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MARY B.
FOUNDER/EiC
Mary Buchanan is a writer from Mississippi, whose writing flirts with the topics of mental health, spirituality, and magic. She is also an educator and occasional tarot card puller. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Mississippi, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing with a focus in Fiction from Louisiana State University, where she served as the graduate prose editorial assistant for The Southern Review. She published her first collection of short stories, Shoulder Bones, in 2014 with Blooming Twig Books. Her graduate thesis, a hybrid novel, Rapunzel Has Insomnia, was a finalist for the University of New Orleans Publishing Laboratory Prize. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared or are forthcoming in Bending Genres, Erato Magazine, Anti-Heroin Chic, Hobart, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Tiny Molecules, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Razor, Psychopomp, Flash Fiction Magazine, Third Point Press, Sidereal Magazine, Mississippi Magazine, among others.
D.W. Baker
POETRY READER
D.W. Baker is a poet and teacher from St. Petersburg, Florida. He edited the 2024 collection, GOD/CORPSE: writing on the bipolar body, containing poetry and nonfiction on the theme of bipolar disorder, available from The Circus Collective. His work appears in Identity Theory, Corporeal Lit, The Ekphrastic Review, The Institutionalized Review, Voidspace Zine, and Cutbow Quarterly, among others, and has been nominated for Best of the Net.
See more at www.dwbakerpoetry.com
Mallory K. lehenbauer
READER
Mallory is a journalist, creative nonfiction writer, teacher, and facilitator based in Austin, TX. She holds a B.A. in English Literature and Southern Studies from the University of Mississippi, a Master's Degree in Journalism from the University of Mississippi, and a Master's Degree in English Literature from Texas State University. Her day jobs are as a facilitator at the Girls Empowerment Network and an adjunct English professor at Austin Community College. Her writings can be found in Good Grit Magazine, Writing Home Magazine, Fluffi, East Side Magazine, and her Substack newsletter: Here for the Chaos. She writes about culture, feminism, parenting, wellness (whatever that means), and the American South.
Sam Bellamy
READER
Based in Suffolk, England, Sam Bellamy is the creator of Green Ink Poetry, and is often found in the woods. He has a deep love for old trees and quiet places where modernity can be escaped, as well as searching for sea glass and hag stones on the beach.
Leigh doughty
READER
Leigh Doughty is a writer and a language tutor currently based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. His previously published work can be found in the VNexpress, Arteidolia, Meridian, and the Nuthatch.
Amy Parker
READER
Amy Suzanne Parker is a writer and instructor living in Gainesville, Florida. Her work has appeared in Juked, DIAGRAM, Flash Fiction Magazine, Oregon East, Burrow Press Review, and elsewhere. Currently, she is working on a memoir-in-essays about growing up and living in Florida with depression and anxiety. Originally from the Tampa Bay Area, she loves a good storm.
Lindy Giusta
READER
Lindy Giusta is a Brooklyn-based queer visual artist and lover of the arts. As a former Librarian, Lindy loves reading, writing, and all things literary-related.
Lindy also loves playing the mandolin, reading lit mags, going down rabbit holes researching indie presses, going on NYC adventures, and drinking copious amounts of coffee. She also loves her two pet rabbits and cats and is a big animal lover.
Catalina Barceló
READER
Catalina Barceló is a Colombian writer currently based in the UK. She holds a BA in Communication and Journalism, and recently finished her MA in Publishing at City, University of London. She spends her days surrounded by books while creating new ways for her characters to enjoy the rollercoaster that is life. In her spare time she enjoys watching movies and strolling around the park daydreaming with her headphones on.
Ellen Acconcia
READER
Ellen Acconcia is a former marketing and communications professional, originally from New York City, currently living coastal North Carolina. Mostly recently, she oversaw audience growth and engagement and content management for a nonprofit digital newsroom based in North Carolina. She has served as a marketing director, publicist, and communications expert in industries as varied as book publishing, the performing arts, corporate development and professional association management. She is an experienced writer, content wrangler, publications production manager and creative director who enjoys breathing life into a vision through the written word. She writes about many topics including mental illness, parenting an adult child with mental illness, memory, and grief. Her work has appeared in The Sunlight Press, Business Insider and 5 Minute Lit, among others.
Stephanie Marrie
READER
I'm an experienced editor passionate about evaluating and fine-tuning stories that reflect the richness of today's world. I aim to help storytellers explore the full range of their experiences through meticulous developmental, copy, and line editing. Over my six-year editorial career, I've familiarized myself with all aspects of the editorial and the book production process. I have been fortunate enough to work with both fiction and nonfiction titles at various publishers.
Liv Albright
EDITORIAL INTERN
Liv Albright's work has been published in Electric Literature, Harvard Review, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Chicago Review of Books, Full Stop, and Ligeia. She is currently completing a fairytale-infused hybrid memoir as part of Goucher College's Nonfiction MFA Program. When Liv is not writing, she enjoys hitting up local bookstores, cuddling with her cats, and trying not to eat too much ColdStone. She lives in Baltimore, MD.