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MEET THE MAKERS

visual art

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ANATOMIC ART BY LUIS PEDRO PICASSO @lppicasso

Hello, my name is Luis Pedro Picasso. I am a 37 year old Uruguayan artist. I am an illustrator, designer and painter.

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I am passionate about creating characters in my mind and bringing them to life. I like to work on the basis of each organism, highlight its colours and exploit them to give life. When I was a student in high school, I was passionate about living organisms and their functioning. I love the human and animal body, dissections, and as regardless of our visible physical differences, we are all equal in our essence. Life is a constantly expanding work of art, let us try to provide our brushstrokes.

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RIDGE BY WALLACE WOO @wallacewoo.art

Wallace Woo is an Acrylic pouring Visual artist, he loves to through the shape of water to represent his artwork, Liquid is very special, it can blend various shapes, especially the natural flow and change of water on the surface of the canvas, this is very straightforward and not pretentious, This is a topic that we must learn in our life - flexibility. Life should be simple, it is only us who make it complicated, Art is the same, as long as you learn how to appreciate, anything can be a valuable art piece. 

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BREAKING OPEN BY AR QUINLAN @strawberry_frog_art

AR Quinlan is a former support service provider for adult LGBTQ survivors of abuse. They currently manage a nonprofit seeking to support survivors of abuse through legal change in the court system. They believe in art as a community-building tool. Beyond art, they enjoy gardening, reading, and watching ducks (they are currently enamored with the Surf Scoter). 

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'SUCK MY SAP' & 'BEAUTY DISSOLVED' by jessie/frank @jessie_slash_frank

Jessie Frank is a transmasculine artist living in France. Their paintings explores the fluidity of gender, bodies and nature. They also write psychological fiction on queer relationships and erotism. 'Beauty dissolved' was made with ink and a vial of Androtardyl, the testosterone formulation sold in France.

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HOLES BY L. LO BIANCO @l_flamboy

​I’m a transmasc person from Sicily. I have a background in psychology and healthcare. I’m a multidisciplinary artist and a community facilitator in London.

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TOWERING OVER BY by ELEONORE SCLAVOUNIS @eleonore.sclav

My name is Eleonore Sclavounis, I am an abstract artist based in Rome. I love to let colour take me somewhere both surprising and completely familiar and to take others there too.

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poetry

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THE WRECK BY HARPER WALTON @harperwalton_

Harper Walton is a PhD English student from Bath. Their poetry, fiction and essays are published by Oestrogeneration, Carrion Press, 1883 Magazine and more. In 2023, they were highly commended for the Manchester Cathedral poetry competition, achieved third place in the Brick Lane Bookshop short story prize, and won the Young Poets Network’s Self Portrait Challenge.

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what can’t fit in moving boxes BY MADISON T. CLARK @madisontclark

Madison T. Clark is a writer, educator, and entrepreneur. She's also a proud queer kickballer, a former college athlete, and an avid traveler who is experimenting with the rooted route. Formerly based in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Indonesia, and Northern Ireland, she currently resides in Kansas City, Missouri. 

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DINNER PARTY BY RACHEL GAMBLING @gambling.addicted99

Rachel Gambling is a writer from Southend-on-Sea, UK. She works as a sex educator, is the daughter of a vicar, and has an evil cat called Bella.

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SILO/ BUNKER BY L.N. Quinn @l.n.quinn

L.N. Quinn (they/them) is a partner, parent, and poet. They draw inspiration from the diverse landscapes and experiences of time lived in the midwest and southwest United States. When not writing, they enjoy collecting vinyl records, film photography, composing music, and playing RPGs. Find them on Bluesky @lnquinn.bsky.social

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SONG OF STAIRWELLS BY DANIELLE MCMAHON @dehm000

Danielle McMahon is a mom of two and occasional poet.  She is from Pittsburgh, PA.  

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FROM MAGIC DISAPPOINTMENT BY JACK GRANATH

Jack Granath is a librarian in Kansas.

