Gautam Bhatia (Coordinating Editor)
Gautam Bhatia lives in New Delhi, India. He has been with Strange Horizons since 2014, first—and still—as a reviewer, then as Articles Editor, and now as Coordinating Editor. He is the author of the SFF duology The Wall and The Horizon. He blogs about books and poetry at An Enduring Romantic, and tweets @gautambhatia88.
Elinor Bonifant (First Reader)
Elinor Bonifant is a speculative fiction author and illustrator based in Ireland. She is the creator of The Haunted Hour podcast and the Fen’s Edge comic book series. Her short fiction has been featured in Andromeda Spaceways, Alt Milk Mag, and Rookie Mag. For more information on her current projects or to get in contact, please visit www.elinorbonifant.com.
Lisa M. Bradley (Poetry Editor)
A queer Latina living in Iowa, Lisa M. Bradley writes everything from haiku to novels, usually with a speculative slant. Most recently her work has appeared in LeVar Burton Reads, Lightspeed, Mermaids Monthly, and Fantasy Magazine. Her first collection is The Haunted Girl; her debut novel is Exile. She edited Uncanny Magazine’s special issue “Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction.” She also coedited with R.B. Lemberg the Ursula K. Le Guin tribute poetry anthology, Climbing Lightly Through Forests. On Twitter, she’s @cafenowhere. Learn more at www.lisambradley.com.
Morgan Braid (First Reader)
Morgan Alexa Braid is a Canadian-American writer, artist, and ceramicist, currently living in Washington with her husband and two pups. She is equal parts cowgirl, mystic, and 80's rock-and-roller. Her work is rooted in mythology, beloved folktales, and studies in language and ancient religion, always featuring the cast of bold, imaginary women who inspire her. You can see her artwork @notyourmamascowboy.
Raquel Brown (Copy Editor)
Raquel is a freelance editor currently living on the West Coast. When she's not in the middle of a book, she loves cooking, watching horror movies, and playing RPGs. You can find her online at raquelbrown.com.
Myna Chang (Managing Editor - Fiction)
Myna Chang (she/her) is a lifelong spec fic fanatic. She publishes MicroVerse Recommended Reading and hosts Electric Sheep SF. Her award-winning short stories and poetry have appeared in more than one hundred venues. Her flash collection, The Potential of Radio and Rain, is available from CutBank Books.
Joyce Chng (Senior Articles Editor & Senior Fiction Editor)
Joyce Chng is Chinese and lives in Singapore. Qar writes urban fantasy, YA and things in between, and wonders about the significance of female knights. Also wrangles kids and cats. Qar's website can be found at http://awolfstale.wordpress.com. (Also likes wolves).
Lauren Chang (Podcast Producer)
Lauren (she/her) is a stage manager, medic, and podcast producer and social media manager. She is from sunny California but is now based in Northwest England, and has been a part of the Strange Horizons podcast team since 2023.
Kate Cowan (Development / PR)
Kate lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and no, she doesn't mind the weather! Her favorite animal is the wombat, her favorite meal is dessert, and her favorite poet is Daphne Gottlieb. She likes lists, dystopias, and pie, and concedes that sometimes real life is stranger than fiction.
Sarah Davidson (First Reader)
Sarah Davidson is a writer, tutor, and Turkish Delight defender from Edmonton, Alberta. She has a couple of English degrees, a dog that looks like a bear cub, and an appetite for arcane trivia.
Austin Dewar (Managing Editor - Fiction)
Austin Dewar is a writer, editor, and educator from Fort Worth, Texas. He has a certificate in copyediting from UC San Diego, previously served as a first reader for Strange Horizons and Flash Fiction Online, and is pursuing a master’s in English at TCU. He blogs intermittently about story craft at austindewar.com.
Sarah Dodd (Samovar Senior Editor)
Sarah Dodd lives in Leeds, where she works at the University and helps run The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing. She also writes fiction under the pen-name Sarah Brooks, and can be found on Twitter as @Sarah_L_Brooks.
Elena D’Souza (Copy Editor)
Elena D’Souza writes and edits for both fun and profit, but her life’s greatest work is being the personal photographer of one very mean little dog. She likes puzzles, TTRPGs, science, fiction, Science Fiction, and books that instill a creeping sense of dread.
