Nurse Feratu has been the assistant of Dr. Bob Tesla for many years and is in charge of Resources for Humans or as she prefers to call it Human Resources. You will likely see her identical duplicant walking around with her badge and her 7-year-old daughter.
Beth Ford is an author living in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. She writes time travel romance and historical fiction. Her time travel novels include Love Between Times and its sequel, Love Across Time. Her work has also appeared in a variety of literary journals.
I am a low-budget filmmaker living in Central VA, leaning heavily into thrillers and sci-fi and fantasy, but love most other genres as well. I’m currently producing a second movie while my first is going through the film festival circuit.
J.S. (Jen Selby) Furlong is a frequent writer’s conference/book festival guest and speaker as well as a professional actor. She’s the founder of both the growing, girl-powered indie house Masterful Person Company Publishing (Abante Press, Sprouts Books, Long River Press, WiseLife Books, Spyglass Press) and The Wandering Wordsmith Book Shop. She’s a graduate of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, RADA at Oxford University, and The University of Mary Washington (BLS). She’s a member of SCBWI, Authors Against Book Bans, Actor’s Equity Association, and SAG-AFTRA and the host of the Author-to Author podcast.
Current titles include the YA suspense series The Unimaginables (Hidden City (BookFest Gold Medal, Indie Excellence Award Nominee), Tattooed Angel (Young Adult Virginia Award librarian nominee 2025) and Magick Squared); the middle-grade series Meredith’s World (Meredith at the Met and Meredith for Congress); the picture book Mrs. Cheesely Loves Cheese; the LARP guide Antagonists (Mind’s Eye Theatre/Vampire: The Masquerade); and live circus-theater writing (Hats, The Mysterious Staircase, and Circus of Night—co-authored with Neil Gaiman).
Jen lives in Virginia with six goats, five chickens, four teenagers, three cats, two dogs, and her husband. Fun fact: Jen once played a small, but pivotal role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Mark Geary is a game master with over 45 years of experience in running campaigns. He’s been coordinating RPG events throughout the Mid-Atlantic region since 1989, and was the host of Friday Night Live—a podcast dealing with fandom and gaming—from 2018-2023. Mark has been running Defenders International, one of the longest running super hero campaigns (40 years) around.
Geek Radio Daily is a place for geeks and stealth geeks alike to hang out and talk about a variety of geeky topics. Check out the sometimes weekly podcast…sWeekly, if you will. The GRD sWeekly ‘cast is usually available on Mondays, and if you are new to the show, just jump right in!
GRD‘s Billy Flynn and Flynnstress also provide your daily dose of geek every weekday with news from the geeky world and more! Mondays highlight the weekend box office results, Tuesdays cover newly released DVDs, Wednesday is new comic book day, Thursdays showcases video games, and Fridays describe movies coming to the theater for the upcoming weekend.
Rebecca Gibson is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University, and recipient of the university’s Excellence in Pedagogical Innovation Award. Her published works include Desire in the Age of Robots and AI: An Investigation in Science Fiction and Fact (Palgrave Macmillan 2019); The Corseted Skeleton: A Bioarchaeology of Binding (Palgrave Macmillan 2020); and The Bad Corset: A Feminist Reimagining. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from American University, and when not writing or teaching can be found reading mystery novels amidst a pile of stuffed animals.
A.M. Giddings is a writer, scientist, cellist, independent filmmaker, and aspiring swamp hag from North Carolina. She has a PhD in Microbiology and has authored multiple scientific articles in virology, cell line design, and gene therapy. She enjoys writing stories that live within the murky boundaries between genres. She is the author of the futuristic dark fantasy series Dance of Ages, which begins with Shadow into Light and has short stories in various anthologies. She recently wrote and directed her first short horror film with Sick Chick Flicks. She is also the co-director of the Sick Chick Flicks Film Festival.
Nicole Glover is the author of the acclaimed historical fantasy series, Murder and Magic, the latest which includes The Starseekers. She’s won the 2024 Webster Award and is a Locus bestseller. When she’s not writing, she’s working as a UX researcher where her knowledge about murder and other mysteries is surprisingly useful.
Cos-Slayers is a Virginia-based cosplay group. They organize and participate in state-wide cosplay events such as conventions, competitions, and photoshoots. Their goal is to foster a welcoming community for anyone who wants to bring their favorite characters to life.
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