Meet the contributors of upcoming Issue 194
John Leo
A Texas native and graduate of the University of North Texas, John Leo currently works and studies at Butler University. His writing has appeared in 2River View and NoiseMedium, with more forthcoming in Tinderbox.
Mahesh Nair
Mahesh studied creative fiction writing at New York University, learned acting at Lee Strasberg, and is working on his first novel, an autobiographical fiction. His work has appeared in The Bookends Review.
Matt Dugan
Matt was born Bristol in the U.K. in 1971. He won the Erbacce Prize for Poetry in 2015. His poems have appeared in Five 2 One, The Journal, The Dawntreader, Roundyhouse, Ink, Sweat, And Tears, and Page and Spine.
Richard Weaver
Richard Weaver is an unofficial snowflake counter in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. His publications include Loch Raven Review, North American Review, Crazyhorse, 2River View, Pembroke, New England Review, and the ubiquitous Elsewhere.
Kathleen Brewin Lewis
Kathleen Brewin Lewis is a Georgia writer whose poetry and prose have appeared in Southern Humanities Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Cider Press Review, and Still: The Journal. She is the author of two chapbooks of poetry, “Fluent in Rivers,” (FutureCycle Press 2014) and “July’s Thick Kingdom,” (FutureCycle Press 2015) and senior editor of Flycatcher.
James Brush
James Brush lives in Austin, TX. He is the author of “Highway Sky,” “Birds Nobody Loves,” and “A Place Without a Postcard.” He sometimes posts things online at Coyote Mercury where he keeps a full list of publications. He also edits the online literary journal Gnarled Oak.
Christine Catalano
Christine, a onetime graphic designer, likes to take photographs and play with them on the computer. She dedicates her work to her muse, in the hope that he continues to inspire her.
Michael Proctor
Michael Proctor was born and raised in Austin, TX where he still lives with his family and works in corporate damage control. His previous work has been published at Across the Margin, and he is currently working on his first novel.