Retrograde Orbit Authors

NEWS: WHOA! We have a book out!! Meg and Mark, podcasting partners in crime, have co-written a novel that's been picked up by Creative James Media! Look out for our light horror/found family/queer romance book, The Way We Used to Walk, at all sorts of book buying places!

Meg Englehardt

Megan Engelhardt is a lapsed librarian who lives in a crooked little house in Ohio. She enjoys watching science fiction (good and bad) and shows about Bigfoot. Her work has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Kaleidotrope, The Drabblecast, and others.

Meg's published works include two excellent short story collections: Phantom Menagerie and Peculiar Situations; a fairy tale anthology called Wolves and Witches she edited along with her sister for World Weaver Press, and numerous appearances in other anthologies, magazines, and collections. Her first full length novel, The Way We Used to Walk (written with writing partner Mark Beall), was published through Creative James Media in March, 2025.

Mark Beall

Mark Beall is a hobbyist leather worker slowly aging into a hedge wizard. He lives in Pennsylvania with his spouse, child, and three cats, collectively referred to as the Purrberus. (The cats, not the humans. The humans are collectively referred to as the Bealls.)

Mark's first ​published work, The Way We Used to Walk (written with writing partner Meg Englehardt), was due to be published through Creative James Media in March, 2025.

New Book Announcement!

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