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Nate Mancuso, Editor-in-Chief

Nate Mancuso is an attorney, fiction writer, and lover/advocate of free speech and civil liberties. Nate’s short stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines including PULP, Disturb the Universe, Synchronized Chaos, A Thin Slice of Anxiety, miniMAG and Mobius Blvd. Nate is also a book reviewer for Historical Novels Review and a reader/editor for several independent presses. While Nate’s work tends toward transgressive fiction and dirty realism, he has written a number of sports-themed short stories and finds that competitive sports provides a great source of raw material for intriguing fiction and nonfiction alike.

Nate Mancuso, Editor-in-Chief

Mary Biggs, Senior Poetry Editor

Mary Biggs is a retired English professor, having served as a faculty member at The College of New Jersey, Columbia University and The University of Chicago, from which she earned an interdisciplinary Ph.D. Mary has written numerous short stories, essays and articles, and a book on contemporary American poetry. Mary has also served as an editor and consultant on several literary magazines and a legendary small press, The Spirit That Moves Us, for which she co-edited two collections of new fiction and poetry. Mary is committed both to reading and encouraging the work of new authors, and to following the new work of established authors.

Senior Fiction Editor - Accepting applications

Full bio forthcoming

Sam is a Cleveland-based writer and reluctant Browns fan. His work appears in BOOTH, Flash Fiction Magazine and elsewhere. Sam holds a B.A. in literature and creative writing from Miami University.
sam fouts
Associate Editor/Staff Prose Writer
Tigran is an aspiring filmmaker pursuing an MFA in film & media production at The University of Texas-Austin. He also works as a website/social media manager for several cover bands in the Austin area and is a competitive gamer. Tigran holds a BBA in marketing from Texas A&M University.
Tigran Bardizbanian
Website/Social Media Manager
Nik Korbich studied poetry at Penn State University and currently teaches English part-time at Gwynedd Mercy University. He’s a Philadelphia sports fan with an amateur wrestling background. He likes clean lines, in writing and in auto racing. 
Nik Korbich
Associate Editor/Staff Poet

First readers

DuBois Jerome

Joan Wainright

Roshna Sahni

Ian Halprin

matt sorenson

maya mansour