We are pleased to share the line-up for THE BARE BONES BOOK OF SPECULATIVE FICTION. Expect vivid dreams, alt realities, dicey barters, AI, lores, the Kafkaesque, the afterlife, and more! 

Edited by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury. Releasing in August 2026.

Z. M. Asafzah is a writer and editor stranded in stolen xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ land in British Columbia. They are at work on a collection of short stories. 

When Jayadev Calamur isn’t crafting communication strategies, he’s building fictional worlds where magic has rules and John Lennon’s Imagine is law. A former journalist turned storyteller, Jayadev explores the collision of hope, chaos, and conscience. He lives in Pune with his wife and their dog, championing worlds where no pet is ever abandoned.

Nurul Fitroh is an Indonesian writer whose works primarily focus on short fiction. Her stories and essays have appeared in both print and online publications. She has contributed to several notable anthologies. In 2019, she was selected as one of the emerging writers at the Makassar International Writers Festival (MIWF).

Joshua Ginsberg is the author of the short story collection Tales from the Dusty Tiger and six nonfiction books about curious travel and haunted history. His work has appeared on the NoSleep Podcast, in multiple anthologies, and in publications including Apex Magazine, Spooky, Stygian Lepus, Tension Literary, Crepuscular, Black Hare Press, Trembling with Fear, and Flash Phantoms. He lives in Tampa, Florida.

Matthew Gordon’s short fiction has appeared in Amazing Stories, High Shelf Press, The Quilliad, Witcraft, The Artisanal Writer, Reverie, Black Cat Weekly, Mobius Blvd, Ashton House Magazine, and Iron Faerie’sHawthorn & Ash Collection. He is a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He has lived in Ontario, New York, Texas, and Alberta. He now lives in his hometown of Toronto, Ontario.

Arti Jain is a poet, an award-winning spoken word artist, and an author. Her most recent work is curated in The Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English 2024-2025, Flash Flood Journal, Spellbinder Quarterly, and is forthcoming in The Hopper and The Amphibian. She lives in Doha and is working on a memoir. 

Shih-Li Kow is the Malaysian author of two short story collections (Ripples and Other Stories, Bone Weight and Other Stories) and a prize-winning novel (The Sum of Our Follies). Her most recent project (Kaki Lima: Pictures and A Story) is a photo-fiction collaboration with photographer Malek Hue.

Neethu Krishnan is a Mumbai-based, Pushcart- and Best of the Net-nominated writer with works curated in 50+ international publications, including The Spectacle, Prairie Fire, Southword, and more. 

Wawan Kurniawan is an Indonesian writer, researcher, and translator whose works span literature, psychology, and social issues. His writing ranges from short stories and literary essays to nonfiction works on political psychology. He has published two books: a poetry collection, Museum Kehilangan (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2020), and a short story collection, Aku Mengeong (Indonesia Tera, 2021).

Amit Majmudar is a poet, essayist, and novelist from Westerville, Ohio, USA. His latest book is The Book of Killings (Penguin India, 2025), the final volume of a trilogy retelling the Mahabharata.

Marcelo Medone (Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a Pushcart Prize- and Best Small Fictions-nominated fiction writer, poet, essayist, and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and has been published in multiple languages in more than 50 countries around the world, including India. He currently lives in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Carmel Miranda took up writing late in life, and her novel Crossmatch won the Gratiaen Prize 2020 for Creative Writing in English in Sri Lanka, where she is based. She is addicted to crime fiction and murder mysteries, and in her day job, she puts people to sleep for surgery.

Jennifer Moffatt’s short stories have appeared in several anthologies and literary magazines. She has published four queer romance novels, including her first of a three-book deal with St. Martin’s Romance. Jennifer is based in BC, Canada.

Nathaniel Mumau lives in Michigan with his magnificent wife, Adrianna. His work has been published or is forthcoming in Unidentified Funny Objects 10, Cloaked Press’s 2026 Spring Into SciFi anthology, and Tales From the Little Library. 

Shobhita Narayan is a writer, marketer, and artist from India. Her fantasy debut for children, Midaash and Maitreyi’s Magical Mayhem, won the Best Author Award 2025 by PVLF. Her short fiction has been published in Bangalore Literature Review, Tasavvur, and Westland Books’ speculative fiction anthology Between Worlds.

Claudia Nicholson has been writing since childhood, and she’s been hooked ever since. Now based on the island of Rhodes, Greece, she writes mostly fiction and is currently working on her debut fantasy novel. A passionate crafter, she often weaves her love of sewing and crochet into her stories, blending words, stitches, and imagination.

Ezekiel Olayemi is a Nigerian writer and poet whose works often explore themes of identity, faith, and the human experience. His poetry is featured on Poetic Side, a platform that showcases diverse voices in contemporary poetry. Ezekiel is currently based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Meera Rajagopalan is an author and social entrepreneur. Her debut book, The Eminently Forgettable Life of Mrs Pankajam (Hachette), was shortlisted for the AutHer awards. This was followed by Control the Shift (self-published). Her short fiction has appeared in anthologies including the Helter Skelter Anthology of New Writing Vol. 6, Amaryllis’s Have a Safe Journey, and Out of Print, Gulmohar Quarterly, Muse India, and Indian Review, among other literary magazines. She is the co-founder of Club Artizen, a craft social enterprise. 

Tejaswinee Roychowdhury, a founding editor of The Hooghly Review, is currently pursuing a PhD in Law at the University of Calcutta. She writes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, and captures the occasional photograph. 

Evan Satinsky is a software engineer, musician, and writer of science fiction and fantasy from St. Louis, Missouri. He has stories published in The Heartwarming Stories Anthology by The Brussels Review and the Opolis Anthology by NUNUM. 

Andrea Tillmanns lives in Germany and works full-time as a university lecturer. She has been writing poetry, short stories and novels in various genres for many years. 

Amelia Weissman is a mom of six with her master’s in marine biology. She is based out of the United States and has been published as a scientific writer in research journals and as a fiction writer in anthologies published by Black Hare Press, WolfSinger Publications, and Dragon Soul Press.