C.T. Bennet is a writer and college student studying creative writing, classical humanities,religious studies, and medieval studies. A lifelong literary enthusiast, she is fascinated by history and mythology, and writes a combination of mythology retellings, fantasy, and historical fiction. Her time spent reading and translating ancient Greek often makes it into her writing. She has been telling stories since before she learned to write, and can often be found with a book in hand.

Sierra Kaag is an American writer and researcher based in northern England. With a keen interest in historical narratives and the personal and cultural significance of objects, her fiction and creative nonfiction explore themes of belonging and the experience of place. Her writing is informed by the years she has spent living and working (and learning and translating) in the United States, Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Anna Deh received her MFA from The University of San Francisco, where she also worked as a Fiction Editor for Invisible City. She resides in the Bay Area and is currently at work on a novel.

Harrison Voss is a native New Yorker. He has published research and essays on the Eastern Roman Empire, Classical Athens, and Roman poetry, and short fiction set in antiquity. When not writing, you can find him running, reading, or scrolling through Twitter.

Jeanine Boulay is a poet, fiction writer, and educator. A five-time New York Public Library Cullman Center for Teachers Fellow and three-time Academy for Teachers Fellow, Boulay has studied under Uwem Akpan, Ian Frazier, Karen Russell, and others while developing “Mrs. Price” and other stories in her recently completed collection. Boulay’s short stories examine how women navigate historically significant moments of American life, while exploring how personal transformation intersects with social change. A Brooklyn educator for twenty years, Boulay now serves as a school administrator and lives in Princeton, Massachusetts, with her husband, two energetic boys, and their pet axolotl.

Harrison Hurst was raised among the mountains and valleys of Tennessee, in the city of Chattanooga, where he earned a dual Bachelor's Degree in History and Liberal Arts. These two fields form the foundation of his work, which seeks patterns in the history of humans and the earth, and elucidates them through art. He currently works as an executive assistant at Walnut Street Publishing.

Pequot Lakes author, Candace Simar, likes to imagine how things might have been. Her historical fiction combines her love of history with her Scandinavian heritage. Simar has been recognized by Western Writers of America, Will Rogers Gold Medallion, Midwest Book Awards, Western Fictioneers, Laura Awards for Short Fiction, and the Willa Literary Award in Historical Fiction. Learn more about her work at www.candacesimar.com

Hilary Coyne is a Scottish writer of short stories and flash fiction and an independent coach, consultant and facilitator. She was a finalist in the 2023 Edinburgh Short Story Award and longlisted in the Historical Writers Association Short Story Competition. She writes across several genres including contemporary literary, speculative and folklore, and historical fiction. Alongside short fiction she is currently working on a novel centred around an ancient yew tree in 19th century and present day Oxford (England) where she lives. Her published writing can be found via https://www.hilarycoyne.com

After working as a writer in Washington, DC, Ann Cwiklinski started to write short stories while raising four children in rural Pennsylvania. Her stories have won first prize at The Baltimore Review, CentralPA Magazine, and local arts events, and have appeared in pacificREVIEW, The Flexible Persona, Belletrist Magazine (Pushcart nominated), Crack the Spine, Blackwater Press Short Story Collection 2021, Still Point Arts Quarterly, and Minerva Rising.

A.K. McCutcheon is a Latina writer and world traveler based in Southern California. She enjoys sending her characters to dark times and places to confront their deepest fears. Her short fiction has appeared in Elegant Literature, On The Premises, and other literary locales. She lives with her husband in a hilltop home stacked with too many books to read in one lifetime. Connect with her at www.AKMcCutcheon.com