Today we are featuring our anthology contributor Ren Hutchings, whose marvelous science fiction short story, “Grey,” appears in the anthology Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers, available now. We are also publishing Ren’s novella, The Legend Liminal, in late September 2025.

Ren Hutchings is a speculative fiction writer, writing mentor, and lifelong SFF fan currently living in London, UK. Ren is the author of time travel space opera Under Fortunate Stars (Solaris, 2022) as well as the upcoming An Unbreakable World (Solaris, 2025), and The Legend Liminal (Stars and Sabers, 2025). Ren loves weird mysteries, pop science, elaborate book playlists, and pondering about alternate universes. Most of what Ren writes involves space, time, and/or uncanny liminal places.

Read more about Ren on her website, and follow Ren on social media at Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter/X.

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