Robert Krantz

Robert Krantz was born and raised in western New York. He studied Creative Writing and English Literature at both Niagara County Community College, New York, and the University of Akron, Ohio. He is currently a M.F.A. candidate at the University of Arkansas-Monticello. Robert has published a chapbook of poetry and prose, Leg Brace Legato, available at Amazon. His work has appeared in Akros Review, Bare Fiction, Bitterzoet, East Coast Literary Review, and Poetry Quarterly. Check out his website here.

arwen, Volume 1, Issue 1
Review of Gargoyles in Volume 2, Issue 2
Review of Mishigamaa

Alexandra Kolker

Alexandra Kolker studied Graphic Design and Creative Writing at Bowling Green State University. She is discovering the journey of creativity as she continues to find ways to tell stories. She is fascinated with experimental storytelling and unimportant, unusual things.

100-Year-Old Can of Beef, Volume 1, Issue 1

 

Robert S. King

Robert S. King, a native Georgian, now lives in Lexington, Kentucky. His poems appear in hundreds of magazines, including California Quarterly, Chariton Review, Hollins Critic, Kenyon Review, Main Street Rag, Midwest Quarterly, Southern Poetry Review, and Atlanta Review. He has published eight poetry collections, most recently Diary of the Last Person on Earth (Sybaritic Press, 2014) and Developing a Photograph of God (Glass Lyre Press, 2014). Robert’s work has been nominated for Pushcart and Best of Net awards. He is editor of Kentucky Review (www.kentuckyreview.org).

Circle of Perfection, A Chimney Swift of Early Fall, and Rusted Out, Volume I, Issue 2

Janne Karlsson

Janne Karlsson … is he that over-productive Swedish artist who draws that surreal and edgy stuff, who is constantly going on about people having to buy all his books and crap at Amazon or Epic Rites Press, and tries to lure good and honest people into his poorly updated website www.svenskapache.se? Because if that’s him, I will have nothing of it.

Comfort Need and Demon’s Breakfast, Volume 1, Issue 2

Caitlin Johnson

Caitlin Johnson earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Lesley University. Caitlin’s work has appeared in Boston Poetry Magazine, Clare Literary Journal, Eternal Haunted Summer, Fortunates, Momoware, Pembroke Magazine, Vagina: The Zine, and What the Fiction, among others. Her work is forthcoming in Baseline Literary Arts Journal and Stoneboat Literary Journal.

Laurinburg IV, Volume 1, Issue 1

Seth Jani

Seth Jani originates from rural Maine but currently resides in Seattle, WA. He is the founder of Seven CirclePress (www.sevencirclepress.com) and his own work has been published widely in such journals as The Foundling Review, East Coast Literary Review, Big River Poetry Review, and Hobo Camp Review. More about him and his work can be found at www.sethjani.com.

Explorers and Balances, Volume 1, Issue 2

James Croal Jackson

James Croal Jackson is the author of The Frayed Edge of Memory (Writing Knights Press, 2017). His poetry has appeared in Columbia Journal, Rattle, Hobart, FLAPPERHOUSE, and elsewhere. He edits The Mantle from Columbus, Ohio. Find him at jimjakk.com and @jimjakk.

Beach Mouth, Volume 1, Issue 2
Vibration of a Single Degree, Bowling, and Stand-Up Comedy, Volume 3, Issue 2
Valentine for Sara Rosenblum, In Charleston, the Day After the Shooting (2015), Coma, Instagram, Enough, and Stray, Volume 4, Issue 2

Mark Jackley

Mark Jackley’s new book of poems is Appalachian Night. It is available from the author at no cost: email chineseplums@gmail.com. Previous books include Every Green Word (Finishing Line Press) and Cracks and Slats (Amsterdam Press). His work has appeared in Tampa Review, Sugar House Review, Melic, Sleet, Crate, Rougarou, and other journals. He lives in Sterling, Virginia.

Office Chair Abandoned by a Country Road and Motel on the Plains, Volume 1, Issue 1