The Magnolia Review

Jacob Greb

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Jacob Greb is a pragmatic introvert, living a quiet life with his wife and a twelve-year-old feline named Pretzel. He writes mostly to amuse himself. Jacob and Simon, his collaborative partner and friend of over twenty years, run a Tumblr page and a WordPress blog, sharing personal anecdotes from their youth and struggles with mental illness. Their work spans from dark thoughts on death, self-harm, and anger to loving and happy moments that engage the rest of their time.

thoughts, Volume 5, Issue 2

Kara Goughnour

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Kara Goughnour is a queer writer and documentarian living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Creative and Professional Writing from The University of Pittsburgh. She is the recipient of the 2018 Gerald Stern Poetry Award, and has work published or forthcoming in Third Point Press, the Southampton Review, and over twenty others. Follow her on Twitter @kara_goughnour or read her collected and exclusive works at karagoughnour.com.  

Pigeon Brain, Hearing the Silence, Housing Plans, Jackfruit, and Fish-Freezer Algor Mortis, Volume 5, Issue 2

Laura Goodman

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Laura Goodman’s short fiction has appeared in a number of journals, reviews and anthologies, among them: Cream City Review, South Dakota Review, Other Voices, etc. This summer and fall stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Fiction Southeast, the Arkansas Review, Flash Fiction and the Westchester Review. Laura lives and writes in Boulder, Colorado.

Life Insurance, Volume 5, Issue 2

Alexander Garza

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Alexander Garza is a Mexican American writer from Houston, Texas. His work has been published in Nine Muses Poetry (forthcoming), Literal Magazine, and BroadwayWorld-Houston. His poetry and art explores topics such as mental health disorders, race, class, and gender. Alex shares his journey through poetry and art. Visit http://www.AlexanderPGarza.com. Twitter/IG: @alexanderpgarza.

Aubade Interrupted, Fuzzy Yellow Ball, and The Writer Leaves a Trail of Destruction, Volume 5, Issue 2

Marie Fields

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Marie Fields was born and raised in the greater Boston area. She has been writing off and on for most of her life but has just recently found the courage to publish her poems. She currently has an e-book available on Amazon titled Marie! (mah-RIE!) and words forthcoming in the Spring 2019 issue of Door Is A Jar Magazine.

Hell-Weather Friend and harem girl, Volume 5, Issue 2

Maya Alexandri

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Maya Alexandri is the author of The Plague Cycle (Spuyten Duyvil 2018), a short story collection, and The Celebration Husband (TSL Publications 2015), a novel. Her short stories have been published in The Forge, The Stockholm Review of Books, Dime Show Review, and many others. Her story, “Ann Noni Mini,” was nominated for a 2018 Pushcart Prize. She is currently a medical student at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra-Northwell and a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. For more information, see www.mayaalexandri.com. 

Jean and Echo, Volume 5, Issue 2

Bill Abbott

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Bill Abbott is the author of Let Them Eat MoonPie, the history of poetry slam in the Southeast. He has been published in Ray’s Road Review, Radius, The November 3rd Club, Flypaper Magazine, and The Sow’s Ear. Mr. Abbott lives in Ohio and teaches creative writing at Central State University.

Styles, Snapshots without a Camera, Long Shots 4, Items of Worth, Echo, and Driving the Thumbtack into the Cork Board, Volume 5, Issue 2