See Through Cross
Nicholas B. Mayo (he/him) is a poet and artist based in Philadelphia, PA. His poetry has been published by Down in the Dirt Magazine and is forthcoming from Abstract: Contemporary Expressions. His paintings have been exhibited at Swarthmore College and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
Palouse Hills
Ian Wells is a graduate researcher at the Washington State University HYPER Lab studying Mechanical Engineering. He focuses on optical and EM systems with experience in aerospace, thermal, and nuclear analysis. He hopes to continue contributing to aerospace research for sustaining a human presence on the Moon and Mars, especially through imaging and life support systems. In his free time, he enjoys making pictures through photography and drawing, exploring the limitations of the technology used in his research, and using it to explore the world.
Courtroom No. 5
Where’s Danny?
pier
Martha Nance is a physician in Minnesota whose cellphone has a wandering eye, which gets rewarded mostly when she is not in Minnesota.
Child/Chocolate
Kathryn holds an English M.A. from UC Berkeley. Her poems have twice won Honorable Mention in the Steve Kowit Poetry Prize and the Patricia Dobler Poetry Award, and have twice garnered Special Merit for the Muriel Craft Bailey Poetry Prize. Her work appears in The Sun, Atlanta Review, and New Ohio Review, among others. She takes pictures when she’s not hiking and writing. Find her work at http://kathrynjordan.org
Swallow
John M. Blodgett is an editor, reporter, and photojournalist based in Southern Maine. He most recently was an editor at The Boulder Monitor in Boulder, Montana, and has staffed on or contributed to publications that include The Western News, The Press-Enterprise, The Daily Bulletin, The Sun, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Center for Investigative Reporting, Daily Herald, Daily Inter Lake, Utah Business, Utah CEO and City Weekly. Blodgett has a master’s degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism. Learn more at johnmblodgett.com.
Gray Zones
Tunnel Vision
Larena Nellies-Ortiz is a freelance photographer from Oakland, California. Her photos have been featured in Sun Magazine, Barren Magazine, Indianapolis Review, Burningword Literary Journal, Local Wolves Magazine, Stonecoast Review, and 3Elements Review. She loves to color, texture and shadow hunt in the early morning hours. You can find her on Instagram @lalifish and at www.larenaortiz.com.
