Yana (they/she/it) is a non-binary writer and musician based in Washington, DC. It lives with its partner in a little apartment with too many plants and not enough dragons. Other passions lie in tabletop RPGs, photography, horticulture, and reading.
Brought up on xenofiction and other fictive works in the realm of transformation, they’re interested in exploring what it means to be a person. She’s still working on finding her authorial voice, and so much of her work tends to be on the experimental side. Each piece improves upon the last. They can be found at @yana.quest on bluesky or via their website at wellspring.neocities.org.
“A Professor, A Pet, A Promise” in The Morning After, an anthology edited by J.F.R. Coates published on April 24, 2026: https://www.tfpublishing.com.au/store/the-morning-after-print – Erotica, Fantasy – A workaholic professor, turned into a gryphon through magical mishap, is given a lesson as to her own limitations.
“Lighter Burdens” in Transform Fiction Zine: https://wellspring.neocities.org/works/transform_fiction_0_0426.pdf – Urban Fantasy, Romance – After magic returned following the Bloom, he never expected that he’d end up living right next to one of the epicenters. He soon learns that living in such close proximity has draconic consequences.
“Stable Decay” in Claudine Literary Magazine: https://www.claudineliterary.com/yanacaoranach – Weird Fiction – A wander home turns a monster introspective.
Furry Writers’ Guild 