Ava Kelly is a nonbinary speculative writer and engineer. Secretly a pile of cats in a trenchcoat, Ava’s goal is to bring into the world more tales of friendship and compassion, dedicated to trope subversion, stories that give the void a voice. Romanian living in Norway, Ava is an avid explorer of culture and its reflection upon life and creativity, both in art and in tech design. Among their works are the award-winning novel Havesskadi, and the short story “A Sudden Displacement of Matter” part of the Lambda-nominated anthology Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers.
Find them at AvaKellyFiction.com or @ThunderEternal on Twitter.
Matt Spencer is a queer & trans illustrator from southeast Michigan. His work appears in The Chromatic Fates Tarot, Wyrmwood’s Corrupted Tarot, and Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness (an anthology for which he also illustrated an oracle deck). When not creating artwork for freelance clients or collaborative tarot decks, Matt spends his time playing (or drawing) Dungeons & Dragons characters, and making slow but steady progress on his own Courtly Beasts Tarot. Matt adores any excuse to combine his deep love for watercolor with the inspiration he draws from history, folklore, and nature (especially when queer characters are involved).
Find him at mspencerillustration.com or @mspencerdraws on Twitter.