Elena examines their work focusing on trauma and body horror, escaping a cult, their debut from Ghost City Press, working with an anti-literary magazine, being part of the Shanghai writing community, and dark storytelling.
P.A. delves into formative moments in her writing career, her grasp of online self-promotion, being the first Chilean nominee for a Nebula Award, full-time writing, and where the speculative community will go from here.
Akis researches traumas that stop people from being themselves, his Radon story's central Ship of Theseus metaphor, the meaning writing gives life, and his upcoming cosmic horror chapbook, Crooked Gods.
H.A. scrutinizes his relationship to word generators, horrible customer service jobs, what music he writes, how to find focus as a writer, the value of dream journals, and ways for the average person to fight fascism.
J.M. explains why most of his stories end up in outer space, switching gears to poetry, getting into the creative headspace, finding the perfect title, and the stubbornness of English bulldogs
Harvey interrogates the effects of climate change on mental health, personal rejections from magazines, World Fantasy Convention, and the importance of writing and editing a complete story before serializing it.