John Joseph Adams

John Joseph Adams is the editor of the Hugo Award-winning Lightspeed Magazine and more than fifty anthologies, including the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy series, Wastelands, The Living Dead, and the New York Times bestselling Out There Screaming (with Jordan Peele). For five years, he ran an eponymous novel imprint for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Lately, he’s been working as an editor and game designer on TTRPG projects for Kobold Press, Paizo, and Monte Cook Games. Learn more at johnjosephadams.com. John Joseph Adams is the editor of the Hugo Award-winning Lightspeed Magazine and more than fifty anthologies, including the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy series, Wastelands , A People’s Future of the United States , and the New York Times bestselling Out There Screaming (with Jordan Peele). John is a winner of the Hugo, Stoker, Locus, and British Fantasy awards, and is a ten-time World Fantasy Award finalist. In addition to his short fiction work, he’s the co-creator of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast, and for five years he ran an eponymous novel imprint for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Lately, he’s also been working as an editor and game designer on TTRPG projects for Kobold Press, Paizo, and Monte Cook Games. Learn more at johnjosephadams.com. John Joseph Adams is the editor of more than fifty anthologies, including the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy series, Wastelands , A People’s Future of the United States , and the New York Times bestselling Out There Screaming (with Jordan Peele). John is a winner of the Hugo, Stoker, Locus, and British Fantasy awards, and is a ten-time World Fantasy Award finalist. He has been called “the reigning king of the anthology world” by Barnes & Noble, and his books have been lauded as some of the best anthologies of all time. In addition to his short fiction work, he’s the co-creator of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast, and for five years he ran an eponymous novel imprint for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He also served as a judge for the 2015 National Book Award. Lately, he’s been working as an editor and game designer on TTRPG projects for Kobold Press, Paizo, and Monte Cook Games. Learn more at johnjosephadams.com. Keep up with John Joseph Adams' anthologies, Lightspeed, and Nightmare —as well as SF/F news and reviews, discussion of RPGs, and other fun stuff. Join the Lightspeed Discord server to chat and share opinions with fellow Lightspeed readers. Join to chat about SF/F short stories, books, movies, tv, games, and more!