“The Care and Keeping of Your Human Debris Field” by D.W. West

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Bio for this weeks author: D.W. West is a writer and scientist living in Brooklyn with her loving partner, scrappy dog, and untold numbers of aquarium shrimp.  She can be found online at dwwest.ink.

“The Storyteller” by E.B. Sommer

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Bio for this weeks author: E.B. Sommer has had her work featured in The Stygian Zine, The Piker Press, and Death Wish Poetry. She writes sci-fi and fantasy stories from her hometown in Minnesota, and can be found at www.ebsommer.com

“The Taste of Freedom” by Alexandra Gilbert

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Bio for this weeks author: Alexandra Gilbert is a South African living in London. Based on her experience with moving countries and carving out her own corner of the world, she writes poetry, short stories and is drafting a sci-fi horror novel inspired by her past life as a neuroscientist. All her works explore themes of identity, sexuality, and human perception of reality which she writes about in her monthly Substack, Mindfork.

“Interstellar Chess between Scions of the Matryoshki” by Brandon Case

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Bio for this weeks author: Brandon Case is a golden retriever who writes of unsettling worlds. He has recent work in Escape Pod, Flash Fiction Online, and Small Wonders, among others. You can follow his alpine adventures on social media @BrandonCase101 or connect at www.brandoncase.net

“Shadows” by Jon Adcock

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Bio for this weeks author: A lover of alt-rock, Akira Kurosawa movies, and craft beer, Jon Adcock lives in Northern California with his wife and two kids. His beautiful wife could do better, but, luckily for him, she hasn’t caught on to that fact yet. Rage Against the Machine, the Black Keys, and the Warlocks are in heavy rotation on Spotify for writing inspiration.

“Do No Harm” by Katja Rammer

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Bio for this weeks author: Katja Rammer is a native German who came to writing only late but is now fully committed to short fiction and her current WIP. She writes in her 2nd language and, as an avid gardener, she’s often found outside discussing plot holes with specimen of her extensive tomato plant collection. Read some of her works online at www.katjarammer.com

“Field Test” by Karl Lykken

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Bio for this weeks author: Karl Lykken writes stories and software in Texas. His fiction has appeared in Overtime (a chapbook series by Blue Cubicle Press), Love Letters to Poe, and Daily Science Fiction.

“The Space of a Decade” by Jake TS Wryte

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Bio for this weeks author: Jake TS Wryte is a full-time writer from the Darklands of Africa where the creatures of his imagination have a bounty on his head. You can find his fiction in SmokeLong Quarterly, Hell’s Highway: Terrifying Tales of Tormented Travels, Hell’s Bells — 15 Tales of Wicked Tunes, Mad Musicians, and Cursed Instruments, Hell’s Heart — 15 Twisted Tales of Love Run Amok, and Every Day Fiction. When not reading or writing, Jake can be found hiking remote areas and wishing he hadn’t gone there in the first place, or avoiding assault by his rescue macaw.

“The Space of a Decade” by Jake TS Wryte

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Bio for this weeks author: Jake TS Wryte is a full-time writer from the Darklands of Africa where the creatures of his imagination have a bounty on his head. You can find his fiction in SmokeLong Quarterly, Hell’s Highway: Terrifying Tales of Tormented Travels, Hell’s Bells — 15 Tales of Wicked Tunes, Mad Musicians, and Cursed Instruments, Hell’s Heart — 15 Twisted Tales of Love Run Amok, and Every Day Fiction. When not reading or writing, Jake can be found hiking remote areas and wishing he hadn’t gone there in the first place, or avoiding assault by his rescue macaw.

“Upper Beta Great Alcove Very Happy” by Ron Fein

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Bio for this weeks author: Ron Fein is a Boston-area public interest lawyer who, in his copious free time, writes science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, and comedy. His work appears in Nature, Factor Four, Daily Science Fiction, Nonprofit Quarterly, MetaStellar, NoSleep Podcast, Mystery Tribune, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and has been translated into Croatian and Romanian. Find him at ronfein.com, on Mastodon @[email protected], and on BlueSky @ronfein.bsky.social.