Managing Editor and Social Media Editor

Elizabeth Hannah is currently a student at IU East University and is pursuing a bachelor’s in creative writing and a minor in Technical Writing. She enjoys reading various genres of writing but primarily fantasy and literary fiction. In her free time, Elizabeth enjoys writing, reading, and knitting while binge-watching her favorite shows. 

Creative Nonfiction Editor

Cadence Wright is a junior at IU East, majoring in English Creative Writing with a minor in Technical Writing. She is also working part time as an administrative assistant at her local vet clinic. Cadence spends most of her free time reading, cooking, and listening to country music. She hopes to one day use her degree to become a fiction copy editor.

Brian Brodeur

Faculty Advisor

Brian Brodeur is the author of four poetry collections, most recently Some Problems with Autobiography (Criterion Books, 2023), which won the 2022 New Criterion Prize, and Every Hour Is Late (Measure Press, 2019). New poems and literary criticism appear in Hopkins Review, Gettysburg Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Southern Review, and The Writer’s Chronicle. Brian lives with his wife and daughter in the Whitewater River Valley. He teaches creative writing and American literature at Indiana University East.

Taylor Hartman

Fiction Editor

Taylor Hartman is an undergraduate student at IU East working towards a Bachelor of Arts in Literature as well as minoring in Creative Writing. Though this student’s free time is limited, they may be found reading, catching up on favorite TV shows, or daydreaming about potential writing ideas.

Jake Ott

Editor-in-Chief and Poetry Editor

Jake is currently pursuing his MA in English at Indiana University East, where he previously earned a BA in English with a focus on Professional and Technical Writing in 2022. His main areas of literary interest are fiction, plot structure, and hard-boiled crime novels. Professionally, he works as a website and SEO copywriter for LocaliQ, a digital marketing company. In his free time, Jake enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters, working on his own novels, playing board games, reading Raymond Chandler, and taking care of an unreasonably large hot pepper garden.