Authors in this Issue
“Carpenter” by Jay Werkheiser
Jay Werkheiser started writing science fiction stories as soon as he was old enough to put pencil to paper. No one stopped him, so he kept writing, and somewhere along the line his stories became good enough for publication. He writes primarily hard science fiction, but isn’t above the occasional time travel or light-hearted sci-fi comedy. He recently retired from a thirty-year teaching career. Old habits die hard, however, so if his stories begin to look like poorly disguised chemistry and physics lectures (more than usual, anyway), someone please remind him that it’s no longer his job.
The Doctor Will Scan You Now: Medical Diagnostics & AI by Douglas F. Dluzen
Doug has a PhD in Genetics and is a science communication and STEM education expert. He has spent his career supporting health disparities research and professional development and graduate research training at places like the NIH, Morgan State University, Johns Hopkins, and elsewhere. Currently, Doug is a free-lance science communication and research consultant and founder of Kyber Science Communications, LLC. When he’s not writing, he’s enjoying hiking and camping with his family or playing Dungeons and Dragons with his friends.
“Some Plates Get Eaten” by Thoraiya Dyer
Thoraiya Dyer is an Aurealis- and Ditmar-Award winning Australian writer and veterinarian. Her spec fic short stories and novellas have appeared at Tor.com/Reactor Mag, in Clarkesworld, Analog, Fantasy Magazine, Apex, Podcastle, Cosmos, Nature, anthology “Bridging Infinity” and boutique collection “Asymmetry.” Thoraiya’s big fat fantasy novels in the Titan’s Forest Trilogy are published by Tor books. A member of SFWA, represented by the Ethan Ellenberg agency, she is an avid hiker and arbalist inspired by wild spaces and the unknown universe. Find her online at thoraiyadyer.com or at https://mastodon.social/@ThoraiyaDyer.
“Schismogenesis” by E.G. Condé
E.G. Condé (he/him/él) is a queer Boricua writer of speculative fiction. Condé is one of the architects of Taínofuturism, an emerging genre of art and storytelling that centers indigenous Caribbean traditions and imagines decolonized futures. He is the author of the award-winning cli-fi novella SORDIDEZ (2023) and its forthcoming sequels CACIQUES (2026) and MAQUECHES (2026) available with Stelliform Press. You can find his short fiction in Interzone, Reckoning, Sword & Sorcery, Solarpunk Magazine, and other venues.
“Camino Mundo” by Brian Hugenbruch
Brian Hugenbruch is the author of more than sixty speculative fiction stories and poems. He lives in Upstate New York with his wife and their daughter; he spends his days trying to explain quantum cryptography to other nerds. No, he’s not certain how to say his last name either.
“Telling the Bees” by Eóin Dooley
Eóin Dooley (he/him) is a writer from central Ireland, and a member of SFWA and BFS. Having completed a master’s degree in cognitive science and philosophy, he turned to creative fiction, primarily to stave off a PhD. This appears to be working. His previous work can be found in Orion’s Belt, Red Futures, Solar Press, and elsewhere. His debut novella is No Sympathy, a literary urban fantasy published by Android Press. Find him on Bluesky, @eoindooley.bsky.social.
“The Enshittification of Dogs” by Tom R. Pike
Tom R. Pike is a climate policy research analyst, a profession which has taught him to beware of innovation that does not innovate. His other stories can be found on tomrpike.com.
“Amel and the BRIDE” by Julie Duffy
Julie Duffy grew up on the west coast of Scotland during the miner’s strikes of the 1980s and has a lot of respect for the workers who do society’s hardest jobs. Since 2010 she has hosted the annual StoryADay May short story challenge and its year-round writing community at StoryADay.org. You can find more of her writing at julieduffy.com.
“Awkward Incident Transpiring While Exploring the Neighborhood” by Timons Esaias
Timons Esaias is a satirist, writer and poet living in Pittsburgh. His works, ranging from literary to genre, have been published in twenty-two languages. He has been a finalist for the British Science Fiction Award and the Seiun Award, twice won the Asimov’s Readers Award, and won the Winter Anthology Contest and the Intrepid Award. Any responses to critics are handled by the combat cyborg Clesius IX Metallicus.
“A Lesson in Orbital Mechanics” by Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston is the author of the epic fantasy series The Amber Throne (Tor Books) and the humorous middle-grade series Confessions of a Dork Lord (Penguin Putnam). He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.
“In the Overlap” by Eric Del Carlo
Eric Del Carlo’s short fiction has appeared multiple times in Asimov’s and Clarkesworld, as well as many other magazines and anthologies. He makes his eighth appearance in Analog with “In the Overlap,” a story set in a lively textured universe he intends to return to.
“The V-2 in Astounding” by Edward M. Wysocki Jr.
Edward M. Wysocki, Jr. has been a reader of Analog since 1968. His articles have appeared since 2020, but he still wishes to satisfy his objective of having a work of fiction accepted for publication. His latest book, RARE INVENTIONS: Did Science Fiction Inspire Them?, was published in September and is available from Amazon. His website is www.emwysocki.com.
