Hannah is a writer, editor, and publishing professional from Buffalo, NY now happily based in Chicago, IL. Since 2018, she has become a publishing swiss army knife for various magazines and presses, working editorial, social media, production, and everything in between. While getting her MFA at DePaul, she worked as assistant editor at the Slag Glass City. her work has appeared in The Laurentian, The Underground, and more. She lives a life full of words and is always in pursuit of being surrounded by talented people and to experience all things that make her feel deeply with open arms and a tender heart. 

Erin is a multimedia artist currently based in Chicago. Her goal is to create art in a meaningful way with other artists, musicians, and people to connect in a more genuine way than people may be used to in their everyday lives. Shes's open to creating and. learning new mediums, although she has found the most. connection to photographic and videographic mediums. She loves the creative scene in Chicago and always wants tobe a part of art creation here any way she can!

Justin Finley is our Social Media Coordinator. Justin is a writer, painter, and Cancer from Chicago. He changed his plans to join the Air Force after military school to study Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago where he would enjoy smoke breaks with Sam Plauche between classes. His debut book, I Saw, was published this year with A Jabber Publication. Justin is color blind but enjoys the effect this has on different shades of orange and pink. His favorite time is 8:32 PM on Fridays. He looks to his dreams when writing fiction and to his diary when creating non-fiction and poetry. The scariest movie he has ever seen is Final Destination 2 (the car one).

Lane Lake is a software engineer based in chicago. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Lane Lake came to Chicago due to his love for public transportation, disdain for traffic (he no longer drives), and need for something different. Since arriving here, he has fallen in love with the community aspects of the city and how they intersect with the music scene. He does freelance website design around the Chicago area, and you can contact him @bigbrainlanetrain on Instagram for work. 

Sarah Hobson is an artist who, while once lived in Chicago, now resides in Massachusetts. Her illustrations utilize intricate detail and definitive line work to create environmentally surrealistic scenes. Her favorite book is Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut and her favorite food is the pretzel. She has a prolific body of work, which can be found on her Instagram, @hob.is.dead

Samuel Plauche is a Chicago writer of novels, short stories, and poems. His writing style and preferences are those stories that take real world hardships and blend it with the absurd, or memoirs and autobiographies for non-fiction. Some of his favorite books include The Strawberry Statement by James Simon Kunen, Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison, Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins, and the poetry of Etheridge Knight and Patti Smith. His own work includes the novel As The Rain Falls (which can be purchased on the Raging Opossum Press website), the short story Bits of Love, and the poems My Protector's Song, Where Joy Lies, On and Off and On and Off, My Personal Saint, and Unbridled To You, Unbroken From You. For more information about Samuel Plauche or to read his written work, you can find his website (www.samuelplauche.com) or on Instagram @sam.plauche. His favorite vegetable to eat is the brussels sprout.