Issue #27, March 2026
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Poetry
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T. Allen Burnett is a high school chemistry teacher in New Jersey who returned to poetry writing in July 2025 after a 37-year hiatus. His work has been accepted for publication in Wingless Dreamer's anthology "I Don't Feel Anything." His poems explore trauma, desire, heritage, and the complexities of identity and recovery. He draws from his North Carolina roots and his experiences navigating gender, sexuality, and family violence. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Crystal.
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Danielle Ryle is a poet and artist currently living in the Southern Tier of New York. Her first book "Philomel, Whose Reputation Precedes Her" was published in September 2025 by Lit Fox Books. Her work has also recently appeared in Seneca Review, Raleigh Review, and Cordella among others.
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Theodore Davis is a poet and musician based in Des Moines, Iowa. His work has appeared in Amethyst and explores the structures and architecture of feeling, particularly within domestic, institutional, and spiritual spaces. Drawing on formal rigor as well as contemporary lyric modes, his poetry often examines memory, ritual, longing, and the quiet tensions embedded.
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Alan Hill is the former Poet Laureate of the small City of New Westminster in BC. His latest book 'In the Blood' was published by Caitlin Press in 2022.
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Jonathan Chibuike Ukah’s debut Chapbook, "A is for Anfang," was published by The Island of Wak-Wak (December 2025). His awards include Poem of the Month at The Literary Shark Poetry Contest 2025, Winner of The Atlantis Poetry Award 2026, Alexander Pope Poetry Award at The Pierian, 2025, Vivian Shipley Poetry Award at the Connecticut Poetry Contest 2025, and Third Place Winner at the Hemlock Journal Poetry Contest 2025. His poems have appeared in Atticus Review, The Pierian, Propel Magazine, Journal of Undiscovered Poets, TAB, and The Journal of Poetry and Poetics.
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Sarah Voight is a poet who channels nature, ritual, and transformation into her work. When she isn't writing or roaming the woods, she works for her local library. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Belladonna’s Garden, Still Here, bramble, The Faoileánach Journal and more.
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Christopher Rubio-Goldsmith was born in Merida, Yucatan and taught high school English at Tucson High School for 28 years. Much of his writing explores growing up in a biracial/bilingual familia. A three-time Pushcart, and Best of The Net Nominee. He is also the winner of the 2025 Eleventh-Hour Poetry Contest and the Kay Snow Writing Award. Some of his work has been published in The San Pedro Review, The Sky Island Journal, The Rockvale Review and other places including the anthology "America, We Call You Name." His wife lets him know when the piece does not sound right. He is trying to drink less coffee and practice sitting and watching.
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Amelia Badri is a Guyanese-American poet, teacher, and mother from Miami. Her poems can be found in South Florida Poetry Journal, The Caribbean Writer, Pree Magazine, and Pinch Journal Online.
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Haley Neddermann lives in Connecticut. She is inspired by the natural world, everyday magic, and what it means to be human. Her work can be found or is forthcoming in The Dewdrop, Half and One, The Closed Eye Open, and Wild Roof Journal. You can follow her on Instagram @lemniscatory_story and get in touch at haley.neddermann@gmail.com.
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James Butcher has work published in Half and One, Box, Hole In The Head Review, Burningword Literary Journal, Rivet, Prick of the Spindle, Midwest Review, Cream City Review, Wildroof Journal, and Raw Art Review.
Prose
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Lana is a graduate student majoring in English at Tennessee Tech. She has published one children’s book and two YA novels. Her work has been featured in Novus Literary Arts Journal, Blood+Honey, and Volunteer State Community College’s 2022-2023 edition of Best Essays. Lana loves to write, read, and paint. You can follow her @WritingEclipses on nearly all social media, and her artwork can be found under #LLoweArts on Instagram.
Music
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T Lavois Thiebaud is an artist from Texas. Their writing is closely tied to their work as a multi-media performer and is often presented in collaboration with music, movement, and stop-motion animation. The Texas arts publication GLASSTIRE describes their poetry performance as "haunting, bombastic, crystalline, confrontational, sexy, queer, intertwined, and broken." Outside of their solo practice, T primarily writes for the stage and screen, having co-created, written, directed, and performed in countless theatre and immersive theatre productions as well as experimental film pieces.
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Indrajit Banerjee is a sitarist and composer of the Maihar gharana, rooted in Hindustani classical music, performing both traditional repertoire and original works. He regularly presents concerts and educational programs across the U.S., collaborating with tabla players and musicians from many genres to bring Indian classical music to diverse audiences.
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Brian C. Billings is a professor of drama and English at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. His work has appeared in such journals as Ancient Paths, The Bluebird Word, Confrontation, Evening Street Review, Glacial Hills Review, and Poems and Plays. Publishers for his scripts include Eldridge Publishing and Heuer Publishing.