Liz Zimmers is a writer of dark fantasy and fairy tale. She is the author of two short story collections – Wilderness: A Collection of Dark Tales (published under her former name, Elizabeth Yon), and Blackfern Girls. Both collections have been included as reading material in Penn State University’s Fantasy Literature course. Several of her short stories have appeared in the Bannerwing Books anthologies Echoes in Darkness and Precipice, Volumes II and III. More of Liz’s stories and essays can be found on the platforms Medium and Vocal.

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Jen Zink is a stay at home parent and podcaster with a love of all things science fiction and fantasy. Jen is the Executive Producer and a co-host of The Skiffy and Fanty Show, an audio editor for Nightlight Podcast, and she blogs at The Homepunks. The Skiffy and Fanty Show is a weekly podcast and active blog featuring anything and everything related to the science fiction and fantasy genres, with commentary on controversial topics and news in literature, film, and interviews with authors, scientists, and filmmakers.

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Kaitlyn Zivanovich is a former Marine Officer and current speculative fiction writer. She has stories in Cast of Wonders, Pseudopod, Magic the Gathering, and elsewhere. Her latest story, “Where the River Comes From”, will be published later this year in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. She currently lives in Poland with her spouse and four loud children.

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Anthony Boucher (1911 – 1968) was an American author, critic, and editor who wrote several classic mystery novels, short stories, science fiction, and radio dramas. Between 1942 and 1947, he acted as reviewer of mostly mystery fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle.and wrote mystery reviews for many years in The New York Times. He was also an editor, including science fiction anthologies, and wrote mystery reviews for many years in The New York Times. He was one of the first English translators of Jorge Luis Borges, translating “The Garden of Forking Paths” for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and he helped found the Mystery Writers of America in 1946. He was a founding editor (with J. Francis McComas) of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction from 1949 to 1958, and attempted to make literary quality an important aspect of science fiction. He won the Hugo Award for Best Professional Magazine in 1957 and 1958. Boucher also edited the long-running Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction anthology series, from 1952 to 1959. Boucher wrote short stories for many pulp fiction magazines in America, including Adventure, Astounding, Black Mask, Ed McBain’s Mystery Book, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Galaxy Science Fiction, The Master Detective, Unknown Worlds and Weird Tales. We here at PSEUDOPOD will always love him most for “They Bite”.

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