Meet the contributors of upcoming Issue 261
Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri
Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri is a graduate of Colorado State University’s MFA program in fiction. His story, “Soon,” was nominated for a Pushcart. He has also had work nominated for The Best Small Fictions. Mir-Yashar’s work has been published or is forthcoming in Plum Tree Tavern, Ephemeral Elegies, 34 Orchard, and Ariel Chart, among others.
Kevin Sterne
Kevin Sterne is the author of “From Your Jerry” (No Rest Press) and the editor in chief of Funny Looking Dog Quarterly. His writing has appeared in The Nervous Breakdown, Smokelong Quarterly, Maudlin House, Literary Orphans, and some other places. He loves running and trees. kevinsternewrites.com
Timothy Caldwell
Timothy Caldwell was a professional singer and university professor for forty years. When he retired, he returned to his early love–writing. His novel, “The Chaplain’s Assistant: God, Country, and Vietnam,” was published in 2012. Caldwell’s essays and short stories have been published in Amarillo Bay, Blue Lake Review, Crab Creek Review, Diverse Voices Quarterly, Ginosko, The Penmen Review, The Storyteller, and Westview. He is working on a collection of short stories.
Clay Holt
Clay Holt is a writer and programmer living in the American South.
Dina Greenberg
Nominated for The Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions, and The Millions, Dina Greenberg’s writing has appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, Pembroke Magazine, Split Rock Review, Tahoma Literary Review, Barely South, and Wilderness House Literary Review, among others. The opening chapters of her novel “Nermina’s Chance” were recently featured at Embark. Dina earned an MFA in fiction from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she served as managing editor for the literary journal Chautauqua. Dina enjoys the privilege of teaching creative writing to a multi-generational group of community participants at the Cameron Art Museum, and also provides one-on-one writing coaching for victims of trauma. Much of her work is available at www.dinagreenberg.com.
Edward Michael Supranowicz
Edward Michael Supranowicz has had artwork and poems published in the US and other countries. Both sides of his family worked in the coalmines and steel mills of Appalachia.
Emily Costa
Emily Costa teaches freshmen at Southern Connecticut State University, where she received her MFA. Her writing can be found in Hobart, Barrelhouse, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Atticus Review, and elsewhere. You can follow her on twitter @emilylauracosta.
Alex Pickens
Alex Pickens grew up in the mountains of Virginia, where he spent his spare time reading the Classics, hiking, and fingerpicking the blues. Recently his work has appeared in Gone Lawn, Barely South Review, Jersey Devil Press, The Inkwell Journal, South 85, SFK Press, Pretty Owl Poetry, Eastern Iowa Review, and Moonpark Review. His work was most recently nominated for Best of the Net 2019.
Natasha Deonarain
Natasha Deonarain lives part-time between Arizona and Colorado. Her poems are published or forthcoming in NELLE, Rigorous, Packingtown Review, Thin Air Magazine, Dime Show Review, Prometheus Dreaming and Canyon Voices Literary Magazine.