Ben Berman Ghan is the author of several books, including the fix-up novel What We See in the Smoke, and the novella Visitation Seeds. He has served as an editor on such journals as The Spectatorial, The Hart House Review, The White Wall Review, and Terse Journal. He is currently a prose editor for the Wrong Publishing Chapbook series. His fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have been published in such venues as Clarkesworld Magazine, The Temz Review, Strange Horizons, and Abyss and Apex. Ben received his HBA from The University of Toronto, and his MA from The Toronto Metropolitan University. He is now a PhD student in English Literature and Creative Writing at the university of Calgary. His next book, The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits, is forthcoming with Wolsak and Wynn for Spring 2024. He can be found @inkstainedwretch or inkstainedwreck.ca

D.A. Xiaolin Spires lives in oscillation between Asia and the US, and currently resides in Hawai'i. You can find her sniffing tropical fruit at farmer's markets, scouring lawns and beaches for fallen plumeria blossoms and boarding research vessels. Her work appears or is forthcoming in various publications such as Clarkesworld, Analog, Grievous Angel, Fireside, Retro Future, Reckoning, LONTAR, Liminality, Andromeda Spaceways, Gathering Storm Magazine and Story Seed Vault; as well as anthologies of the strange and delightful, such as Sharp & Sugar Tooth, Broad Knowledge and Ride the Star Wind. She can be found on her website daxiaolinspires.wordpress.com or on Twitter: @spireswriter.