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Poem: “Blood,” “My Dragon,” and “Dogheart”
Poet: Jason Davidson
Bio: Jason Davidson’s poetry and drama have appeared in various journals and anthologies, and are occasionally found hidden in faraway sea caves. He has worked as an educator, theatre-maker and performer. He lives on California’s Central Coast with his husband and small brood of four-legged children. Reach him at jasonwriteswords@gmail.com.

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Poem: “Epoch”
Poet: Andrea Laws (IG, YT)
Bio: Andrea Laws currently resides in Lawrence, Kansas, working in the field of scholarly and regional publishing for the University Press of Kansas. She graduated from the University of Kansas, with a B.A. in English, with a focus on creative writing, and a B.A. in film studies, with a focus on film theory and criticism. She volunteers as an associate editor for Bewildering Stories, reading short fiction submissions, and freelances on Fiverr as a proofreader and writer of fiction, poetry, screenwriting, and technical writing that includes professional emails and letters. Her poetry has been published in three compiled books of poetry, and featured on seventeen literary websites, journals, and blogs. Her influences have been from the masters of Gothic literature, and she strives to have a modern voice to this genre. In her spare time, she creates jewelry that tells a story for her small shop, OutLaws Jewelry.

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Poem: “the trees – the forest – the trees – the forest”
Poet: Frank Podmore (Mastodon, Web)
Bio: Frank Podmore was born in London and is still there and alive at time of writing. His poetry has been published in Apparition Lit and performed at the Wigmore Hall. He won the Freshers’ Writing Prize in 2015. His comedy writing has been broadcast on BBC Radio. He has a blog, and you can find him on Mastodon @frankpodmore@social.coop.

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Poems: “Technicolor Motion; Energy Release” and “Pretty; An Unspeakable Accusation”*
Poet: K.B. Silver (IG)
Bio: K.B. Silver uses the art of writing to support a healing journey, regain memories of a painful past, and move on to a healthier and happier future. They are a disabled member of the California LGBTQIA community and are striving to write from a place of acceptance and love. They have self-published two books of poetry, have poems published in the magazine Wishbone Words and New Note Poetry, and have pieces published in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.

*Previously appeared online via Medium (Illumination, and Arts o’ Magazine)

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Poem: “I rocked my curves”
Poet: K. Weber (Web, IG)
Bio: K Weber is an Ohio writer with 10 online books of poetry. She obtained her Creative Writing BA in 1999 from Miami University. K writes independently and collaboratively, having created poems from words donated by more than 300 people since 2018. K has poems featured in publications such as The Hooghly Review, Writer’s Digest, Fevers of the Mind & her photography/digital collages appear in literary journals including Barren Magazine and Nightingale & Sparrow. Much of K’s work (free in PDF and some in audiobook format) and her publishing credits are on her website.

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Poems: “Midnight Becomes Eclectic”
Poet: Crystal Valerie Rea (X/Twitter, IG)
Bio: Crystal Valerie Rea (she/they) is a Canadian-born poet and theater artist.

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