THE EXHIBITION
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THE EXHIBITION •
‘A Stronger Craving’
Victoria Thompson is currently working as an Adjunct English Professor at Longwood University in Farmville, VA where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in English. Upon graduation, she acquired a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from West Virginia Wesleyan College. She spends her days writing and reading fiction featuring empowered women finding their voice amidst trials and tribulations.
‘School Lunch Trio’
Ian Woollen has recently published short fiction at Arkansas Review, Amarillo Bay, Millennial Pulp, and OxMag.
‘The Real Folk Blues’
Jose Norono is an emerging Venezuelan writer who recently graduated from Florida International University's MFA in Creative Writing program. He enjoys writing in all its forms, having experience with Poetry, Fiction, Stage writing and Non-Fiction. He is entranced by the whimsy inherent to all language, and in finding the comedy hidden behind all human interactions.
‘Junk Metal Dreams’
Aija Everett is an undergraduate studying English and Creative Writing at East Carolina University. Alongside being a mother and an artist, she writes, dabbling in the experimental and the speculative–with a dash of romance. Her short story “Belly Ache” (2025) was recently published in ECU’s Rebel magazine.
‘The Mangrove's Lights’
Padrick Moran is Puerto Rican writer living in Boston, MA. He majored in Creative Writing at Florida Sate University and is in his final year of his MFA program at Emerson College. His inspiration to write about Puerto Rico comes from all his experiences living on the island. He is proud to showcase the place he holds dear to anyone willing to learn more.
‘Drawn’
Shane O'Callaghan is a writer and a student at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana, originally from Ireland. He’s primarily a horror fiction writer, who came to America in search of an education and an adventure about which he could write. But, better than either of those things, here in America is where he met his wife.
‘Angel’s Landing’
Christin Karr graduated from Pepperdine with a BA in Creative Writing as Valedictorian. She received a fellowship for the University of San Francisco for her MFA in Writing. Her education has given her opportunities to work with established writers including Pulitzer Prize winners whose work she hopes to emulate.
‘The Reds and the Golds’
George Uriah's short stories have been published or accepted for publication in The Bookends Review, 300 Days of Sun, Bare Hill Review, Timber Creek Review, Thin Air Magazine, Line of Advance, SHIFT, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, and the Southeast Missouri State University Press. His education includes an undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and a Master’s from the University of Tennessee.
‘Sunday’
Dylan Night is a former medical professional and published author most recently through Able Muse, Wingless Dreamer, In Parentheses, Lilomul, Neon Origami, South Platte River Review, and Querencia. He resides in San Diego, California with his partner and stepchild. He is currently workshopping his most recent novel.
‘Ilsa, 1985’
Pia Quintano is a New York based writer/painter who often writes about characters who have a hard time coming to grips with adulthood. Her stories have recently appeared in Atlas and Alice, Lunch Ticket and The Tulsa Review.
‘Whistling Against The Wind’
Devin Meireles was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, where growing up around the Portuguese diaspora had a profound effect on him. He has been published in literary journals, health magazines, and cultural newspapers. Apart from creative writing, he enjoys collecting tattoos, banknotes and travel stamps. He lives near Lake Ontario with his wife and dog.
‘Another Shot’
Richard Stimac has published a poetry book Bricolage (Spartan Press), two poetry chapbooks, and one flash fiction chapbook. In his work, Richard explores time and memory through the landscape and humanscape of the St. Louis region.
‘Brushing Out the Knots’
Morgan Calcutt is a graduate of Francis Marion University. He lives on a dry hill of swampy, coastal South Carolina with his wife and Boykin Spaniel. He enjoys reading and writing in the rich genre of Southern Literature while sitting, hot and humid, on the hallowed front porch with a cool glass of iced sweet tea.
‘Sentience’
Hayley Moon is an Alabama native. She has published one book Taming Armand: Book 1 of the Coven Origins Series, she writes across the genres of sci-fi, horror, crime/mystery and romance. Hayley also runs her own blog the Weirdo Writes and posts short stories on her vocal media page. When she is not crocheting or playing with her cat Knubby, she is seeking out inspiration in the macabre. https://hayleymoon.com https://vocal.media/authors/hayley-m-moon
‘Soma’
‘Squirrel's Nest’
R. P. Singletary is a lifelong writer across genres of fiction, poetry, and hybrid forms; a budding playwright; and a native of the rural southeastern United States, with recent fiction, poetry, and drama appearing in Literally Stories, Litro, BULL, Cream Scene Carnival, Cowboy Jamboree, Rathalla Review, The Rumen, Bending Genres, D.U.M.B.O. Press, and elsewhere. Website: https://newplayexchange.org/users/78683/r-p-singletary