D. Arifah
Drive Away
D. is a photographer from Indonesia who is captivated by the silent stories the world tells. Much of her work is an invitation to pause, listen, and see the world around us with greater intimacy.
Christian Barragan
In Good Order
Christian is currently an MFA candidate at Hollins University. His work has appeared in the Raven Review, Takahē Magazine, and Open: Journal of Arts & Letters, among others.
Leslie Brown
Lone signal
Leslie’s recent visual art has been published in Quibble, Closed eye open, NonBinary Review Issue #33: World Tour, Phoebe Literary Journal, Beyond Words, Scapegoat Review, ZO magazine, and Burningword literary journal.
[sarah] Cavar
have you heard the one where Hashem &I walk onto a narrow bridge and wrestle with plurality
[sarah] is the author of Failure to Comply (featherproof books, 2024) and Differential Diagnosis (Northwestern UP, 2026). They edit manywor(l)ds.place, and have been published in Electric Lit, The Rumpus, The Offing, and elsewhere.
Kiera Conrad
Reaching Through the Wind
Kiera is a writer and anthropologist who splits her time between Boston, USA and Cork, Ireland.
Madi Corell
You still haven’t called to ask when I’m coming home
Madi is a are a current MFA candidate at N.C. State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. You may find their poetry at Silly Goose Press and the Screen Door Review.
Caden Crane
Tuesdays, Am I Right?
Caden is a UK-based writer desperate for escape, whether that means through fiction or an airplane, he’s not picky. He spends his days as most writers do; that is to say thinking about writing, rather than actually doing it.
Deborah Davitt
When We Cannot Let Go
Deborah’s award-winning poetry and prose have appeared in over seventy journals, including F&SF, Analog, and Lightspeed. For more about her work, please see www.deborahldavitt.com.
Cailín Frankland
Ben Síde
Cailín is a British-American writer and public health professional based in Baltimore, Maryland. They live with their spouse, two old lady cats, a rotating cast of foster animals, and a 70-pound pitbull affectionately known as Baby.
Judi Mae "JM" Huck
Jisatsu: After Reading the Execution of an Archvillain
JM is an MFA candidate at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas whose scholarly interests include Southeast Asian epic traditions.
Pravy Jha
When the City Decided to Archive Us
Pravy is a student writer from India. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Brilliant Flash Fiction, Last Syllable Literary Journal, Blue Marble Review, and anthologies such as Upon Learning That and Rooted In: Rite.
Mondli Kunene
Wisdom Is Learnt From the Elders, cover
Mondli creates African art using acrylic on Masonite with leather and warthog tusks to address social issues. Awards include film prizes, Forty Under 40; international exhibitions; mentors youth, establishing art hub. See his Instagram: @mondliart
E.J. LeRoy
Momo’s Kite
E.J. is a Pushcart Prize nominated writer with credits in several publications including The Lorelei Signal, Neon & Smoke, and Tales from the Crosstimbers. LeRoy also has a novella published by The Whumpy Printing Press.
Sasha Levin
Unfinished Farewell
Sasha is a poet, forager, and cat lover learning to breathe again with Long Covid. They believe a better world is possible, and that together we can write it.
Evie Maher
Evie Maher (Angel of Sorrow) is a freelance artist from San Diego, California who works in traditional and digital media. Their primary medium is pen and watercolor and they have been exhibited in several museums and galleries across San Diego County.
K. Meera
Burr Holes
K.’s work has appeared in Speculative Fiction Between Stars and Clay, Strange Horizons and is upcoming in Mythaxis Magazine. They write about tamil-paasam, queerness, and the constructions of impossibility.
Rajvi Mittal
Girl With Memories Packed
Rajvi is a photographer, writer, and creator from India. Rajvi regularly writes on Medium and has self-published a poetry book, Reborn: Darkness is the Seed of Light.
Janine Moore
Mother
Janine currently resides in Portugal but grew up in the United States. In their early fifties, they have more space to look back, reflect, and sublimate past hurt into poetry. It is a freeing process that they highly recommend.
Scott Nadelson
Vacuum
Scott is the author of nine books, most recently the novel Trust Me, winner of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for Jewish fiction.
Gloria Ogo
A Yesterday Which Refuses to Leave
Gloria is an American-based Nigerian writer whose work has appeared in Eye to the Telescope, Brittle Paper, Spillwords Press, and more.
Adam Porkolab
Krummholz Fugleman
Adam’s fiction is forthcoming in The Pink Hydra. He holds a PhD in Linguistics and writes in both Hungarian and English. When not writing, he builds distributed systems and argues with compilers.
Sambhu Ramachandran
Phytanthropy
Sambhu is an Assistant Professor of English at N.S.S. College, Pandalam. His poems have appeared in Neon & Smoke, The Tiger Moth Review, Prosetrics, The Alexander Review, The Bombay Literary Magazine, Wild Court, and Sextet, among others.
Liz Vaughan
Road Trip
Liz is a genre-nonconforming writer from North Carolina, where they are earning their MFA in fiction at UNC Wilmington. Their speculative work appears or is forthcoming in 100-Foot Crow, The Vincent Brothers Review, and Lambda Magazine.