Casey Aimer

Casey Aimer (he/him) is a speculative poet and editor living in DC with his wife.

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A penchant for academia and learning about words, he holds three degrees:

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• Master of Professional Studies — Publishing

• Master of Fine Arts — Poetry

• Bachelor of Arts — Prose

He works in editorial for AAAS publishing high-impact science research articles on neuromorphic computing, socioeconomics, and materials chemistry.

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A current SFWA and SFPA member, he is active on both sides of the publishing industry as both a writer and editor, working to promote speculative poetry. He is an inaugural member of the SFWA Poetry Committee and helped create the Nebula Award for Poetry.

In 2022, he founded Radon Journal, an award-winning semi-pro publisher that focuses on science fiction, transhumanism, anarchism, and cyberpunk dystopia.

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Casey is an elder emo and punk rocker who began his poetry career inside dive bars reciting to anyone who'd listen. In a previous life, he was a touring spoken word poet, National Poetry Slam finalist, and university Teacher of Record. 

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Most nights, you can find him planning direct action against fascists or at a local punk show, moshing as a form of therapy and community building—or hooking his brain up to computers and hoping the singularity would hurry up and arrive.

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He recently finished his first full-length science fiction poetry book and is represented by the agent Tasneem Motala. His poetry style focuses on emotional free verse coupled with narrative sci-fi conceits. Personal, hard-hitting, and full of universal wonder, Casey brings the joy of speculative poetry into the public consciousness.