Abra Staffin-Wiebe loves dark science fiction, cheerful horror, and futuristic fairy tales. Dozens of her short stories have appeared at publications including Tor.com, Escape Pod, and Odyssey Magazine. She lives in Minneapolis, where she wrangles her children, pets, and the mad scientist she keeps in the attic. When not writing or wrangling, she collects folk tales and photographs whatever stands still long enough to allow it.

She also speaks regularly on panels at writing/SF conventions and teaches at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis.

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Author of Care and Feeding: A Collection of Hot-Blooded Horror Stories

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David Steffen writes video processing algorithms for traffic control systems by day, and writes fiction at other times. He lives with his wife and three dogs in Minnesota.

He is the co-founder of the Submission Grinder, and co-edits the non-fiction zine Diabolical Plots. His fiction has been published in many great venues including Escape Pod, Daily Science Fiction, Bull Spec, AE, and Pseudopod, as well as Tina Connolly’s Toasted Cake podcast.

David has been running periodic “Best Of” podcast fiction lists for many years.

• Diabolical Plots Best of
• The Best Podcast Fiction of 2014 for SF Signal
• a mega-list of The Best Podcast Fiction of All Time, also for SF Signal

He has also created the Long List Anthology, which is a self-publishing anthology project collecting stories from the longer Hugo Award nomination list. (Info and vendors here.) Among other points of interest, it includes several stories that have been previously published in Escape Artists casts: “Makeisha in Time“, “The Truth About Owls“, “When It Ends, He Catches Her”

David has been a dedicated listener to all the Escape Artists podcasts for years, and you can find him on the forum as “Unblinking”.

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Ferrett Steinmetz lives in Cleveland with his wife, a well-worn copy of Rock Band, two boxes of bees, and a friendly ghost. He’s been nominated for the Nebula, much to his continued astonishment, and has published over twenty-five stories since rebooting his writing career five years ago. Ferrett blogs regularly about puns, polyamory, and politics at his blog FERRETT – that’s two “R”s, and two “Ts”. He usually has a few upcoming stories, so if you liked this one, there’s probably more like it at his site.

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Pippa Alice Stephens is an actress and voiceover artist. She is soon to be seen in ‘The Invisible War’ playing Rose Berkeley and ‘Spiralling’ playing Natalie.

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David Stevens (usually) lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and those of his children who have not yet figured out the locks. His story “Good Boy” was included in PseudoPod #403. His fiction has appeared amongst other places in Crossed Genres, Aurealis, Three-Lobed Burning Eye, Cafe Irreal, Not One of Us, several anthologies, and most recently in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine and Vastarien.

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D.L. Stille writes speculative, thriller, and horror fiction. She has been previously published in Maudlin House, 4LPH4NUM3R1C, Tales to Terrify, and Cosmic Daffodil Journal. She will be included in Flame Tree Press’s upcoming anthology, The Valkyries, available wherever books are sold in April 2026. Her debut novel will be published with Library Tales in 2027. To find out more and to stay updated on forthcoming projects, visit her website: dlstille.com.

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Becky Stinemetze works in marketing in San Antonio, Texas. She is married and has two dogs that are practically her children. She loves to cook, go to concerts, and of course do voice over work. She hopes to to one day be a full time voice over artist. If you wish to contact Becky about any voice over work of any kind or if you just want to follow her antics; you can find her on Twitter at @Becky_J or read her blog at beckystinemetze.com.

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