DIVINATIONS 
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Bethany-Jade Fisher
Bethany-Jade Fisher is a 25 year old MA English Literature student at Teesside University. Her specialism is 19th century fi n-de-siècle literature, with special attention on decadence and degeneration. She graduated in 2022 with a BA in English Studies and Creative Writing. She loves exploring themes of girlhood, decay, artistic madness, and feminine rage within her experimental works.

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Jorge López Llorente
Jorge López Llorente is a bilingual writer and translator from Madrid (Spain), who studied English Literature at the University of Oxford. His debut poetry collection, ‘Los ojos desdibujados’, is out with Cuadranta. His other poetry and fiction appeared in magazines like Under the Radar, New Critique, Wildfire Words, The Citron Review and Vagabond City, as well as on Spain’s National Radio (RNE).

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Spencer Keene
Spencer Keene is a writer and lawyer from Vancouver, BC. His poetry and short fiction have appeared in a variety of print and digital publications, including SAD Magazine, Sea to Sky Review, 7th-Circle Pyrite, Candlelit Chronicles, and StarLine Magazine*.

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A.L. Davidson
A.L. Davidson is a queer and disabled indie author who loves writing genre-blending stories, tales of heart-warming and horrifying romance, and the coziest sci-fi and urban fantasies you’ll find this side of the galaxy. She specializes in narratives filled with ghosts, grief, isolation, queerness, disability rep, ecohorror, space exploration, slow burn romance, and the human condition.

 

They are best known for their collection of cozy web novels: The Night Farm, Lonely Planet Hotel, and The Wayward Souls of Avalon, as well as their short story series, R-PNZL: A Futuristic Fairytale and their debut novella When The Rain Begins To Burn. She is a 2023 Indie Ink, Queer Indie, Pushcart Prize, and BBNYA nominee, and a 2024 Small Spec and Indie Ink nominee.

 

She currently lives in Kansas City with way too many plants and her cat, Jukebox The Ghost. When she’s not writing, you can find her at the funeral home working a shift, playing cozy video games, or diving into her ever-growing manga pile.

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L. Duthie
L is a horror writer and photographer with a focus on the dark side of the mind and the wider world. L is new to the horror genre, bringing her background in sociology, social psychology, and her experiences of working with people from all walks of life. L was a lockdown student, graduating with a BSc in Sociology and Psychology as well as a Post Grad Cert in Psychology. She’s also a qualified copywriter, masked marketer and compassionate tutor and mentor to others. 

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L also writes about mental health with a focus on social anxiety and the freedom of being outdoors. Her blog can be found at auntysocialworld.com and her wider words and images can be found on Bluesky - @darkonelf.bsky.social.

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Ally Kölzow
Ally Kölzow is a writer and lifelong daydreamer who lives in the UK. In her work, she often explores the haunting of the body and disability through a speculative lens. Her writing has been nominated for Best of the Net and published in Unspeakable: A Queer Gothic Anthology, The Mersey Review, Bullshit Lit and ephemeras.

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Shay B. Keats

Shay B. Keats is a writer from the southeast coast of Australia. She holds a BA from the University of Wollongong and is studying Honours in English Literature.

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Elizabeth Butler
Elizabeth Butler (She/Her) 30 years is a disabled writer using a wheelchair. She has a Masters Degree in Creative Writing and has featured in a poetry anthology and has a collection of children’s stories published online. She has self-published several books of poetry and winner of Prose Contest at The Atkinson writing competition. She has gained recognition in her local area and has performed at local events.

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Melissa Emmett
Melissa is a writer from Birmingham, UK. She loves writing comedy, fantasy and horror. She was once told she was quite funny, and has really taken that to heart - but she thinks she can be scary sometimes, too! She loves Dungeons and Dragons, and is a passionate Dungeon Master for multiple campaigns. She has another short story published about a God named Gary who has lost his world, and one day, she aims to publish even more stories about people losing things.

