J. P. (Paul) Rieger, is a semi-retired real estate attorney whose encounters with the law loosely inspired his new novel Clonk! – a hilarious whodunnit set in the world of seedy lawyers and misfit detectives. An amateur guitarist, Paul played with the neo psychedelic pop group United States of Existence in the 1980s. The band

Erin Zhurkin is the author of Plus-Size In Paris. An American overseas, she has lived in six different countries (inclusive of France) and ten different homes. Because of these rich and sometimes hard life experiences, she feels called to write stories that resonate across cultures, bringing to light the feeling of dépaysement that occurs. She

Xueyan lives in China. She was born August 8, 1993. Her poems have been published in Ginosko Literary Journal and the Bangalore Review.

Thomas Richards taught English and American Literature and Language at Harvard for eight years, including as an Associate Professor, winning a Guggenheim Fellowship. He then moved to Hong Kong, where he lived for eleven years. He is the author of three works of cultural criticism and two novels: Zero Tolerance (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1997);

Emil Rem is an eccentric accountant and an author who writes about eccentric characters in exotic locales. His books—collections of interwoven short stories—include Heart of New York (October 2022), and Chasing Aphrodite (June 2022). Chapters from both books are slated for publication in April Gloaming Literary Journal and The Write Launch. Born to a middleclass

Ron Brock’s claim to fame is his role as the Senior Project Manager for Frito Lay. It was there that Ron became responsible for one of the most successful product launches of the 1970s – Doritos Nacho Cheese flavored chips. He later transitioned into real estate and serendipity struck. Seeing the potential power of using