Julia Burgdorff's poems have most recently appeared in Brazenhead Review and Plume Poetry 10. She works as the Program Assistant for Columbia University's Graduate Writing Program, where she earned an MFA.
Contributions: Four Poems, From an Empty House
Claire Donato is most recently the author of Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts (Archway Editions, 2023). New work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Parapraxis, and Forever. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Contributions: Woebegone Is Not Getting Married Today
Claire Dougherty is from Stockton, CA. She lives in Pasadena and works in Hollywood. The Claire Bitch Project is forthcoming from Theaphora.
Contributions: Two Poems, Three Poems, An excerpt from The Claire Bitch Project
Anastasios Karnazes is author of Rainbow Sonnets 20 (The Song Cave) and editor of Theaphora.
Contributions: How All Spit in the Place, ASIF THIS IS IT 1, POETRY 6, New Poetry
Kathleen MacKay is a writer in Los Angeles. She teaches at Artcenter College of Design and Santa Monica College of Emeritus.
Contributions: Four Velvet Stories
Sofia Majstorovic is a waitress based in Morongo Valley, CA. She wore her graduation gown unzipped with a dress from the fast fashion retailer "Cider" during Columbia University's massively tardy MFA commencement in May 2021. Her work has appeared in Cinema Scope, Forever Magazine, Tilted House, and Downtime Magazine, among others. She is the co-founder and editor of RECLINER.
Contributions: Fearless, And the place was water, House Poor, Restaurant Fragments
Adam Nayman is an author, critic, and teacher in Toronto. He wrote one New Yorker profile and passed two kidney stones in June of this year.
Contributions: Oldies Night: Monster at 25 Ten Observations About Top Gun: Maverick
S. Paul is outside.
Contributions: Sestina
Steve Orth is a poet based out of Oakland, CA. His books include Lust for Life (Travelin' Lite, 2018), The Life & Times of Steve Orth (Dogpark Collective, 2020), and Inflatable Ball (Bottlecap Press, 2023). His work has recently appeared in Hot Pink Magazine, Afternoon Visitor, The Brooklyn Rail, and Trilobite. He contributes to the blog World Ball.
Contributions: Friday Night Lights
Ryan Petersen is a writer based in New York City. He's previously published in Hobart, The End Magazine, and Expat Press. IG and Twitter: @ryandpetersen.
Contributions: Vespid, Lamprey, Twitch, Incontinence
Lena Redford is an LA-based artist. Previously employed by the minions, she now works on a documentary series about neighbor disputes. If you or someone you know is currently dealing with an ongoing neighbor dispute, please contact her at helloneighborstv@gmail.com.
Contributions: Follow Me
Emily Simon is a writer in New York City. Her first book, In Many Ways, was published by Winter Editions in 2023. She is also the author of the poetry chapbook Reign is Over (Choo Choo Press), and her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Volt, the 1080Press Newsletter, Rain Taxi, The Quarterless Review, The Florida Review and elsewhere.
Contributions: My Husband
Nik Slackman is from Morristown, New Jersey. He works at Fence, where he served as managing editor for The One on Earth: Selected Works of Mark Baumer, and also edited Content: A Memetics Research Journal. He has recently published with Cleveland Review of Books, Dunce Codex, and Blue Arrangements. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Contributions: Monologue and Play Fragments