Ann Howells has edited Illya’s Honey since 1999, recently taking it digital: www.IllyasHoney.com and alternating issues with a new co-editor. Her publications are: Black Crow in Flight (Main Street Rag, 2007), the Rosebud Diaries (Willet Press, 2012), Under a Lone Star (Village Books Press, 2016), and upcoming: Letters for My Daughter (Flutter Press, 2016), and Cattlemen & Cadillacs, an anthology of Dallas/Ft. Worth poets she is editing (Dallas Poets Community Press, 2016). Her poems appear widely among small press and university journals.

Watermelon Summer and Orchid and Rose, Volume 2, Issue 2

CLS Ferguson, PhD speaks, signs, acts, publishes, sings, performs, writes, paints, teaches, and rarely relaxes. She and her husband, Rich Ferguson, are raising their Bernese Mountain Border Collie Mutt, Sadie in Hollywood, CA. http://clsferguson.wix.com/clsferguson.

Imposter, Volume 2, Issue 2

Marissa Davis is a writer from Paducah, Kentucky, currently living and studying in Nashville. Besides writing, she enjoys baking, yoga, and world travel. Her work has appeared in Teen Ink, Kindred Magazine, and The Vanderbilt Review.

Olympia Unmoderated and Scents of Three Summers, Volume 2, Issue 2

Kelci Crawford is a comic artist and illustrator based in southeast Ohio. She is the creator of the comics “Johnson & Sir,” “Charlie & Clow,” and “Mini-Comic Theater,” as well as the co-creator of the comics “Validation” and “Seeing Him.” More of her work can be found on their website, www.kelcidcrawford.com.

To Ladies and Star Mage, Volume 2, Issue 2

Joshua Daniel Cochran is a graduate of the University of Arizona and City College of New York. His first published short story won the Fred Scott Award in 2002. More recent publications include Bourbon Penn and The Gathering Darkness anthology from Black Cat Books. Cochran’s second novel, The Most Important Memoir Ever Written Ever (SEARCH), was released in January 2014. Currently Cochran lives and writes in his hometown of Tucson, Arizona.

Into the Ease, Volume 2, Issue 2 (Pushcart Nomination)

Lindsay A. Chudzik received her MFA in Creative Writing from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her one-act plays have appeared in a number of festivals, and Chudzik’s short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry & Prose, Ghost Town, Haunted Waters Press, and Map Literary, among others. Her creative nonfiction has been anthologized and her short story, “Check Yes If You Like Us,” was a finalist for the 2015 Dogwood Prize. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University and facilities creative writing workshops for ex-offenders at OAR in Richmond, Virginia.

Pinning, Volume 2, Issue 2 (Pushcart Nomination)

Rita Rouvalis Chapman teaches high school English in Webster Groves, Missouri. Recently, her poetry has appeared in Semaphore Magazine, Anomaly, SHANTIH, Fourth & Sycamore, and Poetry Quarterly.  She is a student in the MFA program at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.

Arrays in C and Lines Written to the Sun, Volume 2, Issue 2

Hannah Carmack is an emerging writer from Roscoe, IL. She has been writing since the third grade but only recently discovered her love of non-fiction and poetry. She enjoys reading and writing in her spare time, as well as staying politically active due to her passion for people with disabilities. This passion was spurred from her life being changed by being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. Since then she has spent her time making her voice heard and paying tithe to the all-mighty colon.

A Recipe for Good Health, Volume 2, Issue 2