Susan Forest is a three-time Prix Aurora Award finalist and a writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror, and a freelance fiction editor. Her stories have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Tesseracts, AE Science Fiction Review, OnSPEC Magazine, and The Urban Green Man, among others. Her collection of short fiction, Immunity to Strange Tales, was published by Five Rivers Press. She co-edited two anthologies from Laksa Media, Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts and The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound, with Lucas K. Law. They are currently working on their third anthology, Shades Within Us: Tales of Global Migration and Fractured Borders (Laksa Media). Susan acted as judge for the Endeavour Award, and the Robin Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest, and she contributes to Calgary’s annual literary festival, When Words Collide. Susan is also Secretary for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). She teaches creative writing at the Alexandra Centre, and has appeared at numerous local and international writing conventions.
Lucas K. Law is a Malaysian-born freelance editor and published author who divides his time and heart between Calgary and Qualicum Beach. He has been a jury member for a number of fiction competitions including Nebula, RITA and Golden Heart awards. Lucas co-edited two anthologies, Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts and The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound, with Susan Forest. They are currently working on their third anthology, Shades Within Us: Tales of Global Migration and Fractured Borders. All three anthologies are from Laksa Media. With Derwin Mak, Lucas co-edited Where The Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy (Laksa Media) When Lucas is not editing, writing, or reading, he is an engineering consultant and business coach, specializing in mergers and acquisition (M&A) activities, asset evaluations, business planning, and corporate development.