OUR EDITORIAL TEAM

PROSE

Bethany’s been reading so long, they can’t even remember when they learned—although they’re pretty sure they learned from their mom, who taught them everything important in life that they didn’t learn from early aughts alt rock songs. If forced to choose a favorite poem, they know exactly which one they’d say. If forced to choose a favorite author, they’d shove you down and make a run for it. Their publication history is nearly nonexistent but they make really good tom kha gai.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Ashley’s life was changed fundamentally by the pandemic. Prior to 2020, Ashley had a hard time finding steady employment, despite having expertise in astrology, astronomy, medicine, philosophy, and battle tactics. Once the pandemic forced everyone to work remotely via Zoom, Ashley was no longer handicapped by the fact that she is a centaur. We are lucky to have her.

POETRY AND PROSE

Kaia Ball (they/them) crafts fiction with a scientist's attention, nonfiction with an artist's panache, and poetry as a love story to life itself. Their poetry, essays, and speculative fiction have been published by Harper One, Electric Literature, Snowflake Magazine, New Reader Magazine, and beyond. They edit work for Chrysalis Magazine and Zoetic Press. Find their musings on mortality and salutes to soup at kaia-ball.com

POETRY AND PROSE

Rye Carey lives in an underwater bubble at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, which is inconvenient, because Amazon doesn’t deliver there. Nor does anyone else. Like, if they want pizza, they’re making it themself. As a result, Rye is an absolute phenomenon at making things out of sand, seashells, and fish bones. Rye also speaks shark, whale, cephalopod, and three dialects of crustacean.

POETRY AND PROSE

Bella is a turophile, or, if you prefer, a caseophile. She dreamed of being an affineur, but was prevented by the fact that she had no access to an appropriate cave, ice house, or wine fridge. She went to school to learn advanced caseiculture and hooping, but ended up giving the entire thing up when she got tired of friends and strangers telling her she smelled like feet. Also, everyone giggled with she said “turophile.”

PROSE AND POETRY

Cilleen has, throughout her life, taken on a multitude of jobs. She did the normal teenage stint in food service, but from there went on to be a fundraiser for distichiasis awareness (not research or anything - just making sure people knew that it existed), a hummingbird trainer, and an apprentice at a doll repair shop, where her duties were limited to repainting eyebrows on old Barbie dolls. She has now found her dream job, tricking out custom tricycles for particularly badass toddlers.

PROSE

Em Jones is a senior at Georgia College & State University where they major in English Literature and minor in Women's and Gender Studies. They are currently writing their undergrad thesis on trans body horror... even though they get really grossed out by body horror. When they're not reading or writing papers, they're probably knitting and rewatching another sitcom.

POETRY

Camilla, in addition to being a poet and chipmunk, is also a widely-recognized fiber artist. Rather than traditional fibers like silk, cotton, or flax, or even more esoteric fibers like rami, bamboo, or coir, Camilla uses the back hair of retirees in Florida. Her normal method of collection is to haunt the more popular beaches, looking for men who have fallen asleep in the sun. She then sneaks up with a large sheet of hair-removal wax, slaps it down on their backs, ignoring their mumbles of “I don’t need more sunscreen, Estelle. What I need is another beer and maybe a massage.” She then rips it (and their back hair) off and runs away. You can order scarves, sweaters, beanies, and fingerless gloves from her Etsy shop.

ART

Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo is a Nigerian literary enthusiast and smartphone photographer whose work has been featured in various publications, including Christian Century, Christian Courier, Ake Review, and MAAR Review, among others. Her writing and photography have appeared in numerous online literary platforms, showcasing her talent and versatility.

POETRY, SOCIAL MEDIA

Yasmeen Owens is a published writer with her works published in The Rainbow Poem, Atlantis, Earth and Sky Anthology, Seabreeze Literary Magazine, Downright Creepy, Chrd Magazine, The Secret Society Of Poetry, and Adelaide Literary Magazine. She is also a Poetry Editor for Zoetic Press, DownRight Creepy.

POETRY

Daniel’s claim to fame is to have been the model for the comic book character Wolverine. Fiction being what it is, there are differences between real-life Daniel, and comic book Wolverine. To begin with, Daniel’s hair is far less stupid. Also, Daniel is far less Canadian, although he practices daily by being kind, reasonable, and apologetic. Daniel also doesn’t have the ability to regenerate or to make titanium claws slide out of his knuckles. In fact, the only attributes Daniel shares with his fictional counterpart are an enormous chip on his shoulder and a liking for cigars.

POETRY

Kate is a journalist, artist, and freelance book editor with seven years of editorial experience in community newsrooms, the last four in the Pacific Northwest. She believes storytelling is our collective way of recording, processing, learning, and dreaming up our world. Feeling pulled to the "dreaming" side, she completed an editor in book publishing certificate in summer 2025. She now reads poems for The NonBinary Review and 4LPH4NUM3R1C poetry podcast and is a guest poetry editor at Feathered Stag Press for the winter 2025 issue Thresholds. Bug her on Instagram @bugs.et.kisses 

POETRY

Emily is a bilingual Singaporean at Tsinghua International School, drawn to detective and dystopian literature and currently self-learning Spanish and Italian. Her recent work has been recognised by the River of Words, Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder, China Thinks Big, Marshall Society, and John Locke Institute. She takes editorial advice from her British Shorthair, BeiBei, whose feedback consists of purring and cuddling. When she is not writing, she composes music that blends classical, hip-hop, K-pop, J-pop, and R&B. She also enjoys biomimetic robotics, playing the piano, gardening, and creating eco-friendly perfumery.

POETRY

Sashi Tandon is a queer poet from Perth, Western Australia. Her work has been featured in The Pinnacle Review, The Eyre and Poetry On the Big Screens in 2025. She was also awarded an honourable for the Poetry D'Amour Prize this year. Her work is grounded and quietly playful, paying close attention to the poetry winking at us from the everyday. You can follow her on Substack at https://sashitandon.substack.com/

PROSE

Jessy has a crippling phobia about the letter N. She has wasted years of her life coming up with suitable substitutes for it, but it’s impossible sometimes. Words that tie multiple words together have it, lots of adjectives have it, it’s almost unheard-of to create a whole paragraph with out it, but she does it all the time!

PROSE

Luke Utley’s height and weight can vary by as much as 300% from moment to moment. Like all humans, his body is normally about 60% water, but let him wash his hands, and not only does his body absorb all the water he uses, but it also leaves him with sticky soap on his hands. On a hot day, he can sweat away nearly his entire body weight, only to put it back on when he drinks water. It makes clothing a difficult proposition, so he usually just doesn’t bother.

POETRY

Lucy exists at all times and in all places, although it does wreak havoc with her wifi. On the plus side: unlimited knowledge of everyone’s secrets; foreknowledge of stock markets, horse races, and the winners of the Great British Bake Off; and being the first person to adopt every new fashion trend. On the down side: hair cuts are impossible; relationships hold no secrets; meeting deadlines is almost impossible - work is either turned in before it’s assigned or long after it’s due. But she’s making the best of it.