The scariest of greetings to you all, Frightened Friends! This week, we’re answering a question from our dear old resident gnome. A few days ago, after the harpies did whatever they do with the submitted stories, Geldrin had been reading one tha...

Akis is a genre writer trapped in the body of an AI scientist. He draws inspiration from the lands he walked and lived in throughout his research career. If you can call this madness a career, anyway, which started out with a biology degree, transiti...

Joel lives in Northwest Lower Michigan with his family where he enjoys teaching, reading stories aloud with his family, Doctor Who, Oldies music, and fantasy role playing games . His stories have appeared in several anthologies, including Tales of th...

Anthony Engebretson is a Nebraska-born author based in West Michigan. He has had short stories published in several anthologies. His debut novella, Sair Back, Sair Banes, was released in May 2022 and his second novella, Lumberjack, will be released...

This week’s storytime will be the conclusion of my time at a gnomish carnival. I had been dragged along with Geldrin to this “Fool n’ Fly” festival at a nearby village. Me, in gnomish form adorned with a fantastic ghost costume, and Geldrin wear...

Koji A. Dae is a queer American living longterm in Bulgaria where she writes dark speculative fiction. Her works have been published in Clarkesworld, Apex Magazine, Zooscape, and many others. When not writing, she works at a non-profit focused on ac...

T.S Vickers lives in Leicester, England. When he's not writing, he's either working as a Mental Health Practitioner, rehearsing with his band, or at the pub. A fan of science fiction and horror, he has been writing as a hobby for a decade, and over t...