Poetry

Abdulmueed Balogun

Abdulmueed Balogun began writing poetry as a teenager and has contributed a number of poems to literary journals, including Avalon Literary Review, Jmww Journal, The Remnant Archive, Subnivean Magazine, Ligeia Magazine and more. Balogun is the recipient of the 2021 SpringNg writing fellowship; won Honorable Mention in the 2021 Whispering Crescent Poetry Prize; was longlisted for the 2021 Ebarcee-Prize and shortlisted for the Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BBPC) February/March 2021.

S.A. Bender

S.A. Bender is currently studying both anthropology and nursing at the University of South Alabama; this is her first publication.

Callie S. Blackstone

Callie S. Blackstone writes both poetry and prose. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Plainsongs, Lily Poetry Review, Rust+Moth, Prime Number Magazine, West Trestle Magazine, and others. Callie is a lifelong New Englander. She is lucky enough to wake up to the smell of saltwater and the call of seagulls every day. You can find her online home at calliesblackstone.com.

Aaron Sandberg

Aaron Sandberg has appeared or is forthcoming in West Trade Review, Sporklet, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Abridged, Unbroken, The Racket, Writers Resist, Neologism, Yes Poetry, perhappened mag, Right Hand Pointing, Monday Night, and elsewhere. He lives and teaches in Illinois. You might find him—though socially-distant—on Instagram @aarondsandberg.

John Grey

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Penumbra, Poetry Salzburg Review and Hollins Critic. Latest books, “Leaves On Pages” and “Memory Outside The Head” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Lana Turner and International Poetry Review.

Shereen Rana

Shereen Rana is a high school student, having made permanent residence in all forms of art, while trying to shape some herself. Her writing seeks to delve into feelings like loneliness, anxiety, the loss that comes with people while also trying to evoke comfort like that of a home. She spends a lot of her time reading, writing, watching shows, drawing and devouring art in general. Her work (along with other chatter) can mainly be found at @lunaremo on tumblr.

Kathryn Pratt Russell

Kathryn Pratt Russell has published poems in Gargoyle, Black Warrior Review, Chelsea, Red Mountain Review, and elsewhere, and her chapbook was published by Dancing Girl Press in July 2021. Her reviews and essays have been published in journals including Disappointed Housewife, American Book Review, and Studies in Romanticism. She teaches literature and writing at Clayton State University outside of Atlanta.

Aaron Sandberg

Aaron Sandberg haunts all of his ghosts right back. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in No Contact, I-70 Review, Alien Magazine, The Shore, Space and Time, West Trade Review, Asimov’s, The Offing, Sporklet, Right Hand Pointing, Monday Night, and elsewhere. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, you can see him—and his poetry posts—on Instagram @aarondsandberg.

Gabriel Morgan

Gabriel Morgan is a writer and visual artist living in Brooklyn, NY. Titled "Rodeo Wasteland," Gabriel's first collection of poetry was published by Paradigm Publishing in June.

Prose

Marc Allen

Marc Allen grew up in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and now lives in Washington, D.C. He's a graduate of Michigan State University and the University of Michigan Law School. His stories have previously appeared in Midwestern Gothic and the Great Lakes Review. You can find him on twitter @marcalle

Timothy Day

Timothy Day lives with his plants in Portland, Oregon. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Portland State University and his fiction has appeared in Booth, The Adroit Journal, Barren Magazine, and elsewhere. You can find him online here: https://timothysomeday.wixsite.com/website