Issue #28, July 2026

John Dos Passos Coggin is a writer from the Chesapeake Bay region. His poetry has appeared in Pangyrus, Cathexis Northwest Press, and The Blue Mountain Review. He co-manages the John Dos Passos literary estate and serves on the board of the John Dos Passos Institute.
 

Drema Drudge’s work has appeared in several journals. Her poem “Mutual Mass” received a Pushcart Prize nomination, and her manuscripts have been longlisted for the 2025 Idaho Prize for Poetry, named a semifinalist in the Nine Syllables Press Chapbook Contest through the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College.
 

Ron Bullis has long been enchanted by myth, legend and folklore. Everywhere he travels the land, the people and the language still are formed from these ancient facts. He has published books and articles and poems including one volume of poetry. He grew up in the Finger Lakes of NY and now lives in the mountains of North Carolina where he writes and chops wood.
 

George Franklin is the author of eight poetry collections, including the recent "A Man Made of Stories," which was a category finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award 2026, and a book of essays, "Poetry & Pigeons: Short Essays on Writing" (both Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 2025). Individual poems have been published in Hare's Paw Literary Journal, Solstice, Nimrod, Rattle, New Ohio Review, and One Art, among others. He practices law in Miami, is a translation editor for Cagibi, teaches poetry classes in Florida prisons, and co-translated, along with the author, Ximena Gómez's Último día/Last Day.
 

Virginia Doré wants to scare the reader just a bit. She thinks of poems as lanterns swinging deep inside abandoned mines. Truth and imagination are frightening places to visit, but we need to see our surroundings before we can climb out.
 

Envy Brontë is an American writer whose work explores the human psyche, magic, and the liminal spaces between the seen and unseen. Her writing reflects her love of myth, intuition, and the uncanny, as well as her deep sense of both wonder and bitterness at the world around her.
 

Ed Ahern resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He’s had about 650 stories and poems published so far, and thirteen books. He works the other side of writing at Bewildering Stories where he squats on the review board, and at Scribes Micro, where he’s the idle figurehead.
 

Steven Churchill is a philosopher and writer living in Melbourne, Australia. Steven has lectured in the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, and has also served as Tutor in Philosophy at La Trobe University. Steven's writing is informed by themes of disability and mental health, art and politics.
 

Lawrence Bridges' poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, and Tampa Review. He has published three volumes of poetry: "Horses on Drums" (Red Hen Press, 2006), "Flip Days" (Red Hen Press, 2009), and "Brownwood" (Tupelo Press, 2016). He lives in Los Angeles. A 2025 and 2026 Pushcart nominee, you can find him on IG: @larrybridges
 

C.W. Bigelow lives in the Charlotte NC area. His fiction and poetry have appeared in The Blue Mountain Review, Midway Journal, Hare Paw, The Write Launch, The Saturday Evening Post, Hole in the Head Review, Thimble, Flash Fiction Magazine, Frost Meadow Review, Bare Hill Review, The Heartland Review, and Main Street Rag.
 

Emily Jane Bartlett’s work has been published in Hare’s Paw Literary Journal and her alma mater's literary and arts magazine, The Dulcimer. Bartlett currently works as a content specialist.
 

Jawn Van Jacobs is a rock n roll poet, myth-maker and soothsayer. His work has appeared in Cool Beans Lit, Underbelly Press, and Paper Dragon. This rock n roll poet lights up raw narratives, shedding light on the lives of those living on the hedges of society. His debut chapbook, "bastard bee," was published by Finishing Line Press in August 2025.