More on our contributors:
Angela Yi Lin
Angela is a poet and jewelry designer based in Cambridge, combining her passion for Art Nouveau maximalism with freshwater pearls sourced from her mother's hometown, Suzhou, fondly nicknamed "Venice of the East".
Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi
Artisan baker by trade, Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi has been published in numerous literary journals. Winner of the Scribes Valley Short Story Writing Contest, he was a Pushcart Prize nominee, and twice nominated for Sundress Publications' Best of the Net. In addition to several short pieces, he is currently working on his debut novel.
Ashling Meehan-Fanning
Ashling Meehan-Fanning is a poet based in the Midwest whose work often includes themes of magic, ancestry, and the American Midwest. She spends a lot of time thinking about ghosts and trees.
Abby Thatcher
Abby Thatcher is a midwestern poet with a particular love for rodents and voicing the songs of vermin. Previous publications include Fright Night and Midsummer Litmag.
Simona Pannacci
Simona is an aspiring writer from Italy. Writing has been her biggest passion since childhood, and she strongly believes in the power of creative writing as a magnificent means to express yourself.
Mary Jane
Mary Jane is an up-and-coming writer of poems, flash fiction, and short stories. Mary Jane's work primarily contemplates personal reflection on her experiences growing up in the Midwest. Other works of Mary Jane's can be found on her social media (@maryjanereads) on TikTok and Instagram. Stop by and say hello!
Timothy Elliot
My name is Timothy Elliot, and I am a young writer from Inverness, Nova Scotia. Writing has been a huge passion of mine, and I am incredibly passionate about horror and magical realism. My greatest inspirations are Dante Alighieri and Albert Camus.
Lukas Quinn
Gabriel Lukas Quinn (he/him) is a gay writer and English student from Portland, Oregon. Quinn authors short speculative fictions, psychological thrills, and poetry demystifying mental health. If you can’t find Quinn hiding in the sci-fi section at the library, he’s probably at the gym or fighting off a Beholder (in D&D, hopefully). Quinn has been featured in publications such as A Thin Slice of Anxiety, Bindweed Magazine, Door is a Jar Literary Journal, Pathos Literary Magazine, Perceptions Literary Magazine, and The Sucarnochee Review. Find Quinn (@ichaotiqa) on Instagram.
David Banach
David Banach is a queer philosopher and poet in New Hampshire, where he tends chickens, keeps bees, and watches the sky. He likes to think about Dostoevsky, Levinas, and Simone Weil and is fascinated by the way form emerges in nature and the way the human heart responds to it. You can read some of his most recent poetry in Isele Magazine, Gyroscope Review, Etymology, Ars Sententia, and Amphibian Lit. He is co-editor of Touchstone, the journal of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire.
J.R. Wilson
J.R. Wilson holds a BA in Creative Writing from CSULB and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in English. With a keen focus on genre fiction, particularly horror and the bizarre, J.R. has honed their editorial skills through work on several local zines. As a United States veteran, J.R. brings a unique perspective to their writing. In their free time, they enjoy long walks on the beach at night and throwing up in the bathroom at punk shows.