C. M. Rosens

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Author Spotlight Series (2026)

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Find Your Next Favourite Author

If you’re looking for your next read, check out these authors and their work.

Catch new releases, find your thing.

You will find the most recent interviews below, and as more are scheduled, this page will be updated with an A-Z list on the right.

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Poetry

  • Pixie – poetry collection

SFF

  • Abell, Astrid – SFF
  • Ames, Alexis – Sci-Fi
  • Bross, Addy – SFF
  • Carter, Stefanie (writing as Wayward Sparx / Fox N. Locke) – Queer Cyberpunk Sci-Fi
  • Clark, Chloe – Sci-Fi
  • eskay – video game lit
  • He, Tasha – Sci-Fi, post-apocalyptic
  • Verner, Anna – SFF
  • Wrightson, Thomas – Sci-Fi books & Horror audio drama

Horror, Paranormal, & Thrillers

  • Alleva, PD – Gothic Horror Thriller series
  • Bells, Nadine – Gothic Romantasy
  • Maria, Jillian – Ghost Horror
  • Walker, Laura Clarke – Gothic Paranormal Mystery
  • Wrightson, Thomas – Sci-Fi books & Horror audio drama

2026

Discover new-to-you authors, and get to know others a little better! Explore a diverse range of creative voices and genres from all over the world, and share their interviews widely so others can find them too!

These author bios are in chronological post date order. Scroll through to see who has been posted already and who is coming next!

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Chloe Clark (07 Jan)

Chloe N. Clark (she/her) is the author of Collective Gravities, Escaping the Body, Patterns of Orbit and more. Her next collection, Every Galaxy a Circle, is forthcoming from JackLeg Press. She is a founding co-EIC of Cotton Xenomorph. Find out more at www.chloenclark.com

Chloe’s Interview
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Thomas Wrightson (14 Jan)

Thomas Wrightson (he/him) has spent much of his life creating narratives and characters. Home schooled, he currently lives on the island Ynys Mon in Wales, surrounded by beautiful scenery and unpredictable weather. Find out more at thomaswrightson.co.uk

Thomas’s Interview
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eskay (21 Jan)

eskay (no pronouns/eskay) is a queer millennial who has successfully managed to turn a hobby of reading visual novels on YouTube into a hobby writing original fiction. eskay works as a proofreader and editor for video game writing. Check out eskay on Itch.io: 8pr.itch.io

eskay’s Interview
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Nadine Bells (04 Feb)

COMING SOON

Nadine’s Interview
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PD Alleva (11 Feb)

PD Alleva (he/him) is a native New Yorker, award winning author, psychotherapist and hypnotist writing profound, in-depth horror, scifi, and psychological thriller stories. Find out more at pdalleva.com.

PD’s Interview
Tasha He author avatar. An illustration of a smiling person with short dark hair writing in a book with a glowing pen. Purple and pink magical smoke swirls from the pages, illuminating their face. They wear a dark outfit with a white ruffled collar and bow. A starry night sky fills the background.

Tasha He (18th Feb)

Tasha He (they/them) is a speculative fiction author, disability advocate, and founder of Disenfranchised Writers’ Voices, a nonprofit supporting low-income and disabled writers. Follow them on Insta @hethe.author

Tasha’s Interview
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Alexis Ames (25th Feb)

Alexis Ames (she/they) is a speculative fiction writer with short fiction in publications such as Pseudopod, Radon Journal, and Escape Pod. The Chamos Project is her first novel. Check out their linktree for more information: linktr.ee/alexis.ames

Alexis’ Interview
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Astrid Abell (04 Mar)

Astrid E. Abell (they/she/zhe/fae) is an autistic and ADHD author with a passion for storytelling, drawing, and languages. They have a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies with a minor in Japanese.

Find out more at: astridabellauthor.com

Astrid’s Interview
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Jillian Maria (11th Mar)

Jillian (she/her) is a sapphic author who loves stories with big feelings and a lot of heart — even if that heart is a little bloody and bruised. When not writing, you can usually find her doting on her cat. Find out more at: byjillianmaria.com

Jillian’s Interview
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Stefanie Carter / Wayward Sparx (18th Mar)

Stefanie Carter (they/them) is an AuDHD trans femme enby from the UK, who writes queer genre fiction under the pen names Fox N. Locke and Wayward Sparx. They are an on again off again journalist, poet, comms professional, and amateur romancer of mech pilots. Find out more at foxenlock.com

Stefanie’s Interview
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Addy Bross (25Mar)

COMING SOON

TBC Interview
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Laura Clarke Walker (01st Apr)

COMING SOON

TBC Interview

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