The Authors
Scorched and Salvaged: Stories of Reforging Worlds
Megan Lee Bees
(she/her)
The Threadwork Rituals
Megan Lee Bees writes cozy and fanciful horrors from her home in the perpetually soggy Pacific Northwest where she lives with her husband, their twins, and a formally feral cat. When she isn’t writing or wrangling children, Megan can be found sewing or knitting or working on her camper van, and accumulating new hobbies at a truly unsustainable rate. Her short stories can be found in Translunar Traveler’s Lounge, the Cozy Cosmic anthologies, and others.
Mikey Fatum
(he/him)
Avenge/Punish/Protect
Mikey Fatum is a writer and community manager living in Los Angeles. He has written short fiction for Star Trek Online, and challenges you to find his Ao3 account. In the CM world, he's done work for Cryptic Studios and Critical Role, and is always excited about online spaces.
Cameron E Quinn
(they/she)
Agriopen Avenged
Cameron E Quinn is a queer, genderfluid, neurodivergent artist from the Pacific Northwest who wields storytelling as an educational tool, from cozy libraries to stormy seas. They believe in uplifting the beauty of the world and kindling loves worth enacting change for.
Visit TheCameronQuinn.com to explore more of their creative projects.
Camden Rose
(she/her)
The Water
Camden Rose is a queer author who loves seeking out magic beneath the everyday world. Her works have appeared with Inner Worlds and Heartlines Spec. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her spouse, black cats, and collection of books and board games.
M Shedric Simpson
(they/them)
The Shelter of an Aching Sky
M. Shedric Simpson is a Seattle-based writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, with work appearing in Fusion Fragment, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and Shoreline of Infinity. They and their wife live in a little old house between the mountains and the sea, along with some unknowable number of black cats. In their spare time they make art, music, and other small things.
Katrina Smith
(she/her)
Cathedral
Katrina Smith is a writer and artist working in the Pacific Northwest. She lives with a small menagerie of interesting animals underneath tall pines. She loves writing genre-bending fiction and weird nonfiction.
Sam Stark
(they/them)
Stardew Dinosaurs in Space
Sam Stark is a non-binary transmasc voice actor, narrator, writer, and sound designer from Seattle, WA. Sam is mostly known for voicing characters for the Rusty Quill/Maeltopia, Law of Names, and BloodyFM podcast networks, but also narrates books for Penguin, Macmillan, and Scholastic.
J.B. Young
(they/them)
Camille; or, La Femme Endormie
J. B. Young is a reader and writer of fantasy, sci fi, and gothic horror. They reside in the PNW with their spouse, their spawn, their cats, and their rather desultory garden. When they’re not writing or parenting, you’ll find them falling off their skates at the park.
Zerelina
(she/her)
The Human Touch
Zerelina is an author of Indian origin who loves fantasy, science fiction and speculative fiction which has led her to write stories that let you escape into her world. Zerelina lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, USA, and has published a short story in a collection titled "Spot of Grace."
Mika Grimmer (she/they)
Witch's Knots
Mika Grimmer is a queer and neurodivergent author of fantasy stories of different flavors. She lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest. When Mika isn’t writing, she is likely training for her next amateur sumo tournament or knitting. Her short stories can be found in anthologies such as Soul Jar and Written in the Wind.
