Merc Fenn Wolfmoor (born June 14, 1986) is a prolific American author of speculative fiction short stories, active in the field since 2007. Their works have been published in a number of magazines and anthologies, including various collections of the year's best stories, and have been finalists for the Otherwise, Locus, and Nebula Awards along with winning the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing in 2025. Some of their early work was published as by Abby Rustad, Abby "Merc" Rustad, or Merc Rustad. They changed their name to Merc Fenn Wolfmoor in 2019.
Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor (born June 14, 1986) is a prolific American author of speculative fiction short stories, active in the field since 2007. Their works have been published in a number of magazines and anthologies, including various collections of the year's best stories, and have been finalists for the Otherwise, Locus, and Nebula Awards along with winning the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing in 2025. Some of their early work was published as by Abby Rustad, Abby "Merc" Rustad, or Merc Rustad. They changed their name to Merc Fenn Wolfmoor in 2019.
Books by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
N. K. Jemisin, Charlie Jane Anders, Carmen Maria Machado, Peter Watts, Samuel R. Delany, Maureen F. McHugh, Rachael K. Jones, Kate Alice Marshall, Cadwell Turnbull, John Joseph Adams, Tobias S. Buckell, Maria Dahvana Headley, Caroline M. Yoachim, Kathleen Kayembe, Charles Payseur, Lettie Prell, Jaymee Goh, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, Gwendolyn Clare, Micah Dean Hicks, E. Lily Yu: The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 (2018)
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018
by N. K. Jemisin, Charlie Jane Anders, Carmen Maria Machado, and 18 others