K.T. Elms (Fiction Editor)
K.T. Elms (she/her/hers) is likely complaining right now about the weather in Southwest Michigan. She is an avid reader of all things speculative fiction and speculative poetry. When she’s not working as an administrative assistant, she’s haunting her local hiking trails, learning how to knit, or starting another TTRPG with friends.
Ruan Etsebeth (First Reader)
Ruan Etsebeth is a copy-editor and writer from Cape Town, South Africa, where he lives with his partner and cats. He's passionate about ancient languages and etymology, tabletop role-playing games, and discussing the complexity of world history. He tweets unnecessarily at @ruanetsebeth.
Rebecca Evans (Accessibility Editor & Development / PR)
Becca is an eternally exhausted grad student studying writing, rhetoric, and technical communication in Virginia. She enjoys talking comics, cats, queer fiction, and tea. When not in class or hanging out at the local comic book shop, she’s reading a book or working on her latest projects. Find her at @beccae96 or check out her portfolio.
Courtney Floyd (Podcast Producer)
Courtney Floyd writes speculative fiction. Probably because she grew up in New Mexico, where she learned to write between tarantula turf wars and apocalyptic dust storms. Her work has appeared in Fireside Fiction Magazine and her audio drama, The Way We Haunt Now, can be found on Spotify. Find her online at www.courtney-floyd.com and on Twitter @cannfloyd.
Dan Hartland, (Senior Reviews Editor)
Dan's reviews have appeared at Strange Horizons for some years. His work has also appeared in publications such as Vector, Foundation, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He is a columnist at Ancillary Review of Books and blogs intermittently at thestoryandthetruth.wordpress.com.
Angela Hinck (First Reader)
Angela Hinck dreamed of being a magical girl as a kid, but decided to pursue a career in stories when her Sailor Moon aspirations didn’t pan out. It’s what brought her to NYC where she’s currently working to land an editorial job in the book publishing industry (and no, she hasn’t spotted any mythical creatures in the city yet, even though she’s read enough urban fantasy novels to know they’re hidden around here somewhere). When she’s not reading, you’ll find her getting her narrative fix with games, comics, and podcasts. Her preferences skew toward the queer and fantastical and she’s always looking for recommendations, so throw some her way over on Twitter @anhinck.
Liam Hoo (First Reader)
Liam is currently pursuing doctoral studies in History in the UK. He enjoys writing across his private and professional lives. He is a historian of science and medicine (humanities + science nerd) and invested in issues of public policy and government affairs. Drawn to the quirky and surreal, with a fondness for magical realism and detective fiction. Found on Instagram as @harkahoo.
Michael Ireland (Podcast Editor)
Michael Ireland is a Podcast Editor for Strange Horizons. Based near Glasgow, Scotland, he is also the co-creator and director of the acclaimed audio drama The Secret of St Kilda. As a disabled creator, he has also worked in television, produced short films and working on his first book. @mickallister on Bluesky.
Vanessa Jae (Poetry Editor)
Vanessa Jae writes horrifically beautiful anarchies and collects black hoodies and bruises in mosh pits on Tuesday nights. Find out more about her on vanessajae.com.
Amanda Jean (Articles Editor)
Amanda wrangles manuscripts as an editor of award-winning queer fiction—usually romance and/or speculative flavored. She was formerly the Acquisitions Editor at Less Than Three Press and co-host of The Hopeless Romantic podcast. In her limited free time, she tries to convince people to go on karaoke adventures and plays in too many D&D campaigns. She lives in delightfully dreary Seattle. You can find her on Twitter @amandahjean or at her website amandajeanedits.com.
Jamie Johnson (Senior Copy Editor)
Jamie Johnson is a bookworm whose natural habitat is the spec fic shelf. When they're not reading, they enjoy embroidery, hiking, and making up silly songs about their cats. Find them at J& Editing Services or their very sporadically updated reviews blog J& Reads.
