Patsy Pratt-Herzog
Patsy Pratt-Herzog is an emerging freelance writer from Southwestern Ohio. Her favorite genres to write are Sci-Fi and Fantasy. She lives in the burbs with her husband, Tim, and a chunky cat named Buddy. When she’s not writing, she enjoys painting and riding roller coasters.
Publishing credits include short stories in the following anthologies: Suspicious Activities; From A Cat’s Viewpoint II; Halloween Party 2019; Detective Mysteries Short Stories; Bodies in the Library Short Stories; Misspelled: An Anthology of Magic Gone Awry; Accursed: a Horror Anthology; Anna Karenia Isn’t Dead: the Rewritten Lives of Literary Legends; A Winter Promise, and coming in the Spring of 2026, Thief: Tales of Rogues and Robbers.
Learn more about Patsy at: Author Website
Emma Space
Emma Space graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a master’s in creative writing. She lives with her husband and two Glaring of her own, reading a lot of fiction, sci-fi, and period pieces that blend together when she writes. You can read her work in previous Storm Dragon Publishing projects, Dragon Dreams and Vampire Visions, and in other publications including “Mobius Blvd.” and “Alternate Reality Magazine”.
Learn more about Emma at: Author Website | Instagram
Zack Vandermeulen
Born and raised in Rochester, NY, Zack Vandermeulen is a writer, poet, creative, and perhaps most importantly a dreamer. He can often be found walking around town talking to himself as he navigates the latest problem his world building has created. When he isn’t creating he can be found deep in the pages of whichever book is nearest or supporting his friends and community.
Learn more about Zack at: Link Tree | Instagram
Caolán Mac An Aircinn
Caolán Mac An Aircinn is a classicist, archaeologist, translator, editor and opportunistic zookeeper who writes primarily in his native Irish. Dragon Dreams represents Caolán’s first work published in English.
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Chris Browley
Chris Browley is a teacher based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. He lives with his supportive wife, children and energetic dog. In the rarest moments of free time, he writes short, strange and unusual fiction and enjoys creating unnecessary challenges for himself. After years of keeping his work to himself he has decided to share his words with the world. He has previously won the Specul8 Flash Fiction Competition in January 2026 and has been published in Locative Magazine.
Learn more about Chris at: Instagram
Maia Cornish
I waited many years to begin my journey as a writer, but it wasn’t wasted time. As I followed the call of my Celtic blood and explored the world, I filled copious notebooks with memories and experiences, conversations and images. The world is a magical place, inhabited by unique individuals leading diverse lives. My flash fiction, short stories and poems reflect on what I found.
Learn more about Maia at: Author Website | Blue Sky
Natalie Cooper
Natalie Cooper is a Child and Family Educator who spends her days working with families and her nights writing poetry and creating digital art. Natalie’s writing has appeared in Monash University’s 2023 Verge, Mudgee Valley Writers 2022 Anthology, Paper Road magazine, Gems zine and Positive Words magazine. Natalie’s photography has been included in exhibitions at the Museum of Australian Photography (STAGES: Life in Lockdown) and the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre (Make A Fuss). Currently Natalie resides on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong country (Victoria, Australia) with her trio of mischief making children and partner in crime husband.
Learn more about Natalie at: Instagram
Amanda Brown
Amanda Brown (she/her) is a novice poet, mother, educator, and school psychologist from the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Self-dubbed “The Raging Poet,” she has only recently begun sharing her work publicly. Her poems explore themes of darkness and wonder, and she has an undeniable love for rhyme. She is honored to be making her publishing debut.
Learn more about Amanda at: Substack | Instagram
Kathryn LaSala
Kathryn studied history and art in college, dipping a few toes into the realm of museums before diving head first into library science. This may account for the many research side quests she indulges in while drafting, though it hardly excuses the obscure references littered within her works. Her non-writing hours are dedicated to documenting the twists of politics and the dramatic turns in civic life as a city recorder. She primarily writes fantasy tomes, but likes to experiment with normal-sized novels and short tales in other genres when inspiration strikes.
