M. Lopes da Silva (he/they) is a non-binary trans masc author, poet, and artist from Los Angeles. His short fiction has been published within In Somnio: A Collection of Modern Gothic Horror Fiction, Stories of the Eye, and at Electric Literature. Weirdpunk Books released his collection of heartbreaking/exquisite trans and queer horror stories, Infinity Mathing at the Shore and Other Disruptions, in March of 2024. You can find him on Instagram @authormlopesdasilva and on BlueSky @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social.