A third-generation soldier, Kelly Washington isn’t afraid to push boundaries in real life and in her fiction. Regardless the genre—fantasy, science fiction, or romance—her writing style packs a powerful punch by featuring strong and independent, yet flawed, characters. Born into a family of voracious readers, she ignores as many obligations as possible in order to finish writing one more chapter.

Kelly is the author of the Falling for Him trilogy, the four-volume epic fantasy series, Reclaimed Souls, the Moira Rothrock novella series (Unlocking the Devil and Sleeping with the Devil), the stand-alone Freaky Friday-esque military romance novel, Collide Into You, and the science fiction romance novel, Claiming the Heart of Vraithe.

Her short fiction has appeared in Overheard Magazine, Cutter’s Final Cut, spillover mag, Fahmidan Journal, Pulp House Fiction Magazine, Kaleidotrope, Heart’s Kiss, and multiple Fiction River anthologies. Her short story, “The American Flag of Sergeant Hale Schofield” was a 2016 Year’s Best Crime and Mystery Story.

When Kelly isn’t writing, she works for the Department of Defense in Washington, D.C.

Cast out of the universe like cosmic Cain, A. A. Rubin roams the planes of reality, jumping through the variegated permutations of the multiverse across space and time. On this plane, in addition to the books on this page, his work has appeared recently in Love Letter to Poe, Cowboy Jamboree, and Ahoy! Comics. Doomed to travel and record, but never find a home, he chronicles his adventures across social media as @TheSurrealAri, and can be reached--in most dimension--through his website, www.aarubin.com.

Phebe Shumate-Yawson graduated from Devry College of Technology in 2002 with an Associates Degree in Telecommunications Management and Special Honors in social and academic achievements. Currently she is an Award-winning author.

She was home-schooled and graduated at the age of 16 before attending Devry College of Technology in the summer. Upon graduating from Devry she moved to Ghana, Africa for over 13 years. There she assisted a midwife for over 9 years learning much about healthcare and midwifery.

Though she wrote music for children in hospitals, performed in sketches for under privileged children, assisted in feeding of over 200 children a week. Her talents were most alive while reciting her poetry and writing short stories

Chris Vandyke is the founder and president of Skullgate Media, an indie-publishing collective dedicated to changing the way writers work together. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Tales from the Year Between, a weird-fiction anthology and Skullgate's flagship publication.

He was born in 1979 and spent the first 16 years of his life in the small coastal town of Gold Beach, Oregon. Since 2002 has been a High School English Teacher in the New York City Public School System, which is, needless to say, somewhat different than his hometown. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, two children, and a menagerie of animals. They are currently one goat shy of a petting zoo.

Currently, he has two novellas available in his Post Cards from NeoTokyo series, cyberpunk noir adventures following the adventures of a private eye in a robot-ruled dystopian future. He is currently querying "Love Songs for the Robot Apocalypse," a YA Sci-Fi romance involving time-travel, 90's alt-rock mixed tapes, and teenage lesbians falling in love, as well as "Dragon's Curse," the first installment in an epic fantasy trilogy. He has also finished a number installments in his "Farhome Elf Chronicles," a ten-part Middle-Grade series aimed at reluctant readers. He has also published a translation of the medieval viking saga, "The Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok," under the name Christopher Van Dyke

You can learn more about him at CVandyke.com.

You can learn more about The Tales From the Year Between at www.YearBetween.com

He tweets as @aboutrunning.

E R Hoffer writes about post-fossil fuel futures in the hope that positive imaginings might slap humanity hard enough to change things. You can find her work listed under her own name and under the pen name L. X. Nishimoto. Read news and writing samples on her website (https://lxnishimoto.wixsite.com/mysite) and twitter feed ( @erhoffer ).

Ark Horton is a small woman made of round shapes and long sighs. She’s also a published speculative fiction author who writes a wide range of fantasy stories and the occasional science fiction tale. She has a thirst for history, mythology, folklore, and fairytales which often serves as inspiration for her work.

Bringing characters to life one story at a time. C.D. Storiz has short stories/novelettes included in Achten Tan: Land of Dust & Bone and Under New Suns both published through Skullgate Media. Her novelette, Relevant, was published with Kyanite, and two of her short stories (contest winners) are published through Gestalt Media. You can follow C.D. on Twitter: @LeChatGris3, Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20342246.C_D_Storiz or on her website: www.cdstoriz.com where you can find samples of her writing and read her latest blog.

Jonathan is a writer, entertainer and cat enthusiast from the scenic north coast of Northern Ireland, who happens to write short stories, flash, and micro-fiction that can be a little weird at times.

Jayme Bean is an independent author who enjoys writing stories that speak both to the wonders of the world and the highs and lows of the human condition. Inspired by her travels around the world and her career as a zookeeper, she writes using her experiences, which lend a unique viewpoint to her stories. Jayme calls the sunny state of Florida home and shares her life with her son and cats.

Catch up with Jayme over social media:

@JaymeBeanAuthor on Twitter and Instagram

/JaymeBeanAuthor on Facebook

You can also visit Jayme on Goodreads or on her website JaymeBeanAuthor dot com

If you like quirky fantasy, I hope you'll enjoy the Sands of Achten Tan series which includes "Speechless in Achten Tan"

"The Bone Master" and two short stories. My plan is for this series to include four books, "Tar and Bone" A prequel is coming out later this year, followed by, "The Magic Within," that concludes this series.

My YA Sci-Fi series, "Children of the Stars" will launch September 6th, 2023. Available for pre-order now!

Besides my books, I've published short stories in ten different anthologies.

For my day job, I give lectures on humor and serve as a personal chauffeur for my two teenagers.

My hobbies include eating chocolate, writing VSS on Twitter and buying way too much stuff on Aliexpress.

Living in Meitar, Israel.

Follow me on Twitter @debbieiancu or my author website: https://www.debbieiancu.com/

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Allison N. Moore is a stay-at-home mom, wife, writer, and artist living in Woodbury, Minnesota with her daughter, husband, and cat. She has always held a special place in her heart for animals and enjoys incorporating them into her works along with strong women, sassy/snarky characters, and dark themes/humor.

Read more about Allison and her works on her website www.authorallisonmoore.com, on Goodreads, or follow her on Twitter as @MooreWriting89.

I’m Emily and I write. Sci-fi and Fantasy are my genres of choice, and sometimes I even knock out some poetry and flash fic. I love the Oxford comma (and parentheses).

I’m Canadian, born and bred, living on the cold expanse of the prairies with my family. I'm also a 4-time recipient of the Cat Distribution System.

When not writing, I also read, game, and spend too much time on the internet. I love history, heavy metal, and cheesy action movies.

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