Vylar Kaftan writes speculative fiction of all genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and slipstream. She won a 2013 Nebula Award for her novella “The Weight of the Sunrise”, as well as a 2013 Sidewise Award for Short-Form Alternate History. She was also nominated for a 2010 Nebula Award for her short story “I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno.”
Wailana Kalama is a dark fiction writer from Hawaii. Her pieces are upcoming in Mother: Tales of Love and Terror by Weird Little Worlds Press, and Dark Matter INK’s Monstrous Futures.
Meagan Kane writes science fiction out of love, and horror out of burning necessity. She lives in a hundred and ten year old house in Minneapolis with her wife, who refuses to believe in ghosts. You can find her writing in Cursed Morsels zines, her games and interactive fiction at mkane.itch.io, and her online presence on Bluesky @spocksbrain.bsky.social.
Riku Kanninen is a Finnish professional translator and linguist, an amateur singer, a mediocre all-around musician and a dabbler in all things, interesting or otherwise.
Bitter Karella is the writer and horror aficionado behind the microfiction comedy account @Midnight_pals, which asks what if all your favorite horror writers gathered around the campfire to tell scary stories. When not writing twitter jokes, she also dabbles in cartooning and text game design. Her horror text games, available on itchio, include Night House, All Visitors Welcome, Toadstools, and Santa Carcossa Nights.
Mel Kassel writes dark speculative fiction and comedy in Chicago. She has a new horror review/writing blog, What Scared Me, as well as a humor-focused twitter account (@MelKassel). Her personal website can be found at www.melkassel.com.
Kate Kastelein lives in an old, slightly haunted house on the coast of Maine with her husband and two children. She writes a little bit of everything; speculative and dark fiction, non-fiction, and the occasional children’s book. Her work has appeared in Non-Binary Review, Medusa’s Laugh Press, the anthology Idol Talk: Women Writers on the Teenage Infatuations That Changed Their Lives, and numerous regional and online publications. She is an associate editor at Pseudopod, and has an MFA from the University of Maine Stonecoast Writer’s Program.