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Sasha Ockenden

Fiction Contributor

Sasha Ockenden studied French & German literature at the University of Oxford, where one of his stories was published in the Failed Novelists Society’s ‘Failed Anthology’ and he won an international DAAD prize for creative writing in German. In the last year, his flash fiction pieces have appeared in (mic)ro(mic), Flash Flood, Bending Genres, Riggwelter, and Writers Resist. He is currently based in Berlin and still working on becoming a failed novelist.
You can read his stories at: sashaockenden.wixsite.com/home

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Intervals

Clare O’Brien

Poetry Contributor

Previously PR to a politician and PA to a rock star, Clare now lives noisily in Scotland, writing her first novel, Light Switch. Publication credits include Mslexia, The London Reader, Lunate, Rhythm & Bones Press, Cabinet of Heed, Northwords Now, Spelk, The Emma Press, and Hedgehog Poetry.

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To A Singer, From Her Songs

Athena Melliar

Poetry Contributor

Athena Melliar is a feminist poet. She has earned herself a degree in Philosophy and Psychology. Her work has appeared in The Menteur, Dark Marrow, LEVELER, So to Speak: a feminist journal of language & arts, Moonchild Magazine, and other literary publications. She has been profiled in Maudlin House. (she/her)

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Soft susurrus

Yasmine Rukia

Poetry Contributor

Yasmine Rukia is a Lebanese-American performing poet, short story writer & uncontested meme-queen of metro-detroit. Her work exploring Arabesque-America, diaspora blues, the internet and womxnhood has appeared in Cliterature, The Porter Gulch Review, Mizna, Tinderbox Poetry Journal and elsewhere. She has two sons and a mean caffeine addiction follow her on facebook for hot-takes if nothing else.

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Self-Portrait as my most repeated song

Brad Shurmantine

Creative Nonfiction Contributor

Brad Shurmantine lives in Napa, Ca. He spends time writing, reading, tending three gardens (sand, water, vegetable), keeping bees, taking care of chickens and cats, and working on that husband thing. His poetry has been published in Oddball Magazine, Jam and Sand, Mom Egg, and Ariel Chart. He backpacks in the Sierras and travels when he can, and has a serious passion for George Eliot.

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Learning to Play

Richard LeDue

Poetry Contributor

Richard LeDue (he/him) currently lives in Norway House, Manitoba. He is a Best of the Net nominee. He is the author of three chapbooks and two full length poetry collections. His latest collection, “Dollar Store Blues and Other Cheap Words,” was released in March 2022 from Alien Buddha Press.

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What’s Left in the Cooler
Fallen

N.D. Erwin

Poetry Contributor

N.D. Erwin is a rural poet, educator, community mediator, and researcher at the School of International Service, American University. With a family tree rooted in the North and South, Alabama moonshiners and Vermont dairy farmers, Erwin grew up in the hills of Newark Valley, New York. N.D. Erwin works as a poetry editor for Folio and Barrelhouse Magazine. His poetry has appeared in a number of print and online publications, including Redactions, Wordgatherings, Breadcrumbs, Sonic Boom, and Old Red Kimono. His book Hemp and Farm Justice is forthcoming Fall 2020 from Mandel-Vilar Press.

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A Little Love Poem on a Little Love Poem

Parth Shirke

Photography Contributor

Parth Shirke (he/him) received his Master’s in Electrical Engineering from CSU Long Beach in 2016. Since then, he has moved to the Bay Area and works in the tech industry. Parth finds relief from his fast-paced life by taking photos inspired by the urban city he works in while also taking the time to capture the beauty of nature. His photography has been featured in J. Mane Gallery, honey & lime literary magazine, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, and Nightingale & Sparrow.

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The Magic

A Patch of Sun

Zebib K. A.

Poetry Contributor

Zebib K. A. a writer, psychiatrist, and movie lover living in NYC. She comes from a black/immigrant background, and identifies as queer, and explores these identities in her writing.

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Kourtina

Linda McMullen

Fiction Contributor

Linda McMullen is a wife, mother, diplomat, and homesick Wisconsinite. Her short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in over forty literary magazines, including, most recently, Arachne Press, Write Ahead/The Future Looms Magazine, Drunk Monkeys, Storgy, X-R-A-Y, and Newfound.

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Daphne