Tilly Bridges & Susan Bridges
We’re writers of tv, film, animation, screenplays, comics, books, podcasts, and games – 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.
We wrote for season two of the Monster High animated series (for which we won an inaugural Velma Award for LGBTQIA+ representation in children’s media), and consulted on season two of Star Trek Prodigy. We wrote the Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming comic miniseries for IDW (named one of the best comics of 2025 by CBR and Comics Beat), Just Another Summer, a YA queer trans romcom graphic novel for Maverick, and another as yet unannounced graphic novel still under NDA. You can find Tilly’s weekly essays on trans life at TillysTransTuesdays.com.
Tilly’s non-fiction book, Begin Transmisson: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix was released in 2023 and is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook everywhere books are sold!
You can get signed copies of all our books and comics direct from our Ko-fi shop!
Tilly and Susan’s manager is Noah Jones at FWRD MGMT
Tilly and Susan’s literary agent is D. Ellis Wilson at Looking Glass Literary and Media
Sign up for our twice-monthly newsletter, The Birdguest Broadcast, to keep up with everything we’re up to!
Why “birdguest”? – One merry day a FedEx driver delivered a package. 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.
CONTACT US
EMAIL
tillysbridges@gmail.com
susanlbridges@gmail.com
SOCIALS
Tilly’s BlueSky, Tilly’s IMDb, Tilly’s Instagram, Tilly’s Mastodon
Susan’s BlueSky, Susan’s IMDb, Susan’s Instagram
Birdguest header art by Ezekiel Strange!
CREDITS
SCREEN
Episode of upcoming new animated series, presently under NDA.
ROBO WAITRESS ASSASSINS, our original cyberpunk action dramedy pilot, has a full cast live read/performance as part of the Joy Who Lived festival! See the announcement in Broadway World!
Performed live in Los Angeles on 4/5/46! You can watch the entire performance on YouTube now!
The Animation Guild featured us in their Member Mondays for Keyframe magazine, check it out!
LONG AWAY, a trans sci-fi short film (written and directed by us!)
Crowdfunded on Seed&Spark!
Presently playing film festivals worldwide!
Winner of BEST LGBTQ SHORT at the San Diego Movie Awards!
Winner of the Silver Award in both the SCI-FI and LGBTQ SHORTS categories at the Hollywood Independent FIlmmaker Awards!
We had an exclusive screening and panel/Q&A at WonderCon 2026, and you can watch the entire panel!
MONSTER HIGH
“Two-riffic” premiered on March 21, 2024
“Oh Rats” premiered on October 8, 2024
“Monster Fest,” a four-part Halloween special, premiered on October 21, 2024
(Monster Fest won an inaugural Velma Award for LGBTQIA+ representation in children’s media! See the story in The Hollywood Reporter!)
STAR TREK PRODIGY
Sensitivity consultants on s2
THE 2023 NEBULA AWARDS CEREMONY – head writers
THE 2021 HUGO AWARDS CEREMONY – head writers
COMICS
Title/release date TBA graphic novel in production (presently under NDA)
JUST ANOTHER SUMMER, YA queer trans romcom original graphic novel from Maverick/Mad Cave studios — releases August 4, 2026! Preorders open now!
STAR TREK CELEBRATIONS 2026 Pride month special, for which we contributed an essay on the history of LGBTQIA+ representation in Star Trek.
STAR TREK VOYAGER: HOMECOMING, five-issue limited series from IDW.
A Comics Beat selection of the best comics of 2025!
A CBR selection of the best comics of 2025!
The collected trade paperback from IDQ releases August 18, 2026! Preorders open now!
