Desmond Warzel lives in northwestern Pennsylvania, where he’d write a lot more if he didn’t have to work for a living. This is his first appearance on Pseudopod, though his stories have graced Escape Pod and Cast of Wonders, as well as the Drabblecast and the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine. Upcoming or recent publications include a new tale at Abyss & Apex and a story in the anthology Forgotten Sidekicks from Kristell Ink.
John Waterfall is a writer living in Brooklyn and a graduate of the New School’s creative writing MFA program. A proud father of two cats and one baby girl. His work can be found in Jersey Devil Press, Unnerving Magazine, Underland Press and others.
JULIA WATSON is a freelance writer and editor, and a graduate of UCR’s Palm Desert Low-Residency MFA program in Creative Writing, where she studied screenwriting and fiction. She lives near San Diego, CA and is currently at work on a TV pilot script and a YA fantasy novel. She also has an indie short film, FOREVER HOLLYWOOD (a 16-minute zombie movie she co-wrote and assistant produced). For more info and updates about the film, see its Facebook Page. And you can find her on Twitter at @wordnerditis.
D.P. Watt lives between Scotland and England in an otherworldly, misty borderland. His stories have appeared with Eibonvale, Egaeus, Zagava, Sarob and Swan River Presses, amongst others. He has four short story collections. His third collection Almost Insentient, Almost Divine was published in 2016 by Undertow Publications and was nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, as was his story ‘Blood and Smoke, Vinegar and Ashes’ in 2018. His most recent collection, Petals and Violins, is available from Tartarus Press.
D.K. Wayrd lives in a kudzu-infested corner of North Carolina with one spouse, various animals, and an alter-ego who writes science fiction and fantasy. She enjoys long road trips on twisting backroads, reading until her eyeballs burn, and searching for inter-dimensional portals.
Her work has appeared in Shock Totem, Analog, Daily Science Fiction, and elsewhere. She wishes she had a forthcoming novel to mention but hey, maybe next time.
Michael Wehunt is a semi-reclusive creature living in the trees of Atlanta with his partner and their dog. Together, they hold the horrors at bay. He is the author of the collections Greener Pastures and The Inconsolables, and his debut novel, The October Film Haunt, is forthcoming from St. Martin’s Press. His work has been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award, shortlisted for the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts’ Crawford Award, and published in Spain, where it garnered nominations for the Premio Ignotus and Premio Amaltea, winning the latter. Find him in the digital woods at www.michaelwehunt.com.
Joe Weintraub has published fiction, essays, translations, and poetry in all sorts of literary reviews, periodicals, and regional publications throughout the country. Many of his pieces have been anthologized, and he has received awards for fiction and creative nonfiction from, among others, the Illinois Arts Council, the Barrington Arts Council, and Holy Names University. He is currently a member of the Dramatists Guild, and he has had staged readings, radio dramas, and one-act plays produced throughout the USA and Australia. As a translator, he has introduced the Italian horror writer, Nicola Lombardi, to the English-speaking public.