V.M. Ayala (she/they)
Co-Founder

V.M. Ayala is a queer disabled biracial Mexican American sci-fi/fantasy writer. She loves dragons, space, giant robots, and their partner. Their work has appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Escape Pod, Lightspeed, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024, and other publications.

You can find her most social media places @spacevalkyries or at spacevalkyries.com.

M.R. Robinson (she/her)
Co-Founder

M.R. Robinson is a scholar of Renaissance literature… but when she isn’t talking about sonnets, she’s probably thinking about speculative fiction. A graduate of Viable Paradise and Clarion West, her fiction appears or is forthcoming in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Lightspeed, We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024, and elsewhere. All her favorite stories make her cry.

She can be found at www.m-r-robinson.com or on Bluesky (and elsewhere) @mruthrobinson.

Ash Vale (they/them)
Co-Founder

Ash is a queer, non-binary Canadian. They like guts, cats, and that thin little voice that politely asks you to turn off the light. They have words published or forthcoming in Heartlines Spec, PseudoPod, Nightmare Magazine, and elsewhere. They love horror, dark fantasy, and anything that involves a weird lil’ guy in the woods.

They can be found on Bluesky @ashvalewrites or at www.ash-vale.ca.

Jess Cho (they/them)
Poetry Editor

Jess is a Korean-American writer of short fiction and poetry, currently living somewhere between the ocean and the trees. Their work has won the Rhysling Award and can be found in khōréō, Fantasy Magazine, Fireside Fiction, Apparition, Nightmare, and elsewhere. They like their fiction dark and their poetry with teeth.

They’re difficult to pin down online at the moment, but that may change.

Angel Leal (they/she)
Poetry Editor

Angel Leal is a Latine trans femme enby and neurodivergent writer who likes to write sad, weird poems. Their work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, the Rhysling, and Best of the Net, and has appeared in Strange Horizons, Heartlines Spec, Uncanny, and elsewhere. They are a lover of many poetry styles but personally adore poems that are unabashedly queer and are lured in by the strange and magical and dreamy as much as the emotional and transgressive.

You can find them wandering online at www.angel-leal.com or on Bluesky @angelvleal.bsky.social.

Rukman Ragas (they/he)
Fiction Editor

Rukman Ragas is made up of earnest contradictions and temporary obsessions. A Tamil writer of the speculative from Sri Lanka, they are fascinated by tender horrors, hysterical resistance, and the thin lines between disgust and desire. Their work has appeared in publications including khōréō, Apex, and Small Wonders. Their favorite stories tend to be those that feel like a gut punch, a soft hug, or anywhere in between—a feeling, above all else. 

You can find them at their website www.rukmanragas.com.