Half-Pint Fruit Punch / Michael Clark

Michael A. Clark’s novella “Are One” has recently been published by Water Dragon Publishing, and his short story, “The Final Shot” appears at https://whitecatpublications.com/2024/04/09/the-final-shot/. “I, Cro-Mag” is in the current issue of Electric Spec.

Clark lives in Charlotte, NC, and currently works in industrial automation while spending as much time as he can outdoors. He likes baseball and writes short stories and music because that’s what he does.

Through the Window / Toby Hecht

THechtPhotoToby Tucker Hecht is a writer and scientist who lives and works in Bethesda, Maryland. At least forty of her stories have been published either in print or in online literary journals. A native New Yorker with a rather traditional life, she writes fiction to explore more exciting lives than her own. She is now working on a collection of short stories, and a series of linked short stories.

https://tobythecht.substack.com/

Outside Freezer / Neil Jacobs

NeilJacobsNeil Jacobs’ thirty-year career as a psychologist working with leaders, teams, and organizations causes him to reflect daily on the complexity of the human condition. He carries this into his writing. Neil’s evolution as a writer has been informed by workshops at the Fine Art Works Center in Provincetown, MA under the tutelage of authors such as Garrard Conley and Mira Jacob, and writing courses at Grub Street in Boston. He recently finished his first novel, a family saga between two sets of neighbors set in the North of England.