series of magazines, including Aeon and The Internet Review of Science Fiction. She graduated from Seattle University in 2009 with a BA in Creative Writing and now writes video game content by day. She also juggles, to the amusement of her coworkers.

Grá Linnaea is often writing, bouncing around the world, facilitating writing groups or making really really loud music. He’s a winner of Writers of the Future and attended the 2008 Clarion Workshop. He also sometimes makes art and designs stuff for money. He lives in an intentional community in the Northwest United States. Read his fiction: http://www.gralinnaea.com/

Shalene Gupta is an omnivorous reader with a serious addiction to speculative fiction Her writing has appeared in various venues including Thought Catalog. She can be found on various corners of the internet ingesting k-dramas, manga and Victorian literature. You can visit her at: www.owlreads.blogspot.com

Josh Vogt has a passion for reading and writing speculative fiction. He’s seen all sides of the publishing industry and is currently working with a literary agent to get his novels published. He wants to share his love for the genre, plus help aspiring writers in their quest for publication. Visit his fiction website, his writing resources site, contact him here or follow him on Twitter @JRVogt.

Sophie Wereley currently attends the University of Chicago, where she studies English literature and the death of fun. Weak fingers kept her from pursuing a career as a punk rock guitarist, though they haven’t stopped her from daydreaming about it on the weekends. She’s worked at Fantasy Magazine, the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and a telefund, the last of which has left her with a crippling fear of phones. You can bother her via Twitter (@sayitwhirly) or http://www.sayitwhirly.wordpress.com.

Sandro Castelli was born and lives in São Paulo, Brazil. Working as a free-lance illustrator, he collaborates with several national and international magazines and companies. The obscure and the fantastic are his subjects of choice, coupled with a deep obsession for human anatomy.

Matthew Barron, known as MrSquidink to some, has been a graphic designer for over six years. He’s honed his skills in product development and packaging design deep within the fantasy world of the adult novelty industry. He’s also traveled the wild wilderness of freelance design. When not exploring the deep hallowed halls of design, Matthew is writing epic Dungeons & Dragons adventures and building what he hopes to be a working TARDIS. Fingers crossed! Find out more about him or just say “hi” by following him on twitter @iambarron or visiting his website, MySquidink.com

Sean Markey lives in Salt Lake City, UT, where he is a student teacher in a third grade classroom. He also reads slush for Clarkesworld Magazine. His fiction has appeared in Fantasy Magazine, Strange Horizons, and most recently, Sybil’s Garage. You can follow along at http://www.mrmarkey.com.

Ferrett Steinmetz has been published in Asimov’s (twice!), Beneath Ceaseless Skies, GUD Magazine, Andromeda Spaceways InFlight Magazine, and (most happily of all) Shimmer, among others. He spent twenty years locked in an ugly writer-hibernation, getting nowhere, until the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop provided the cheat code to his secret writer-power. Later on, he picked up a magic mushroom boost at the Viable Paradise Workshop. He lives in Cleveland with his wife, a game of Rock Band, and a friendly ghost. He blogs entirely too much about his life at The Watchtower of Destruction.