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FICTION
J.R. Vernham
J.R. Vernham lives in Montreal, Quebec. They enjoy building models and dressing like a time traveller who didn't do their homework. They're also legally blind.
Benjamin Anthony Rhodes
Benjamin Anthony Rhodes is a queer and trans poet living in Northeast Ohio. He creates art & house-keeps for his husband, their hungry cat, and misbehaved dog. His poetry is featured in the anthologies Light Enters the Grove: Exploring Cuyahoga National Park Through Poetry from Kent State University Press and Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology from Madville Publishing. You can find all of his published work at: https://linktr.ee/ginger.benji Free Palestine.
Maurice Scott
Maurice Scott is an emerging writer based in Texas. His works tip-toe between horror and psychological thriller, often focusing on themes of grotesque tragedy and morality. This is his first submission for publication.
Azalea Geist
Azalea Geist is a collector of words, an appreciator of bones, and the only member of her family to her knowledge to win a spelling bee with only one contestant.
Len Slatest
Len Slatest has been nominated for a 2026 Pushcart Prize. He is a retired physicist who worked on a variety of research projects in the physical and life sciences during his career, in fields such as astrophysics, oceanography, atmospheric science, reactor simulation, and mathematics. His fiction and poems have appeared in Ghosts, Echoes & Shadows, London literary magazine ionosphere, Poets for Science, miniMAG, Inside Voice, Creations Magazine, Bardics Anonymous, Bulb Culture Collective, Suffolk County Poetry Review, Bards Annual 2025,, Eastern Sea Bards, and Bards Across The Pond, and he won a cash award for a short story in Sound Waves. He can be contacted at the email address disputedunit@gmail.com
Brendon McLeod
Brendon McLeod is studying a PhD in creative writing at The University of Sydney, for which he was awarded the Arthur Macquarie Travelling Scholarship. His unpublished novel, “The Rhinoceros” was awarded a fellowship from The Writers’ Space to Varuna The National Writers’ House. His poem “split mind” was shortlisted for the Judith Wright Poetry Prize. His work has been published or is forthcoming in Rabbit Poetry, Overland, Australian Poetry Journal's Digital Publication, Quadrant, The Catholic Poetry Room, Verge, Vernacular Journal, and The Ekphrastic Review. He has been invited to read his poetry at Sappho Books' Monthly Poetry Night and the Banjo Patterson Poetry Festival. He is a jazz musician and works as a music teacher. His work often explores the lived experience of mental illness. He lives and works on Wiradyuri country in regional New South Wales, Australia.
John Doriot
John Doriot is an award-winning author and poet. He has written seventeen books and has received seven Georgia Independent Author of the Year Awards from 2022 to 2025. These include awards for best horror/thriller novel (Litter), best science fiction novel (The Cures), best collection of short stories twice (Grimmer Folk Stories, Idioms), and best poetry collection (From Sorrow To Tomorrow, Slowly, I Grow). He was also a finalist for his poetry collection, Spiritual Roots, in 2025. He has contributed short stories and poems to MetaStellar, Down in the Dirt, Dark Horses, Fright, The Dread Literary Journal, TrashLight Press, Flash Fiction, WestWard Quarterly, The Broken Teacup, Poems for Tomorrow, Harrow House Journal, Feed The Holy, and Four Tulips magazines
Cameron Carter
Cameron Carter, a fiction writer and educator from Atlanta, is a PhD candidate at the University of Missouri. He previously earned his MFA at Georgia State University and his MA at Ball State University. His work is forthcoming or has appeared in The Argyle & Cutleaf Magazine.
Gabriel Sims
Gabriel Sims is an emerging writer based in Montréal. He has written a little over 10 short stories. He uses fiction to explore different emotional landscapes through a satirical yet compassionate lens.
A. Winters
A. Winters is a novelist interested primarily in the fantastical and absurd. She’s an undergraduate student and novelist, born and raised in Washington State. While not immersed in writing or studying, she can be found collecting CDs or hunched-over amidst various crafts.
Travis Flatt
Travis Flatt (he/him) is a teacher and actor working near Nashville, Tennessee. His work is published in print and online. He enjoys theater, dogs, and theatrical dogs, often with his wife, who works as a makeup artist. One can learn more about him and his writing at www.travisflattblog.com
Bethany Bruno
Bethany Bruno is a Floridian author and amateur historian. Born in Hollywood and raised in Port St. Lucie, she holds a BA in English from Flagler College and an MA from the University of North Florida. Her writing has appeared in more than seventy literary journals and magazines, including The Sun, The MacGuffin, McSweeney’s, and 3Elements Review. Learn more at www.bethanybrunowriter.com.
