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Reading roundtable: A catalog of storms
by Fran Wilde
We are thrilled to have the opportunity to chat with award-winning author Fran Wilde in the upcoming Orange Salon later this week, and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to introduce readers to Fran’s incredible body of w...
May Orange Salon
We’re thrilled to invite you to attend the May 2026 Orange Salon, with special guest Fran Wilde. The salon will take place online (via Zoom), and will include an informal discussion with our special guest, a reading, a Q&A session, and an i...
The Coral Witch
Issue nine: flash fiction by Andrew Maust
The struggle to garner recognition in the art world is real. And, as many parents know, the trials associated with raising children can impinge on time and energy required for creative effort. This...
Oyster Farmer’s Daughter
‘The walrus and the carpenter’ is a narrative poem included in Lewis Carroll’s Through the looking glass, and what Alice found there (1871). This classic poem, known for its commentary on greed and hypocrisy, is recited to Alice by Tweedled...
The scrump
Issue nine: fiction by Gemma Church
I cannot tell you how thrilled we are to share this delicious, wicked, and enchanting short story by Gemma Church. The tale considers the humble apple and how it frees one woman, instead of poisoning her...
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This is the shared email account for The Orange & Bee, edited by Carina Bissett and Nike Sulway
Georgina Kamsika is a speculative fiction writer born in Yorkshire, England, to British Asian immigrant parents and has spent most of her life explaining her English first name, Polish surname and South Asian features.
Writer, reader, teacher, eternal student. Lost child. Hopeless romantic.
Carina Bissett is an award-winning editor, writer, and poet working primarily in the fields of dark fiction and fabulism.
Poet and Bay area transplant. MLIS with archive focus from SJSU. BA in English OSU. Recently published in Red Ogre Review and Nonbinary Review.
Poet | Storyteller | Scriptwriter | I write fiction, poetry, and personal fragments for people who feel too much and say too little. | B.S. in Elementary and Special Education | [email protected]
Poet, Essayist, Translator, Beekeeper
Crafting fantastical, genre-fluid stories for whoever will listen
Gemma Church is a sci-fi and fantasy writer. With two physics degrees, she also works as a science writer, mainly telling people about quantum computing. She also has a diploma in creative writing from Cambridge University and a Countdown teapot.
Writer, reader, housing advocate Hammock napper with 30+ years of experience
Writer, Palliative Care Doctor, Cat Dad, Human Dad
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