Mystic South 2026

Julia Benson-Slaughter is a retired computer science community college professor turned literary and crafting alchemist, splitting her time between creating chainmaille and metal jewelry and writing speculative apocalyptic romantasy (i.e. smut for science fiction lovers, or is it science fiction for smut lovers?). Her favorite activities include consuming vast quantities of coffee, mixing craft materials, subverting tropes, and pushing past genre boundaries.