Category: Contributor

Edidiong Uzoma Essien is a Nigerian writer based in the U.S. Her work has appeared in Strange Horizons, Pacifica Literary Review, Thimble Literary Magazine, Brittle Paper, Oyster River Pages, and elsewhere. She enjoys reading, playing video games, and submitting to the whims of her cat. 

Abbie Doll is a writer residing in Columbus, Ohio, with an MFA from Lindenwood University. Her work has been featured in Door Is a Jar Magazine, 3:AM Magazine, and Pinch Journal Online, among others; and nominated for The Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, and the Pushcart Prize, as well as longlisted for The Wigleaf Top 50. She also serves as a Fiction Editor…

Mary Buchinger, whose recent books include Navigating the Reach (Salmon Poetry, Honors, 2024 Massachusetts Book Award), The Book of Shores, and Virology (Lily Poetry Review Books), teaches at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and served on the New England Poetry Club board for many years. Her poetry appears in AGNI, Nimrod, Plume, Salamander, Salt Hill, Seneca Review, and she is…

L. Vocem‘s work has been published recently in River Styx, Bellingham, and Saranac Reviews. Other works have appeared in Tint Journal, Acéntos, Westchester, Touchstone, Tulane, riverSedge, Litro, Carve, Azahares, Zoetrope and others. His novel, The Air Beneath Her Feet, is the 2025 PEN/America Bare Life Review Grant Winner and looking for a publisher. Recognition for his writing includes: 2023 Rash Award Finalist, 2020 Raymond…

Cathy Clay is a Houston, Texas native. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of Houston (1997) and a master’s in English from Texas Southern University (2008). Her novel, Agatta was published in 2010, and her short stories have been featured in literary journals. Currently her short stories, Cecil and The Earrings, appear in Eclectically Criminal and Eclectically Cosmic respectively, both Inklings Publications.…

Maryke Burger is a poet based in Los Angeles; she received her MFA from Queens University of Charlotte, NC. She works as a Substance Abuse Counselor, incorporating the cathartic aspects of writing in her practice.