Lindz McLeod is a queer, working-class, Scottish writer and editor who dabbles in the surreal. Her prose has been published by Catapult, Flash Fiction Online, Pseudopod, The Razor, and many more. Her novelette LOVE, HAPPINESS, AND ALL THE THINGS YOU MAY NOT BE DESTINED FOR was featured in the second issue of Assemble Artifacts. Her work includes the short story collection Turducken (Bear Creek Press, 2022) and her debut novel Beast (Brigids Gate Press, 2023). She is a full member of the SFWA, a Rogue Mentor to six talented mentees, and is represented by Laura Zats at Headwater Literary Management. In 2023 Lindz will begin a PhD in Creative Writing with Manchester Metropolitan University. She can be found on Twitter @lindzmcleod or her website www.lindzmcleod.co.uk.