Meet the contributors of upcoming Issue 248
Robert Bockstael
Robert Bockstael is a Canadian actor and director, and has written for theatre, television, and short films. He has recently had a short story, “Alma,” published in Rosette Maleficarum and is currently shopping his first novel, “Into Each Life.”
Libertad Ansola Palazuelos
Libertad Ansola Palazuelos was born in Cantabria, Spain. After graduating in English literature, she moved to Scotland and started her studies on creative writing at the university of Aberdeen. She enjoys experimental writing and likes writing in Spanish and English.
Jeffrey James Higgins
Jeffrey James Higgins is a former reporter, elected official, and retired supervisory special agent. He now writes creative nonfiction, essays, and novels. Jeffrey is represented by the Inkwell Management Literary Agency and his recent nonfiction book, “The Narco-Terrorist,” is out for submission. Jeffrey just finished writing “Unseen,” his first mystery thriller. Jeffrey was a finalist in the 2018 Adelaide Literary Award for Best Essay. He has been published in The Writing Disorder Literary Journal, Adelaide Literary Magazine, American Conservative, Trail Runner Magazine, The Washington Times, American Thinker, Police Magazine, and other publications. Find Jeffrey’s recent articles and media appearances at JeffreyJamesHiggins.com.
Jacob Weber
Jacob Weber is a translator living in Maryland. He has published fiction in Bartleby Snopes, The Baltimore Review, The Green Hills Literary Lantern, and the Potomac Review. He won the Washington Writers’ Publishing House fiction contest in 2016, and the winning book, “Don’t Wait to Be Called,” was published in fall of 2017.
Donna James
Donna has a PhD in clinical psychology from The Fielding Graduate Institute, and an MA in English literature from the University of Washington. She has been in private practice as a psychotherapist for thirty-five years. Her free time is spent with friends, visiting art museums and galleries, learning about different cultures, cooking, and reading—She is often in the middle of five books at once.
Mick Ó Seasnáin
Mick Ó Seasnáin has continually attempted to farm his quarter acre lot in the small town of Wooster, Ohio while catering to the diverse and often unanticipated needs of his tripod-ish dog and three rowdy children. His wife tolerates his creative habits and occasionally enables his binges of writing and photography. Find more of his work at MickOSeasnain.
Serena Jayne
Serena Jayne received her MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, and is a member of Romance Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. She’s worked as a research scientist, a fish stick slinger, a chat wrangler, and a race horse narc. When she isn’t trolling art museums for works that move her, she enjoys writing in multiple fiction genres. While her first love is all things paranormal, the mundane world provides plenty of story ideas.
Jason Hackett
Jason Hackett’s poems have appeared in The Journal of American Poetry, Slippery Elm Literary Journal, Scarlet Leaf Review, Cholla Needles and Crack the Spine.
Jon Kalantjakos
Born in Greece but a naturalized US citizen, Jon has been actively writing for ten years, as well as reading anything dating from Homer to JK Rowling. He lives in Nebraska, is an avid sports fan and video game enthusiast, and plans to spend his entire life improving his craft.