about jess

Jess Levine is an author, TTRPG designer, kindergarten teacher, and communist organizer. Her diverse creative interests are united by one theme: lesbians. She resides in Pittsburgh, on the occupied land of the Shawandasse Tula, Osage, and Monongahela peoples. Her fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, while her non-fiction has been featured in the magazines Blood Knife and Seize the Press. She publishes TTRPGs as Jumpgate Games, including the CRIT Awards 2023 Best GMless Game of the Year going rogue 2e, a game of war, rebellion, and sacrifice that was featured on A More Civilized Age. I Have the High Ground—her tabletop roleplaying game of banter, posturing, and capes—and her satirical scifi skirmish storytelling game PLANET FIST have been covered in Dicebreaker, Cannibal Halfling Gaming, Gizmodo’s The Gaming Shelf, and more. You can find her on Bluesky as @jessfrom.online and all her work on her website.

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