Poetry by James Adams, Our People & Crocodile Rider

James Adams is the author of Noble Savage, which was nominated for a 2007 Pulitzer Prize. His poems have appeared in Rattle, Light: A Journal of Photography & Poetry, The Muse (India), Rust+Moth and other publications. Adams’ work has been translated into Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian. He served as editor of two war poetry anthologies: Against Agamemnon: War Poetry and No, Achilles. He is a co-editor of the forthcoming refugee poetry anthology Elusions: Refugee Poetry. Adams is a Siegfried Sassoon Fellow.

Photography by Diego Luis

Diego Luis studies history as a PhD Candidate at Brown University. His photography has recently appeared in New Southern Fugitives, Typehouse Literary Magazine, Moko: Caribbean Arts and Letters, and Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. When not cloistered in an archive or out snapping photos, he enjoys hanging out with his two kitties.

Poetry by Gary Duehr, Martinique

Gary Duehr has taught poetry and writing at Boston University, Lesley University, and Tufts University. His MFA is from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. In 2001 he received an NEA Poetry Fellowship, and he has also received grants and fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the LEF Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation. Journals in which his poems have appeared include Agni, American Literary Review, Chiron Review, Cottonwood, Hawaii Review, Hotel Amerika, Iowa Review, North American Review, and Southern Poetry Review. His books of poetry include In Passing (Grisaille Press, 2011), THE BIG BOOK OF WHY (Cobble Hill Books, 2008), Winter Light (Four Way Books, 1999) and Where Everyone Is Going To (St. Andrews College Press, 1999).

Poetry by Robin Ray, Sorrow Binds to Flesh

Robin Ray is the author of two novels, nine novellas, six screenplays, and countless short stories and poems. His works have appeared at Delphinium, Bangalore, Squawk Back, Outsider, Red Fez, Jerry Jazz Musician, Underwood Press, Scarlet Leaf, Neologism, Spark, Aphelion, Vita Brevis, and elsewhere. As far as pretzels go, he leans towards the German nussbrezel. It's a sweet pretzel with ribbons of marzipan in it. Check out more of his work at: https://seattlewordsmith.wordpress.com/ 

Poetry by Cameron Morse, Coat Hook

Cameron Morse was diagnosed with a glioblastoma in 2014. With a 14.6 month life expectancy, he entered the Creative Writing Program at the University of Missouri—Kansas City and, in 2018, graduated with an MFA. His poems have been published in numerous magazines, including New Letters, Bridge Eight, Portland Review and South Dakota Review. His first poetry collection, Fall Risk, won Glass Lyre Press's 2018 Best Book Award. His latest is Terminal Destination (Spartan Press, 2019). He lives with his wife Lili and son Theodore in Blue Springs, Missouri, where he serves as poetry editor for Harbor Review. For more information, check out his Facebook page or website.  

Music by Orson Carroll, Our Final Sunrises

Orson Carroll makes dark ambient/experimental soundscapes. He is the also the noise-making pseudonym of Edward Lee. Edward Lee's poetry, short stories, non-fiction and photography have been published in magazines in Ireland, England and America, including The Stinging Fly, Skylight 47, Acumen, and Smiths Knoll. His debut poetry collection Playing Poohsticks On Ha'Penny Bridge was published in 2010. He is currently working towards a second collection. Edward also makes other musical noise under the names Ayahuasca Collective and Lego Figures Fighting, all of which can be found on Bandcamp. His blog/website can be found at https://edwardmlee.wordpress.com

Story by Kate Rose, 300.000

Kate Rose’s stories and poetry have been published in Diagram, cc&d, Anti-Heroin Chic, Page and Spine, Literary Yard, and Rain and Thunder, as well as journals in French. Her first novel Mosaïque des Autresses (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2009) led to an active life as a writer during her 13 years in France while she earned her PhD in Comparative Literature. She also worked for several years as chief editor of a French literary magazine, Le Champs des Lettres. For the past 6 years, she taught world literature and creative writing at a university in China. She is now back in the U.S. (Arizona) looking for an academic job. In addition to her PhD and MA from Université de Montpellier, she holds a Bachelor’s in International Studies from Boston College, and she completed one year of an MFA program in Fiction at University of Alaska. She is the editor of a forthcoming book on engaged literary criticism, Displaced: Migration, Indigeneity, and Trauma (Routledge, 2020).

Paintings and drawings by James Lee Chiahan

James Lee Chiahan is a Taiwanese-Canadian artist based in Toronto. He aims to create images that elicit some sort of emotion, memory, and surprise in a way that's unique to visual art and to his experiences. He is interested in capturing the moments in time in every day life that are deeply affecting and difficult to explain. James prefers his pretzels buttery and coated in sugar and cinnamon.

Poetry by Adam Schechter, Pursuer with Moon

Adam Schechter is a musician and writer living in South Dakota. His poems are forthcoming or have appeared in The Raw Art Review, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, Prometheus Dreaming, Pasque Petals, Cathexis Northwest Press, and others.

Poetry by Imogen Rosenbluth, Boudhanath TV

Imogen Rosenbluth is an academic technology assistant at a community college by day and a poet always. Her work has appeared in The Bitchin' Kitsch, Adirondack Review, Naugatuck River Review, Ascent Aspirations, and Rainy Day. She is originally from Pennsylvania, and as such prefers her pretzels soft and of the Amish variety. 

Poetry by Michael Chang, The Mystery Files of Michael Pulichino & That Time I Saw Grace Jones Wandering the Aisles at Duane Reade

Michael Chang hopes to win the New Jersey Blueberry Princess pageant one day.  Michael strongly suspects that they were born in the wrong decade.  A recovering vegan, their favorite ice cream flavor was almost renamed due to scandal.  

Story by Clare Weze, Cut Out and Keep

Clare Weze is a UK-based science editor whose work can be found in Best Microfiction 2019, The Conglomerate, Riptide, Short Fiction Journal, The Lascaux Review, Wonderbox and elsewhere. She is represented by The Good Literary Agency. Her dream is to meld her day job with her fiction and move somewhere warm where she can write outside. @ClareWeze

Painting by Tore Norge Lehmann

Tore Norge Lehmann is a digital artist and musician who has delved into the areas of deep atmosphere and thought-provoking artwork. Not in the means of controversy but in a way that makes the mind wander. As a painter, his motifs usually depict the surreal and otherworldly, and their meaning is fully open to interpretation.

Story by Maryse Meijer, Green, White, Red

Maryse is the author of Heartbreaker, Rag and Northwood. She lives in Chicago.

Visual poetry by David Felix

David Felix is a youthful septuagenarian English visual poet who lives in Denmark. For more than half a century, his writing has taken on a variety of forms, in collage, three dimensions, in galleries, anthologies, festival performances, video, and in over fifty publications worldwide, both in print and online. Born into a family of artists, magicians and tailors, he is more than comfortable with willow charcoal, the invisible pencil, or dressmaking chalk.