Editing

Fractured Reveries: A Storied Imaginarium Salon (Editor)

A dance with Death. The perils of colonization. A memorable gustatory experience of cosmic proportions. Whether it’s paying the price for resistance, shouldering the responsibility of ancestral power, or seeking the comfort of a secret friend, the characters in these twenty-five stories and poems take readers on an adventure that crosses traditional boundaries and challenges expectations of the many forms a fairy tale can take. Deliciously dark and sumptuous, Fractured Reveries is like a walk in an enchanted forest. Which path will you take?

Published by Storied Imaginarium Books. (July 2025).

Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Anthology (Co-Editor)

All new stories written by beloved authors—including Terri Windling, Martha Wells, Nisi Shawl, Theodora Goss, and C.S.E. Cooney—whose own work has been influenced by Tanith Lee. Afterword by Ann VanderMeer. Foreword by Tanith’s widower, John Kaiine.

Published by Essential Dreams Press, edited by Julie C. Day with Carina Bissett and Craig Laurance Gidney. (July 2025).

We Are All Thieves of Somebody’s Future (Copy Editor)

What happens [just before] at [just after] the moment when individuals, or a society, loses the last of a critical resource, be that food, trees, oil, dragons, breathable air, or the intangibles – love, happiness, or time? The twelve authors of We Are All Thieves of Somebody’s Future explore those possibilities.

Stories by Matthew Bettelheim, Sonya Carlin, Eric A. Clayton, Rodrigo Culagovski, Angelique Fawns, Storm Humbert, Timothy Johnson, Julia LaFond, Roxane Llanque, Fiona Mossman, M.P. Rosalia, and Rose Skye.

Published by Air and Nothingness Press, edited by Todd Sanders, copy editor: Carina Bissett. (May 2024).

The Librarian Card Catalogue (Copy Editor)

A continuing collection of speculative fiction stories about one Librarian’s adventures roving through the multiverse.
The Librarian Card Catalogue contains 23 double-sized, double-sided, full color playing cards, a metal library card, a saddle stitched notebook and pencil, and 12 postage stamps in a rigid box with interior printing.

Stories by Brent Baldwin, Carina Bissett, Brandon Crilly, E J Delaney, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, Gabriel Ertsgaard, Mary Goodden, Paula Hammond, Rebecca Hardy, J.D. Harlock, Jennifer Howell, Marshall J. Moore, Mike Morgan, Waverly X. Night, Cameron E Quinn, Maria Schrater, Elizabeth Snow, NA Sulway, Ana Sun, and LB Waltz.

Published by Air and Nothingness Press, edited by Todd Sanders, copy editor: Carina Bissett. (October 2023).

Civili Bellum by Brandon Ketchum (Copy Editor)

In an alternate timeline – Gaius Julius Caesar’s famed Legio Decima Equestris, known as Legio X, included a special squad of warriors led by Centurion Verum Venatoris.

Caesar now marches on Rome and Verum Venatoris is caught between honor and his duty as old foes and new alliances manipulate fate.

This short story collection contains eight interconnected tales of adventure and horror.

Brandon Ketchum is a speculative fiction writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who enjoys putting a weird spin or strange vibe into every story, dark or light. Brandon’s work has won Writers of the Future contest honorable mentions, he leads the Pittsburgh Writers Meetup Group, and coordinated the 2019 PARSEC Short Story Contest. His story “Narrow Margins” appeared in the 2020 Air and Nothingness Press anthology Polis and his short story collection, Legio Damnati, was published in 2021.

Published by Air and Nothingness Press, edited by Todd Sanders, copy editor: Carina Bissett. (September 2023).

The Dérive (Copy Editor)

The term psychogeography refers to the act of exploring a city (usually an urban undertaking) in a nontraditional way. It is a choice to explore in ways that blend randomness and spontaneity, and in doing so, transform familiar streets into something unexpected.

The dérive is an unplanned journey through a landscape, usually urban, in which participants drop their everyday relations and “let themselves be drawn by the attractions of the terrain and the encounters they find there.”

This book features the stories:
The Botanist of Sky City Celeste by Lyndsey Croal
Dates Around a Driftcity Where We Used to Roam by Marie Croke
The Planktonic Tendencies of Homo zooxanthellae in Cyprid Retrograde by Cameron E Quinn
The City Walks Through Me by Ana Sun

Published by Air and Nothingness Press, edited by Todd Sanders, copy editor: Carina Bissett. (June 2023).

Bleeding Rainbows and Other Broken Spectrums (Copy Editor)

From flesh gods and cyberlust to cosmic orgasms, Pushcart and Rhysling Award nominee Maxwell I. Gold takes readers on a surreal expedition across a vast, prismatic spectrum of homoeroticism. These 70 original poems transcend the tantalizing—and sometimes frightening—realities of queer sex that will leave readers thirsting for more.

