THE EXHIBITION
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‘The Silence’
Ludivine Massin was born and raised in Paris, France, and has been living for the past ten years in Berlin, Germany, where she works and raises her two daughters. She mostly writes nonfiction essays about motherhood and addictions. Her work has appeared in The Word’s Faire and Tint Journal. You can follow her here: https://www.instagram.com/ludivine_bodymind
‘Wartezeit’
Michelo Isola resides in Georgia with his husband of twenty years and three needy dogs. He is a later life writer who relishes stories about marginalized people.
‘just fucking talk to your girlfriend, man’ & ‘the third stage of limerence’
Brianna Roberto is a 22-year-old artist and writer based in Fremont, CA whose work has been featured in multiple publications and exhibitions. Having just finished her undergraduate program at Santa Clara University, earning a B.A. in both Child Studies and Studio Art, she is continuing her graduate studies at SCU to earn a Masters in Education. More of her work can be found at colorbybri.com.
‘Rock and Roll Son’
Peter Conrad’s work was a runner up in the My Dream Writing Contest 2024 and appeared in Wingless Dreamer's 2024 anthology Summer Fireflies 2. His writing appears in LOFT Books, Issue VI, Gnashing Teeth Publishing, The Cost of Our Baggage anthology. His stories appear in over thirty literary journals including The Taborian, WayWords Literary Journal, Umbrella Factory Magazine, CafeLit, Bare Hill Review, Impulse, The Paradox Literary Magazine, In Parentheses, The Hemlock, Livina Press Golden Issue, Folklore, Novus, Half and One, Superpresent Magazine, Poor Yorick, and the Datura. His work will be published in Wingless Dreamer’s 2025 anthology, Unfolding Colours. His work appears in over thirty literary journals worldwide.
‘Franken Eden’, ‘A Post-It Note Found On Your Self-Worth’ & ‘Don’t Do It (Or Leave Her on Read)’
Drema Drudge is an award-winning novelist and author of several chapbooks-in-progress, including Look, I Built a Cathedral. Her poetry blends emotional candor with tenderness and wit. She has an MFA from the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing, and her work has appeared in Spectrum and The Louisville Review and others. www.dremadrudge.com
‘Hustle for Cigarettes’, ‘Gravel Road’ & ‘Airplanes Under the Tree’
Allan Scherlen’s experiences as a child were on a farm in Texas, but he eventually settled in the mountains of Appalachia. Along the way, he discovered poets and his trips to Mexico and China added rich experiences that influenced him. Being a librarian brought him closer to books and the music of the mountains. He has published in Progenitor, New Words Press, Azahares Spanish Literary Mag, New Note Poetry, Hong Kong Review, Galway Review, Word’s Faire, Bluebird Word and Vermilion.
‘The Wound of Almost’
Ryan Rahman is a writer based in Orlando, Florida. His works have appeared in Beyond Words Magazine, The Stardust Review, Half and One, BarBar, Humans of The World, WILDsound Writing Festival (Festival for Poetry), Wingless Dreamer Publisher, Moonstone Arts Center, Poets Choice, and The Word's Faire. When he’s not writing, Ryan enjoys reading, listening to music, watching movies, and traveling.
‘POEM BEGINNING WITH A LINE FROM RILKE’ & Collected Works
Samuel Gilpin is a poet living in Portland, OR, who holds a Ph.D. in English Lit. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, which explains why he works as a door to door salesman. A Prism Review Poetry Contest winner, he has served as the Poetry Editor of Witness Magazine and Book Review Editor of Interim. A Cleveland State University First Book Award finalist, his work has appeared in various journals and magazines, most recently in The Bombay Gin, Omniverse, and Colorado Review. His chapbook Self-Portraits as a Reddening Sky was published by Cathexis Press.
‘The Cabin’
Zach Downs is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he earned his BS in Chemical Engineering. Although new to the world of creative fiction, he has prior writing experience with his work in the band On Regret, an alternative five-piece band based out of Boston, MA. Zach is a guitarist and vocalist in the band and one of the primary songwriters/lyricists.
‘My Raven With the Disco Plating’
Byron Griffin has been living in Dayton Ohio. Currently he is a part of Stivers School for the Arts. At Stivers he participates in all things writing, poetry club, publishers workshop, etc.