A.K. Mulford is a bestselling fantasy romance author with books published in twelve languages worldwide. Both traditionally and self-published, Mulford loves writing adventurous and feel-good tales with lovable and diverse characters. They also write cozy and spicy romantic comedies under the pen name Ali K. Mulford. A US and NZ citizen, A.K. now lives on the Sunshine Coast of Australia with their partner, kids, trouble-maker cats, and a very patient dog.

Eugen Bacon is an African Australian author. She’s a Solstice, British Fantasy, Locus and Foreword Indies Award winner, a twice World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award finalist, and a finalist in the Philip K. Dick, Victorian Premier's Literary and Ignyte Awards, and the Nommo Awards for speculative fiction by Africans. Eugen is an Otherwise Fellow, and was also announced in the honor list for ‘doing exciting work in gender and speculative fiction’. Danged Black Thing made the Otherwise Award Honor List as a ‘sharp collection of Afro-Surrealist work’.

TC Phillips is a natural born scribbler, chaos creator, and storyteller. He’s the founder of Central Queensland’s own indie press, Specul8 Publishing, a member of the editorial team for Supanova Comic-Con (Australia’s biggest pop-culture bash), and a TV and Film News writer for Screen Rant. He also moonlights as an author of his own special brand of wonderfully warped fiction, diving headfirst into all things strange, bizarre, and fantastical.