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A MEMOIR IN BOOKMARKS BY JAMES PENHA @penha.james

Expat New Yorker James Penha (he/him🌈) has lived for the past three decades in Indonesia. Nominated for Pushcart Prizes in fiction and poetry, his work is widely published in journals and anthologies. His newest chapbook of poems, American Daguerreotypes, is available for Kindle. Penha edits The New Verse News, an online journal of current-events poetry. Twitter: @JamesPenha

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INQUIRY - RESPONSE DIALECTIC BY LOUISE KIM @loukim0107

Louise Kim is an undergraduate student at Harvard University. Their Pushcart Prize- and Best of the Net-nominated writing has been published in a number of publications, including Frontier Poetry, Chautauqua Journal, and Panoply Zine. Her debut poetry collection, Wonder is the Word, was published in May 2023. 

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CLAWED BY EMMA WELLS @ewellswriting

Emma is a mother and English teacher. She has poetry published with various literary journals and magazines. She writes flash fiction, short stories and novels. She is currently writing her fifth novel. 

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Emma won Wingless Dreamer’s Bird Poetry Contest of 2022 with ‘Carbonito de Sophie’ and her short story entitled ‘Virginia Creeper’ was selected as a winning title by WriteFluence Singles Contest in 2021. Recently, she won Dipity Literary Magazine’s 2024 Best of the Net Nominations for Fiction with her short story entitled ‘The Voice of a Wildling’. 

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Her poem ‘Rose-Tainted is the winner of the poetry category, Discourse Literary Journal, February 2024 Issue. She has just been shortlisted for her flash fiction writing, ‘Agnes Richter’, by Anthology. 
 

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prose

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CANNING PRUNES BY DIANE FUNSTON @DianeFunston

Diane Funston has been published in journals including California Quarterly, Lake Affect, F(r)iction, Tule Review, San Diego Poetry Annual, among others. 
 
She served two years as Poet-in-Residence for Yuba-Sutter Arts and Culture Her chapbook, “Over the Falls” was published by Foothills Publishing in 2022. 

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THE SUMMIT BY BRANDON MEAD @fiercestorytelling

Brandon Mead is a Best of the Net nominated bathtub writer, intermittent poet, and cat dad who calls the Pacific Northwest home after living his whole Nomi Malone fantasy in Las Vegas, Nevada. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in journals such as Taco Bell Quarterly, Vagabonds, 86 Logic, and Oh Yeah Bear Poetry.

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PURPLE KISSES BY REBECCA MILES

I'm a Brit who has lived for the last 14 years in Germany where I teach English and from last spring, creative writing. When I'm not at the chalkface I'm either walking my rescue dog or scribbling away. I've had some competition highs (first place in the now defunct Writer's Forum and online at Reedsy for a story called Letting Go plus quite a few shortlists) but I've been in the competition doldrums of late. Hey ho; writing is an itch I've got to scratch! This story is for all those women who break away from predatory relationships. It grew out of Braverman's poisonous rhetoric a while back about getting tents off the London streets. Ever since I saw a woman camped on a park bench with cardboard for blankets, I knew there was another story that had to be told. Thanks for reading. 

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NECTARINE BY JESS MOHER

I'm Jess (she/they), a queer writer who uses writing and words to express joy, pain and divinity. 

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A TRANS PERSON SLOWLY FORGETS THEIR PAST BY JULIAN KONUK @video___jockey

Julian Konuk is a transdisciplinary filmmaker, photographer, and experimental writer based in London. Recent notable exhibitions and screenings include Somerset House, the Barbican, Les Rencontres d'Arles 2023, Fringe! Queer Film Fest 2020-2023, and Bermondsey Project Space. Selected writing pieces were recently published in Mourning, with Sticky Fingers Publishing, Carrion Press, as well as the limited edition art book, “With No Orbit.” He holds a masters degree in photography from the Royal College of Art, where he was the recipient of the New Photography Prize 2023.

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SLIPPING BY HITEN CHOJER @hitenchojer

Hiten Chojer (he/him) is an Indian-born writer and air quality researcher. He writes poetry and prose, often exploring themes Hiten Chojer (he/him) is an Indian-born writer and air pollution researcher. He writes poetry and prose, often exploring themes of identity, displacement, and mental health. He started publishing his writings in 2023 and his poems have appeared in Exist Otherwise and in his debut book ‘Gods of Anxiety Be Damned’. Website: https://hitenchojer.com/. ​​