Born in London, Michael Paul Hogan is a poet, fiction writer, and literary essayist whose work has been featured extensively in the USA, UK, India, and China. He is the author of six volumes of poetry, the most recent of which, Chinese Bolero, with illustrations by the great contemporary painter Li Bin, was published in 2015.
The Fractured Wor[l]ds of Willem Kleist, Volume 5, Issue 1
Erica Michaels Hollander is a lawyer, artist, psychodramatist and poet. With her husband and her pooch, she lives in the Front Range of the Rockies in Colorado and seeks to express her vision in a number of ways.
Nakba, Siren Song, and Pack Rat, Volume 5, Issue 1
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
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
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
Ash Strange is a freshman from Bowling Green State University, majoring in creative writing. She was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and grew up in Lima, Ohio, for most of her childhood years, going on to live in California, Oklahoma, and Florida. She lives with her aunt, uncle, her two cousins, and her two brothers. She often writes every day about almost everything she can think of, including her life experiences. Some of her hobbies include art, listening to music, and going out with friends.
Her, Volume 5, Issue 1
Lee Triplett is a poet, voracious reader, seeker, bipolar depressive, pianist, queer, and South Carolinian. A student of poetry, piano performance, and computer science in college, she immerses herself in poets to whom she is drawn. Her poetry has been published in Amethyst Review and is forthcoming in Mused: The BellaOnline Literary Review. She currently lives in Tega Cay, South Carolina.
Coming Home to a Racket, Sound Effects, and Changing Seasons, Volume 5, Issue 1
The Magnolia Review 