About the Authors

February Skies (Cover Art): Lindsey Sandkuhler is a former teacher and a lifelong admirer of the arts who recently began working and experimenting with watercolor. She enjoys learning different watercolor techniques and styles by watching online tutorials. She currently works at a ceramics shop. She is a frequent contributor to Five on the Fifth.

Matka Slobody: Christina McCabe's work has appeared in Juked, Another House, Chautauqua, and Glassworks. Her poetry has appeared in Headline Poetry & Press. She earned her MFA from Emerson College in 2018 and is currently pursuing a MAT in 7-12 English Education at the University of Pittsburgh.

Give, Give: Rose Ragsdale is a 20-year-old who enjoys writing poetry, music, and short fiction. She is studying journalism at the University of Memphis.

100 Cups of Chai: Nia Howard is a writer, editor, and tarot reader currently residing in a rainy coastal city and working as the Senior Copywriter for a national retail brand. If she’s not writing, you can probably find Nia planning her next globetrot, looking up haunted things, or watching videos of dogs. Sometimes, she does all three at once — the open tabs on her computer are out of control.

An Unburned Home: Calvin Sharpe is a writer and teacher in North Carolina and holds two degrees in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is primarily a novelist (his first work is represented and currently on submission).

The Ghost Skiff at No Name Cove: Roger Topp lives in the boreal forest of Alaska. He received an M.F.A. from the University of Alaska. His writing has appeared in more than a dozen publications including ZYZZYVA, The Maine Review, Dunes Review, Into the Void Magazine, Bennington Review, and West Branch.