Alison McBain (1979-not dead yet) was born in Canada, raised in California, and arrived in Canada with a few detours along the way. She has over two hundred poems and short stories published in magazines and anthologies such as Flash Fiction Online, On Spec, and Litro. Her debut and award-winning novel is The Rose Queen: Book 1 of the Rose Trilogy, and was shortly followed by a collection of her short fantasy fiction called Enchantress of Books. When not obsessing over her plan of survival for a zombie apocalypse, she practices origami meditation and draws all over the walls of her house with the enthusiastic help of her kids. In her spare time, she is one of the editors at Scribes*MICRO*Fiction (which publishes flash stories & poems and is always open for submissions). You can chat with her at @AlisonMcBain or read her blog at www.alisonmcbain.com.

Robert Tomaino is writer, editor and consultant. For more than 17 years, he has provided editorial support, guidance and strategic consultation to medical nonprofits, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Robert has extensive experience writing about rare disorders for both patients and physicians. At one time, Robert oversaw the development and expansion of the National Organization for Rare Disorder’s Rare Disease Database. Robert also understand the unique needs of patients in the rare disease community and works to foster better communication and understanding between these diverse groups and the industry representatives that work with them. Robert has served as a Managing Editor for the National Organization for Rare Disorders and RareShare.org.

He was an assistant editor for the textbook, The Complete Directory for with Rare Disorders. 1998-1999, published by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Robert has edited news stories, feature news stories, physician reports, patient narratives, medical reports, brochures, pamphlets, presentations, medication inserts, and more. He has provided developmental critiques for several fiction novels and numerous medical reports, brochures and textbooks that have gone on to be published.

When he breaks away from deciphering medical jargon, Robert writes fiction, from the fantastical to the urbane. The occasional poem may worm its way onto a blank canvas as well. Robert is also a fully ordained online minister who has officiated three weddings including one in Zimbabwe. He also spends time regaling his niece and nephew with stories of his youth before pumping them full of ice cream and shipping them back to their parents.

Elizabeth Chatsworth writes of rogues, rebels, and renegades across time and space. She is the author of THE BRASS QUEEN, an award-winning gaslamp comedy set in an alternate Victorian age. The sequel, THE BRASS QUEEN: GRAND TOUR, will be published on April 23rd, 2024.

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Gabi Coatsworth was born in Britain but has spent most of her life trying to figure out how America works by living there. So if you find a British flavor in her books, don’t be surprised. Her memoir, Love's Journey Home, was published in May 2022, by Atmosphere Press, who will also publish her debut novel, A Beginner's Guide to Starting Over, in April 2023.

Unlike many writers, she can’t write in coffee shops because they’re too distracting, and she only drinks coffee as a last resort. She lives in Connecticut in a cottage that’s American on the outside, and English inside. If she’s not reading, writing, or traveling, you'll find her in her flower garden, and holding a cup of her preferred beverage, strong English tea – she believes Earl Grey is for the weak.

She runs writers’ groups IRL and on Zoom, and you can find her all over the internet. To learn more, or to sign up for special bonus materials, start here, https://linktr.ee/gabicoatsworth or on her website www.GabiCoatsworth.com.

I grew up in Canada, where the Rocky Mountains meet the Great Plains. I love badland landscapes with knobbly stone hoodoos and deep ravines. I love forests with pine boughs mounded with snow and deep silence. I love the Himalayas, whose peaks defy gravity as they fall upward into the sky.

When I was about twenty, I met my spiritual master, Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja. I’ve spent the last fifteen years or so studying bhakti-yoga under his guidance, mostly while living in India.

I’ve loved creating and hearing stories all my life. Now I’m working to infuse my work with spiritual experience. I pray you find these stories deep, exciting, challenging and hopeful.

Love stories have always captured my imagination. What’s better than two people falling in love with each other? I write steamy romance, usually with a paranormal twist in an historical setting. Add a touch of suspense and mystery and a pinch of darkness. I love stories with strong, sexy heroes and mischievous heroines who pull no punches.

I live in the City of Sails, New Zealand, drinking tea (coffee gives me anxiety) and devouring books.

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If you love steamy paranormal romance set in Victorian London, my Royal Occult Bureau series is for you:

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Are you into shape-shifter romance? Check out my Da Vinci’s Beasts series, set in WW2:

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For more Victorian paranormal romance with witches and sexy warriors, see the Knights of the White Blade series:

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Love steampunk? Check out my Auckland Steampunk series:

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I have a degree in Audiology and Speech-Language-Pathology, with a minor in music for piano performance. But these days, I spend my time writing. I write contemporary and fantasy YA, but I love anything that can be given a unique twist.

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, then moved to the east coast for a little adventure after college. A little adventure turned into a long one, and I spent the next fifteen years living just outside New York City. Now I live between coasts with my husband and five kids.

When I'm not writing, I work part-time as an orthodontic assistant putting braces on teenagers. (I promise, they love me for it!) I also spend an insane amount of time driving my kids around. At nights, I usually hide out in my house with a movie and a treat.

You can connect with me on twitter @BYUtm33, Facebook @AuthorTeresaRichards, or Instagram @authorteresarichards. Find more info on my website, www.authorteresarichards.com.

Cynthia C. Scott has been a writer ever since she was a teenager and doesn't recall a time when she didn't want to write. Cynthia C. Scott's work has appeared in Glint Literary Journal, Copperfield Review, Flyleaf Journal, Graze Magazine, Strange Horizons, Here to Now: A Time Travel Anthology, for which she won the 2018 Fairfield Writing contest, and Fiyah Magazine. She has a Creative Writing degree from San Francisco State University. She still lives in her hometown of Richmond, CA. with four cats, her ailing parents, and far too many books she hasn't read yet. Currently she is working on a SF series, The Book of Dreams, which is available on her stubstack newsletter.