Contributors

Miguel Eichelberger has had over 60 poems appear in literary magazines around the world including the Literary Review of Canada, IthacaLit, Poetry Salzburg, Existere, pacific REVIEW, and The Wax Paper. His first play, Cave, was shortlisted for the 2015 Vancouver Fringe New Play Prize. His second play, Stupid Cupid, ran to 4-star reviews at the 2018 Edinburgh, Brighton and Vancouver Fringe Festivals, and again at the 2019 Camden Fringe. “I believe in poetry as a vessel for ugly and beautiful truths that can say what nothing else can. It can reveal everything in everyone. I want people to hear what it has to say.” Fayette Fox is a writer in Oakland, California. Her debut novel The Deception Artist (published by Myriad Editions) was shortlisted for Amazon Rising Stars and the First Book Award ebooks by Sainsbury’s. Her short fiction has appeared in Night Picnic Press. Fayette has a BA in Creative Writing from Hampshire College and an MA in Publishing from London College of Communication. Jonathan Giammaria studies English Literature at McGill University. He drinks iced coffee all year long, even during winter. In his off time he skates and takes photos. Matthew Hummer writes, teaches, and paints in Lancaster, PA. You may link to his work at scribenswriting.weebly. com. He dedicates the poem included here to his late cousin Stevie.

A recovering optimist in the Illinois Valley, Anna Kaye-Rogers has been published in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. She can be found sitting awkwardly on floors avoiding writing anywhere animals are found. Alexandra Khalimonova has a lot of names and is a Montreal based writer and musician, completing studies in Creative Writing at Concordia University. Kate Kearns is a Maine poet with an MFA from Lesley University. Her chapbook, How to Love an Introvert, is available at Finishing Line Press. She’s polishing a full-length manuscript, whose contents have appeared or are forthcoming in Literary Mama, Maine Women Magazine, Aurora, Gyroscope Review, The Perpetual You, and elsewhere. Kate edits manuscripts at her business, Black Squirrel Workshop, and founded a website called “Chick Lit THIS” (www.chicklitthis.com), featuring first chapters of largely unknown written works by female authors.

Bethany Knickerbocker is pursuing a BFA in Creative Writing with a minor in Psychology at Emerson College. Her fiction has been published in Sonder Midwest. She’s also written for the Pets for Patriots Wet Nose Blog and Study Breaks Magazine. Aimee Lowenstern is a twenty-one-year-old poet living in Nevada. She has cerebral palsy and is a big fan of glitter. Raymond Luczak is the author and editor of 22 books, including Flannelwood (Red Hen Press) and Lovejets: Queer Male Poets on 200 Years of Walt Whitman (Squares & Rebels). He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Samantha Malay was born in Berlin, Germany and grew up in rural northeastern Washington State. She is a graduate of Seattle University's sociology program, a theatrical wardrobe technician by trade, and a mixed-media artist. Her poems have been published in The RavensPerch, SheilaNa-Gig, Burningword, Sky Island, The Sea Letter, Alexandria Quarterly, Quiddity, Projector Magazine, Blood Tree Literature, Heirlock, and Genre: Urban Arts. Her published poetry can be found at thistleandhasp.wordpress.com. Darlene McLeod is a graduate of the College of the Humanities at Carleton University and is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. Much of her work attempts to balance themes of doubt and faith, sorrow and hope, grief and beauty. Her writing has been published in Geez Magazine and the Ottawa Citizen. She lives with her family in Ottawa. Daniel Meehan is a 23 year old poet who was born in Etobicoke, Ontario and raised in Milton, Ontario. He became interested in poetry after reading Walt Whitman, Ted Hughes, and Dylan Thomas, and started writing his own poems soon after. Daniel is currently studying creative writing and publishing at Sheridan College in Mississauga, Ontario. Jessica Mehta is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and the author of 14 books. Her novel The Wrong Kind of Indian won gold at the 2019 IPPY and Best Book Awards. Mehta serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Crab Creek Review and owns the multi-award-winning writing services company MehtaFor in Portland, Oregon. Her doctoral research addresses the intersection of poetry and eating disorders. Learn more about her work at www.jessicamehta.com.

Kristyna Moran started writing at fourteen and never looked back. She holds a B.A. in English from San Francisco State University and an M.F.A. in Fiction from Eastern Washington University. When not writing, you can usually find her at the movies, baking, or spending time with her husband and daughter. Timothy Pilgrim, Bellingham, Washington, a Pacific Northwest poet and 2018 Pushcart Prize nominee with several hundred acceptances by journals such as Seattle Review, Toasted Cheese, Windsor Review, Hobart, Sleet Magazine, and Third Wednesday, is author of Mapping Water (Flying Trout Press, 2016).

Tazi Rodrigues currently lives in Tio'tia:ke (Montreal). Her writing, which is rooted in transit, has previously appeared in Room, Vallum, and CV2. Andrew Sarewitz has written several short stories (see his website for published work at www.andrewsarewitz.com) as well as scripts for various media. His play Madame Andrèe won First Prize from Stage to Screen New Playwrights in San Jose, CA, earning the honour of opening the festival in August of 2019. The script for his play Five Men, Four Beds advanced to the Second Round at the 2019 Austin Film Festival Competition and the spec script for his sitcom, The White House, is a finalist in the 2019 Pitch Now Screenplay Competition. Bailey Sasseville graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2020 with degrees in writing and biology. While she is pursuing a career in the sciences, writing will always remain a passion for her. She loves writing short stories that fall just outside the realm of reality, and hopes to one day publish a collection.

Simon TJH-Banderob is a writer and performer living in Nogojiawanong/Peterborough, where he is active in community theatre and the Peterborough Poetry Collective. Simon is an alumnus of Concordia University and is a former poetry editor of Soliloquies Anthology. He is also a former team member of Montréal’s own Throw! Poetry Slam Team and the erstwhile host of the Discordia Poetry Slam. Simon has been inflicting his work on readers and audiences across Canada, Germany and the United States since 2011. Anne Marie Wells is an author, playwright, storyteller, and poet living in Wyoming. She navigates the world as a queer woman with a chronic illness. Learn more at annemariewellswriter.com.