Issue 124 Contributors
Jonathan B. Aibel is a recovering software engineer who lives in Concord, MA, homelands of the Nipmuc. His poems have been published, or will soon appear, in Chautauqua, American Journal of Poetry, Lily Poetry Review, Ocean State Review, Pangyrus, and elsewhere.
hunter a. allund is an MFA candidate in fiction at Brown University. They currently write, paint, and live in Providence RI with their partner, two cats, and an imaginary greyhound named Gauss.
Carla Carlson is the author of the chapbook Love and Oranges, 2015, Finishing Line Press. Her current manuscript-in-process, What Wakes You, has been a finalist at Harbor Editions, and a semi-finalist at The Word Works. Her poems challenge readers to face the questions of restlessness and conscious desire, along with the speaker. She’s inspired by Jungian philosophy, the art world, flora, and the blissful and sometimes difficult complexities of marriage. Her work appears in Beyond Words, Thrush Poetry Journal, Thimble Magazine, Statorec.com, Derailleur Press, and others.
Dolo Diaz s a poet and scientist whose work explores the intersection of the physical and emotional. She is originally from Spain and lives in Palo Alto, California. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Right Hand Pointing, Star*Line, Book of Matches, Moss Puppy Magazine, Last Stanza Poetry Journal, and others. Her first chapbook Defiant Devotion has been published by Bottlecap Press.
JDG (they/them) is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY and a member of the New Haven Writers' Group. Their work has been published, among other places, in Cleaver Magazine, Prospectus, and Prairie Schooner. You can find more of their work at JustinDGoodman.com.
Megan Merchant (she/her) is the owner of www.shiversong.com and holds an M.F.A. degree from UNLV. She is a visual artist and, most recently, the author of A Slow Indwelling (Harbor Publications) and Hortensia, in winter (Winner of the New American Poetry Prize). She is the Editor of Pirene’s Fountain. Find out more at https://meganmerchant.wixsite.com/poet.
Heather Nelson’s first book of poetry, Motherland, is forthcoming from Kelsay Books in 2025. She has been published in: Ekphrastic Review, Lily Poetry Review, Nixes Mate, Spoon River Review, and many other publications. She currently leads a local free-write group, runs workshops at Grub Street, and plans events for Litcrawl and other community writing experiences. Heather is already working on her next book of poetry.
Pamela Sinicrope has an MFA in poetry from Augsburg University and is a senior poetry editor for the online poetry journal, RockPaperPoem. Some of her work appears in: SWWIM, 3 Elements Review, Rogue Agent, Spillway, Feral, The Night Heron Barks, Literary Mama, Aethlon, Meniscus, Anti-heroin Chic, Appalachian Journal, and HeartWood Literary Magazine.
Brett Stuckel’s writing has appeared in Electric Literature, Wordgathering, Hobart, Split Lip Magazine, and elsewhere. He lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and is online at www.brettstuckel.com and Bluesky: @brettstuckel.com.
Rowan Tate is a Romanian creative and curator of beauty. She reads nonfiction nature books, the backs of shampoo bottles, and sometimes minds.
J Xuange is a poet whose work explores identity, transformation, and the quiet violence within personal and societal structures. Through fragmented language and abstract imagery, they examine the fluidity of self and the struggle for transcendence in a world often defined by abuse and constraint. They live and write in Asia.
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