Apex Magazine August 2018

Mary Soon Lee is a writer whose short fiction has been featured in publications like Apex Magazine (August 2018) and Tales of the Unanticipated #22: Birth, Death, & Rebirth Issue. She is known for her contributions to speculative fiction.

Sheree Renée Thomas is a writer and editor specializing in speculative fiction, dark fantasy, and horror. She's known for her Mythic Delirium series, and for editing The Year

Discover Sherese Francis, a writer whose work has appeared in Apex Magazine August 2018. She is also associated with The Black Speculative Arts Movement, exploring themes in speculative fiction.

Stefanie Elrick writes speculative fiction. Her work appeared in Apex Magazine, with a story featured in their August 2018 issue.

Tara Betts has taught at several Northwestern, DePaul, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Rutgers University, as well as at Stateville Prison via Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project. Tara served as the Inaugural Poet for The People Practitioner Fellow at University of Chicago. Tara is also Poetry Editor at The Langston Hughes Review and founder of the nonprofit organization The Whirlwind Learning Center on Chicago’s South Side.-Loyola University