Anaea Lay lives in Chicago, Illinois where she writes, cooks, plays board games, reads too much, and questions the benevolence of the universe. Her work has appeared in many places including Apex, Penumbra, Lightspeed, Daily Science Fiction, and Nightmare. She lives online at anaealay.com.

Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam lives in Denton, Texas, with her partner and two literarily-named cats -- Gimli and Don Quixote. Her fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld and Expanded Horizons. She has fiction forthcoming in Daily Science Fiction and poetry in Goblin Fruit. She's currently completing her MFA in Creative Writing at the Stonecoast program, and she reviews short fiction on her blog: shortstoryview.blogspot.com. Visit her website at bonniejostufflebeam.com.