THE EXHIBITION
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THE EXHIBITION •
‘UNCLE FRIDAY’ & ‘THE CARAVAN MOVES ON’
Cor de Wulf divides their life between the Pacific Northwest, Normandy, and the Netherlands. Their short fiction has appeared in Club Plum, Coffin Bell Journal, Flash Fiction Magazine, Bright Flash Lit, The Writing Disorder, Every Day Fiction, Ink in Thirds, and Blood Tree Literature. Their work has also recently been nominated by editors to the Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize 2025 Anthologies.
‘IF YOU FORGET’, ‘FIGURES IN WHITE’, ‘MORNING IN AUGUST’, ‘LANGUAGE IS PRISON’ & ‘WHAT IS NEW IS PASSING AGAIN’
Lawrence Bridges' poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, and The 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). You can find him on IG: @larrybridges
‘Representational Humans’
Joe Cappello lives and writes in the picturesque desert country of Galisteo, New Mexico, USA. His short story about the battle for the heart and soul of language, “The Codex of Lady Lucy Bugg,” appeared in the October 2024 issue of “The Write Launch.” Another story, “Running Errands” was a finalist in the 2024 Earnest Hemingway Short Story Competition and published in the 2024 issue of “Hemingway Shorts.” His short story, “They Only Showed Elvis from the Waist Up,” took first place, Short Story, General Category, in the Southwest Writers 2023 writing contest. He is thrilled to be part of the thriving Santa Fe artistic and creative community.
‘Crush Your Head’
Sherri Bale is a retired medical geneticist and part-time personal trainer. She writes flash, short stories, creative non-fiction, and has completed the first draft of her YA/historical fiction novel set in Alaska in 1919. She lives in Maryland, USA with her husband and diabetic rescue pup, Petey.
‘Nostalgia Zombies’
Sean Newman is 31 years old and lives in San Francisco. He has combined his love of literature and the outdoors for a tale about adult friendships clashing in the mountains.
‘Gifted’
Cameron Wagg is a writer from Lichfield, United Kingdom. He studies English Literature and Creative Writing at University. When not writing for his degree Cameron can be found writing for pleasure, and enjoys fiction, non-fiction, and script-writing. @camwg7
‘Lessons from a Skating Spider’
Zach Gearey is an up-and-coming writer from Reno, NV. He was born and raised in the city and attended the University of Nevada where he studied English and creative writing. Still early in his career, he is looking for his first publication.
‘Coffee Talk’
Marlene Wood’s iammarlenewoods@gmail.com poetry was published during the pandemic and one poem was recently accepted for the WILDsound Writing Festival. Additional work can be found at www.marlawoods.com and on social media @marlaswordplay.
‘MALORY, TWO BLOCKS AWAY’
Andrew Sarewitz has published several short stories (website: www.andrewsarewitz.com. Substack access is @asarewitz) as well as having penned scripts for various media. Mr. Sarewitz is a recipient of the 2021 City Artists Corp Grant for Writing.
‘Churros y Lucha Libre, Pan Dulce y Juegos’ & ‘Un Deseo’
Alexander Antonio Cortez is a Chicano poet, mosh pit enthusiast, and tamale lover from Sacramento, California. He is a member of GTFO Poetry and host of the Profiles in Poetry Podcast. His work has appeared in Fleas On The Dog Magazine, and Tule Review. @corteiscortez2.0 on Instagram and gtfopoetry.com
‘Forgive Me’, ‘Ashes’ & ‘Painted Turtles’
Randi Schalet
‘The First Floor Spider’, ‘The Problem With Asking For Help’ & ‘Resentments’
Maura Aradia Furtado, a New Jersey native, became enamored with poetry at a very young age and hasn’t slowed down since. She is a new writer with no prior publication history, but her passion and dedication to the art is unwavering.
‘WE KISS ATOP A MOUNTAIN’, ‘KNOTTED MESS’ & ‘PEACE IS A SONG I HUM TO MYSELF’
Jade Silva was born and raised in Hawai’i. She will soon graduate with her B.A. in English from the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, with certificates in Creative Writing and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
‘6.15.24’ & Collected Works
Ariana Eftimiu is a student at Barnard College, Columbia University, in New York City. When not writing, she is making a several-hour-long playlist on Spotify or on a long walk accompanied by a coffee and her loved ones. She has published work in the National Poetry Quarterly, Not Very Quiet, and the Columbia Daily Spectator, among other places. Follow her co-run online music and arts magazine at pottedpurple.com or catch up with her @arianadrinkingcoffee.
‘Eaters’, ‘St. Stephen's Green as a Lavender Field’ & ‘Venison’
Sarah Mengel (she/her) is a sapphic poet and English grad student from PA. Her work has been published with The Ekphrastic Review and others.
‘Creek Onions’ & ‘Damp Woodland Earth’
Frank Weber is a freelance writer from Erie, Pennsylvania. He is a published author, featured in several magazines, anthologies, books and advertising campaigns as both writer and model and is a Staff Writer for Bare Back Magazine. Frank draws inspiration from the Kerouac-Bukowski-Thompson vein, and his work encompasses a simple honesty in written word and enough of a raw edge to make people feel what they read.