About the Authors

Old Lady (Cover Art): Mario Loprete is a painter and sculptor based in Italy and a frequent contributor to Five on the Fifth. Painting is Mario's first love - an important, pure love. Creating a painting - starting from the spasmodic research of a concept with which he wants to transmit his message - is the foundation of painting for Mario. The sculpture is his lover; his artistic betrayal to the painting - a voluptuous and sensual lover that inspires different emotions and strikes prohibited chords.

A Certain Shade of Blue: Christina Rohrman is a training supervisor who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, with her husband and small herd of four-legged kiddos. She enjoys white wine and writing competitions, and is currently drafting the first book of a fantasy trilogy. Follow her on Twitter @ChrissieRawrman or 'like' Chrissie Rohrman Writes Things on Facebook.

The Mom Vlogger: Alexandra M. Matthews is a writer from New York. Her work appears in Bending Genres, Milk Candy Review, Flash Frog, and elsewhere.

The Raven Wife: Greta Valentine is a Lawrence, Kansas-based speculative fiction writer whose tales focus on magic, loss, and the uncanny. She is currently writing a folklore-inspired novel about monster hunting and how friendships shape-shift over time. She can be reached at gretak180@gmail.com, or on Instagram @greta.valentine.writes where she is most active in the writing community, including hosting regular writing sprints.

Gazpacho: Jory Pomeranz has a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University. He was accepted to the Kenyon Writers Workshop’s advanced fiction seminar with E.J. Levy in June 2017. In 2018, Jory attended The Iowa Writers Workshop studying fiction with Charles D’Ambrosio. His work is published in Entropy Magazine, Evening Street Review, The Penmen Review, Ponder Review, Thin Air, and Origins Journal. His essay “Gazebo” received an honorable mention in Carve Magazine’s 2020 Prose & Poetry Contest, to be published in 2021.

Death Wish: Stephen G. Weiss II has a BA in English from the University of Iowa and an MFA in creative writing from Stetson University, as well as an MD. He writes using the pen name S.W. Gordon. His work has appeared in Dash Literary Journal, Edison Literary Review, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Off the Coast, Penmen Review, and Streetlight Magazine.