Rob Lee is an acronym for ROBotic Letter Election Equipment, a device created by professors at Cloudsville Theoretical University. They wanted to prove that enough monkeys at enough typewriters could produce a line of Shakespeare and deduce how many monkeys were required. Unfortunately, they were denied the grant for bananas.

Kevin and Jayne reside in Belleville, IL. He is a graduate of the Northern Illinois School of Journalism and a proud member of the 100-year-old St. Louis Writers Guild. He loves traveling, family, hiking the Shawnee National Forest, and black cats. When not writing, he works part time at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

Monique Hayes is a fiction author, poet, and screenwriter from Maryland. A Periplus and Hurston/Wright Fellow, she received her MFA from the University of Maryland College Park. She’s the recipient of an American Antiquarian Fellowship, an Eccles Visiting Fellowship (British Library), and a Maryland Independent Artist Award.

My name is Peter Brownlow, I am sixty-five years old, live in the UK, and write children’s books even though I have no children.

Davina Silkwing lives in the North of England and is a cleaner and freelance editor working in the gig economy. She is the author of two young adult novels, Fish Food and Nagel, and Streaks is her debut novel for an adult audience.

Gina V. Badd is every bit a bad girl—a spicy, outspoken, Italian firecracker! Gina is a dreamer, and fiercely believes if you want something, go and get it! She lives in Indiana with her husband, Travis.

Fredricka ‘Ricki’ Maister calls herself a ‘lifelong mourner.’ At age twelve, she experienced the untimely death of her father. Twenty-five years later, she was forced to cope with the intense, overwhelming emotions unleashed by the brutal murder of her longtime partner. Then came the slow decline of her mother, whose final years were spent in a nursing home.

D.J. Hupp is a filmmaker, actor, and comedian based in Portland, Oregon. He is known for: Comedy shorts and mashups. Creating BardSubs.com (comedic modern language subtitles for movies based on Shakespeare plays). Editing James Nguyen’s (famous for creating one of the worst movies ever made, Birdemic) film, Julie and Jack, featured on RiffTrax. Creating the AI fan edit, AI: The Kubrick Edit.

The painful, sudden ending of a long-distance relationship and the pains of trying to love someone living as two different versions of himself due to his high profile career. The hollowing fact that the ghost of his image across my screen, in my suggestion feeds, his voice on the radio will now haunt me forever.

Laura (she/her) is an author, educator, and writing coach/developmental editor from Oxford, Ohio. Her memoir Mosaic (Unsolicited Press, March 2025) delves into loss, motherhood, and parenting a child with disabilities. Mosaic was named on LitHub’s Notable Small Press Books of 2025 list. She has been published in Thin Air Magazine, Stonecoast Review, Brevity Blog, and elsewhere.