Volume 5 Issue 2

J.D. Kotzman

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

J.D. Kotzman’s fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in After the Pause, The Bookends Review, The Chronos Chronicles (a project of Indie Authors Press), Crack the Spine, Drunk Monkeys, Foliate Oak, Ink Stains (a project of Dark Alley Press), Inscape, Kentucky Review, Pidgeonholes, Slink Chunk Press, The Speculative Edge, Straylight, An Unlikely Companion (a project of E&GJ Little Press), and Yellow Chair Review. Kotzman currently works in the health policy field in Washington, D.C. Previously, Kotzman served as an editor and writer for several print and online news publications.

Washes Ashore, Volume 5, Issue 2

Thomas Kearnes

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Thomas Kearnes graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with an MA in film writing. His fiction has appeared in Hobart, Gertrude, A cappella Zoo, Split Lip Magazine, Cutthroat, Litro, Berkeley Fiction Review, PANK, BULL: Men’s Fiction, Gulf Stream Magazine, Wraparound South, Night Train, 3:AM Magazine, Word Riot, Storyglossia, Driftwood Press, Adroit Journal, The Matador Review, Pseudopod, the Best Gay Stories series, Mary: A Journal of New Writing, wigleaf, SmokeLong Quarterly, Pidgeonholes, Sundog Lit, The Citron Review, The James Franco Review, and elsewhere. He is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Originally from East Texas, he now lives near Houston and works as an English tutor at a local community college. His debut collection of short fiction, Steers and Queers will print at Lethe Press in 2019.

I Am Waiting for Him to Love Me and Caution Follows Desire, Volume 5, Issue 2

Caitlin Johnson

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Caitlin Johnson holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Lesley University. Johnson’s work has appeared in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Narrative Northeast, Pembroke Magazine, and Vagina: The Zine, among other outlets. A chapbook, Boomerang Girl, was published in 2015 by Tiger’s Eye Press, and a full-length collection, Gods in the Wilderness, was published in 2016 by Pink. Girl. Ink. Press.

La Pucelle and Saint Joan, Volume 5, Issue 2

Maranda Huffort

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Maranda Huffort studied Creative Writing at Rosemont College. She currently teaches English Composition at McCann School of Business and Technology, Allentown PA. In her spare time she enjoys camping, reading books, and walking with her two basset hounds. 

Barren and How Long Do You Plan on Staying, Volume 5, Issue 2

A. Elizabeth Herting

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

A. Elizabeth Herting is an aspiring freelance writer and busy mother of three living in colorful Colorado. She has had over 50 short stories published and also has a collection of short stories called Whistling Past the Veil that will be published by Adelaide Books in April 2019.

South Granby Way, Volume 5, Issue 2

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