The Fiction Sessions

TQ Sims (he/him, they/them) is a longtime New Orleans resident, where they live with their partner and an ever-growing clowder of cats. Their writing has appeared in Playboy and Beyond Queer Words. Sims is the author of The Lovers Universe series—described by HuffPost as “both smart and sexy”—which includes the novels Godspeed, Lovers and Lovers in Arms. They’re currently working on Book 3 in the series, with more stories on the horizon. Find them on Instagram: @t.q.sims.

Ellen is an award-winning author who has lived all over, but not outside of, the American South. Her stories have twice been nominated for Pushcart Prizes; one received an Honorable Mention. Ellen was the Peter Taylor Fellow at The Kenyon Review’s Summer Writing Program and currently serves as Writer-in Residence at 100 Men Hall, an iconic Mississippi blues site. “Baby Under the Staircase” is an excerpt from her first traditionally-published novel, When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women, which will be released by Literary Wanderlust in 2026.

Jacob Edenfield is a writer and creative director living in New Orleans. His current project is a near-future novel about how blossoming love and musical mockery can destroy lives, and even whole societies, in the post-economic-collapse company towns of Florida.

Mischief-maker, Linett Adell resides in New Orleans by way of Columbus, Ohio, and Tampa, Florida. A storyteller at heart, whether through her filmmaking, wordsmithing, or handcrafted jewelry, Linett creates because everyday is something extraordinary. Catch her making magic (and maybe a little mayhem) on IG, Threads, and Facebook: @LinettAdell.

Genevieve writes LGTBQ+ romance, comedy, literature, and personal essays. She received her MFA in Fiction from the University of New Orleans, teaches fiction writing workshops, and is an Academic Advisor at Loyola University. You can find her telling stories onstage at her local chapter of The Moth or Greetings, From Queer Mountain. She delights in having conversations with her three adult children and going for absurdly long walks. She lives with her wife in her hometown of New Orleans with their two cats and a dog. As you read this, she is most likely out of coffee and litter. For more information and stories you can find her on Substack or at https://www.genevieverheams.com/

By day, Danny Cherry, Jr. is a Customer Service Representative and caffeine-addled office-drone, but by night, he writes political and personal essays, op-eds, novels, and short stories. He’s written for Buzzfeed News, The Daily Beast, Truly*Adventurous, Transformation Magazine, X- ray Lit Mag, Fiyah Lit Mag, Ploughshares, Antigravity Magazine, Apex Magazine, as well as a few dozen blog posts on Medium.com. He also has a story forthcoming in Hexagon Magazine.  Find him on Twitter @Deecherrywriter.

M. Kelleher is a speculative fiction writer and theater artist currently living in New Orleans, LA. She has over fifteen years of experience helping to tell stories as a Stage Manager and Lighting Designer in New York (where she’s from) and New Orleans (where she lives with her wife.) Her work has been published in Cosmic Horror Monthly and the upcoming "Dread Mondays". She is a board member and Director of Events for the non-profit writing collective Third Lantern Lit. Look for her upcoming short story collection "Super Shorts: Toxic Ruminations" with Stanchion Books in 2026!