LA STRONG, a charity comic for victims of the 2025 Los Angeles fires
(we are among the many contributors)
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”
(Published summer 2022, on Kickstarter)
Creator-owned, art, colors, and letters by Richard Fairgray
(adapted to the short film of the same name, as listed under screen credits above)
IF HORROR ANTHOLOGY – “TRUE HORROR”
(Published Jan 2019, by Alterna)
Art by Jerry Gaylord
IF CRIME ANTHOLOGY CRIME – “MORROW”
(Published Nov 2017, by Alterna)
Art by Phillip Sevy
NOT FORGOTTEN ANTHOLOGY – “CANNIBAL PLANETS”
(Published Fall 2017, via Kickstarter)
Art by Leonie O’Moore
MANTHOLOGY – “SLEEPING JERKFACE”
(Published spring 2017, by WoNBaTs Comic Creators League)
Art by Leonie O’Moore
THE BLUEPRINT #2 – “LITTLE DEVIL”
(Published fall 2016, via Kickstarter)
Art by Penelope Gaylord
WITCHBLADE 183 – “SOME DAY ONE DAY” backup
(published summer 2015, by Top Cow)
Art by Luigi Crisk
PROSE
CURIOUSER volume 2 anthology – “FINCHES”
(Published January 2026, via Kickstarter)
GAMES
STAR TREK ADVENTURES:
23rd Century Campaign Guide
Source book for adding The Original Series and Strange New Worlds to your games!
Second Edition Core Rulebook
Revised and updated game rules!
The Federation-Klingon War Tactical Campaign
Source book for setting game campaigns during the Federation/Klingon war!
Lower Decks season 1 crew pack
All your favorite Lower Decks character adapted to Star Trek Adventures!
DISCOVERY Campaign Guide
Source book for adding the first two seasons of Star Trek: Discovery to your games!
BRIEFS 002 – Disasters
Get a copy of this supplement for the official tabletop roleplaying game FREE!
FALLOUT:
Astoundingly Awesome Tales 1-4 & Bonus
Get a copy here!
AUDIO DRAMA
THE KINGERY (sci-fi crime dramedy)
Co-creators, co-writers, producers
March 2007 – Present (156 episodes)
Listen to The Kingery
GENESIS AVALON (sci-fi fantasy)
Producers, script editors
2009 – 2025 (74 episodes)
Listen to Genesis Avalon
DREAMNASIUM – adapting the sci-fi short stories of Geoffrey Thorne
Co-writers, producers
July 2019 – September 2019 (8 episodes)
Listen to Dreamnasium
ACTIVE RADIOACTIVE RADIO (sci-fi comedy)
Creators, writers, directors, producers
March 2016 – October 2019 (13 episodes + 3 episode webseries)
Listen to Active Radioactive Radio
HENDERSON & HAVNER (short-format comedy)
Creators, writers, directors, producers
November 2013 – October 2017 (25 episodes)
Listen to Henderson & Havner
PHANTOM CANYON (horror western)
Co-creators (with Geoffrey Thorne), co-writers, producers
February 2015 (two-hour feature)
MAGE & MACHINE (fantasy/sci-fi mashup)
Producers
2019 – 2022 (20 episodes)
Listen to Mage & Machine
THE PENDANT SHAKESPEARE (anthology of Shakespeare’s works)
Producers
2007 – 2025 (131 episodes)
Listen to The Pendant Shakespeare
SEMINAR (anthology show)
Producers, submissions editor, wrapper script editors, contributing writers
2007 – 2023 (112 episodes)
Featured shorts: “Screen Door” (episode 34), “San Diego” (episode 46), Prince Charming (episode 51), “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Work” (episode 52), “Not So Different (episode 58), “Mysterious Creatures” (episode 65), “The Places You Won’t Go” (episode 67), “True Horror” (episode 71).
Listen to Seminar
TABULA RASA (sci-fi drama)
Producers, script editors
2012 – 2015 (20 episodes)
Listen to Tabula Rasa
THE LINE (modern fantasy)
Producers, script editors
2010 – 2012 (26 episodes)
Listen to The Line
THE DIXIE STENBERG AND BRASSY BATTALION ADVENTURE THEATER (sci-fi action comedy)
Creators, writers, producers
2006 – 2010 (50 episodes)
Listen to Dixie Stenberg
NON-SCRIPTED PODCASTS
TILLY’S TRANS TUESDAYS
Hosts, producers, writer (T)
January 2023 – Present (150+ episodes)
Listen to Tilly’s Trans Tuesdays
THE WRITERS BLOCK
Producers
2020 – present (130 episodes)
Listen to This Week in Pendant
PHANTOM CANYON: THE PRODUCTION JOURNALS
Hosts, producers
2013 – 2014 (12 episodes)
Listen to the Phantom Canyon Production Journals
THIS WEEK IN PENDANT
Hosts, producers
2012 – 2025 (175 episodes)
Listen to This Week in Pendant