May Garner is a poet and author based in Dayton, Ohio. She has been dedicated to crafting and sharing her work online for over a decade. She is the author of two poetry collections, Withered Rising and Melancholic Muse. Her work has also appeared in Querencia Press, Cozy Ink Press, Arcana Poetry Press, and the Ohio Bards. Find her work on Instagram (@crimson.hands).
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Rory North is a sci-fi/fantasy author who has been writing for as long as she can remember, from scribbling in notebooks after school to filling up Word documents between classes in university. Her main goal in life is to get all of the stories floating around in her head out into the world.
Jason Markiewitz is a voice, film, and theatre actor, an audio drama producer, and a multi-award-winning audiobook narrator with dozens of titles read for independent and NYT Bestselling authors. When not doing all of that fun jazz, he is a Colonel in the USAF Reserve, a competitive baseball player, and an avid runner. He lives in CA with his family.
Nico Drew writes about life after the reset button gets hit, divorce, dating apps, awkward texts, and the quiet comedy of midlife reinvention. His debut novel, The Middle Swipe Crisis, turns a personal tale of a recently single dad’s chaotic return to dating into something painfully honest and unexpectedly funny.
I’m Danielle Elaine, an entrepreneur and your favorite tattooed author! I write multiple genres of books, so you never know what my next project will be. I just love writing, period. I won a bronze medal in college for a short story I wrote, but my love for writing came when I was younger. I was also previously a tattoo model who’s been featured in and on numerous covers of magazines with interviews, owned and ran a magazine myself, brand ambassador for many apparel lines, and an artist.
Ella T. Holmes doesn’t write to escape the world; she pokes holes in the one we've got and asks why we can't do better. She maintains corporeal existence by patting cats, writing, and engaging in Disability Justice advocacy. Her work has been published in Antithesis, The Bitchin' Kitsch, Jacaranda, Portside Review, and is forthcoming in Aurealis, among others.
Hope Wilkerson is a raw, unflinching voice in contemporary literary fiction. She writes what most people are afraid to say out loud—stories that live in the shadows of addiction, grief, and survival. Born and raised in a small town in Kentucky, Hope still calls it home, drawing inspiration from the quiet backroads and hidden struggles of rural life. Her work strips language to the bone—poetic, spare, and searingly honest. When she’s not writing, she’s listening: to the silences between words, the weight of what’s left unsaid, and the echoes of lives that never got a headline. Teeth Like Glass is her debut novella and the first in a series that dares to tell the truth about addiction—not the aftermath, but the ache of the during.
Sandy Lo is an award-winning author, journalist, and multi-passionate creative known for her heartfelt storytelling and pop culture savvy. Best recognized for her Dream Catchers book series, Sandy weaves together romance, music, and self-discovery in stories that connect deeply with readers.
Desney Carlene provides poetic literature to introspective readers in a lyrical atmosphere, with an authentic voice. Helping them to feel vulnerable and empowered to face their own mental and emotional wellness journeys. Desney is the owner of Desney Carlene Inc. and lives in her hometown of Chicago, Illinois, as a proud Southsider.
Mark David Gerson is the founder of The Mark David Gerson School of Writing and award-winning author of more than twenty books, including classic works for writers, inspiring personal growth titles, compelling memoirs and The Legend of Q'ntana and Sara Stories novels. Mark David is also a popular writing coach, as well as dog dad to Kyri, named for a character in The MoonQuest, the first book in his Q'ntana "true fantasy" series.
