Escape Velocity 2019

Independent scholar. SF, TV, fan studies, Golden Age SF, fanzines, Cordwainer Smith, alternate history. Editor of Transformative Works and Cultures. Employed in the STM publishing industry as copy editor, writer, and proofreader. Fond of serial comma and Chicago style.

Larissa Staszak is a fanfiction writer. Under the pen name "A.R. Sommers", she has written over 50 stories but is best known for her Star Wars series "The Reylo Chronicles"; she has also been mentioned in an extensive fan website dedicated to the 1980s television show "Beauty and... Read More →

andré carrington is currently Assistant Professor of African American literature at Drexel University. His first book, Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction (Minnesota, 2016) interrogates the cultural politics of race in the fantastic genres through studies... Read More →

Erica Massey is a PhD student and graduate instructor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She specializes in comics and fandom studies, as well as book history, digital ethnography, disability and minority literature. A two-time speaker at Dragon Con’s Comics and... Read More →