José González Vargas was born in Maracay, Venezuela and works as a freelance journalist in Spanish and English.  He currently runs interviews for Viceversa magazine.  In 2015, he was a runner-up in Solsticios, one of the first SF/F short story contests in Venezuela.

Rose Victor grew up in a book-infested house and enjoyed it greatly.  She loves words, people, yarn, and classical music – as well as the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, and, more recently, the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  She has some experience with gerbils, mostly positive.

Ethan Chua is a Chinese-Filipino spoken word poet, physics nerd, and occasional shower singer.  He’s also the cofounder and literary editor of Ampersand, a literature and art journal for Philippine youth.  His work is either forthcoming or published in major Philippine newspapers, The Philippine Graphic, Moledro magazine, and Eunoia Review.  Read his work at medium.com/@ezlc327.

T.D. Walker is the author of the poetry collections Small Waiting Objects (CW Books, 2019), Maps of a Hollowed World (Another New Calligraphy, 2020), and Doubt & Circuitry (Southern Arizona Press, 2023). She hosts and curates poetry programs for shortwave radio, most recently Line Break. Find out more at https://www.tdwalker.net.

Mary Soon Lee grew up in London, lives in Pittsburgh, and commits poetry. She is a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association and winner of the AnLab Readers' Award, Asimov's Readers' Award, Dwarf Stars Award, Elgin Award, Rhysling Award, and Utopia Award. An illustrated edition of her epic fantasy The Sign of the Dragon was published in 2025. Website: marysoonlee.com.