Julia Hatch self-identifies as a bookworm and once took a literature class instructed by Maya Angelou. When she’s not reading or writing, she plays an impressive game of fetch with her cat while her other cat feigns disinterest. She resides with her family in Maryland after trying out several other locations. Her poetry has appeared or will appear in Quail Bell, Sonder Midwest, Steam Ticket, and Gravitas.
The Day After A Diagnosis and Unspoken, Volume 6, Issue 1
Zigzagging back and forth across the Canadian/US border, Adrian Slonaker works as a copywriter and copy editor. Adrian’s work has been nominated for Best of the Net and has appeared in Pangolin Review, Aerodrome, WINK: Writers in the Know and others.
Architectural Secrets, LOL, Sniffling in St. John’s, Foot Rubs, Conversations, and Unit 105, Volume 6, Issue 1
Marianthi Papadim A 21 year-old dreamer, student at the English Language and Literature Department, who loves writing poetry under the tranquility of the stars.
Promise, Untitled, Myself, and Eulogy, Volume 6, Issue 1
The Rotten Poets: “Rotten” is a collaborative poem written by Dr. Summer Qabazard’s Writing 102 class at Pima Community College, Northwest in Tucson, Arizona. We are “The Rotten Poets”: Alfred Betancourt, Victoria Combs, Talia Delgado, Kate Funk, Alexis Lopez, Abbey McGowan, Neo Northington, Summer Qabazard, Grace Stone, Gus Vazquez, and Taylor Williams. When we collaborated on this poem, one person started us off with the first line, then another person followed. After that, we stopped going in order and people started to contribute randomly. It was fun to build off other people’s ideas. It bonded us as a group. It also made it easier to write, since we could bounce ideas off everybody. Since we weren’t on our own, we didn’t ever stay stuck. Each person contributed at least a line. As we built and revised the poem, everyone had a say. We all listened to one another and respected our differences of opinion. We disagreed on some points but were able to reach a consensus peacefully every time.
Rotten, Volume 6, Issue 1
Wylie Strout has previously published her short stories and poetry with Gold Dust Magazine, Literally Stories, Ordinary Madness, and Literary Yard. Her short film, “Forgive Me, Suzy Parker,” premiered at the Kansas City Film Festival in 2018. She enjoys all types of restaurants for good food and conversation along with her travels. In her spare time, Wylie enjoys theater, film, writing, and running by the ocean.
Red, Volume 6, Issue 1
Deborah Guzzi writes full time. Her third book, The Hurricane, is available through Prolific Press. Her poetry appears in Allegro, Shooter, Amethyst Review & Foxglove Journal in the UK-Existere, Ekphrastic Review, Scarlet Leaf Review & Subterranean Blue Poetry, Canada – Tincture, Australia – mgv2>publishing, France – Cha: Asian Review, Hong Kong, China – Vine Leaves Journal, Australia – Scarlet Leaf Review – Greece, pioneertown, Sounding Review, Bacopa Literary Review, The Aurorean, Liquid Imagination, The Tishman Review, & others in the USA.
Steam Trained, The Pin-Up Man, BEING, Karmic Three’s, and All Dolled-Up, Volume 6, Issue 1
Melanie Petrandis has been writing poems since she was a child, and over the past 10 years has been inspired to write about her process of finding peace within her life and self-acceptance. This will be her first publication. She lives in Florida and recently joined the Tallahassee Writer’s Association and is looking forward to sharing her work and receiving feedback. She has her Masters in Psychology and works as a counselor.
Within, Toxic, In the Wild, Where Heaven Meets the Earth, and Beautiful You, Volume 6, Issue 1
Heather Cook studied literature and creative writing at the University at Buffalo. She is most interested in exploring the ways in which poetry lives off the page. When she is not writing, she is dabbling in photography and book arts.
Hand me Downs and Spectatorship, Volume 6, Issue 1
Benjamin Harnett is a historian, fiction writer, poet, and digital engineer. His works have appeared recently in Pithead Chapel, Brooklyn Quarterly, Moon City Review, and Tahoma Literary Review. He lives in Beacon, NY with his wife Toni and their pets. He can be found most days on Twitter, @benharnett. He works for The New York Times.
About the Falling, Say it to the Mountain, A Dictionary of Dreams, One the Nature and Uses of Sabotage, and Party City, Volume 6, Issue 1
Louisa Muniz is a reading/writing tutor. She lives in Sayreville, N.J. with her husband & son. She holds a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from Kean University. Her work has been published in Rose Red Review, Tinderbox Journal, Words Dance, Menacing Hedge, Poetry Quarterly, PANK Magazine & Women’s Anthology TLDR Press. She is the recent Sheila-Na-Gig Online 2019 Spring Contest Winner for her poem “Stone Turned Sand.”
The Dogwood, Hunger-Song, After Heavy Rains, Ghosted Album, and Elegy for a Mother Who Died Alone, Volume 6, Issue 1
The Magnolia Review 