About the Authors

Cora: Virginia Watts is the author of poetry and stories found in Illuminations, The Florida Review, The Blue Mountain Review, The Moon City Review, Permafrost Magazine, Palooka Magazine, Streetlight Magazine, and Sky Island Journal, among others. Winner of the 2019 Florida Review Meek Award in nonfiction and nominee for Best of the Net 2019 Nonfiction, her poetry chapbooks “The Werewolves of Elk Creek” and “Shot Full of Holes” are upcoming for publication by The Moonstone Press.

Gone: John Gu us a Chinese-American writer who was born in Beijing and grew up in Houston, Texas. His fiction can be found in The Southern Review and elsewhere online.

Space To Laugh: Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri is a graduate of Colorado State University's MFA program in fiction. His work is forthcoming or has been published in WestWard Quarterly, Café Lit, and Ariel Chart, among others.

Carlie's Cantina: Ryan P. Dalton is a neuroscientist and writer. His work has been published in scientific journals, popular science magazines, and fiction outlets, including Cell, Scientific American Mind, and The Saturday Evening Post.

When Do You Prepare for a Civil War: Steven Genise's flash has appeared in Gone Lawn, Menacing Hedge, Milk Candy Review, Flash Flood, and others. He is the fiction editor for Cascadia Magazine.