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Writing fiction is career number three or so for Becky R. Jones. She's worked as a secretary in the world of Wall Street, built sets for TV pilots and shows, been an admin assistant for a mobile home park management company, built airplanes, and finally went back to school to get an MA and PhD in political science. Through it all she read fantasy, science fiction, and anything else she could get her hands on - cereal boxes included. Reading provides an escape, laughter, tears, and different perspectives on life.

After 20+ years teaching in different parts of the country, Becky realized that faculty politics had lost their allure and fled academia. She decided to try her hand at telling stories like the ones she loved to read. "Academic Magic" was her first work of fiction, quickly followed by a number of short stories, and the next two books in the "Academic Magic" series. She currently lives in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area with her husband and two cats.

For more fiction shorts and story previews, please visit her at profornery on Substack.

Brena Bock is the nom de plume of David Bock. A proud member of #TeamAndMore in several anthologies. Other stories are in the works along with a first full length novel.

David was born and raised in New York City and lived in the Capital Region of New York State until moving to East Tennessee.

After spending over 30 years in different aspects of IT (hardware, software, and training but happily not programming) and almost that long in technical and historical writing, it was time for a change. David transitioned to part time firearms training, including volunteering with Operation Blazing Sword, and got back into creative writing.

David and his spouse are the sole providers for three feral rescue cats who allow the humans to feed and shelter them.

With hobbies and interests ranging from role playing games (starting with original D&D and Traveller) to woodworking, metalworking, firearms, cooking, baking, and of course reading, David is always looking for another area to explore. The most recent additions are wine making and 3D printing.

Denton's day job used to require a lot of travel and hence a lot of time on airplanes and in airports. Because of this, it allowed lots of writing time. When the pandemic hit, the habit got worse. Therapy hasn't helped.

The stories tend to be extensions of a terrible tendency to tell lies and make things up. Truth can be so limiting and the fairy tales and legends he heard growing up sounded like a much more fun world. So many of his stories draw on Eastern European folklore. After all, who won't want a world with three-headed dragons, wolf-wizard, and enchanting immortal maidens?

His books also tend to include pandas. Because pandas rock.

Mostly he works as a physical scientist, which is why he likes fantasy. He also likes dogs, particularly standards, and coffee. His hobbies include metalwork, woodwork, martial arts, and cooking. He can be found at dentonsalle.com, Facebook, MeWe, and X.

Fiona Grey enjoys thinking nonlinearly and introversion. Other people claim this is “weird,” which is unsubstantiated.

Cedar Sanderson is a multifaceted creator whose work spans both the literary and visual arts.

Cedar is celebrated for her engaging storytelling and her ability to captivate audiences with her vibrant imagery and thoughtful narratives. Her work not only entertains but also invites readers and viewers into worlds where science meets magic, and the mundane becomes extraordinary.

Her books, such as "Pixie Noir" and "Tanager’s Fledglings," showcase her unique blend of fantasy, science fiction, and mystery, often infused with a touch of humor and deep human insight.

Her art, varying from traditional sumi-e painting to digital creations, reflects a love for both the whimsical and the scientific, with influences from her passion for history, infectious disease, and food anthropology. Known for her eclectic career that includes roles as diverse as balloon twister, face painter, and scientist, Cedar has channeled her wide range of experiences into her writing and art.

Ray Krawczyk hails from a small town in Massachusetts. He has rambled across America, living in such exotic locales as Chicago, Rapid City, Raleigh, and has been allowed to reside near Philadelphia for the last several decades. He strongly suspects this has only happened because the authorities have not been alerted to his presence.

Having failed in his career goals as a raconteur and man-about-town, he had no recourse but to take up writing. When he is not tormenting his beta readers he works at rescuing vintage technology, classic Singer sewing machines, and dogs, rehabilitating several of each.

Richard Cartwright was born and raised in Tennessee when he was not bouncing around the country and Canada in the sleeper of his parents tractor trailer rig that his dad bought after retiring from the Navy to go into trucking. His first reading lessons were road signs at four. His education was disrupted at five when he was forced to start spending the school year at school. After acquiring a note at six to allow him to check out "advanced " books from the library, he discovered Heinlein and never looked back. Along the way he acquired degrees in history, law, and cynicism.

He learned the fine art of storytelling sitting around kitchen tables, campfires and courtrooms over the years but came to writing later in life, after getting out of the legal profession while he could still get his soul back.

These days he managers a remote support team which lets him feed his writing habit.

David Bock is a proud member of #TeamAndMore in several anthologies. Other stories are in the works along with a first full length novel.

David was born and raised in New York City and lived in the Capital Region of New York State until moving to East Tennessee.

After spending over 30 years in different aspects of IT (hardware, software, and training but happily not programming) and almost that long in technical and historical writing, it was time for a change. David transitioned to part time firearms training, including volunteering with Operation Blazing Sword, and got back into creative writing.

David and his spouse are the sole providers for three feral rescue cats who allow the humans to feed and shelter them.

With hobbies and interests ranging from role playing games (starting with original D&D and Traveller) to woodworking, metalworking, firearms, cooking, baking, and of course reading, David is always looking for another area to explore. The most recent additions are wine making and 3D printing.

Nicki Kenyon is a refugee from the former Soviet Union, born in L’viv, Ukraine, who escaped to the United States at the age of eight. She is an Army veteran, with seven years’ military experience, and a former intelligence officer, who worked Russia, illicit finance, NATO, and counterterrorism issues and loves to write as a hobby. She is fluent in Russian and conversant in French and German.