Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is a poet, essayist and translator. Her most recent book, Something About Living (UAkron, 2024), was listed as a 2025 notable book by the American Library Association, and was winner of
Kalehua Kim is a poet living in the Pacific Northwest. Born of Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino and Portuguese descent, her multicultural background informs much of her work. A 2023 winner of the
Paxton is an artist, writer and game designer who has worked at the technical intersection of story and play both professionally and independently. Their interactive audio dramas have been published
Autumn's works range from dating sims to historical political simulations, including Social Democracy: An Alternate History, and The Archivist and the Revolution, which received an IGF Honorable Mention for Excellence
Erin Roberts is a writer of stories and games, including published pieces of interactive fiction in Sub-Q and Strange Horizons and Forge Your Quest, a fully-voiced interactive audio story for children.
Shana E. Hadi works as a design technologist by day, an indie game developer by night, and a writer by twilight. Previously, she built newsroom tools and visualizations to communicate
Whitney is an award-winning narrative designer currently working on Cyberpunk 2 at CD Projekt Red. She is best known for the games Bluebeard's Bride and HoloVista.
Jesse is a long time game master, creator, and chronic overcommitter. He is delighted to join this ensemble as co-GM.
Nadine Antoinette Maestas is a poet's poet and believes that the empire of the sentence is an extremely oppressive totalitarian regime. She prefers the company of poems so much that she
Eric Michael Acosta is a poet living in Seattle. His debut collection Motion Flesh is out through Chat Room Books (2023). His follow-up Underbelly is out through Carbonation Press (2024).
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