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Suyi Davies Okungbowa is an academic and an author of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and speculative fiction. He sometimes publishes under the names "Suyi Davies" or "Suyi Okungbowa." He is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Ottawa.Okungbowa's work has appeared in Omenana, Mothership Zeta, StarShipSofa, The Dark, Fireside Magazine, and Nightmare Magazine. His first book, "David Mogo: Godhunter," was published in 2019. He is the best known for his epic fantasy trilogy The Nameless Republic.Okungbowa received his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona.

Weston Ochse is an author and educator.Ochse has published more than 26 books in multiple genres, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. His novel "SEAL Team 666" is currently under development by MGM Films. His work has also won the Bram Stoker Award, been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and won multiple New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. Weston Ochse is a former intelligence officer and special operations soldier who has engaged enemy combatants, terrorists, narco smugglers, and human traffickers. his military supernatural series SEAL Team 666 has been optioned to be a movie starring Dwayne Johnson. His military sci fi series, which starts with Grunt Life, has been praised for its PTSD-positive depiction of soldiers at peace and at war. Weston likes to be called a chaotic good paladin and challenges anyone to disagree. After all, no one can really stand a goody two-shoes lawful good character. They can be so annoying. It's so much more fun to be chaotic, even when you're striving to save the world. You can argue with him about this and other things online at Living Dangerously or on Facebook at Badasswriter. All content of this blog is copywrited by Weston Ochse.

Beth L. Cato is an author of speculative fiction writer and a poet. She is best known for her Clockwork Dagger and Blood of Earth series.Cato’s short stories have appeared in several publications, including Beneath Ceaseless Skies and Uncanny Magazine. Her first book, "The Clockwork Dagger," was published in 2014. In 2019, she won the Rhysling Award for short speculative poetry.

Kassidy Jack Kabza is an author of science fiction.Kabza has been publishing short fiction since 2002. His work has appeared in Tor.com, Motherboard, Nature, F&SF, and Strange Horizons. His first book, a collection of short stories titled, "The Ramshead Algorithm and Other Stories," was published in 2018.Kabza received his B.A. in Creative Writing from Antioch College.