Meet some of the curious minds at work!
ZACH DOCTER
Author
Zach Docter is a young writer and recent UCLA graduate from Los Angeles, California. He was a classical musician and composer before he turned to writing several years ago. One of Zach’s short stories was recently published in Jokes Review. Two additional stories are scheduled to be published in other magazines this year.
Check out his short story collection, The Great Pyramid and Other Stories.
JOE BAUMANN
Author
Joe Baumann’s fiction and essays have appeared in Phantom Drift, Passages North, Emerson Review, Another Chicago Magazine, and many others. He is the author of Ivory Children, published in 2013 by Red Bird Chapbooks. He possesses a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. He was a 2019 Lambda Literary Fellow in Fiction.
His debut short story collection, Sing With Me at the Edge of Paradise, was chosen as the inaugural winner of the Iron Horse/Texas Tech University Press First Book Award, and his second story collection, The Plagues, will be released by Cornerstone Press in 2023. His debut novel, I Know You’re Out There Somewhere, is forthcoming from Deep Hearts YA. He can be reached at joebaumann.wordpress.com.
His short story collection, Hot Lips, is set to be published with Curious Curls in Winter 2022/2023!
BRIGID DONAHUE
Book Cover Artist
Brigid Donahue is an illustrator and concept artist living in Manassas, Virginia. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2021 with a major in Communication Arts and a minor in English.
Brigid works on designing characters and creatures to incorporate into full illustrations that expand their stories. She enjoys being outdoors and gains inspiration for her projects from nature. Check out her portfolio at brigiddonahueart.com.
Her artwork is featured on the cover of The Great Pyramid and Other Stories.
LEXIS MAE
Author
Lexis Mae is an American writer of poetry and fiction. She spends as much time as possible running barefoot through the woods and around her family’s farm to keep a calm mind and influence her creative side. Lexis currently lives in a small town, East of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania where she works fulltime at CCA Solutions. She has been published in The Spring Lake Collection.
Check out Lexis' poetry chapbook, Wildflowers in the Dark!
KIRIAKI MOULINOU
Illustrator
Kiriaki Moulinou is an illustrator and filmmaker currently residing in Athens, Greece where she studies 3D Animation & Game Art. She grew up in an artistic family. From a very young age she had a great passion for books and creative arts, including drawing, motion pictures, and music. Kiriaki loves creating fantasy stories and characters in her head while getting inspired by her favorite music.
Check out Wildflowers in the Dark, which is illustrated entirely by Kiriaki.
