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  Jake Vyper

  - Founder, CEO & Editor in Chief

  Ever since his mother bought him Golden Gate books when he was five, his passion for reading and exploring the power of imagination never ceased. And when he first played Final Fantasy VIII back in 1999, he knew what he wanted to become: A fantasy & science fiction author. Jake has a BA degree in English and Creative Writing. He's focused on studying fiction writing, psychology, business, and social media. He is currently writing a Cyberpunk epic.

  Contact Jake : jake@epicstream.com

    
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  Brian McCormick

  - Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

   

  Since Brian was six-years-old, he started buying Sonic the Hedgehog comic books and began appreciating fantasy and sci-fi stories, television, and movies. Brian has an MBA degree from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. He graduated at the top of his class, receiving honors as UNCP's Outstanding MBA Student of the Year.

   

  Contact Brian : brian@epicstream.com
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  Tiny Diapana

  - News Writer

   

  Tiny Diapana is a literary dilettante and warrior of the written word. She has a penchant for poetry, with some of her compositions seeing publication in anthologies. Tiny is drawn to magic realism (eg. Salman Rushdie, Etgar Kerret) and books that are stylistic and Kafkaesque. Her free time is often spent on boardgames, books, manga, comics, pop culture series, movies and practicing bass.

   

  Contact Tiny : tinytapioca@gmail.com

   

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  Bayani Acebedo

  - News Writer

   

  Bayani is a pop-culture nerd. When he's not scouring the internet for news on the latest movies and games, he's building Star Wars model kits and playing Overwatch. He's a huge Star Wars geek, and his favorite X-Wing pilot is Jek Porkins. He likes Kevin Smith and Jared Hess movies, and he also does cosplay. What a nerd.

   

  Contact Bayani : yancebedo@gmail.com

   

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  Caitlin Donovan

  - Writer

   

  Caitlin Donovan is a long-time nerd with a passion for superheroes and epic fantasy. She lives in North Carolina with her cat and wrestles with writing novels and doing editorial work when she’s not ranting about pop culture online. She runs a blog at ladyloveandjustice.tumblr.com.

   

  Contact Caitlin : caitlin@epicstream.com

   

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  Jon Arvdeon

  - List & Quiz Writer

   

  Jon was born and raised on the not-so-mean streets of Central Massachusetts. He uses his time consuming, collecting and sharing all aspects of nerd culture.

   

  Contact Jon : jon@epicstream.com
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  Abigail Gruchacz

  - List & Quiz Writer

  Abigail's nerdy interests range from books such as Harry Potter to stage musicals like Hamilton. When she arrived at college she pursued her love of words and stories and graduated in 2015 with a BA in Literature from UNC Asheville. When she’s not at her day job, she can be found typing away at her original fantasy novel, plotting a Dungeons and Dragons campaign or ranting on her Wordpress site, booknerdblogging.wordpress.com.

  Contact Abigail: abigail@epicstream.com

    
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  David Gigg

  - Review Critic & Writer

  By day David is (mostly) a mild mannered Finance Officer for a cluster of popular tourist attractions in his home town of Weymouth in the UK. By night, David pounds his keyboard until he bleeds to bring you his thoughts and geeky opinions on the latest movies and popular TV shows in the wonderful worlds of fantasy and science fiction.

  Contact David: davidgigg@hotmail.com

    
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  Vea Dayrit

  - Social Media Specialist

  Vea is a graphic artist designer that enjoys drawing digitally and traditionally to create character illustrations for games. She spends most of her time at home playing games or watching anime, movies and television shows, or practicing her craft.

  Contact Vea: fantasynscifi@gmail.com

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Contributing Writers

Troy Briere
Richard Dorricott
Jack Holder
Moe Long
Andrew Pollard

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