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Editor. Indexer. EAC member, certified copy editor. A finalist for the 2012 Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. (Oh, and I love cats.) 🇨🇦

Entertainer, horticulturist, musician, bird person, clown, atheist, Lady Three Names of the Neon-Haired Harpies, member of band The Salacious Crumbles (she/her) metricula.com for MUSIC and OPINIONS Raleigh, NC DANI ORTHAC LIVES

Storyteller, folklorist, author. Expert in all things ghostly in South Carolina and I can hold my own throughout the Southeast. THE ghost story guy at cons! Library branch manager. Proud southern liberal.

🏳️‍🌈✊sassy, bi/pan, pagan, wife, mom, friend, ally - writes Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Fantasy, Southern Gothic, LGBTQ Fiction and Agressively Helpful Writing Advice among other things...

Site status updates for the Archive of Our Own, a Hugo Award-winning project of the Organization for Transformative Works (@transformativeworks.org)

Trans man, cat dad, author, and occasional solo ttrpg designer. https://linktr.ee/author.tgjoye Sword of the Voivode released 10/19/2024 Last Wolves of Paris out 10/26/25

dark cartoons with cute colors 🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them) ⭐️ ND & disabled MAGIC Pixie Dream Girl SKATE WITCH 🔜 https://adrawer4ever.com/links

The Crowded Shelf is an Indie Author Co-op running a magical traveling bookstore appearing at conventions near you.

North Carolina based multimedia artist making stickers, enamel pins, stained glass, and whatever else I feel like. Open for comissions! He/they queer 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 www.linktr.ee/madebymaxdesigns

Artist... will come up with more later... sure

Online content creator, streamer, MtG enthusiast, and all around geek www.twitch.tv/o_hai_mark_76 www.facebook.com/O.Hai.Mark.76

Speculative fiction author and podcaster. Briefly a botanist. She/her/hers NCSU 2018 🐺 IUB 2023 🌽 www.merielena.com

Author of fantasy novels including the award-winning DRC Files. The Khimmer Chronicles - "A plucky protagonist who’s still finding her way propels this fantasy adventure." ~ Kirkus Reviews kevinarthurdavis.com For YA Adventure Romance : sorrowborn.com

Charlotte Geeks & Geekery Market founder, 1/3 of the Guardians of the Geekery podcast, 1/2 of Two Woke Bonnets podcast, 1/4 of the Merry Mayhem, 100% of something.

Writing Strange Worlds and Interesting People. Karate Teacher, Cat Wrangler, Beekeeper, and SFWA Member. Bi/Pan, He/Him https://www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/

Interview podcast where we meet creators and talk about their journeys from being fans to creators.

sci-fi & fantasy writer • former classicist • transit nerd • gay married to @beryl.rubacky.dev • 🏳️‍🌈✡️ • he/him 📍  Raleigh, NC 🌐 www.elijahjmears.com

nerd. musician. cyclist. caretaker to too many animals. bureaucrat. music at chuckparker.bandcamp.com, musings at https://chuck-parker.net

Goth-Rapper, Author, Martial Artist Hail Yourself

Maker of cute things for cute people Craft like your life depends on it 💕 boringlorina.com

A space for Black community, culture, and comfort in indie comix! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackindiecomixclub/black-and-bloody

Award-winning author of cyberpunk noir, SF mysteries, Fantasy suspense and weird westerns.

🇵🇷 Freelance RPG writer/editor in Durham, NC IGDN member Pro GM @ Startplaying.games Friend of Melsonia Linktr.ee/jyamilwrites

Fan of colourful Star Trek and sleek starships • designer • #Blender3D • fonts! • AuDHD • typos • humanist • he/him • no commissions • opinions are mine not Starfleet’s • #StarfleetFinds • #WIP https://artstation.com/starfleetdesign

Fantasy author, fashion historian, medievalist, Arthurian, gardener 🌺 ADHD, she/they, queer 🏳️‍🌈 | 👑 THE VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS Feb 14 - QUEEN OF MERCY - June 3rd, both from Solaris Books 👑 | rep: Stacey Graham More at: https://bit.ly/m/nataniabarron

Musician. Cosplayer. Disabled disability advocate. Horror and gaming enthusiast. She/her.

Samantha Bryant is a multigenre author, best known for her Menopausal Superhero series of novels through Falstaff Books. WFWA, HWA. http://dangerouswhenbored.com

Crone Girls Press is an indie horror micropress. Come to the shadows, we have good books! https://linktr.ee/cronegirlspress

DnD module inspired by ancient Egypt! We launch on Kickstarter in Q1 2025. Follow for sneak peaks, art, an awesome community, and more! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keshanar/kingdom-of-keshanar-ancient-egypt-5e-setting-and-adventure?ref=2sx2d6

Carolinas' longest running sci-fi and fantasy convention. It's where artists, authors, gamers, and geeks gather! Always the weekend after Memorial Day in Charlotte, NC.

Music Mixologist of THE TIME WARP ✭ Rhythm Infusionist for Musicians ✭ Sorcerer of Soundscapes for Illusion of Persona ✭ Head of Station Partnership Content and Development for OutWorld Fleet Radio ✪ https://thetemplesofsyrinx.com

Science fiction convention in the Piedmont Triad of NC

World’s greatest author

eel ☆ elden queer 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/it/they) mockatoo.carrd.co your local monster hunter/tamer/rancher ♡ my other ride is my mecha wife ♡ drawing critters & CRT for @retconnc.bsky.social

Comic Artist/Writer - Freelance Illustrator She/Her - Lover of anime, ttrpgs, food and the color blue Creator of the webcomic "HAINT": https://haintcomic.com/comic artbyqbii.carrd.co

Illustrator, Zine-Maker, & Textile Designer repped by Adria Goetz at KT Literary (she/they) cottonbookgoods.com

Artist, Nerd. 33, 🏳️‍⚧️He/They No AI No NFT Hermit cryptid looking for a brighter future https://ragtimelime.carrd.co/

Swamp witch moonlighting as a fantasy author writing witches and increasingly poor decisions. 🖤 Ritual Tools (Witch of the Demesne 3) - FALL 2025 💚ARC Application: https://forms.gle/tpXE74zgMR4sJSgr8

🏳️‍⚧️ he/him • 30s • RDU 🌙 witchcrafter • scavenger 🦷 maker-of-things • 🔞 18+ (sometimes) 🚫 GenAI users get blocked 🌲 https://linktr.ee/bramblebug

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