Writers of animation, comics, screenplays, teleplays, and audio drama - Hello! Meet the only married trans woman/cis woman writing team we know of (do you know of others? Tell us! We want to know them!), which gives us an entirely unique perspective. We write fun, hope-fueled sci-fi, with blue sky imaginations and a sprinkle (or three) of comedy! Our stories explore personal identity and how society shapes us. We delve into the reasons we are who we are, who we can become, how we can get there, and what we owe to each other along the way. 
Comics? We dig 'em! We're alumni of the Top Cow Talent Hunt, and have been published in the Not Forgotten, MANthology, Alterna IF Crime, and Alterna IF Horror, Color of Always, and Hairology anthologies. Our lady-led cyberpunk action comic KILLSWITCH is out now from Action Lab (part of the Danger Zone line).

We were head writers for the 2021 HUGO AWARDS, and are presently writing for the new MONSTER HIGH animated series, are head writers of the 2023 NEBULA AWARDS, and the STAR TREK ADVENTURES and FALLOUT role-playing games.

Tilly's non-fiction book, BEGIN TRANSMISSION - THE TRANS ALLEGORIES OF THE MATRIX was released on June 27, 2023! It's available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook everywhere books are sold! Audiobook recording is in progress! YOU CAN GET SIGNED PAPERBACKS, HARDCOVERS, AND BOOKPLATES direct from Tilly's Ko-fi shop!

And there's also some stuff we can't tell you about yet...

Repped by Noah Jones | FWRD MGMT

 

Why "birdguest"? - One merry day a FedEx driver delivered a package to us. Right on the box, right there on the label, it said "Bridges", which is in fact our last name. Despite this and all logic to the contrary, the delivery man said he had a package for "Birdguest". Why this happened is anyone's guess, perhaps he'd had slightly too much laudanum that day. Whatever the reason, our own personal meme was born. What better URL could we have, we ask you? 

SCREEN

MONSTER HIGH
"Two-riffic" premiered on March 21, 2024

THE 2023 NEBULA AWARDS - head writers

THE 2021 HUGO AWARDS - head writers
See recommendation from DisCon III chair Mary Robinette Kowal 

DEATH GODDESS OUTLAWS (hourlong fantasy/western dramedy pilot) - 
See Twitter recs from Kristi Dick, Kayla Westergard-Dobson, Carlos Cisco

ROBO WAITRESS ASSASSINS (hourlong sci-fi dramedy pilot) - 
See Twitter recs from Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Kristi Dick, Kayla Westergard-Dobson, Mark Casadei, Anna Casadei, Patrick Regan, Nate Ruegger, Logan Shaw

THE MAJESTIC 12 (hourlong sci-fi dramedy pilot) - 
on the #WGASolidarityChallenge Staffing Grid
See Twitter recs from Geoffrey Thorne (and a second), Glenn Farrington,
Kayla Westergard-Dobson, Patrick Regan, Ellen Tremiti

SPACE PIRATES (sci-fi comedy feature)
See Twitter recs from David Gross, Jace Serrano, Nate Ruegger 

HOLLYWOOD & CRIME (half-hour single cam dramedy pilot)
See Twitter recs from Robert Flowers, Jair Kornegay, Jace Serrano, Kara Mia

BARRY/GOOD PLACE (mash-up spec)
Selected for THE 2022 STUNT LIST
On #SpecsForTheGrid 
See Twitter recs from Myles Warden, David H. Steinberg

ACTIVE RADIOACTIVE RADIO (sci-fi comedy webseries) -
writers, directors, producers - watch episode 1, episode 2, episode 3
Winner of 2018 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Video Story!
Read more about why we declined to accept the award.

LITTLE DEVIL (all-ages animated series based on the comic) - 
writers, co-creators, producers - watch the test animatic


COMICS

Title/release date TBA YA queer romcom graphic novel from Mad Cave studios

HAIROLOGY anthology - "THE OTHER SIDE"
(on Kickstarter, publication spring 2023)
Creator-owned, art and colors by Eelis Nilukka, letters by Taylor Esposito

THE COLOR OF ALWAYS anthology - "LONG AWAY"
(on Kickstarter, publication summer 2022)
Creator-owned, art, colors, and letters by Richard Fairgray

KILLSWITCH
(official press release announcing the series)
Creator-owned, art by Walter Geovani, colors by Brittany Peer, letters by Simon Bowland and Ed Dukeshire, covers by Natasha Alterici, Diana Van Damme, and SOZOMAIKA
Purchase the Killswitch trade paperback in print
Purchase Killswitch on Comixology
Issue 1 review from Fanbase Press, Issue 2 review from Fanbase Press
Issue 3 review from Fanbase Press, Issue 4 review from Fanbase Press 
Trade paperback review from Fanbase Press

