The Thirteenth Floor Anthology

Lavanya Lakshminarayan is the author of The Ten Percent Thief, which was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke, BSFA and Locus Awards and featured in Reactor's Best Books of 2021, and of the critically lauded Interstellar MegaChef, whose sequel Intergalactic Feast is out in 2026. She is the first science fiction writer to win the Times of India AutHer Award and the Valley of Words Award, both prestigious literary awards in India. She's occasionally a game designer, and has built worlds for Zynga Inc.'s FarmVille franchise, Mafia Wars, and other games. She lives in India.

MK Hardy is the pen name for Morag Hannah and Erin Hardee, two geeky women living and writing together in Scotland. They are both communications specialists working in higher education. With backgrounds ranging from museum interpretation to web design, and from science communication to ghost tours, they are devoted to storytelling in almost every aspect of their lives and work. When they are not telling stories they can be found singing in choirs, foraging for fungi, and working on their 1880s fixer-upper. Their debut sapphic gothic horror The Needfire was published by Solaris in July 2025.