Alexandra Naughton is the editor in chief of Be About It Press. She is the founder of Bring a Blanket Reading Series and the alternative to AWP mini-festival, A Writers Party. Her latest collection, Sick of Being Inside Myself, was published by House of Vlad in 2025. She writes Talk About It on Substack.

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Lake Markham is a writer and photographer based in Chicago, Illinois. His work is rooted in the intersection of art and philosophy, and has appeared in ExPat Press, Zero Readers, and The Philosopher's Meme. Lo Siento, Lake's first full-length novel, was published with Apocalypse Confidential in October 2025.

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Mike Corrao is the author of numerous works including the novels, Gut Text (11:11 Press) and Rituals Performed in the Absence of Ganymede (11:11 Press); the poetry collections, The Persimmon is an Event (Broken Sleep Books) and Under Reef (Onomatopee Projects); the plays Smut-Maker (Inside the Castle) and Cephalonegativity (Apocalypse Party); and the essay collection, Surface Studies (Action Books). His work blends writing and book design to explore themes of autonomy, climate anxiety, and anti-capitalism. His latest book, Being Towards Death, is out now from Crop Circle Press.

As an artist and designer, his work has been featured in the catalogs of publishers like Fonograf Editions, Milkweed Editions, 11:11 Press, Apocalypse Party, Inside the Castle, and more.

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Mike Corrao is the author of numerous works including the novels, Gut Text (11:11 Press) and Rituals Performed in the Absence of Ganymede (11:11 Press); the poetry collections, The Persimmon is an Event (Broken Sleep Books) and Under Reef (Onomatopee Projects); the plays Smut-Maker (Inside the Castle) and Cephalonegativity (Apocalypse Party); and the essay collection, Surface Studies (Action Books). His work blends writing and book design to explore themes of autonomy, climate anxiety, and anti-capitalism. His latest book, Being Towards Death, is out now from Crop Circle Press.

As an artist and designer, his work has been featured in the catalogs of publishers like Fonograf Editions, Milkweed Editions, 11:11 Press, Apocalypse Party, Inside the Castle, and more.

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Sam Berman is a writer living in Boise, Idaho. His work has been featured in X R-A-Y, Forever Magazine and Maudlin House.

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Krystle Ratticus was born in Denver, Colorado, and raised on the rural border of Iowa and Missouri before running away to Chicago as a teenager. There, she found her voice in the raw pulse of local zine culture and DIY publishing. Her writing channels the dramatic undercurrents of the working class, shaped by years spent in kitchens, funeral parlors, and outsider circles. With a dark sense of humor and sharp eye for detail, Krystle weaves together tales of latchkey childhoods, rock’n’roll hillbillies, and the lonely, electric tension of being othered—even by other outsiders.

Website: alexalexherehere.com

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Krystle Ratticus was born in Denver, Colorado, and raised on the rural border of Iowa and Missouri before running away to Chicago as a teenager. There, she found her voice in the raw pulse of local zine culture and DIY publishing. Her writing channels the dramatic undercurrents of the working class, shaped by years spent in kitchens, funeral parlors, and outsider circles. With a dark sense of humor and sharp eye for detail, Krystle weaves together tales of latchkey childhoods, rock’n’roll hillbillies, and the lonely, electric tension of being othered—even by other outsiders.

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Alex Moreno's work explores emotional processes through surrealism, visceral interiority, and synesthetic play. Sticky Time (Sunflower Station Press) is her debut poetry book. You can also find her writing in Spectra Poets, Lit Angels, and Dream Boy Book Club. She earned a BA from Bowdoin College, eats 1-2 apples a day, and really likes it.

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