Michael Fischer is currently earning an MFA in creative writing from Sierra Nevada College. He is managing editor of Sierra Nevada Review, assistant nonfiction editor of Profane, and a Moth Chicago StorySlam winner. His essays appear or are forthcoming in The Sun, Brevity, The Rumpus, and elsewhere.

Alexis Paige's first book, Not A Place On Any Map, won the 2016 Vine Leaves Press Vignette Collection Award. Her work has appeared as a notable in Best American Essays and received three Pushcart nominations. Paige is an editor at Brevity. alexispaigewrites.com.

Reginald Dwayne Betts is a writer and poet. Four Way Books published his latest collection of poems, Bastards of the Reagan Era.

Randall Horton is the author of three collections of poetry and most recently, Hook: A Memoir. He is a member of the experimental performance group: Heroes Are Gang Leaders and associate professor of English at the University of New Haven.

James Allen