Taylor A. Russo
Editor-in-Chief and Pepper Enthusiast
Taylor is a content writer in Aurora, CO who specializes in crafting blog posts and landing pages for legal, finance, and education clients. He has served as a public history screenwriter and editor for History Colorado and has ghost written articles for Reader’s Digest, Austin Monthly Magazine, and more. His poetry, published under the pen name Azriel Cervantes, is forthcoming in SPLASH! and The Plentitudes Journal. Taylor is looking for writing that challenges the reader to think outside the bounds of the piece itself. He particularly likes works of dark fantasy, magical realism, science fiction, dystopia, Gothic horror, and historical fiction.
Taylor holds a B.S. in Interactive Media & Entertainment from the Metropolitan State University of Denver and an Advanced Certificate in Irish Studies from Ulster University. He is currently pursuing a M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in History and Writing at Western New Mexico University.
Taylor’s Favorite Authors
Miguel de Cervantes, Bram Stoker, Roger Zelazny, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mary Shelley, Stephen King, Lois Lowry, Isabel Allende, Michael Chabon, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Jane Austen, Italo Calvino, and Oscar Wilde.
Taylor’s Favorite Artists
Leonid Afremov, Sija Hong, Vincent van Gogh, Wassily Kandinsky, Iris Scott, Mallory Hart, Albert Bierstadt, Albert Dreher, Paul Lehr, Hiroshi Yoshida, Leonora Carrington, Leonardo da Vinci, Dustin Yellin, Steve McCurry, Sylvia Hyman, and Mark Bradford.
Taylor’s Favorite Poets
Joy Harjo, Langston Hughes, Dante Alighieri, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Burns, Emily Dickinson, Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky, Khalil Gibran, Matsuo Bashō, Eugenio Montale, Wislawa Szymborska, Jamaal May, Octavio Paz, Joseph Brodsky, and Lu Ji.
Sian E. Martin
Editor-in-Chief and French Fry Fanatic
Sian Martin is a published writer living in Aurora, CO. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Colorado Denver. Sian’s work has appeared in the literary journal From the Depths published by Haunted Waters Press, who interviewed her to learn more about her unique writing process. They described her work as “timeless and relevant” due to its authentic depiction of existentialism. She is looking for writing that subverts the reader’s expectations and tackles anything from important social issues to absurd observations about the world. Sian prefers works of horror, comedy, romance, and mythology.
Sian’s Favorite Authors
Louisa May Alcott, David Eddings, Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Clive Barker, Sue Monk Kidd, and Yoko Ogawa.
Sian’s Favorite Poets
Robert Frost, Rupi Kaur, Edgar Allan Poe, Tarfia Faizullah, Shel Silverstein, Amanda Lovelace, Robert Burns, Maya Angelou, Jan Wagner, and William Shakespeare.
Sian’s Favorite Artists
Vincent van Gogh, Leonid Afremov, Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens, Banksy, Anne Geddes, Beatrix Potter, Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaelle Monti, and Dorothea Lange.
Andreas J. Perea
Contributing Editor and Puppy Appreciator
Andreas Perea is a Political Consultant and Strategic Communications Advisor living in Denver, CO. He has crafted messaging and media briefings for multiple non-profits, as well as local campaigns. Andreas is working towards his B.S. in Socio-Cultural Communications and Cultural Rhetoric. He is looking for writing that conveys overlooked realities, and their role in an ever changing world. Andreas prefers works of horror, dystopia, prose, and realistic fiction.
Andreas’ Favorite Authors
Gustave Flaubert, Alexandre Dumas, H.G. Wells, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, Dan Brown, Raymond Carver, and Deepak Unnikrishnan.
Andreas’ Favorite Artists
Antoni Gaudi, Edgar Degas, Udi Merioz, Banksy, Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Leonid Afremov.
Andreas’ Favorite Poets
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky, Devon Spier, Phil Kaye, Sarah Kay, Edwin Bodney, Kevin Kantor, Olivia Gatwood, William Ernest Henley, and Bob Dylan.