Ryan Masser grew up pretending he was a wizard half the time. The other half he pretended he was a knight. Ryan’s been a yoga instructor, an EMT, a copywriter, and an AmeriCorps service member. He currently teaches middle school English in the Bronx, NY. When not writing or teaching, Ryan can be found practicing mixed martial arts, meditating, playing the piano, or pretending he’s a wizard or a knight.
Hi, I'm Jordan! I'm an independent game maker and new media scholar with a particular interest in using the most basic elements of computation, interaction, and graphical representation to enhance meaning and impact in videogames.
I've been making little art games, "notgames," and game poems for many years now, and recently wrote a book about the connections I see between videogames and lyric poetry. Check out Game Poems: Videogame Design as Lyric Practice - the book is open access, so electronic editions are free!
"I tell lies, write them down, and call it fiction."
T.K. Toppin writes character-driven tales, loaded with mystery, intrigue and adventure, navigating the realms of Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction and Space Opera. Previously with small press publishers, she is now immersed in indie publishing, embracing its many challenges and delights. T.K. is an award-winning author, her novel The Dark Without, received Literary Titan's Book Award.
Born, raised and living in Barbados, when T.K. is not writing, can be found studiously working on her doctorate in Procrastination by binge-watching shows on streaming networks, doing absolutely nothing, and juggling the baffling realm of social media marketing.
Clara Ward lives in Silicon Valley on the border between reality and speculative fiction. Their latest novel, Be the Sea, features a near-future ocean voyage, chosen family, and sea creature perspectives, while delving into our ocean, our selves, and how all futures intertwine.
Their short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Decoded Pride, Small Wonders, and as a postcard from Thinking Ink Press. When not using words to teach or tell stories, Clara uses wood, fiber, and glass to make practical or completely impractical objects.
Shannon Knight lives in the Pacific Northwest with her most excellent cat. Their adventurous lives include coffee, reading, ribbon games, and K-dramas.
Sue Weaver has written hundreds of articles and ten books about livestock and poultry. She is a contributing editor of Hobby Farms magazine and writes the “Poultry Profiles” column for Chickens magazine. Sue lives on a small farm in Arkansas, which she shares with her husband, a flock of Classic Cheviot sheep and a mixed herd of goats, horses large and small, a donkey, two llamas, a riding steer, a water buffalo, a pet razorback pig, guinea fowl, and Buckeye chickens.