Learn more about Kathryn at: Author Website | Instagram
Summer Khoten
I had never written a poem until experiencing 7 days of temporary blindness. As a lifelong lover and creator of visual arts, being unsure if or when my sight would return was terrifying, but in that darkness I discovered the vibrant world of poetry and creative writing, and have been pursing it as a tool for inner healing ever since.
Summer is currently working on a book of poetry and hopes her words may lift others out of their own personal darkness, as it had with hers.
Learn more about Summer at: Instagram
v.f. thompson
v.f. thompson is just compost in training. She can be found clowning around Thorold, Ontario and Kalamazoo, Michigan, where her play Taproot was recently produced as part of Queer Theatre Kalamazoo’s ’24-’25 season. Her work can be found in The Hard Times, Plenitude Magazine, Last Girls Club, Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction, Of Rust & Glass, the anthologies Heightened Anxiety, Monster Lairs, We Can Always Tell,The Crawling Moon, and a smattering of other nooks and crannies.
Learn more about v.f. at: Twitter | Instagram
Peter Devonald
Peter is based in Manchester, UK, is a multi-award-winning poet/ screenwriter, published in hundreds of journals including six Broken Spine anthologies, Broken Sleep, Abridged, Alchemy Spoon, IS&T, Seventh Quarry, Full House, Shine and The Spectator. Winner Broken Spine Readers’ Choice Award 2025, Loft Books Best Poem 2025, two Heart Of Heatons and Waltham Forest. Runner-up Shelley Memorial and N2tS. Finalist Tickled Pink, commended Poetry Café, Bermondsey & Beyond, Hippocrates, Passionfruit Review, Saveas & Allingham. 50+ film awards, former senior judge/ mentor Peter Ustinov Awards (iemmys), poet-in-Residence Haus-a-Rest, editor The Post newspapers Poetry Corner and judge Whispering Wisdom. Forward Prize, Pushcart Prize, twice Best-Of-Net and Children’s Bafta nominee.
Learn more about Peter at: Link Tree
Christina Ortega
Christina Ortega is a creative writer who wanders between genres, usually finding herself settling among the shadows of fantasy, horror, folklore retellings and lying in the comforting arms of poetry. She also likes to create retellings of monsters and fairy tales. When not writing, Christina is involved in local theater both onstage and behind the scenes, helping others’ stories find an audience. She can often be found reading with her dog nearby, occasionally using him as a sounding board for new ideas.
Learn more about Christina at: Instagram
Jen Frankel
Jen Frankel is the award-winning author of tales of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, including the Blood & Magic series and the vegan zombie satire Undead Redhead. Her work has appeared across North America and the world in many anthologies and in magazines like Analog SF +F and Amazing Stories.
Learn more about Jen at: Author Website | Instagram
Chrystal J. Raven
Chrystal J. Raven is a Canadian, tri-racial poet and artist. Canvasing sublime emotional landscapes and the inspired energy of nature through the written word and visual mixed media. Combining poetry and mystical philosophy, she shares her stories to connect to self and create a space for readers to explore both celebrated and difficult concepts and experiences. Her work can be found in The Poetry Institute of Canada’s Anthology volumes: Passages of the Heart and Island Shores; The Far-Shining One from Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and Colonialism and Music Therapy from Barcelona Publishers.
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Emily Potter
Emily Potter’s obsession with storytelling began in childhood, starting with scribbles and doodles and eventually clacking out her first novel (never to be resurrected) on a typewriter in the 80s. Now a (mostly) full-time writer, Emily has a degree in English and Comparative Literature and has worked as an editor, interned at a literary agency, and is the owner of So You Want to Write?, a platform with coaching and resources for writers. She currently has one novel in progress and one in the query trenches.
Residing on Ontario, Canada, with her husband, children, dogs, and axolotle, Emily continues to indulge her love of all things fantastical through her writing, art, and cosplay. She will always seek out magic wherever it can be found.
Learn more about Emily at: Author Website