Joshua Kidd (Fundraising Editor)
Joshua Kidd is a writer and a data nerd. He attended the Viable Paradise Writers' Workshop in 2016 and has published stories in Daily Science Fiction and the Anthology Skies of Wonder, Skies of Danger. In his spare time, he enjoys cycling, tabletop RPGs, and taming the magical beast saccharomyces cerevisiae. At different points, he has called nearly every corner of the US home, having lived in Boston, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. He currently lives in Philadelphia. He tweets occasionally at @joshcurtiskidd.
Kat Kourbeti (Senior Podcast Editor)
Kat Kourbeti is a queer, Greek/Serbian speculative fiction writer, culture critic, narrator and podcaster based in London, UK. Her novel-in-progress about a secret society of Swedish superheroes was shortlisted for the 2019 London Writers Awards, and she was a juror for two years running in the British Fantasy Awards (2020: Best Non-Fiction, 2021: Best Audio). She writes on speculative theatre & art for the BSFA’s Vector journal, organises Spectrum, London’s SFFH critique group, and her day job is in theatre. You can find her on all social media as darthjuno.
Ashlee Lhamon (Senior Fiction Editor)
Ashlee Lhamon is an author and editor who currently calls the DC area home. Her fiction has previously appeared in Lightspeed, Nightmare, Apex, Tractor Beam, Salamander, The Massachusetts Review, Hunger Mountain Review, Grist, and others. Her debut novel about evil celebrity clones, Last Lynn Standing, is due out next summer. For more, visit ashleelhamon.com
Dante Luiz (Art Director)
Dante Luiz (@dntlz on Twitter) is a Brazilian illustrator and comic artist. His work has appeared before in anthologies from Bedside Press and TO Comix, as well as in several Brazilian venues of speculative fiction. Find him online at danteluiz.com.
Kate Macdonald (Vintage Reviews Editor)
Kate Macdonald is a publisher and a literary historian, and writes reviews of the books about which she has something to say. She is a secretive writer of SFF. Her first published story appeared in the 2019 edition of Best of British Science Fiction.
Andrew Maust (First Reader)
Andrew Maust is a reader, writer, housing advocate, and hammock-napper based in Mesa, Arizona. His work has appeared in Radon Journal, Foofaraw, Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, McSweeney's, and The NoSleep Podcast. His ongoing quest is to find the best Sonoran hotdog in Arizona.
Jean McConnell (First Reader)
Jean McConnell edits and writes behind the Redwood Curtain in California, where she lives with her family. When she's not huddled under a blanket reading, she can be found in the garage doing woodworking or at the beach … reading. She loves creepiness, cheese, the Norwegian language, and the serial comma. She can be found online at www.thewordforager.com.
Cameron Miguel (Copy Editor)
Cameron Miguel is an author living in Los Angeles. They hold Bachelor's Degrees in Classics and Political Science. When they're not buried in a book, you can find them hanging out at a comic book shop or spending time with their dog.
Janna Miller (First Reader)
Janna Miller is a cat collector, minor trickster, and school librarian from North Carolina. She has published works in SmokeLong Quarterly, Small Wonders, and Best MicroFiction, among others. Her decidedly odd flash story collection, All Lovers Burn at the End of the World, was published in 2024 and her novel Blessings from War Island is forthcoming from Apex Book Company. Generally, if the toaster blows up, it is not her fault. She can be found at https://millersminusculemystories.com and Bluesky @ScribblerMiller.
Maria Morabe (Copy Editor)
Maria Morabe was born in the Philippines and has drifted inland to the Midwest via the California desert. She studies bacteria, drinks all the coffee, and finds joy in stories and poetry. When she's not in the lab or reading, you might find her fencing, crafting, playing TTRPGs, or being enthusiastic about So Many Things on Twitter @yayforbooks.
AJ Odasso (Senior Poetry Editor & Media Reviews Editor)
AJ's full-length poetry collection, The Sting of It, was published by Tolsun Books in 2019 and won Best LGBT Book in the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. Their first novel, The Pursued and the Pursuing, was published by DartFrog Blue in 2021 and won 2nd place in the Adult Historical Fiction category of the Reads Rainbow Awards. AJ holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Boston University and is an Assistant Professor of English at San Juan College. AJ has been on staff at Strange Horizons since 2012. You can visit their website.
