Caroline Lavoie (she/her) is a French-Canadian writer who spends her days on the homestead, growing food and improbable tales from seed. Her short stories have been published in Cloud Lake Literary, Black Cat, and Haunted Words Press. Devil by the Tail is her debut novel. It was a finalist in CANSCAIP’s 2022 Writing for Children Competition. Caroline lives in northern British Columbia on the land of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation.

Website: carolinelavoieauthor.com

John Luke Maxwell grew up in a very rural area of the Deep South, a place that prides itself to this day on having no cable or high-speed Internet access. His family farmhouse is near the bayous of central Mississippi. Here, John learned about ghosts, witches, and other things that go bump in the night. Despite everyone's best efforts, he is more comfortable with creatures of the night than plain ol’ ordinary “good Christian folk”.

His writings have been described as a “slow burn”, mixing romance, mystery, and the supernatural together for chills and delights of all kinds. He hopes to be a professional author and would love to travel more. One of the things on his bucket list is to become a space pirate.

T.J. Baer is a queer, trans author of both adult and young adult LGBTQ+ fiction. Born in Western Pennsylvania, he currently resides in his adopted hometown of Chicago with two cats and a well-stocked cupboard of tea. When not writing, T.J. can be found either discussing queer media on his YouTube channel or failing to escape from murderous ghosts on Twitch.

AG Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican American, multi-genre author specializing in Latino/a/e/x stories and characters. He is the multi-genre author of the debut novel Stone Feather Fang from Deep Hearts YA, a fantasy reimagining of Taíno mythology and Puerto Rican history. He holds a MFA in Creative Writing and has penned three published short stories along with four full-length manuscripts in the past ten years. They all have sequels planned, if he can just stop coming up with new projects to work on. He currently resides in the Land of Enchantment where the beautiful mountains and never-ending skies inspire all his work.

Author photo (c) Mike Martinez at MJMFotos LLC

Harry F. Rey is a Pushcart-nominated author and lover of gay themed stories with a powerful punch.

Alongside Of Gods and Boys, Harry is also the author of the adult gay romance series The Line of Succession series and the gay rom-com All The Lovers, also available from Deep Desires Press. His other works include the queer sci-fi series The Galactic Captains, the WWII-era gay historical novel Why in Paris? and Six Days in Jerusalem. His work has also been featured in anthologies including Not Meant for Each Other from Lost Boys Press and Queer Life, Queer Love from Muswell Press.

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• Website: https://harryfredrey.wixsite.com/harryfrey
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Elizabeth Hopkinson is the author of the Asexual Fairy Tales series and podcast. Her short stories have appeared in many anthologies and magazines, and won several prizes.

She lives in Bradford, West Yorkshire—home of the Brontë sisters and the Cottingley Fairies—with her husband and cat.

Elizabeth is a romantic asexual and is committed to asexual representation in fiction.

http://www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/

Instagram: @angeliocitystate

Jazel L. Faith is a storyteller from Singapore who often introduces herself as Hazel with a J. When she’s not writing, she’s reading and if she’s not reading, she’s writing. At the age of thirteen, she published her debut book, "Fighting for Hope," as a stepping stone for her writing journey.

Website: hazelwithaj.wordpress.com

Christina Bagni is the chief editor at Wandering Words Media and a writer on the Captain Bitcoin comic book series. She loves mythology, rock climbing, buying far too many books to ever actually read, and writing the kind of queer-led stories she wished she had as a teenager. My Only Real Friend is the Easter Bunny at the Mall is her first novel. She lives in Massachusetts.

Find more about her at linktr.ee/christinabagni

Jenn Storey, née Treado, (she/they) is a storyteller who uses genre as a framework for exploration. She has studied under faculty from Alverno College, Northwestern University, Texas State University, and holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing & Poetics from the University of Washington Bothell. Her poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction/experimental writing have been published in various digital and physical journals. Tilting Gravity is her first novel-length work. Learn more at www.jennstoreybooks.com.