Born of Malice

Xan van Rooyen is an autistic, nonbinary author from South Africa, currently living in Finland. Xan has a Master's degree in music, and-- when not teaching-- enjoys conjuring strange worlds. You can find Xan's stories in Three-Lobed Burning Eye, Daily Science Fiction, and Galaxy's Edge, among other publications. They have also written several longer works, including Waypoint Seven (Mirari Press) and a cyberpunk retelling of Dorian Gray, Exquisite Decay (Tiny Ghost Press). Xan is part of the Sauú tiverse, an African writer's collective, with stories in the award-nominated anthology Mothersound (Android Press) and Sauú ti Terrors (Flame Tree Press).