Madeleine Pelletier (First Reader)
Madeleine Pelletier (she/her) lives in an old farmhouse near Montreal, with three cats, several goats, and one grumpy old man. She writes stories about monster plants, haunted deserts, and other ghastly and exquisite phenomena.
Juliana Pinho (Articles Editor)
Juliana Pinho is a Brazilian historian and illustrator with a passion for the arts. She has recently moved to the US in order to live with her wife, and speculative literature has been her coping mechanism of choice when dealing with the trials of immigration.
Kit Pyne-Jaeger (Copy Editor)
Kit Pyne-Jaeger is a PhD student in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Their fiction has appeared in the Adroit Journal and the Harvard Advocate, and they are a graduate of the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop and the Alpha Young Writers Workshop. They are originally from Los Angeles, CA, and own a talkative cat named Valentine. Find them (sporadically) on Twitter @propertian.
Belicia Rhea (Fiction Editor)
Belicia Rhea is an author, editor, and vampire who loves speculative fiction, horror most of all. You can read her short stories in various anthologies and her novella Voracious from Dark Matter INK. When she’s not writing or reading, she’s up late watching something scary. Find her online at beliciarhea.com.
Anneke Schwob (Articles Editor)
Anneke is a lapsed academic, one-time robot impersonator, and writer with a penchant for the weird and horrible. Anneke can most often be found on a rocky shoreline, a cursed bog, or online at annekeschwob.info.
Clark Seanor (Accessibility Editor)
Clark Seanor is a programmer, cosplayer, and language nerd who likes reading weird fiction and weirder comics. They grew up in Vancouver, but currently lives in the U.K.
Arturo Serrano (Copy Editor)
Arturo Serrano is a translator, critic, and part-time cookie monster who has been twice longlisted for the Best Fan Writer Hugo. He helps edit the fanzine Nerds of a Feather and is obsessed with nonviolent TTRPGs. He wrote the alternate history novel To Climates Unknown. His favorite animal is the potoo. He lives in Bogotá (Colombia) with his husband.
Hebe Stanton (Senior Fiction Editor)
Hebe Stanton is a professional copywriter and longtime SFF fan. Based in Oxford, UK, where they live with their partner and a very demanding cat, they write about science fiction and other genres at englishstudens.com.
Chris Stone-Bush (Copy Editor)
Chris Stone-Bush is a Philadelphia native who now works in Japan as a conversational English instructor. She spends what little free time she has writing small games, painting small models, and listening to pulp sword & sorcery audiobooks. She can be found on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram at @hyvemynd, and at https://hyvemynd.itch.io/.
Romie Stott (Senior Poetry Editor & Administrative Editor)
Romie Stott is a filmmaker and closed captioner. Her poems have appeared in inkscrawl, Dreams&Nightmares, Polu Texni, and Liminality, but she is better known for her essays in The Toast and Atlas Obscura, and a microfiction project called postorbital. She has been a guest artist of the National Gallery (London), the Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston), and the Dallas Museum of Art. You can find her fairly complete bibliography here.
Aishwarya Subramanian (Consulting Editor, Reviews)
By day, Aishwarya Subramanian is a PhD student who researches and writes about children's literature, fantasy and postcolonialism. By night, she's an SFF reviewer and editor (who writes about children's literature, fantasy and postcolonialism). She lives in India (Delhi) and the UK (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), blogs at Practically Marzipan, and spends far too much time on Twitter.
R. Honor Vincent (Fundraising Editor)
Honor Vincent is a third-generation New Yorker who lives, works, and writes on a tiny island in the East River. By day she runs the retreat at the Recurse Center, a writer's retreat for programmers; by night she writes comics, poetry and short fiction (an inordinate amount of which is about rodents). You can find her work at https://www.rhonorv.com/words.
Kathryn Weaver (Senior Fiction Editor)
Kat Weaver is an illustrator and writer who lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with her wife and two birds. Her work has been published in Apex Magazine, Lackington's, Neon Hemlock press, and elsewhere. Her portfolio can be found at kathrynmweaver.com.