Lori D'Angelo is a grant recipient from the Elizabeth George Foundation and an alumna of the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley. Recent work has appeared in Anti-Heroin Chic, BULL, Chaotic Merge, Ellipsis Zine, Idle Ink, Litmora, North Dakota Quarterly, Rejection Letters, and elsewhere. She lives in Virginia with her family. Twitter/X: Bluesky@sclly21

Kaily Dorfman completed her MFA in poetry at UC Irvine and is currently a doctoral student in creative writing at the University of Denver. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, the Foothill Editor's Prize, and the Best New Poets anthology, and is published or forthcoming in Painted Bride Quarterly, Ibbetson Street, The Fairy Tale Review, Foothill Poetry Journal, The Scrivener Creative Review, and elsewhere. dorfmankaily@gmail.com

Steven Fromm's work has appeared in several publications across the U.S. and the U.K., including Salamander, The Westchester Review, Allium, Thin Air and The Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology. His short play, "Sister Bea's Full Branzino," was recently presented in London. His short story, "Six Carp," was recently released as a film. sfrommnj@gmail.com

Elana Kloss received a BFA in Fashion Design at Otis College of Art and Design and attended a short story writing class with Ron Darian at the UCLA Extension Program, and an essay class at Gotham Writers Workshop in New York. She works designing and illustrating for a small fashion company and is also a board member at Active-Plus, a nonprofit that provides wellness programming for children in underserved areas. Elana was born in Alaska and has a passion for figure drawing, backpacking, and classical music. Her work has been published in Literally Stories, Sortes, Angel City Review, Isele Magazine, and Cantos. elana.kloss@gmail.com

David Dodd Lee is the author of eleven books of poetry, including the forthcoming collection, Unlucky Animals. His poems most recently have appeared in New Ohio Review, Guesthouse, Southeast Review, TriQuarterly, The Nation, and elsewhere. He writes and makes visual art in Northern Indiana. He is Associate Professor of English at Indiana University South Bend, where he is also Editor-in-Chief of 42 Miles Press, as well as the online literary magazine The Glacier. mardoddhalfmoon@aol.com

Arthur Mandal is a writer based in Eugene, Oregon (but grew up in the UK). Alongside writing, he works as an independent craftsman and photographer. His stories have appeared in The Barcelona Review, LITRO, december, 3:AM, La Piccioletta Barca, Nightjar Press, Ink Sweat & Tears, Sky Island Journal, Impspired, The Signal House Edition and Orca. arjunmandal1@outlook.com

Maureen Sherbondy's forthcoming book is The Body Remembers. Her work has appeared in Southern Humanities Review, Upstreet, New York Quarterly, Roanoke Review, and other journals. She lives in Durham, N.C. www.maureensherbondy.com

Sarah Anne Stinnett teaches at Berklee Online and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University and an ALM in Dramatic Arts from Harvard University. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Plume, Palette Poetry, On the Seawall, The Shore, Barely South Review, Red Letter, and elsewhere. sarahanne_stinnett@harvard.edu

Taylor Thackaberry is a software engineer and writer. Originally from Purcellville, Virginia, she now calls Seattle, Washington home. Her work has been featured in undergraduate magazines such as Red Cedar Review and Silhouette Literary Magazine, and she was shortlisted for the Steger Poetry Prize. When she's not writing, she is skiing until the snow melts and paddleboarding until the lake freezes. taylorthackaberry.substack.com

Harrison Bae Wein's fiction and poetry have appeared in several publications, most recently Hawai'i Pacific Review, riverSedge, ONE ART, and Clio's Psyche. As a health and science writer, his work has been published in The Washington Post, The Richmond Times-Dispatch and many other outlets. He founded and now edits a monthly consumer health newsletter and an online science weekly at the National Institutes of Health. https://harrisonwein.com

Gabriel Welsch's books include a collection of short stories, Groundscratchers, and four collections of poems, most recently The Four Horsepersons of a Disappointing Apocalypse. His work has appeared widely in journals including Ploughshares, Southern Review, THRUSH, Moon City Review, and previously in The Summerset Review. A native of Maine, Welsch now lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his family, and works as vice president of marketing and communications at Duquesne University. He no longer goes fishing. www.chillsubs.com/user/gabrielwelsch