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Spring Into SciFi 2026 Volume 1

Sylvie Althoff (she/her) is a queer transgender woman who works as a writer, editor, elementary teacher, and jazz banjoist. Her writing has appeared on recommended reading lists by Locus and Reactor, and has been published in venues including Escape Pod, Small Wonders, Tales of the United States Space Force, Saros, Inner Worlds, Lesbians in Space, manywor(l)ds, Baubles from Bones, and the Trevor Project benefit anthology Punch a Nazi. She lives in Lawrence, Kansas with her wife, musician and teacher Jenn Thomas; their dog, Nomi Malone; and their layabout cat, Pocket. She may be found at sylviealthoff.com or on Bluesky @sylvie-althoff.