Contributor

Riku Ylönen

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Riku Ylönen is an amateur photographer from Central Finland. He has a Master’s Degree in Philosophy, specialized to language philosophy and semiotics, from Jyväskylä University. Ylönen studied creative writing in Open University of Jyväskylä, and his poems have been published in anthologies. He was also a finalist in the national poetry slam competition, as well as annual competition of Kauhava city “Puukko ja runo” (puukko knife and poetry). Among photographing, drawing and writing, Ylönen is interested in bouldering and collecting bladed weapons.

aamupitsi, Harbour, Heartseed, The Gates Within, Meditation, unitalvi, and Campus at Night, Volume 5, Issue 2

Katie Wolf

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Katie Wolf has found a home in Nashville, TN, after living in eight states and twelve cities over the course of her life. She lives with her husband and two cats and is working on her first novel. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @katieowolf. 

Grapefruit, Volume 5, Issue 2

J.B. Stone

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

J.B. Stone is a writer from Brooklyn, now residing in Buffalo. He is the author of two digital chapbooks, A Place Between Expired Dreams And Renewed Nightmares (Ghost City Press 2018) and forthcoming, Fireflies & Hand Grenades (Stasia Press 2019). His work has appeared in and/or is forthcoming in BlazeVOX, Occulum, Crack the Spine, Maudlin House, Glass, and elsewhere. His work will also appear in the following anthologies such as Your Body Is Not a Temple: A Tribute to Anthony Bourdain and Mansion: An Anthology.

Ode to Waterfalls by TLC, Ode to It’s the End of the World As We Know It by R.E.M., Ode to Heart of Glass by Blondie, and Soliloquy for my 16 Year-Old Self, Volume 5, Issue 2

David K. Slay

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

After retiring from full-time work, David K. Slay completed two years of short story writing workshops, primarily in the University of California, Los Angeles, Writers’ Program. His stories have appeared in Gold Man Review, ImageOutWrite, Wards Literary Magazine (Editor’s Choice Award for Fiction), and elsewhere. He currently is a fiction reader for CRAFT Literary Journal.

Hide and Seek, Volume 5, Issue 2

J. Conrad Smith

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

J. Conrad Smith studied poetry at Kansas State University, and he currently works as a Lead Editor for a govtech company that creates and designs websites. His work has appeared in Touchstone. Smith grew up on a farm on the Great Plains of North Central Kansas, and he now writes and resides in the Flint Hills.

Hummingbird in the Petunias and Dormant, Volume 5, Issue 2

David Rogers

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

David Rogers’ poems, stories, and articles have appeared in various print and electronic publications, including The Comstock Review, Atlanta Review, Sky and Telescope, and Astronomy magazine. He is the author of two novels, D.B. Cooper is Dead: A Solomon Starr Adventure and Thor’s Hammer, and a fantasy novella, Return of the Exile, each available from Amazon. More of his work can be read at https://davidrogersbooks.wordpress.com/.

Holes, Volume 5, Issue 2

Taylor Risinger

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Taylor Risinger studied creative writing and literary studies at Marshall University. He is planning to proceed on with his education with a MFA in poetry. Currently, he is working on poetry that advocates for transgender equality (being a transman himself) and spending a lot of time with his dog, Stark. 

You’re always praying, How to Throw a Birthday Party, Four Deaths Ago, Wolf’s Bane, and Emptying the Blue Jar, Volume 5, Issue 2

Robert P. Parker

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Robert P. Parker, PhD, taught at the University of Chicago, Rutgers University, and the University of LaFeltra (used to be the University of La Verne). Before the strokes, Parker published five books on English Education. After the strokes, Parker published three more diverse books. The second one is Poems & Stories 2016 (Amazon). The fourth book is under contract. Half poems, half prose interspersed. This is the first time that Parker focuses on poems exclusively. Parker came to poems late in the day.

Flowing, Going, and Whirling, Volume 5, Issue 2

Ben Nardolilli

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Ben Nardolilli currently lives in New York City. His work has appeared in Perigee Magazine, Red Fez, Danse Macabre, The 22 Magazine, Quail Bell Magazine, Elimae, fwriction, Inwood Indiana, Pear Noir, The Minetta Review, and Yes Poetry. He blogs at mirrorsponge.blogspot.com and is looking to publish a novel. 

One Story Too Many, Drunk in LA, Plans this Evening?, and Art Projects, Volume 5, Issue 2