Written by Maxwell I. Gold, published by Hex Publishers, introduction by Angela Yuriko Smith, copy editor: Carina Bissett (June 2023)

Gargantua (Copy Editor)

Gargantua by Robert Bagnall, Gabrielle Bleu, Brandon Case, Benjamin Chandler, Rimi B. Chatterjee, Monique Ford, Andrew Hansen, Henry Herz, Liam Hogan, Melody E. McIntyre, Claire McNerney, Marisca Pichette, Jasper Polane, Camden Rose, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Jessica Sarlin, C.R. Serajeddini, M. Shedric Simpson, A.D. Sui, R.L. Summerling, Michael Teasdale, Rebecca E. Treasure, Sagan Yee, and Lucy Zhang.

Published by Air and Nothingness Press, edited by Todd Sanders, copy editor: Carina Bissett. (May 2023)

The Librarian Reshelved (Copy Editor)

The Librarian Reshelved by Sarah Allison, E.D.E. Bell, R. C. Capasso, Emily Driscoll, Sean Eads, Kat Farrow, Marlena Frank, Isobel Granby, S. M. Hallow, Julia LaFond, Ian Martínez Cassmeyer, Brian Maul, Tarver Nova, Ria Rees, Reyzl Grace, Emerson Seipel, and A’liya Spinner

Published by Air and Nothingness Press, edited by Todd Sanders, copy editor: Carina Bissett. (February 2023)

Dreams for a Broken World (Assistant Editor)

WITNESSES OF THE PAST & PRESENT. VISIONS OF THE FUTURE.

Patron saints. Luchadores. Trickster gods. A mother’s ashes, blooming. Protests in silence and sacrifice. Infections of fire. The flowering of love. Gated communities and glass castles. Alien abduction. A world at war. Hong Kong. Iran. NYC. The 1860s and the end of the world. And through it all, a thread of hope.

Dreams for a Broken World brings together twenty-four authors whose work traverses an array of styles, genres, and subject matter. And yet obvious themes connect them all. What does it mean to live in a fractured and uncertain world? How do we face the ugliness we impose upon each other? How do we find a better way forward? We invite you to open your mind and heart to wide-ranging tales of broken worlds and healing moments.

Published by Reckoning Press, edited by Julie C. Day and Ellen Meeropol, assistant editors: Carina Bissett and Celia Jeffries. (November 2022).

The Librarian (Copy Editor)

The Librarian by Azlïn Auckburally, E J Delaney, Jane Doring, Laura Doud & Katrice Marroquin, Indigo Emerson, J.D. Harlock, CL Hart, A.P. Hawkins, Henry Herz, Storm Humbert, Larry Ivkovich, Waverly X. Night, Carter Lappin, Kenzie Lappin, Anya Markov, Kate Middelburg, Sean Monaghan, Leo Otherland, D. G. P. Rector, Zachary Rosenberg, Ana Sun, Elizabeth Snow, Michael Teasdale, and Nathan Waddell.

Published by Air and Nothingness Press, edited by Todd Sanders, copy editor: Carina Bissett (December 2022).

Orpheus + Eurydice Unbound (Copy Editor)

Orpheus + Eurydice Unbound by Mark S. Bailen, Liam Burke, Avi Burton, Meg Candelaria, C.S.E. Cooney, David Costa, Lyndsey Croal, Jane Doring, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, Shannon Fox, Lynn Gazis, J.F. Gleeson, Anja Hendrikse Liu, Liam Hogan, Elizabeth Hosang, Emily Jane, Elena Savva Kotsile, Christina Ladd, Alexandria LeForce, Steven Lord, Avra Margariti. Stewart Moore, Mike Morgan, Emilee Prado, Rachel Sudbeck, Sherri Cook Woosley, and Brendon Zatirka.

Published by Air and Nothingness Press, edited by Todd Sanders, copy editor: Carina Bissett (July 2022).

Orpheus + Eurydice reWoven (Copy Editor)

Orpheus + Eurydice reWoven by Mei Davis, Rhonda Eikamp, Philippa Evans, Sharmon Gazaway, and Marshall J. Moore

Published by Air and Nothingness Press, edited by Todd Sanders, copy editor: Carina Bissett (July 2022).

Spirit Machine: Tales of Séance Fiction (Copy Editor)

Spirit Machine by Elou Carroll, Brandon Crilly, Lin Darrow, Madeline Dau, Derek Des Anges, Jennifer R. Donohue, Louis Evans, Mary Goodden, Jessica Guernsey, Paula Hammond, Elliot Harper, Henry Herz, Liam Hogan, Sarah Jackson, Jamie Lackey, Carter Lappin, Steven Lombardi, Brian Low, Will McMahon, Marshall J. Moore, Michael J. Mullen II, Waverly X. Night, Leah Ning, Jude Reid, Alfred Smith, Elizabeth Snow, M. Elzabeth Ticknor, and John Walters.

Published by Air and Nothingness Press, edited by Todd Sanders, copy editor: Carina Bissett (April 1, 2022).

Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas (Co-editor)

There is an old saying that wisdom sits in places. Open an atlas across the Americas, and you will soon discover this knowledge hidden in fragments of shared memory marked on maps. The ancient peoples knew which areas to avoid, which spirits to appease. Later, invasive superstitions from far-flung countries seeded into the landscape. In order to survive, newcomers learned the cautionary tales and secret lore linked to the terrain. But not all paid heed to superstitions. These are their stories, each tale a new entry in the field guide to dark landscapes.

Published by Hex Publishers, edited by Carina Bissett, Hillary Dodge, and Joshua Viola (November 30, 2021).

*Special edition hardcover (Exclusive Case Laminate art + Dust Jacket) only available through Barnes & Noble.

Upon a Thrice Time (Copy Editor)

Upon a Thrice Time is the third collection, after Upon a Once Time and Upon a Twice Time, and assembles a final kaleidoscopic list of authors who continue to bring new focus to fairy tales by combining two well-known stories with a literary genre of their choice. Authors include Andrew Bud Adams, Devan Barlow, Marie Croke, Sofia Ezdina, Sarah Fannon, Olivia Frias, Isobel Granby, Kyle L. Grubb, Matthew J. Hockey, Emily Jarzembski, Jon Lasser, Chloe Lauter, Anne Leonard, Dexter McLeod, Danna Petersen-Deeprose, Cameron E Quinn, Natasha Rogers, R.C. Sydney, M. Elizabeth Ticknor, Jolie Toomajan, J. Edward Tremlett, Kristiana Willsey, and Risa Wolf.

Published by Air and Nothingness Press, edited by Todd Sanders, copy editor: Carina Bissett (November 2021).

Upon a Twice Time (Copy Editor)

Upon a Twice Time is the sequel collection to Upon a Once Time and gathers another diverse array of authors who continue to bring new focus to fairy tales by combining two well-known stories with a literary genre of their choice. Authors include asch, Carina Bissett, Lark Cerulean, Sarah Lyn Eaton, Gabriel Ertsgaard, Kayla J. Espinoza, Rebecca Hardy, Alex Hernandez, Henry Herz, Bettina Juszak, Evergreen Lee, Lex T. Lindsay, Jenni Meade, L. P. Melling, Sam Muller, Hari Navarro, Leo Otherland, Taylor Rae, Milton Rookwood, Alexandra Seidel, and Nathan Waddell.

Published by Air and Nothingness Press, edited by Todd Sanders, copy editor: Carina Bissett (June 2021).

Weird Dream Society: An Anthology of the Possible & Unsubstantiated in Support of RAICES (Co-editor)

Playful, whimsical, or dark, but always thoughtful and tinged with the inexplicably weird, the Weird Dream Society brings together twenty-three stories from the most innovative creators in speculative fiction. Nathan Ballingrud, Carina Bissett, Gregory Norman Bossert, Karen Bovenmyer, Christopher Brown, Emily Cataneo, Julie C. Day, Michael J Deluca, Gemma Files, A.T. Greenblatt, Nin Harris, Chip Houser, James Patrick Kelly, Marianne Kirby, Kathrin Köhler, Matthew Kressel, Jordan Kurella, Premee Mohamed, Sarah Read, Sofia Samatar, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Steve Toase, and A.C. Wise All proceeds from the Weird Dream Society anthology will go to RAICES. Some dreams can change the world.

Published by Reckoning Press, edited by Julie C. Day, co-editors: Carina Bissett and Chip Houser (May 2020).

NonBinary Review #14: The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Guest Editor)

They’re the stuff of bedtime stories, children’s movies, and some of our most beloved memories, but like all fairy tales, the stories of Hans Christian Andersen are much darker than we might remember them. In this issue, 53 artists and authors have mined this rich seam of narrative with compelling stories, fascinating poetry, and rich illustrations from all over the world. Includes work by Laura Page, Brian Quinn, Irene Punti, Jack Granath, Jane Yolen, Tamara Sellman, Matt McGee, B. E. Scully, Laura Carroll, Marietta McGregor, Erin Robinson, AJ Bauers, Catherine B. Krause, Sonja Johanson, Claire Bartlett, Christina Collins, Tanis MacDonald, Christine Butterworth-McDermott, Zin’ko Galia, Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, Kate Kastelein, Shari Caplan, Amy Bennett-Zendzian, Lisa Pierce Flores, Stephanie Barbe Hammer, Rachel Cohen, Barbara Diehl, Megan Crosbie, Anne Yvonne Gilbert, Jenn Cavanaugh, Jennifer Lynn Krohn, Nathan Tompkins, Marie C Lecrivain, Jourdan Woo, Laura Zak, Dean Hutchins, Sean Robinson, Sarah Kiddle, Kelsey Dean, Jeff Fleischer, Milo Gallagher, Roberta Feins, Deborah Davitt, Heather Talty, Julia Older, Sarah Allison, Tina Carlson, J.R. Dawson, Toti O’Brien, Samantha Stiers, and David Hoenig.

Published by Zoetic Press, edited by Lise Quintana, guest editor: Carina Bissett (August 2017).