THE EXHIBITION
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THE EXHIBITION •
‘Comeuppance’
Pamela Cottam is a fiction writer with an MFA in Creative Writing from Cleveland State’s NEOMFA program. She has written a mystery novel, children’s stories and adult short fiction. Her writing has been published in Across the Margin, Better than Starbucks2, Active Muse, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Creepypasta (Audio) Constellate Literary Journal, the Pennsylvania Literary Journal and The Write Launch. She was a nominee for the Best of the Net, a runner up in the Gordon Square Review Fiction 2022 contest and Gival Literary Contest, 2023.
‘MINGLING AMONG THE THRONGS’
Andrew Sarewitz has published more than 75 short stories (website: www.andrewsarewitz.com. Substack access is @asarewitz) as well as having penned scripts for various media. Mr. Sarewitz is a recipient of the City Artists Corp Grant for Writing. His play, Alias 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.
‘Palilalia’
Eric St. Pierre, a multifaceted New Orleans-based artist, weaves elements of story, color, and sound to create work that examines the play between the tangible and the transcendent. Eric’s writing and visual art have found homes in publications such as Grim and Gilded, The Raffish, The Emerald Coast Review, Running Wild Press, and the columns of The Independent News Weekly.
‘ The Last Crystal Bell’
Richard McMullin graduated from The University of Massachusetts, where he studied creative writing. Originally, he is from Boston, where he worked as a social worker for five years. He moved to New York to work for McGraw-Hill. After three years living in New York, He moved to Chicago to work as a publishing rep. He now lives in Rutland, Massachusetts in Central Massachusetts, and is on LinkedIn and Facebook. My stories have appeared in Half and One and J New Books’ Literatus.
“The Gravedigger’s Wife”
Eolas Pellor is a former journalist and editor, with 25 years experience teaching English literature to unwilling (mostly) adolescents. He has too many degrees, and has had short stories published in Grim & Gilded [Issue 18; February 2024], The Word’s Faire [May 2024], and adapted for Creepy Podcast [July 10, 2024]. He is autistic and the father of two grown sons.
‘Me, & My Octopus Teacher, & Carl Jung’
Amelia Estelle Dellos (she/her) is a lifelong Chicagoan, an award-winning writer, and a filmmaker. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago and teaches writing and rhetoric at Roosevelt University. Recently, she became the managing editor of Unwoven Literary Magazine. Her work has appeared in Spilledwords, Street Lit, Big Shoulders Press, Allium: A Journal of Poetry & Prose, PBS, Amazon Prime, and Highly Sensitive Refuge.
‘Ode to Dell Inspiron 3000’, ‘Ode to Code’, & ‘Ode to Swimming’
Taylor Jones is based in Houston, Texas. She is currently working to create art and computer programming interfaces, along with game design. She enjoys writing fiction, listening to music and swimming.
“It Really Wasn’t That Bad”
Melissa Ford Lucken is a professor of creative writing and composition at Lansing Community College. She hosts the podcast, Washington Square OnAir and serves as editor of the college’s literary journal, Washington Square Review.
‘The Poet’
Atara Karan has settled into the cozy, evergreen mountains of France where she teaches English to local communities. When she is not preparing her fantasy book series, she dives into reading about the healing powers of plants and Earth ancient mysteries.
‘PHOTOSYNTHESIS’
David "Dapeki" King is a Black fiction writer who loves spending hours upon hours spinning thriller stories into a web of creative chaos. He lets his mind bleed onto the page which opens an interesting and eerie door that just compels readers to continue down a path full of unimaginable experiences. Works like “Killer Beauty” (in Untold Phantoms) and “Blood & Water” (TheYard Crime Blog) have proven Dapeki’s aptitude for insanity integrated into his tasteful, horrifying shorts.