Paul Mills has worked variously as an English teacher and newspaper subeditor in various countries including Spain, Lebanon, and China, but is currently based in the UK. His writing has appeared in The FT Magazine, The Lebanese Daily Star, and The Independent.
Slow fade, Volume 4, Issue 2
Jennifer Davis Michael is professor and chair of English at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, specializing in British Romanticism. Her poems have appeared in 3 Elements Review, Switchgrass Review, Cumberland River Review, Literary Mama, and Mezzo Cammin. She has also published a book of criticism, Blake and the City (Bucknell, 2006).
Remembering How to Build a Fire and Brush Fire, Roadside, North Alabama, Volume 4, Issue 2
Megan Miazgowicz is a digital artist and illustrator, who recently graduated from Bowling Green State University with a BFA in Digital Art. Megan enjoys both digital painting and creating comics, and hopes to someday publish her own graphic novels. She is currently developing a comic series with her best friend and hopes to begin work on it this fall. Outside of comics, she enjoys reading, writing, character design, sleeping, and hanging out with her dog.
A Boat, Volume 4, Issue 2
Interview
Claire Martin graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2017, where she was a managing editor for the award winning literary magazine Hair Trigger, as well as the interview editor for its online counterpart, Hair Trigger 2.0. You can find her current fiction in Hair Trigger 40, Longshot Island, Ariel Chart, and in this summer’s upcoming issue release of Scarlet Leaf Review. These days, you can find her holed up with a camera somewhere along Lake Michigan.
The Hunter and the Home, Volume 4, Issue 2
Matthew J. Kreglow is a 2013 graduate of Bowling Green State University’s Creative Writing Program. Currently, he resides in his hometown of Medina, Ohio. In addition to writing poetry and short fiction, Matthew enjoys hiking the local nature trails and photographing wildlife and nature, as well as playing music with the local community band.
Fatal Error, Volume 4, Issue 2
Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer is the author of a novel, Amalie in Orbit, and a short story collection, Goodbye, Evil Eye. Her work has been published in various magazines, including The Antioch Review, Arts & Letters, Kansas Quarterly, Lilith, New Letters, Carolina Quarterly, North American Review, Persimmon Tree, Hippocampus and others. Check out her website: http://www.gkirchheimer.com/
I Could Bake a Cherry Pie, Volume 4, Issue 2
Lonnie James attends BGSU for Film Production with a minor in Theater. James has been playing guitar for 17 years, and he is a touring musician. He now has a solo acoustic act under the stage name of Lonnie James, and he is currently in the process of writing the next screenplay and start filming over the summer. James’s film Temptation showed at the annual Ray Browne Film Festival, and the BGSU Film and Media Film Festival, and soon to be showing at the Glass City Film Festival on May 17th. His screenplay was chosen to be read at a live reading on October 2nd in the Donnell Theater at BGSU. James plans to make two films over the summer and graduate from BGSU next Spring.
The Depths of Darkness, Volume 4, Issue 2
Phil Huffy practiced law long enough. Trained to think on his feet, he continues that custom and then writes things down at his kitchen table. Placements in 2018 number nearly 100 pieces, found in such publications as The Lyric, Better Than Starbucks, Fourth & Sycamore, Bindweed and Eunoia.
Futurama, Volume 4, Issue 2
Snap and Aviatrix?, Volume 5, Issue 2
Diane Hoffman graduated from Bowling Green State University with a Bachelor in Arts in May 2018. She majored in Film Production and minored in Creative Writing. Her most notable project during her time in college was the short film she wrote and directed, No One’s Little Girl, which ended up receiving Best in Show at the 2018 BGSU Film & Media Festival. Her interests include writing fiction, editing, painting, and directing. She plans to move to Manhattan to continue pursuing opportunities in film and writing.
Punk 4 a Day, Volume 4, Issue 2
Interview
Henry Hitz taught pre-school for 30 years in San Francisco and recently retired from 15 years of organizing parents in the Oakland public schools. He lives in Oakland with his wife, his son, and two sisters. He is treasurer of the California Writers Club Berkeley Branch. He has published stories in Cube Literary Magazine, Instructor Magazine, and Moonfish. His first novel, Tales of Monkeyman, won the Walter Van Tilburg Clark Prize. His novel White Knight was published in January 2016 by Wordrunner Press.
Turtle Bay, Volume 4, Issue 2 (Pushcart Nomination)
The Magnolia Review 