Contributors- Volume 2
Our wonderful contributors all live amazing life and if you're interested in checking out more of their work, find them down below!
Father Amanda
artist of "Haunted" and "Masked"
Father Amanda is an analog collage artist whose work explores the intersection of high strangeness, religion, horror and the occult.
Instagram: @father_amanda_collage
Byron Belcher
artist of "Beware of Dog" and "Bad Humors"
Hi! My name is Byron Belcher, I’m a mixed media artist based in LA and a recent graduate from UC Santa Cruz. Collage is my chosen form of expression being that I enjoy the act of putting imperfect fragments together to create something new. During my time at UC Santa Cruz I exhibited my work in student publications such as: Fruitcake, Chinquapin, Twanas and Matchbox Magazine.
Instagram: @strnge_wrld
Dylan Bowen
artist of "Vampire"
My name is Dylan. I'm from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Right now I live in Providence, Rhode Island. I'm currently in school at RISD for my photography certificate. I like to spend my time with my dog Jerri. And if I'm not with Jerri I'm probably making art. I work mostly in photography and film, but love to experiment with lots of different things. And I think most of my inspiration comes from nature and the people in my life. I really enjoy being outside and hearing people's stories.
Instagram: @_dylanbowen_
Syd Christopher
artist of "LAST OPTION, 30 MG"
Syd Christopher (they/them) is a Los Angeles based filmmaker, publisher, photographic director, and artist. They were born and raised in San Diego, CA and had a strong interest in filmmaking and the arts since childhood.
They went to UC Santa Cruz to study film and digital media, as well as studied abroad in London at the Queen Mary University of London. There, they began to make zines and distribute them around the city for free. This would eventually turn into AutoHaus Zines --- where they publish compilation zines and more on a yearly basis.
By day they work as a freelancer in the film industry, but by night they participate in the zine community, jump into the pit at punk shows, and grow their small kewpie doll collection.
Mario Dante
photographer of "The Centipede's Dilemma"
Mario Dante’s work is a playful, yet macabre insight into the space between childhood and adulthood. Mario takes photographs of suburban New Jersey, and physically and digitally manipulates those images to imagine an alternate world.
Instagram: @adeaddog
Victor Hannibal
author of "Check the Trap"
Victor Hannibal is a horror writer and pixel artist based in the UK. He runs Vinegar Zines, a group dedicated to creating unique zine concepts, primarily in the horror and mystery genres, and helping people who struggle to access conventional publishing to see their work in print. His own creations have been featured in many zines, publications, and podcasts. As a lifelong fan of the creepy and weird, Victor is always looking for inspiration to start his next uneasy psychological horror project, whether that arrives in the form of a short story, piece of artwork, or indie game. Outside of work, he loves cult media, reading books, and walking in the mountains.
Website: https://vinegarhannibal.itch.io/
Tadeh Kennedy
author of "The Wax Underneath"
Tadeh Kennedy is an emerging writer based in Oakland, CA. He has been published in Transfer Magazine and forthcoming essays in The Ana. Tadeh is working on his first novel while finishing his MFA in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University. He is relearning Armenian, his first language, and makes music in his free time.
Sean "Disgusticator" McGarry
artist of "The Blackberries Win Again"
Disgusticator, the avant-garde Polaroid artist, delves into the realms of dichotomies and extremes. Through experimental techniques, their captivating work transcends conventional boundaries, capturing the essence of contrasting emotions and perspectives. With a unique visual language where the surreal collides with reality, Disgusticator challenges norms, inviting viewers to explore the intersection of beauty and repulsion in their thought-provoking analog creations.
Instagram: @disgusticator
Richard Metz
author of "View from Below" and artist of "View from Below" and "The Beast of Erdenheim"
Richard Metz is a 64-year-old Philadelphia based artist, father, husband, former art teacher, writer, and activist with a focus on environmental and social issues. He lives just outside Philadelphia, in Erdenheim, PA. He graduated from Tyler School of Art and received an MFA from Maine College of Art. His artwork since then has included painting on non-traditional materials, sculpture, installations, performance and street theater, printmaking, and illustrated stories. Metz has been chosen to participate in many artist residencies around the country each where he has created an ephemeral outdoor installation using natural non-toxic pigments on the trees.
His recent works have focused on the environment in southeaster PA. and the creatures that live there, in the form of landscapes, reliefs, and masks. His series about crows and ravens began at in 2020 and is ongoing with a focus on the relationships and stories between the creatures and land in different places and seasons. The poetry related to these works is imagined from the Crow’s point of view.
My social media presence is
Richard Metz on facebook
Thembones2 on instagram
Katie Serra
author of "To Wake with Sooty Hands"
Katie Serra is a recent Brown University graduate living in New York. She is a staunch believer in the necessity of multiple creative outlets, thus making it a point to write music and act in her free time. Her lesser passions include overanalyzing sitcom characters and drinking too much caffeine. Her written work has appeared nowhere else but within a password protected note on her iPhone.
Find her on Instagram: @katieeserra
Benjamin Spellman
author of "Barista Life: An Ode to William S. Burroughs"
Benjamin Spellman is a musician and occasional writer. He loves Industrial music, dogs and playing Cyberpunk Red with his Chooms. He is often recognized for working as a checker at Safeway, or at least felt awkward the one time the weed delivery man knew who he was. You can hear his music at Ayntrotsky on Soundcloud.
Heather Steen
artist of "Blind" and "The Centipede's Dilemma"
Heather Steen is a current undergraduate at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, studying sculpture. She works with a variety of materials such as metal, wood, ceramic, and mixed media. Currently focusing on large scale sculptures, Heather makes art that relates to the concept of the body as a vessel.
Instagram: @sk1ncrawler
Eli Sugerman
author of "it was dark inside the cave"
eli sugerman is a writer and illustrator based in chicago, illinois more of his work can be found at @eli_comics on instagram and @abiggreybluebird on tiktok and substack
Thomas Terceira
artist of "Shipwrecked Hope
Thomas Terceira is a craftsman and designer and lives in Rhode Island. Thomas earned a BS in Crafts Design from FSU and a certificate in print design from RISD. He works in collage, jewelry, and other media. His designs have appeared in Rattle, Glassworks, and other literary Journals. His art has been exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally.
Website: https://www.saatchiart.com/TTerceira
Don Tucker
author of "Barry and Robin"
Don Tucker, 37, high school teacher in central Massachusetts where I was born and raised. In my free time you can find me reading or writing short stories. I loved to write when I was a kid, and only within the past few years have I tried to reignite that passion. I am also working on a novel that I hope to finish within the next year or so. I may need to either open a bookstore soon or stop leaving every yard sale and thrift shop with piles of books. The latter is unlikely. My other passions include trying to not pull a hamstring while I’m at one of my beer league softball games.
Instagram: @don_ofthe_dead