Originally from Memphis, Fred Vorderbruegge is a resourceful guy who enjoys trains,
sunsets, and fires. He is neither owner nor proprietor of Freed's Beans, nor is he any
part of a collaborative website known as Craigspace. He is the answer to questions like
"Who did that?" and "Who would even look up there?" One time I came home and he'd made
a sculpture out of a sticker roll, caulk, and dryer lint. Then he set the dryer lint on fire!
He's happiest doing it dirt style.
— Flannery Cashill
( BB )
BB is a teacher and poet living in Philadelphia. Their recent work can be found in Trilobite and Zona Motel.
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( Riley Ratcliff, Marta Núñez Pouzols, & Chanelle Allesandre )
Riley Ratcliff can't come to the phone right now. rileyratcliff.com
Marta Núñez Pouzols is a writer from Andalusia living in Durham, NC.
Chanelle Allesandre is currently reading Nights by H.D. chanelleallesandre.com
( Mike Bagwell )
Mike Bagwell is a burnt wire of pure luck. Recent work appears in Lana Turner, Posit, Poetry Northwest, Texas Review, ITERANT, Noir Sauna, Annulet, and others. Recent chapbooks include Poem of Thanks: Swords and the Devil (Thirty West 2026) and Poem of Thanks: A Court of Wands (Metatron 2025). He runs the Ghost Harmonics reading series and magazine in Philly. Find him at mikebagwell.me, @low_gh0st, or playing dragons with his daughters.
Originally from Memphis, Fred Vorderbruegge is a resourceful guy who enjoys trains,
sunsets, and fires. He is neither owner nor proprietor of Freed's Beans, nor is he any
part of a collaborative website known as Craigspace. He is the answer to questions like
"Who did that?" and "Who would even look up there?" One time I came home and he'd made
a sculpture out of a sticker roll, caulk, and dryer lint. Then he set the dryer lint on fire!
He's happiest doing it dirt style.
— Flannery Cashill
( Jace Brittain )
Jace Brittain is the author of Sorcererer (Schism). Their writing and translations have appeared in or are forthcoming from Annulet, Propagule, ANMLY, Grotto Journal, Coma, and mercury firs. With the poet and book artist Rachel Zavecz, they run the small press Carrion Bloom Books in New Orleans.
Ringing true, I am peeling peals, specifically: the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers' document detailing the agreed upon conditions required for peal ringing, even more specifically this line which I may steal: "Any objection which may be taken to a peal other than one with respect to the truth of the composition, shall be raised in writing to the conductor and Society concerned at the earliest date, and in any case within one month after the publication in The Ringing World."
( Rina Shamilov )
Rina Shamilov is a poet and visual artist from Brooklyn, New York, born to Soviet immigrants. She is the author of My Mother's Armoire (Bottlecap Press, 2024) and Hungering: Dance of the Figurines, which was named a finalist in Black Lawrence Press' Immigrant Writing Series in 2025. Her work is either found (or forthcoming) in Second Factory, The Talon Review, Antiphony Press, Grotto, ballast, ritual dagger, The Laurel Review, and Ranger, among others. She is the recipient of the 2026 Billy Maich Award from the Academy of American Poets and will be published in poets.org later this year. She received a nomination for a Best of the Net award.
( Rodrigo Toscano )
Rodrigo Toscano is a poet based in New Orleans. He is the author of thirteen books of poetry. His latest books are Salvage Nation: 100 Sonnets (Winter Editions, 2026) WHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA (Omnidawn, 2025, National Poetry Series finalist, NYPL best books of 2025). The Cut Point (Counterpath, 2023), The Charm & The Dread (Fence, 2022). His Collapsible Poetics Theater was a 2008 National Poetry Series selection. His poetry has appeared in over 25 anthologies, including, Best American Poetry and Best American Experimental Poetry. Toscano received a New York State Fellowship in Poetry. He won the Edwin Markham 2019 prize for poetry. He works for the Labor Institute in conjunction with the United Steelworkers. He has been on the board of the New Orleans Poetry Festival since 2015. rodrigotoscano.com