Kevin A. Risner (he/him) is the author of My Ear Is a Sieve (Bottlecap Press, 2017), Do Us a Favor (Variant Literature, 2021); and You Thought This Was Just Gonna Be About Cleveland, Didn’t You (Ghost City Press, 2022). He has other work published in various journals,...
Sarah E. Azizi was born in Shiraz, city of poets and roses, during the last hour of July in 1976. Two years later, she arrived in the United States. Sarah received her BA from Goucher College; since 2002 she’s lived in New Mexico, where she snagged an MFA and has...
Bethany Jarmul is an Appalachian poet and writer. She’s the author of two chapbooks and one poetry collection—This Strange and Wonderful Existence (poetry chapbook, Bottlecap Press, 2023), Take Me Home (nonfiction chapbook, Belle Point Press, 2024), and Lightning Is...
Caroljean Gavin's work has appeared in places such as 7x7, Milk Candy Review, Barrelhouse, New World Writing, Fractured Lit, and Best Small Fictions 2021. She's the editor of What I Thought of Ain't Funny, an anthology of short fiction based on the jokes of Mitch...
Jackie Domenus (she/they) is a queer writer from New Jersey. Their first book, NO OFFENSE: A MEMOIR IN ESSAYS, will be published with ELJ Editions in 2025. A 2021 Tin House Winter Workshop graduate, Jackie’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Offing, The...
Mitchell Nobis is a writer and K-12 teacher in Metro Detroit where he lives with his family and dog. His poems have been nominated for awards by Whale Road Review, Nurture Literary, and Exposition Review. His short stories have appeared in Psaltery & Lyre,...
Andrew Bertaina is the author of the short story collection One Person Away From You (2021), which won the Moon City Short Fiction Award, and the forthcoming essay collection, The Body is a Temporary Gathering Place (Autofocus). His work has appeared in The...
Lori D'Angelo is a grant recipient from the Elizabeth George Foundation, a fellow at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts, and an alumna of the Community of Writers. She holds an MA from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and an MFA from West Virginia University. Her...
Denzel Xavier Scott debuted as an author of genre literature in November 2021 in Beneath Ceaseless Skies with his short story, “The Black Rainbow.” His poem, “Questions for the Coming Age of the God of Meat” was published by Fiyah Magazine in January of 2023 and his...