“Imprint” by Zach Poulter
Zach Poulter is a writer, educator, and musician. Having previously published music – and words about music – he now writes all stripes of speculative fiction. He lives in Utah with his patient wife, clever children, and far-too-few saxophones. You can find Zach online at www.zachpoulter.com.
“Children of a Sunnier Star” by Gregory Feeley
Gregory Feeley sold his first story as a teenager and has since then written science fiction and fantasy as well as historical fiction, journalism, and criticism. Two novels and a collection are forthcoming.
“The Two Thousand and Seventieth Time Sara Deletes Her Family” by J.R. Dewitt
J.R. Dewitt is a sci-fi writer whose only claim to fame is that Buzz Aldrin rode in his car. He likes birds. And robots. And the awesome, cinematic experience that is the 1956 film Rodan. He lives in Minnesota with his wife and two kids. His fiction has appeared in Escape Pod, Fusion Fragment, Daily Science Fiction and more.
“Hetero Sapiens” by Sarina Dorie
Sarina Dorie has sold over 200 short stories to markets like Analog, Daily Science Fiction, Fantasy Magazine, and F&SF. She has over one hundred books up on Amazon, including her bestselling series, Womby’s School for Wayward Witches. A few of her favorite things include: gluten-free brownies (not necessarily glutton-free), Star Trek, steampunk, fairies, Severus Snape, and Mr. Darcy. She lives with twenty-three hypoallergenic fur babies, by which she means tribbles. By the time you finish reading this bio, there will be twenty-seven. You can find info about her short stories and novels on her website: www.sarinadorie.com
“Whispers of Twilight” by Ken Miura
Ken Miura holds a PhD in Aerospace and has worked for the Canadian Space Program on the International Space Station and a mission to Mars. Part of his contribution can be seen on the back of the Canadian 5 dollar bill. This is his first published story and he is super excited.
“The Alternate View: LIGO’S GW190521 Mystery: Eccentric Orbit or Wormhole?” by John G. Cramer
Hard SF Novels: John’s new 3rd hard SF novel, Fermi’s Question, and its prequel, his 2nd hard SF novel Einstein’s Bridge, are available as eBooks from Baen Books at: https://www.baen.com/einstein-s-bridge.html. His 1st SF novel, Twistor, is available online at: https://www.amazon.com/Twistor-John-Cramer/dp/048680450X. Non-Fiction Books: John’s book describing his transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics, The Quantum Handshake—Entanglement, Nonlocality, and Transactions (Springer, January 2016) is available online at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/3319246402. John’s new book, Human Aging and Longevity: The Mitochondrial DNA Connection (Springer Copernicus), will be available in early 2026. Alternate View Columns Online: Electronic reprints of 240 or more of “The Alternate View” columns written by John G. Cramer and previously published in Analog are currently available online at: http://www.npl.washington.edu/av.
“An Arm for Every Tooth” by Colin Alexander
Colin Alexander is an attorney and writer living in San Francisco. He’s previously been published in The Molotov Cocktail, Radon Journal, and Punk Noir Magazine writing crime fiction, science fiction, and horror. While he has written for money in the past, he now primarily writes for revenge. He can be found on Bluesky (@colincalexander.bsky.social).
“My Next Duchess” by Anna Kahn
Anna Kahn is a Manchester-based writer. They’ve been a Barbican Young Poet, a member of the Roundhouse Collective (and Roundhouse Slam finalist) and a London Library Emerging Writer. They’ve gigged everywhere from tiny pubs to literary festivals to music festival main stages, and their work has featured in publications like The Rumpus, The Rialto and The London Magazine.
“Nirvana and Mr. Sparks” by Kevin J.E. Walsh
Kevin J. E. Walsh is a climate scientist who does some writing. This is his second published short story and his first in Analog. A regular contributor of fact articles to Analog on the topic of extrasolar planetary environments, his recent book is Planets of the Known Galaxy: Fact and Fiction About the Nearest Stars and Their Worlds. He lives with his wife Giovanna in Melbourne, where the seasons are strange.
“The Cold Embrace” by C. Stuart Hardwick
Stuart Hardwick is a time-displaced astronaut who crash-landed in Texas after winning the 2298 Trans-Mars Bake-Off. Forced to blend in as a “science fiction author,” he secretly encodes field reports from the future into Analog magazine. He’s rumored to have built a particle accelerator out of a garden hose, repelled aliens using duct tape, trained raccoons to edit manuscripts, and won a bunch of fancy writing awards. One of them is the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award, which he now runs. Or does he? Google him and find out.
The Reference Library by Sean C.W. Korsgaard
Sean CW Korsgaard is a U.S. Army veteran, award-winning freelance journalist, author, editor, and publicist who has worked with Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Baen Books, and Writers of the Future, and recently became the editor of Anvil and Battleborn magazines. His first anthology, Worlds Long Lost, was released in December 2022, as was his debut short story, “Black Box.” He lives in Richmond, Virginia with his wife and child, along with, depending on who you ask, either far too many or far too few books.