Dale Bailey is the critically-acclaimed author of seven books, including The End of the End of Everything and The Subterranean Season. His story 'Death and Suffrage' was adapted for Showtime's Masters of Horror television series. His short fiction has won the Shirley Jackson Award and the International Horror Guild Award, has been nominated for the Nebula and Bram Stoker awards, and has been frequently reprinted in best-of-the-year anthologies, including Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. He lives in North Carolina with his family.

Emily Devenport's short stories have been featured in various esteemed publications such as Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, the Full Spectrum anthology, The Mammoth Book of Kaiju, Uncanny, Cicada, Science Fiction World, Clarkesworld, and Aboriginal SF, whose readers voted her a Boomerang Award. She currently studies geology and works as a volunteer at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix.

Neil Clarke is the editor of Clarkesworld and Forever Magazine; owner of Wyrm Publishing; and a five-time Hugo Award Nominee for Best Editor (short form).

He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children.