Contributors
Alishba Umer (she/her) is a passionate writer based in Lahore, a storyteller at heart. She has been published in The Express Tribune, The News International, Daily Times, The Friday Times and Mashion. She’s fond of exploring narratives around heritage, memory, cultural identity and social dilemmas, with a deep passion for Literature, delving into nuances or crafting stories of her own! She writes at @poetrybyau, where she channels her passion for writing.
Audrey T. Carroll (she/they) is the author of What Blooms in the Dark, The Gaia Hypothesis, Parts of Speech: A Disabled Dictionary, and In My Next Queer Life, I Want to Be. They are from the United States. Her Instagram/Bluesky is @AudreyTCarroll and her website is http://AudreyTCarrollWrites.weebly.com.
Ayesha Owais (she/her) is a poet from Karachi, Pakistan. A finalist for the inaugural Pakistan Youth Poet Laureate award in English, her work appears in the Jashn Anthology. You can find her @ayesha.writesss on instagram!
Camille Castro (she/her) is a poet from the island of Guam. She has been featured in online publications such as Porridge Magazine and Minute Magazine.
Debra Lee (she/her) enjoys writing, reading, and sipping cocktails at twilight in her backyard.
Diane Klammer (she/her) is a disabled writer, singer-songwriter, retired therapist, and biology teacher. Her work has appeared in the United States and Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, and Australia. She has appeared in Lummox, Avocet, Open Earth Eco Poems, Rattle, Spaces, Wordgathering and elsewhere, forthcoming in Syncopation Review. As a poet and therapist, she has taught poetry classes to adults with mental illness.
Feature Artist: Hajra Memon (she/her), a visual artist from Hala, Sindh, holds a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts (Miniature) from Shaheed Allah Buksh Soomro University of art and design heritages jamshoro . Her work explores the balance of order and chaos in daily life using colorful Lego pieces. Through abstract compositions, she reflects the tension between control and spontaneity. Inspired by everyday struggles and harmony, Hajra uses vibrant palettes and innovative materials to invite viewers into a deeper contemplation of the contradictions and balance that shape our world.
Jean Janicke (she/her) is a writer and dancer in Washington, DC. She enjoys reading, swimming, and walks with friends. Recently, her poems have appeared in Spare rParts Literary Magazine and Nine Muses Review. Her instagram is @jeanjpoetry.
Lisa Lahey’s (she/her) stories and poems have been published in several literary magazines including 34th Parallel, Adelaide Literary Review, and The Pink Hydra.
Miranda Jensen (she/her) is a creative activist with roots in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through her writing and critical theory, she seeks not merely to interpret the world, but to change it. Her work has been published in Nature Futures, Across the Margin, Snowflake Magazine, and Rough Cut Press, among others. You can find her at www.mirandajensen.com and on X @MirandaLJensen.
Nailah Tataa (She/They), Living and dreaming in Ponamogoatitjg, Mi’kma’ki. From the Didinga Hills.
Cover Artist: Rahada (she/her) is a Communication Designer based in Pakistan. She helps businesses scale through various skills she offers. She spends her free time illustrating, or rereading her favorite books. She has been published in presses and magazines, such as Dawn & Aurora. In 2022 her artwork for ZeeTV’s series Dhoop Ki Deewar won a PROMAX award for “Best Key-Art”. Her Instagram is @rahadatajwer to keep up with her work.
Saba Khaliq (she/her) is an educator, researcher and poet based in Rawalpindi/Islamabad. Her poems have appeared in magazines and journals like The Brussels Review, Fahmidan Journal, Aster Lit and The Lamp. In her free time, she loves reading film criticism and watching old PTV dramas. She’s currently working on her master’s dissertation which is concerned with representations of ecotopian spaces in South Asian speculative fiction. Her Instagram is @sabaabdulkhaliq_ where she rants about reading and teaching.
Susan Shea (she/her) is a retired school psychologist who grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She now lives in a forest in Pennsylvania. She returned to writing poetry two years ago. Since then her poems have been published in or are forthcoming in Chiron Review, ONE ART, Folio Literary Journal, Passager Journal, Radix Magazine, Ekstasis and others. She is a three poem Pushcart Prize nominee, and a one poem Best of the Net nominee.
T.J. Philippe (she/her) is a Haitian artist living in Hungary. She loves traveling and discovering new cultures. Her work has been published in magazines such as The Dew Drop and The Literary Traveler. You can follow her work at https://tjphilippe.com/.