Fiction

Pete Hadland exists, of this he is at least relatively sure. He has an MFA from the University of Arizona. His work has appeared in Borrowed Solace, EMBARK!, CommuterLit, Maudlin House, Brink, and is forthcoming in Firewords. He is the 2024 winner of the MWC Iron Pen. He is many things, but most importantly a dad to the greatest kids in the entire universe.

(Content Warning: death, abortion)

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Makayla Carmichael has spent most of her professional career as an accountant, but now spends her time writing stories and when not getting into the minds of her characters, she enjoys reading and being in nature, especially the Blue Ridge Mountains in her home state of North Carolina. Her first published short story was on D.U.M.B.O. Press’ website. Two of her other short stories are pending publication on The Broken Teacup’s website (September 2024) and The Taborian’s website (date pending).

(Content Warning: Car crash, panic attack, scars, blood, self-image issues, swearing)

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Bianca (she/her) is a creative writing MFA student at the University of Central Florida, the Fiction Editor of Wallstrait, and a lover of imaginative prose. She has a BA in English and a BS in Industrial Engineering. Her work has appeared in Blackwater Review. She lives in Orlando with her partner and their beautiful black cat, Tibby.

​Amanda Bintz is a writer and editor living in Philadelphia. She completed her first novel, “Wolf Warrior,” in 4th grade and has been trying to top that achievement ever since. She is drawn to stories about women, environmentalism, folklore, legends, history, and magic. You can find her on Instagram @amandabintz and on amandabintz.com.

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Michael Chin (he/him) was born and raised in Utica, New York and currently lives in Las Vegas with his wife and son. He’s the author of six full-length books, including his novel, My Grandfather’s an Immigrant and So is Yours (Cowboy Jamboree Press, 2021) and his forthcoming short story collection This Year’s Ghost (JackLeg Press, 2025). Find him online at miketchin.com and follow him on Twitter @miketchin.

Jacob Orlando (he/him) is a queer young man of letters from small town Texas. His debut piece 'Molten' won the New Millennium Writings 55th Annual Award for Flash Fiction. Most recently, his piece ‘Modern Homo’s Guide to Making Fire’ appeared in After Happy Hour Review Issue 21. He works a day job and writes away his free time.

Robert Rosen has spent the better part of a life as a technologist and applied mathematician with a front row seat to the technology revolutions of our time -- and the attendant social convulsions. (Pronouns) is/are a member of the Historical Novel Society, The Burlington (VT) Writers Workshop, Grub Street, Writers Digest, has/have written essays and fiction for our local newspaper here in central Vermont, and has/have several stories published in speculative and literary magazines.

Anjianie Perez is a nonbinary latinx writer from New Jersey and they've been writing since the day they learned to hold a pencil. Anjianie's work has been published in independent literary magazines such as GLAZE and Beneath the Mask, and they currently run a weekly online newsletter. In their free time, Anjianie loves to compose instrumental pieces and spend time with their bunny named Professor.

Libby Cudmore is the author of The Big Rewind (William Morrow 2016) and the Martin Wade series at Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Her work has appeared in Orca, Monkeybicycle, Had, Reckon Review, Bleed Error, The Dark, Tough, The Coachella Review, The Normal School and Smokelong Quarterly. She is the 2018 recipient of the Oregon Writer’s Colony Prize and a four-year alumnae of the Barrelhouse Writer’s Camp.

Isaac is a sometimes-writer and amateur linguist from southern Indiana currently passing through the purgatory called a "gap year" after graduating from UE. Writing aside, his main passions are conlanging and going way too in-depth about the climatology of planets that don't exist.

Kate E Lore is a queer, neurodivergent, she/they, born to a single widowed mother. Youngest of four, second to graduate high school, first bachelor's degree, first MFA in the family. Kate E Lore is a writer of both fiction and nonfiction with many publications in various magazines such as Black Warrior Review, Orsum Magazine, Longridge Review, The Under Review, and Bending Genres, soon to include Under the Gum Tree, and Door is a Jar. A jack-of-all-trades Kate splits their time between fiction and nonfiction, screenplays, flash prose, full-length novels, painting, and comics. Kate strives to appreciate the small things in life but has been known to throw down hard at an EDM rave when it’s lit.

Wolfgang Wright is the author of the comic novel Me and Gepe. His short work has appeared in numerous literary magazines, including Short Beasts, The Collidescope, and Waccamaw. He doesn’t tolerate gluten so well, quite enjoys watching British panel shows, and devotes a little time each day to contemplating the Tao. He lives in North Dakota.

(Content Warning: Death, Mentions and Contemplations of Suicide)

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Grace Friona (she/her/hers) earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Southern Indiana in 2022. She is interested in world literature and folklore. Aside from reading, she enjoys drawing, playing board games, and watching period piece films.

(Content Warning: Graphic Depiction of Dead Corpse/Body)

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KeYanla Cleckley (she/her/hers) is an imaginative writer and acrylic painter, who grew up obsessed with reading books. She holds an MFA in Creating Writing from Full Sail University and a BS in Political Science with minors in History, International Studies, and Legal Studies from University of Evansville. When her head isn’t in the clouds, she knits with her two dogs.

Fen (they/them/theirs) is a Queer self-taught writer living in the UK with 4 housemates and 5 cats. By night they can be found deeply immersed in RPGs, or concocting short stories within miniature universes, and occasionally streaming both to a small audience on Twitch.