Sophia Holme

Sophia Holme (she/her) is a queer writer and poet. Her work has appeared in Molotov Cocktail, Magma Poetry, Not Deer Magazine and elsewhere. Made in Canada, she now resides in Oxford, England.

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Austin
Austin is an author who enjoys writing historical fiction through a queer and diverse lens. In addition, religious and horror themes are also present in some of Austin’s works.

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Chris Ennen
Chris Ennen lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife and three kids. He’s probably somewhere in south Texas on rig right now, trying to bang out a few words during his night shift. This will be his first published story.

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Sadee Bee
Sadee Bee (They/Them) is a queer artist and writer inspired by magic, strange dreams, and creepy vibes. Sadee is the Visual Arts Editor for Sage Cigarettes Magazine. Bee can be found on Twitter @SadeeBee, on Instagram @sadee__bee, and on the web at www.sadeebee.com.

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Sarah R. New
Sarah R. New has been writing since she was 6. She specialises primarily in horror or fiction with horrific elements, but also writes speculative fiction and non-fiction. Her self-published travel memoir, The Great European Escape, was released in 2023, and her Gothic horror novella, Amissis Liberis, was published in 2024. Sarah lives in the U.K., but frequently travels internationally. She can be found on Bluesky, Instagram and Twitter under the username aldbera.

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John RC Potter

John RC Potter is an international educator from Canada who lives in Istanbul. He has experienced a revolution (Indonesia), air strikes (Israel), earthquakes (Turkey), boredom (UAE), and blinding snow blizzards (Canada), the last being the subject of his story, ‘Snowbound in the House of God’ (Memoirist). The author’s poems, stories, essays, articles, and reviews have been published in various magazines and journals. His story, ‘Ruth’s World’ was a Pushcart Prize nominee, and his poem, ‘Tomato Heart’ was nominated for the Best of the Net Award. The author’s gay-themed children’s picture book, The First Adventures of Walli and Magoo, is scheduled for publication.

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Rose Maligne
Rose Maligne (she/her) is an #actuallyautistic registered nurse. She enjoys writing, eating cheesy foods, and loving, mutually-antagonistic relationships with her rescue beagles, Cherry and Bones. Her work has featured in Snowflake Magazine, and Vocivia Magazine. You can check out her Substack, So My Muse Says.

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Rachel Kitch
Rachel Kitch is a mixed-race Thai American speculative horror author with a love of writing unsettling, creepy books that still have a spark of light.  flat teeth has previously appeared in Crow & Cross Keys in Feb 2024. Find her on twitter @rachelkitch or at www.rachelkitchauthor.com.

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Maddison O’Donnell

Maddison O’Donnell is a writer, editor, and publishing professional based in Galway, Ireland. Her work has appeared in Dark Poets Club, Underwood Press’s Black Works, Grim & Gilded, Salmon Creek Journal, and elsewhere. She is the grand prize winner of the 2024 International Dark Poets Prize. In addition to her role as Fiction & Poetry Editor for Abhartach Magazine, she reads and edits poetry for The Turning Leaf Journal and The Mixtape Review.

Find her on Instagram @maddisonjodonnell and on the web at https://maddisonjodonnell.my.canva.site

Heather Anne Kroeker
Heather Anne Kroeker is a Canadian writer who currently lives in the UK, where she works as an editor and journalist. Her words have previously been published in Gutter and Fudoki Magazine.

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LindaAnn LoSchiavo

Native New Yorker and award-winner, LindaAnn LoSchiavo is a member of British Fantasy Society, HWA, SFPA, and The Dramatists Guild.

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Titles published in 2024: Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems [Wild Ink], Apprenticed to the Night [UniVerse Press], and Felones de Se: Poems about Suicide [Ukiyoto]. Forthcoming: Cancer Courts My Mother [Prolifi c Pulse Press, 2025].

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Book accolades earned: Elgin Award for A Route Obscure and Lonely and Chrysalis BREW Project’s Award for Excellence for Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems.