Issue 1

Becca Frankel……………………………………………………………………………….33–35 Rebecca N. Frankel (she/they) is a speculative fiction writer, poet, and classicist. She is an alumna of Sarah Lawrence College and a current master’s degree candidate at Brandeis University. She was the 2021 winner of the Andrea K. Willison prize for poetry. She can be found on twitter as @beccafrankel.

A.R. Salandy………………………………………………………………………………36, 37 Anthony is a Black Mixed-race poet & writer who has 2 published chapbooks titled 'The Great Northern Journey' 2020 (Lazy Adventurer Publishing) & 'Vultures' 2021 (Roaring Junior Press) and a novel 'The Sands of Changed' 2021 (Alien Buddha Press). Anthony is the Co-EIC of Fahmidan Journal & Poetry Editor at Chestnut Review. Twitter/Instagram: @arsalandy, arsalandywriter.com Annie Cowell…………………………………………………………………………………….38 Annie lives by the sea in Cyprus with her husband and rescue dogs. She’s got poems published or forthcoming in FieryScribe, Re -side, PaddlersPress, PopShot magazine and more.

Adele Evershed………………………………………………………………………………….39 Adele Evershed was born in Wales and has lived in Hong Kong and Singapore before settling in Connecticut. Her poetry and prose have been published in several online journals and print anthologies. She has been recently nominated for The Pushcart Prize for poetry and shortlisted for the Staunch Prize for flash fiction, an international award for thrillers without violence to women.

Okwy Ada……………...………………………………………………………………………..40 Okwy Ada has written various poems, stories, and essays. In 2016, her script, “The Single’s Life” was shown on Africa’s DSTV. She wrote essays for Nigeria’s Y!Naija. In 2021, she completed four online creative writing courses. Here in Nigeria, when she isn’t writing, she spends her days taking Masterclass courses and reading everyone from Pema Chodron to Chimamanda Adichie.

Abigael Leigh……………………………………………………………………………………41 Abigael Leigh is a PhD Fellow at the University of Texas in San Antonio. She teaches creative writing and is the Founding Editor of Brazos River Review.

Marc Isaac Potter………………………………………………………………………..42, 43, 44 Marc Isaac Potter (they/them) is a differently-abled writer living in the SF Bay Area.

Marc’s interests include blogging by email and Zen. They have been published in Fiery Scribe Review, Feral A Journal of Poetry and Art, Poetic Sun Poetry, and Provenance Journal. Twitter is @marcisaacpotter.

Mukund Gnanadesikan…………………………………………………………………….45, 46 Mukund Gnanadesikan is a poet, novelist, and physician who lives in Northern California.

His recent poems can be seen in Ginosko and Poetry Quarterly, and are upcoming in Humana Obscura. His debut novel, “Errors of Omission” was published in November 2020.