Alexander Jones has an English/Creative Writing BA. After graduating he went to trade school for metal fabrication. He’s placed short stories or poetry in Akashic Books, Bastion Magazine, Crack the Spine, DASH, Eunoia Review and other publications. Several of his short stories have received honorable mentions in Writer’s Digest’s annual contests, and one of his essays won GoRail’s 2012 contest; he got to meet his congressman in Washington DC and sit for a second in his comfy office chair inside the Capitol as his prize. He’s slowly earning a Master’s Degree in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He works as a welder for a metropolitan transportation agency near New York, and lives with his wife and son in New Jersey.

Kim Rossi is a poet and speech language pathologist living in Decatur, Georgia. Her poems have been published in isotrope. When she is not working and playing with language, she can be found wandering streets and forest trails.

K. E. Pleshinger is an emerging science-fiction, horror, and fantasy writer. She was previously published in Issue 22 of "Grim & Gilded" and studied Creative Writing and Digital Media Production at Ashland University before receiving her MFA in Television Writing and Producing from Chapman University. K. E. is currently based in Los Angeles where she works in entertainment, daydreams about stories, and lives with her cat, Book.

Brittany Richter is a poet and writer from Mississippi, where she learned early how silence can speak louder than words.

Katharine Chung is a graduate of SUNY Purchase College. An Assistant Director in an urban public library by day, she enjoys stand-up paddle boarding with her dog, night photography, an eclectic taste in music, and movies in her free time. Her poetry has previously been published in Italics Mine, The Word’s Faire and Wildroof Journal. Find her on Instagram @vegancinephile.

Anthony Collins wrote his first poetry book in kindergarten. It was a project assigned by his then teacher, Ms. Kohler. This started Anthony’s lifelong relationship with poetry. As an infant, Anthony suffered from a condition that impaired his hearing. This went undetected until his late grandmother performed a hearing test, involving banging pots and pans. Though simple, that test changed Anthony’s life. Surgery corrected Anthony’s hearing, though he’d struggle with speech for some time. Poetry became his language of self expression. As the years passed, Anthony put the good, bad, and the mundane of life growing up during nineties-era Miami, Florida.

Andrew Sarewitz has published a number of short stories (website: www.andrewsarewitz.com) as well as having penned scripts for various media. Mr. Sarewitz is a recipient of the City Artists Corp Grant for Writing. His play, Madame Andrèe (based on the life of WWII resistance fighter, Nancy Wake, the “White Mouse”), garnered First Prize from Stage to Screen New Playwrights in San Jose, CA; produced with a multicultural cast and crew. Member: Dramatists Guild of America.

Michelo Isola is senior gentleman residing in Fayetteville, Georgia with his husband of 20 years and three lively canines. Michelo hold a degree in Environmental Engineering from Lake Superior State University and relishes attendance in creative writing classes at nearby Clayton State University (free for seniors in Georgia). Michelo won first prize in fiction at Clayton State in 2023 for his story "Flight from Egypt", published in "Cygnet", the literary journal of Clayton State.

Harvey Huddleston's short fiction has appeared in The Word's Faire, RavensPerch and Mystery Tribune, among many others.

Ryan Rahman is a writer based in Orlando, Florida. His previous works (all poems) have appeared in Beyond Words Literary Magazine, The Stardust Review, Half and One, BarBar Literary Magazine, and Humans of The World. When he’s not writing, Ryan enjoys reading, listening to music, watching movies, and traveling.

Alex Passey is the author of the novel's Mirror's Edge and Shadow of the Desert Sun. His short fiction, poetry and journalism have been featured in many publications, most recently in the graphic novel Twilight of Echelon, the Apocalypse anthology from Dragon Soul Press, and the Winnipeg Free Press.

Erich von Neff is a San Francisco longshoreman. He received his master’s degree in philosophy from San Francisco State University. He is well known in both French avant-garde and mainstream literary circles. In France, he has won awards such as Prix 26, given readings at the Cafe Montmartre, and published over 1295 poems and 289 short stories. In 2023, Editions Unicite published his book, 6 Affaires rèsolues par Frieda et Gitta: notre duo de charme de la police parisienne.

Alan Hill has been writing like his life depends on it; because it does. He cannot imagine there is a better way of trying to make sense of the world that follows him around with its bad breath and big hairy fists. His latest book 'In the Blood' was published by Caitlin Press in 2022.

Julia Frederick is currently an undergraduate student at the Pennsylvania State University studying English. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, growing her record collection, and writing poetry and creative nonfiction. Her work appears in Ink Nest Literary Magazine and Folio (a chapbook edition of Penn State's Undergraduate Literary Magazine). She has two pieces forthcoming in BarBar.

Quinn Marley Garcia is a writer and part-time cowboy. She was the first youth playwright to have a piece virtually performed at the Little Fish Theater in LA, and has been published in multiple literary magazines.

Chloe Kultgen graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato with a BFA in Creative Writing. When she’s not reminiscing on the past or speculating about the future, she enjoys spending time by Lake Michigan looking for hidden treasures that wash ashore.

Jovi Aviles is a teen writer whose work has appeared in The Malu Zine, PWN Teen, and Pen&Quill. Her favorite authors are Madelaine Lucas and Sylvia Plath. She is often found at her favorite cafe writing.