Marcy Rae Henry is a Latina from the Borderlands who once lived in the Himalayas , cooking by fire and bathing with rainwater . Her writing has been longlisted , shortlisted , honorably mentioned and nominated for the Pushcart Prize . DoubleCross Press is taking a chance and publishing a chapbook of her poems
Wendy Hess is from Berkeley , California . As an Artist , Photographer and Author , she enjoys the Gothic , Classic , Humorous , and Bizarre side of Life . Her work has been featured in Cauldron Anthology , Seaborne , Floresta , and Habibi Magazines .
Katherine P . F . Holmes is an English teacher and writer . She has been published in Litbreak , Illinois ' s Emerging Writers and America ’ s Emerging Young Adult Writers . She graduated an English Major from the University of Chicago and lives in New York City . Explore more of her work at www . kp olmes . com .
Gerri Leen is a Rhysling- and Pushcart-nominated poet from Northern Virginia who ' s into horse racing , tea , collecting encaustic art and raku pottery , and making weird one-pan meals . She has poetry published in Strange Horizons , Dreams & Nightmares , Polu Texni , NewMyths . com and others . She also writes fiction in many genres ( as Gerri Leen for speculative and mainstream , and Kim Strattford for romance ) and is a member of HWA and SFWA . Visit gerrileen . com to see what she ' s been up to .
Shannon Marzella is an emerging writer currently pursuing her MFA at Western Connecticut State University . She holds an MA in English from Fordham University . Shannon ' s debut novel , Girl in Shadows , is forthcoming in fall 2021 from Nymeria Publishing . She has had two poems published as well : " The Weaver ," Edge Magazine , " Within the Flow of Life and Consciousness ," Alive Now .