Megan Diedericks
Megan Diedericks writes poetry and fiction, everything from meek to macabre can be found in between the lines. She is the author of two books: the darkest of times, the darkest of thoughts (2022, self-published) and The Coffin Chronicles (forthcoming with Island of Wak-Wak!) Find all of Megan's published work, and much more, on her website: bit.ly/megandiedericks
Josephine Whittock
Josephine Whittock (she/her) is a horror and magical realism writer based in the West Coast. Her work has been published in Arkana and body fluids. She enjoys spooky games, baking for her friends, and contemplating what it means to be a digitalgirl. You can find her at @words.by.jw on Instagram.
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Ted Morrissey
Ted Morrissey has published several novels, including Mrs Saville, a sequel to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and a winner of the Manhattan Book Award. He co-hosts the monthly podcast A Lesson before Writing.
Time Barrow
Time Barrow is a monocular writer, poet, humorist, doctor, and dreamer living in Bellevue, WA. He weaves words daily as the brand chief for a fintech juggernaut and prefers making his own words when the moon is up. Time digs 1920s-70s blues, bourbon, ink, classic British motorbikes, vinyl, running, and antique typewriters. The man has four dogs. You can follow his publication progress and prowess at timebarrow.com/portfolio.
Patrick Malka
Patrick Malka (he/him) is a high school science teacher from Montreal, Quebec, where he lives with his partner and two kids. His recent fiction can be found in Black Glass Pages, 34 Orchard, Timber Ghost Press, Brave New Weird Volume 2 and most recently in Hotel Macabre Volume 1. A full list of his published stories can be found at patrickmalkawriter.ca
Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos
Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos is a Pushcart-nominee Breton writer, teacher, mother, nature and music lover, foodie, dreamer. She loves butter, needs coffee, and hates easy opening packaging. She is a contributor to Poverty House, co-founder of The Pride Roars, and the EIC of Raw Lit. Her debut historical novel Laundry Day was selected as a Runner-up at the Irish Novel Fair 2024. She lives in Athens, Greece.
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Laura Shell
Laura Shell has been published in NUNUM, Maudlin House, Typishly, Big Whoopie Deal, and many others. Her first anthology of paranormal stories, The Canine Collection, was released this year. She's a prolific writer and submitter of flash fiction and the Editor-in-Chief of the Flash Phantoms site. You can find more about her work at https://laurashellhorror.wordpress.com.
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John Plaski
John K. Plaski (he/him/his) is a queer, neurodivergent writer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received BFAs in Secondary Education and English from Wisconsin Lutheran College and teaches high school English, Theatre, and Film Studies. Shooting film photography in his spare time, his written works have been published in Moonbow Magazine, Euphemism, Riot Ghoul, Louisiana Literature, Teiresian, and the NoSleep Podcast. IG: jkpphoto1196
Benjamin Wagner
Benjamin is an avid writer and reader beginning to take a serious dive into the world of fiction. A keen pursuer of multiple hobbies, Benjamin likes to incorporate his varying loves into whatever he is writing. A keen lover of almost all genres, Benjamin likes to think of himself as a writing chameleon, who adapts to whatever challenge he sets himself. Whilst still a novice on this journey, he wishes to see how far the literary road can take him as he enters his 30th year of life.
Yunseo Choi
Yunseo Choi is a poet and writer living in Seoul, South Korea. She has been writing ever since they were eleven years old, and her favorite book is “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt. She has previously been accepted for publication in Paper Cranes Literary Magazine, Harmony Magazine, Cloudgazer Magazine, Eloquentia, and Young Writers Journal. You can find them on Instagram at @writtenbyyunseo.
Sebastian Roundtree
S.M.Roundtree is a spoken word poet, avid dungeon master, and occasional drag queen. He works as a Wolf Trap teaching artist and frequently emcees local open mics. His writing has been featured in Startlebloom magazine and he is currently writing his debut novel.
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Irina Tall
Irina Tall (Novikova) is an artist, graphic artist, illustrator. She graduated from the State Academy of Slavic Cultures with a degree in art, and also has a bachelor's degree in design. Her work has been published in magazines: Gupsophila, Harpy Hybrid Review, Little Literary Living Room and others. In 2022, her short story was included in the collection "The 50 Best Short Stories", and her poem was published in the collection of poetry "The wonders of winter".
