In a past century Heikki Huotari attended a one-room school and spent summers on a forest-fire lookout tower, is now a retired math professor, and has published three chapbooks, one of which won the Gambling The Aisle prize, and one collection, Fractal Idyll (A..P Press). Another collection is in press.
Rational Exuberance, Spatiotemporal, and The Causal Chain, Volume 5, Issue 1
Nancy Byrne Iannucci teaches history and lives poetry in Troy, NY. Her poetry can be found in numerous publications including Allegro Poetry Magazine, Gargoyle, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Typehouse Literary Magazine, Riggwelter Press, Three Drops from a Cauldron, and Picaroon Poetry to name a few. Her debut book of poetry, Temptation of Wood, was recently published by Nixes Mate Review.
Reflection, The Performer, and Chickie-Run, Volume 5, Issue 1
Jayant Kashyap, a Pushcart Prize nominee, has had his poetry in Barren and StepAway magazines, among others; one of his poems was featured in the Healing Words awards ceremony (Sept 2017), and another won the third-place in Young Poets Network’s Bletchley Park challenge (Dec 2018). His collaborative poems with Lisa Stice now appear in zines, and he is now a food blogger for Shahi Dastarkhan’s Foodie’s Desk. His debut chapbook, Survival, is to come from NY-based Clare Songbirds Publishing House. He is also the co-founder and editor of Bold + Italic.
Silence, Pompeii, Death Sonnet, The Temple, Veil, and A Little Elegy for Death, Volume 5, Issue 1
Wade McCullough is a student at Bowling Green State University and studies popular culture and creative writing.
Recovery, Volume 5, Issue 1
Don McLellan has worked as a journalist in Canada, South Korea, and Hong Kong. He has published two story collections, In the Quiet After Slaughter (Libros Libertad), shortlisted for a 2009 ReLit Award, and Brunch with the Jackals (Thistledown Press, 2015). More at donmclellan.com.
Brides, Volume 5, Issue 1
Daniel Edward Moore lives in Washington on Whidbey Island. His poems have been found at Spoon River Poetry Review, Rattle, Columbia Journal and others. His poems will soon be found at Hawaii Review, Blue Fifth Review, Plainsongs, The Museum Of Americana, West Trade Review, Frontier Poetry Journal, Flexible Persona Literary Journal, AJI Magazine, and Duende Literary Journal. His book Confessions of a Pentecostal Buddhist, can be found on Amazon. His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Visit Daniel at danieledwardmoore.com.
Narcoleptic Stallion, Glory Unremarkable, and Government Shutdown, Volume 5, Issue 1
Donají Olmedo was born in Mexico City, where she still lives today. English translations of her fiction have appeared in various venues, including The Bitter Oleander, Gargoyle Magazine, The McNeese Review, and xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths. She blogs at Casa de Ateh and edits the chapbook of the same name, where she publishes the work of young Mexican writers.
A Pigeon, Volume 5, Issue 1 (Translated by Toshiya Kamei)
Mari Posa is a proud Philadelphian by way of Madrid, due to personal ambitions. He is a graduate from West Virginia University with a degree in Sociology. Recently, Posa relocated to Southern California.
Pieces of Intimacy, Volume 5, Issue 1
Eric Rasmussen has placed short fiction in Fugue, Sundog Lit, Gulf Stream, Black Fox Literary, and South Carolina Review, among others. He serves as editor of the regional literary journal Barstow & Grand, and fiction reader for Split Lip Magazine. He earned his MFA at Augsburg University in Minneapolis and currently resides in Eau Claire, WI.
When He Caught the Big One, Volume 5, Issue 1
Marygrace Schumann is a writer, educator, editor, and Virgo with a bachelors degree in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago. She has worked as an editorial writer for Chicago Woman Magazine, a production editor and typesetter for Hair Trigger 39, a contributing editor for Hair Trigger 2.0, a staff writer for Shredded Magazine, and as an editorial intern for Chief Learning Officer, an offset of Human Capital Media. Her writing has been featured in Thrice Publishing, Hair Trigger 39, Chicago Woman, Chief Learning Officer, and Shredded. When she’s not writing, teaching or editing, she’s serenading everybody around her with ‘80s music and taking her role as Mom Friend way too seriously.
Give, Not Take, Volume 5, Issue 1
The Magnolia Review 