David Ly is the author of Mythical Man (2020) and Dream of Me as Water (2022), both published under the Anstruther Books imprint of Palimpsest Press, and short-listed for the 2021 and 2023 ReLit Poetry Awards, respectively. He is also co-editor (with Daniel Zomparelli) of Queer Little Nightmares: An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and Poetry (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022). David’s poems have appeared in publications such as Pan MacMillan’s HE, SHE, THEY, US: Queer Poems (2024) anthology, Arc Poetry Magazine, Best Canadian Poetry, PRISM International, and The Ex-Puritan, where he won the inaugural Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence. David is the Poetry Editor at This Magazine.

Lauren Elms (Queen Of Vermin / Rat Queen) is an illustrator, and tattoo artist based in the stolen unneeded lands of SḴWX̱WÚ7MESH,STÓ:LŌ and SƏL̓ÍLWƏTAʔ/SELILWITULH and XʷMƏΘKʷƏY̓ƏM nations, also known as Vancouver, Canada. Her work draws on themes from the occult, mythology, and ecological stories and emblems. Follow her work on Instagram (@queenofvermin) and on https://queen-of-vermin.square.site/.