Sarah Nichols lives and writes in Connecticut. She is the author of eleven chapbooks, including These Violent Delights (Grey Book Press, 2022), and Press Play for Heartbreak (Paper Nautilus Press, 2021.) Her poems and essays have also appeared in Alice Says Go Fuck Yourself, Drunk Monkeys, and Twin Pies Literary.
Tavo Arrieta (b. 1991) is a Mexican artist raised and educated with a passion for the arts. He holds a degree in Dramatic Arts alongside Shakespearean Workshops and development in painting, singing and dance. Taking inspiration from Vincent Van Gogh and Sergio Bustamante, he has created 73 oil and acrylic paintings and drawings that weave a narrative of surrealism, dreamscapes and hopeful nostalgia for a life beyond life. You can follow and acquire his works on Instagram @ovat_art.
Shen Friebe is a Turkish-Australian poet, artist and amateur photographer from Melbourne, Australia. She has a penchant for classical literature and Romantic-era poetry, and her work is often thematically sinister and sensual, with some medieval influence. She is also currently a blogger and contributing poet at The Poetry Cove (U.K.).
Melissa Wabnitz Pumayugra is a Texas writer and photographer. She began her career as a small-town journalist and has recently dabbled in poetry, memoirs, and creative fiction. Her writing and photography can be found in Emergent Lit, Emerson Review, Roi Faineant Press, Hobart Pulp, Vox Poetica, Oklahoma Today as well as in print publications throughout the United States.
Belinda Subraman has been published in 100s of magazines, printed and online, academic and small presses. She had a ten year run editing and publishing Gypsy Literary Magazine 1984-1994 (6 of those years from Germany). She edited books by Vergin' Press, among them: Henry Miller and My Big Sur Days by Judson Crews. She also published Sanctuary Tape Series (1983-89) which was a mastered compilation of audio poetry and original music from around the world. Earlier in this century she had a podcast interview show which was broadcast on several internet stations. Currently she publishes GAS: Poetry, Art and Music journal and “TV” show and does interviews and shows soon to appear on The Mission website.