Bianca R. Ambrosino
Carousel
Bianca is a former residential program manager and professional clown. She now spends her time writing, raising her children, and reading countless academic papers/ scientific publications (for fun).
Adewuyi Ayodeji
Awon, the Goddess of Love
Ayodeji is a Nigerian and holder of a master’s degree in Literature-in-English. His poems are published in Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality and the Arts, The Sextant Review, Open Minds Quarterly, The Liar Collective, Havik and elsewhere.
Kaia Ball
what makes a clown?
Kaia Ball crafts fiction with a scientist’s attention, nonfiction with an artist’s panache, and poetry as a love story to life itself. Their work has been published by Harper One, Electric Literature, New Reader Magazine, & beyond. They edit for Zoetic Press and Chrysalis Magazine.
Bethany Bruno
The Girl Who Breathed Smoke
Bethany is a Floridian author. Her writing has appeared in more than seventy literary journals and magazines, including The Sun, The Huffington Post, The MacGuffin, McSweeney’s, and 3Elements Review. Learn more at www.bethanybrunowriter.com.
Michael Loren Butkovich
Happy the Clown
Michael is a graduate of the New York Institution of Professional Photography.
Kate Falvey
Beyond the Midway
Kate’s work has been published in many journals and anthologies; in her collection, The Language of Little Girls; and in two chapbooks. She co-founded 2 Bridges Review, published through City Tech/CUNY where she teaches, and is an associate editor for the Bellevue Literary Review.
Devon E. Hayes
She Who Danced With the God of Smiles
Devon is a master’s degree student specializing in history with a focus on diaspora and cultural development. He is fond of mythos, cultural exchange, poetry, history, and storytelling. His work reflects a love of mythology and memory.
Liam Hogan
Dante’s Traveling Inferno
Liam is an award-winning short story writer, with stories in Best of British Science Fiction and Best of British Fantasy. He helps host Liars’ League and volunteers at the creative writing charity Ministry of Stories.
Dean Robert Holmes
Big Top
Dean’s work explores psychological themes and the power of queer love. Dean is on Instagram @fandomtransmandom, and his short story collection, Unlocked: Seven Titillating Tales of Gay Trans Love and Lust, is available now.
Valerie Hunter
Wolfram the Wolf Boy, 1887
Valerie teaches high school English and has an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She writes in an attempt to make sense of the world.
Janina Aza Karpinska
Harlequin Breakfast
Janina has collage-artwork on the covers of Heart of Flesh; Drawn to the Light; The Genre Society; Under_Score Magazine; Viridine Literary, The Quasar Review, and in: The Empty Mirror; Rundelania; Grim and Gilded; Blue Mesa Review, and Quibble amongst others.
Foyinsayemi Kilaso
Mirror of Merriment
Foyinsayemi studies Portuguese and English at the University. He developed a genre he calls Afro-Iberian Surrealism, a creative direction that blends African and Iberian cultural influences through surreal and symbolic imagery. IG @foyinkilaso
Abubakar Sadiq Mustapha
Dogari
Abubakar is a multimedia storyteller focusing on climate, identity, and displacement. A 2023 Imodoye Writers Residency fellow, his work has been featured internationally, including exhibitions in the USA, UK, India, Rwanda and UAE. He believes in art’s power to provoke change and mental wellness.
A. N. Myers
The Ice Bell
A. N. is a London UK based writer of speculative fiction. His recent short fiction credits include The Best of British Science Fiction, BFS Horizons, Sein Und Werden, and Confetti magazine by Westchester Writers. His YA science fiction novel, The Ides, is available from Amazon.
John-Ivan Palmer
Above It All
John-Ivan’s third book, Hypnotic Control, Reflections on the Nature of Stage Influence, was recently published by Whistling Shade Books. He divides his time between Minneapolis and his wife’s home town of Choshi, Japan. They garden and raise large moths.
Rory Rosenbaum
Charlie
Rory is an emerging multimedia portrait artist from Hampton Roads, Virginia. When not making art you might find them camping, playing guitar, or roller skating. Rory is enthusiastic about providing accessible art for everyone and wants to own a very colorful teaching studio someday.
Catherine Schmitt
July 1976
Catherine is a science writer, author, and journalist with a background in environmental science and a Stonecoast MFA. Read more at catherineschmitt.com.
David Sheskin
Here Comes the Circus
David is a writer and artist who has been published extensively over the years. Among the places his work has appeared are Puerto del Sol, Shenandoah, Chicago Quarterly Review, Mythaxis and DIAGRAM. His most recent book is Outrageous Wedding Announcements.
Topher Shields
Carnival Gospel
Topher is a queer poet from Aotearoa, New Zealand. His work traces a distinct queer mysticism. Born of rupture, ritual, and embodied light. His poetry appears in Puerto del Sol, The Shore, The Bangalore Review, Cathexis Northwest Press, The Dewdrop and elsewhere.
Zofia Sienicka
Papier-mâché
Zofia is a student of cognitive science and psychology in Warsaw, combining her love for creative writing with an interest in the philosophy of language and language development.
Jayasri Sridhar
One Last Carnival Before Landfall
Jayasri work has found homes in film festivals, international conferences and several publications including Kyoorius Designyatra, Insubordinate Vitalities (Writing Natures Vol 02), Bilori Journal and Heartlines Spec. Explore her projects at jayasrisridhar.com.
Veronica Tucker
Body Electric
Veronica’s poetry explores the intersections of medicine, motherhood, and being human. Her work appears in One Art, Eunoia Review, and Berlin Literary Review. More at veronicatuckerwrites.com and Instagram @veronicatuckerwrites.
Amanda Yskamp
Wonder Wheel
Amanda is a writer and collagist. Her artwork has appeared in such magazines as Black Rabbit, Riddled with Arrows, and Stoneboat. She lives on the 10-year flood plain of the Russian River, where she teaches writing from her online classroom.