Arielle Burgdorf is a US-born writer and literary translator of French. Their novella Prétend (sections of which also appear in Jeanne) was published by End of the Line Press in Canada. Prior to this they were a Lambda Literary Emerging Writer Fellow, nominated for two Pushcart Prizes, and have been widely published in Lambda Literary, Electric Literature, Worms, Amsterdam Review, and Full Stop. Currently, Arielle is pursuing a PhD in Literature at UC Santa Cruz focused on queer and feminist writers from Québec.
Victoria Brooks (they/them) is a queer nonbinary author, and parent to an octopod (2 year old identical twins). They have published two nonfiction books: Fucking Law (Zero, 2019) and Mistress Ethics (Bloomsbury, 2022). Their first queer sci-fi novel, Silicone God, was published by MOIST Books in the UK and House of Vlad Press in the US. Silicone God received praise from Dennis Cooper, Alison Rumfitt, Samantha Allen, Elle Nash, Stoya, Annie Sprinkle, Jack Skelley, and others, and has been likened to the work of Kathy Acker and Angela Carter.
Naomi Pearce is a writer. Alongside her criticism for Art Monthly, LA Review of Books, and The White Review, she has written essays for edited volumes including Gestures: A Body of Work (Manchester University Press) and Grassroots: Artmaking and Political Struggle (Bloomsbury), forthcoming in 2026. Her first novel, Innominate was published by MOIST in 2023, receiving praise from Bhanu Kapil and Juliet Jacques, with Iain Sinclair describing the book as ‘a classic of local archaeology’. She teaches interdisciplinary practice at Aberystwyth University.
