Mixed Bag of Tricks: A Short Story Anthology

N.J. Knight grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where her family owns a haunted wood. She earned degrees in journalism and anthropology from the University of Maryland before working as a journalist for more than a decade. Knight has been published in The Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, and L.A. Times. She is currently writing her first novel in Austin, TX, where she lives with her husband, son, and many, many books. Find her online at njknight.com; or as nancethepants on all major socials (except Instagram, where it is someone's puppy account that you should also check out).

Heidi Kasa is the author of Split, a fiction chapbook published by Monday Night Press in 2022. Her work has been a finalist for a Black Lawrence Press award and shortlisted for a Fractured Lit award. Her writing has appeared in The Racket, Meat for Tea, The Raw Art Review, and Ab Terra, among others. Kasa works as an editor, makes small print runs of handmade artist books, and designs necklaces. See more of her work at www.heidikasa.com.

Britta Jensen's debut novel Eloia Born was long-listed for the 2016 Exeter Novel Prize and reviewers are calling the book "both a dystopian narrative and a quest story; consider it a spiritual successor to Lois Lowry's The Giver and M. Night Shyamalan's The Village." The sequel, Hirana's War releases October 2020. Her stories have been shortlisted for the 2017 Henshaw Press and Fiction Factory prizes and she was published in the following anthologies: Stories for Homes, volume 2 and Sakura Dreams. Britta's plays have been performed in New York City, Japan and South Korea. She holds a BA in Acting Performance from Fordham University and an MA in Teaching of English Literature from Columbia University. She taught middle and high school English, Theatre and History for thirteen years in New York City public schools and overseas with DODEA. Britta spent twenty-two years overseas in Japan, South Korea, and Germany before moving to Austin, Texas. She enjoys mentoring authors and editing books and short stories with her company The Writing Consultancy.