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As always, thank you for your continued support. Our lives have changed a lot since we first started this magazine. Isabelle graduated from college and got a big-girl job. Sam’s moved (again). And she has new plans to move (again). She’s also started her own business and it’s actually kind of really amazing? Oh, and Isabelle and Sam are going to Paris (for real this time, fingers crossed).
All of this is a longwinded way of telling you that we’re so grateful for your being there with us. And finally, to our writers and artists, thank you for trusting us with your creativity and passion. You’re kinda amazing.
Margery Bayne is a librarian by day and a writer by night from Maryland, USA. She enjoys the literary and speculative, and is a published short story author and an aspiring novelist. In 2012, she graduated from Susquehanna University with a BA in Creative Writing and is currently pursuing a Masters of Library Science. In her time not spent reading or writing, she enjoys origami, running, and being an aunt.
Jocelyn Royalty is a high school senior at New Haven Academy and the Educational Center for the Arts, where she specializes in creative writing. She has been interested in the written arts since elementary school and is dedicated to the workshop environment. She plans to study writing at the University of Maine at Farmington this coming fall.
McKenzie Teter is an MFA candidate at the University of North Carolina Wilmington with a focus in poetry. Her other publications include two poems in Her Heart Poetry's Annual Collection (2017), a fiction piece in the Italian Americana Review (2019), three poem in Voice of Eve Magazine (2019), and one poem in Foothill Journal (2019).
Sofia Rybkina is a professional musician, artist, poet, member of the French poets society and author of the book 'Speaking in verse' published in Russia in 2016. Lives and studies in Saint Petersburg.
Greta Starling is a teenager from the United States who writes poetry and YA fiction. Her favorite poets are William Shakespeare and Natasha Trethewey.
Kristina Fedeczko received her MFA at Lesley University. Her work has appeared in Aji Magazine, Straight Forward Poetry, Boston Accent Lit, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine and elsewhere. When she's not writing (which is rare) she's reading, hiking, and spending time with her family and friends.
Katie Licavoli is a Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction writer originally from Mansfield, Texas.
Samantha Tetrault is a nonfiction writer from Orlando, FL. She's a Capulet Mag editor, and she's so excited to be forcing her way into this volume in the form of a Twilight essay. Samantha runs her own business as a marketing writer and full-time blogger, and she also hosts two podcasts.
Sophie Hamidovic (Cover Artist) is a self-taught artist and illustrator based in Nova Scotia, Canada. She uses both digital and traditional mediums, her favourites being gouache, acrylic and graphite. Sophie’s work is heavily inspired by nature, along with her own personal experiences as seen through her surreal and organic style.
Aurora Dimitre is a young author from rural North Dakota. She likes heavy metal, horror movies, and Keanu Reeves.
Arielle Hebert holds an M.F.A in poetry from North Carolina State University. She won the 2019 North Carolina State University Poetry Contest judged by Ada Limón. Arielle believes in ghosts and magic.