THE EXHIBITION
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“The Gravedigger’s Wife”
Eolas Pellor is a former journalist and editor, with 25 years experience teaching English literature to unwilling (mostly) adolescents. He has too many degrees, and has had short stories published in Grim & Gilded [Issue 18; February 2024], The Word’s Faire [May 2024], and adapted for Creepy Podcast [July 10, 2024]. He is autistic and the father of two grown sons.
‘Me, & My Octopus Teacher, & Carl Jung’
Amelia Estelle Dellos (she/her) is a lifelong Chicagoan, an award-winning writer, and a filmmaker. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago and teaches writing and rhetoric at Roosevelt University. Recently, she became the managing editor of Unwoven Literary Magazine. Her work has appeared in Spilledwords, Street Lit, Big Shoulders Press, Allium: A Journal of Poetry & Prose, PBS, Amazon Prime, and Highly Sensitive Refuge.
‘Ode to Dell Inspiron 3000’, ‘Ode to Code’, & ‘Ode to Swimming’
Taylor Jones is based in Houston, Texas. She is currently working to create art and computer programming interfaces, along with game design. She enjoys writing fiction, listening to music and swimming.
“It Really Wasn’t That Bad”
Melissa Ford Lucken is a professor of creative writing and composition at Lansing Community College. She hosts the podcast, Washington Square OnAir and serves as editor of the college’s literary journal, Washington Square Review.
‘The Poet’
Atara Karan has settled into the cozy, evergreen mountains of France where she teaches English to local communities. When she is not preparing her fantasy book series, she dives into reading about the healing powers of plants and Earth ancient mysteries.
‘PHOTOSYNTHESIS’
David "Dapeki" King is a Black fiction writer who loves spending hours upon hours spinning thriller stories into a web of creative chaos. He lets his mind bleed onto the page which opens an interesting and eerie door that just compels readers to continue down a path full of unimaginable experiences. Works like “Killer Beauty” (in Untold Phantoms) and “Blood & Water” (TheYard Crime Blog) have proven Dapeki’s aptitude for insanity integrated into his tasteful, horrifying shorts.
‘Dodge Ball’
Andrew Sarewitz has published more than 75 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 City Artists Corp Grant for Writing. His play, Alias Madame Andrèe (based on the life of WWII resistance fighter, Nancy Wake, the “White Mouse”) garnered First Prize from Stage to Screen New Playwrights in San Jose, CA; produced with a multicultural cast and crew. Member: Dramatists Guild of America.
‘Holes in the Sky’
Robert Eugene Rubino is a former sports columnist and adult literacy tutor old enough to remember the Cuban Missile Crisis and smart enough to solve The New York Times crossword puzzle on Mondays (other days not so much).
‘Weirdly Impressive Views from Rock Bottom’ & ‘Hard Stools & Dead-End Thoughts’
Nicholas Viglietti is a writer from Sacramento, CA. He started writing in high school. After which, he served in the Americorps. He graduated from Humboldt State University. Now, he works for cheap checks and attempts to get words published under his name. Nicholas enjoys hot, lazy days by the pool with his wifey.
‘Arrow Twisters’
P.W. Vaughan dwells intentionally on the shore of a small innocuous lake at the eastern edge of the vast continent known to many of its original inhabitants as Turtle Island. Vaughan has numerous nugatory publications, including two fusty self-published novels on Amazon and original music on SoundCloud, both tagged with the anodyne meme By Rushton Beech. His award-nominated humorous short story Plato’s Flan published in The Danforth Review (2002) was unfairly alleged to have contributed to the online publication’s untimely demise.