Header art by Ezekiel Strange!

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 the Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming comic for IDW, named one of the Best Comics of 2025 by both Comics Beat and Comic Book Resources. We also wrote for season two of Monster High (for which our Monster Fest Halloween special won an inaugural Velma Award for LGBTQIA+ representation in children’s media), and consulted on season two of Star Trek Prodigy. Our YA queer trans romcom OGN Just Another Summer releases August 4, 2026 from Maverick, and our middle grade girls’ adventure comedy Princesses of the DC Universe releases March 2, 2027 from DC Comics.

Our short film, Long Away, is now playing in film festivals around the world, and won the Best LGBTQ Short in the San Diego Movie Awards, and the Silver Award in both the Sci-Fi and LGBTQ categories in the Hollywood Independent Filmmaker Awards. 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, and you can find Tilly’s weekly essays on trans life at TillysTransTuesdays.com.

You can get signed copies of all our books and comics direct from Tilly’s Ko-fi shop!

Sign up for our twice-monthly newsletter, The Birdguest Broadcast, to keep up with everything we’re up to! 

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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

Manager: Noah Jones at FWRD MGMT
Literary agent: D. Ellis Wilson at Looking Glass Literary and Media

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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!

Susan & Tilly Bridges

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 WonnderCon 2026! Watch the panel below!
NEXT SCREENINGS:
SDCC Comic-Con International Independent Film Fest in San Diego, CA – July 22-26
OutSouth Film Fest in Durham, NC – August 13-16
Reeling Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival in Chicago, IL – September 17-27

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

PRINCESSES OF THE DC UNIVERSE, middle grade graphic novel from DC Comics — releases March 2, 2027! Preorders open now!

JUST ANOTHER SUMMER, YA queer trans romcom original graphic novel from Maverick/Mad Cave studios — releases August 4, 2026! Preorders open now!

SYSTEMIC anthology, volume 2 – “BATTLES LOST AND WON”
(on Kickstarter, publication summer 2026)
Creator-owned, art and colors by Andrea Rosales, letters by Ariana Maher

STAR TREK CELEBRATIONS 2026 Pride month special, for which we contributed an essay on the history of LGBTQIA+ representation in Star Trek.

WITCHING SEASON anthology – “WHATEVER YOU WANT”
(on Kickstarter, publication spring 2026)
Creator-owned, art and colors by Rye Hickman, letters by Jodie Troutman

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:

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