Linda M. Crate (she/her) is a Pennsylvanian writer whose poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print.

She has fifteen published chapbooks: A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013), Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014), If Tomorrow Never Comes (Scars Publications, August 2016), My Wings Were Made to Fly (Flutter Press, September 2017), splintered with terror (Scars Publications, January 2018), More Than Bone Music (Clare Songbirds Publishing House, March 2019), the samurai (Yellow Arrowing Publishing, October 2020), Follow the Black Raven (Alien Buddha Publishing, July 2021), Unleashing the Archers (Guerilla Genesis Press, August 2021), Hecate's Child (Alien Buddha Publishing, November 2021) fat & pretty (Dancing Girl Press, June 2022), Searching Stained Glass Windows For An Answer (Alien Buddha Publishing, December 2022), faerie witch queen (Fae Corps Publishing, April 2025), letters to an old friend (Cyberwit Publishing, May 2025), and not your piñata (Alien Buddha Publishing, June 2025).

Linda has four full length poetry collections, a hybrid photography and poetry collection, and a photography collection book.

Linda is also the author of the novellas Mates (Alien Buddha Publishing, March 2022), Managing Magic (Alien Buddha Press, September 2022), and The Queen's Son (Alien Buddha Publishing, December 2023).

Her first short story collection King Quinlin (Alien Buddha Publishing, March 2024) was published last spring. Her debut haiku collection in these ancient veins was published last spring (Alien Buddha Publishing, May 2024).

To learn more, connect with her on Facebook.