IF ANTHOLOGY HORROR (Jan 2019, "True Horror", published by Alterna)
Art by Jerry Gaylord
Purchase the IF Anthology Horror

IF ANTHOLOGY CRIME (Nov 2017, "Morrow", published by Alterna)
Art by Phillip Sevy
Purchase the IF Anthology Crime

NOT FORGOTTEN ANTHOLOGY (Fall 2017, "Cannibal Planets", published via Kickstarter)
Art by Leonie O'Moore
View the Not Forgotten Kickstarter

MANTHOLOGY (Spring 2017, "Sleeping Jerkface", published by WoNBaTs Comic Creators League)
Art by Leonie O'Moore

THE BLUEPRINT #2 (Fall 2016, "Little Devil", published by ID Studios)
Art by Penelope Gaylord
View The Blueprint #2 Kickstarter

WITCHBLADE 183 (Summer 2015, "Some Day One Day" backup, published by Top Cow)
Art by Luigi Crisk
Purchase Witchblade #183 on Comixology


GAMES

STAR TREK ADVENTURES:
BRIEFS 002 - Disasters
Get a copy of this supplement for the official tabletop roleplaying game FREE!  
DISCOVERY (2256-2258) Campaign Guide
Source book for adding the first two seasons of Star Trek: Discovery to your games!
Lower Decks season 1 crew pack
All your favorite Lower Decks character adapted to Star Trek Adventures!
The Federation-Klingon War Tactical Campaign
Source book for setting game campaigns during the Federation/Klingon war!



AUDIO DRAMA

DREAMNASIUM - adapting the sci-fi short stories of Geoffrey Thorne
Co-writers, producers
July 2019 - September 2019 (8 episodes)
Listen to Dreamnasium

THE KINGERY  (sci-fi crime drama)
Co-creators, co-writers, producers
March 2007 - Present (130+ episodes)
Listen to The Kingery

ACTIVE RADIOACTIVE RADIO (sci-fi comedy)
Creators, writers, directors, producers
March 2016 - October 2019 (13 episodes)
Listen to Active Radioactive Radio

HENDERSON & HAVNER (short-format comedy)
Creators, writers, directors, producers
November 2013 - October 2017 (25 episodes)
Listen to Henderson & Havner

ARCHER & ARMSTRONG (official Valiant Comics adaptation)
Co-writers, producers
March 2016 - June 2016 (4 episodes)
Purchase Archer & Armstrong: The Audio Drama on Amazon

PHANTOM CANYON (horror western)
Co-creators (with Geoffrey Thorne), co-writers, producers
February 2015 (two-hour feature)
Purchase Phantom Canyon on Amazon

MAGE & MACHINE (fantasy/sci-fi mashup)
Producers
October 2019 - present (8+ episodes)
Listen to Mage & Machine

THE PENDANT SHAKESPEARE (anthology of Shakespeare's works)
Producers
November 2007 - present (92+ episodes)
Listen to The Pendant Shakespeare

SEMINAR (anthology show with open submissions)
Producers, submissions editor, wrapper script editors, contributing writers
February 2007 - present (88+ episodes)
Featured shorts: "Screen Door" (episode 34, J), "San Diego" (episode 46, S), Prince Charming (episode 51, S), "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Work" (episode 52, J), "Not So Different (episode 58, J), "Mysterious Creatures" (episode 65, J), "The Places You Won't Go" (episode 67, S), "True Horror" (episode 71, J).
Listen to Seminar

TABULA RASA (sci-fi drama)
Producers, script editors
November 2012 - February 2015 (20 episodes)
Listen to Tabula Rasa

GENESIS AVALON (sci-fi fantasy)
Producers, script editors
September 2009 - January 2014 (50 episodes)
Listen to Genesis Avalon

THE LINE (modern fantasy)
Producers, script editors
April 2010 - July 2012 (26 episodes)
Listen to The Line

THE DIXIE STENBERG AND BRASSY BATTALION ADVENTURE THEATER (sci-fi action comedy)
Creators, writers, producers
July 2006 - November 2010, 50 episodes
Listen to Dixie Stenberg


NON-SCRIPTED PODCASTS

TILLY'S TRANS TUESDAYS
Hosts
January 2023 - Present
Listen to Tilly's Trans Tuesdays

THIS WEEK IN PENDANT (Pendant Productions news show)
Hosts
June 2012 - Present (113+ episodes)
Listen to This Week in Pendant

ARCHER & ARMSTRONG: THE PRODUCTION JOURNALS (A&A preview show)
Hosts
January 2016 - April 2016 (10 episodes)
Listen to the Archer & Armstrong Production Journals

PHANTOM CANYON: THE PRODUCTION JOURNALS (PC preview show)
Hosts
October 2013 - January 2014 (12 episodes)
Listen to the Phantom Canyon Production Journals