Meet Emma Rhodes! Emma’s poem, “Hymn to my Purple Vibrator,” will be featured in our upcoming issue, Vol. 14!

How Emma describes “Hymn to my Purple Vibrator” in 12 words or less:
“Masturbation as protest, and as a path to heal from religious trauma”

Emma Rhodes (she/her) is an emerging queer writer currently living on the unceded territory of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island people. Her debut chapbook, Razor Burn, is available from Anstruther Press. You can find her at emmarhodes.net.

Meet Ana Reisens! Ana’s flash fiction piece, “Rumor has it Liz,” will be featured in our upcoming issue, Vol. 14!

How Ana describes “Rumor has it Liz” in 12 words or less:
“Love is a pulled-out sofa at the very least”

Ana Reisens is a word-wrangler with two X chromosomes and a soft spot for leftovers. You can find her work in The Mud Season Review, The Bombay Literary Magazine and Channel, among other places. She promises she’ll always return your Tupperware.

Meet filipa pajevic! filipa’s fiction piece, “Hinge,” will be featured in our upcoming issue, Vol. 14!

How filipa describes “Hinge” in 12 words or less:
“Diving headfirst into a shallow pool of modern love”

filipa pajevic is a recovering academic currently living in Tkaronto/Toronto.  She spends a lot of time running (from her problems) and reading (about other people’s). This is her first time publishing fiction under her own name. She previously wrote and published poetry as ola bjelica in collaboration with linocut artist Brianna Tosswill (of Penrose Press).