ISSUE 11: BODIES WITHOUT PERMISSION
JJ KONDRATYEVA is a multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer whose practice reclaims narratives historically pushed to the margins. Utilizing visceral, radical imagery, they employ confrontation as a medium to shatter the safety of passive viewing. Their work frames institutional power, the body, and the self as active battlegrounds. 
“cassiasdaughter”, Kezia, is a tattooist, anti-disciplinary artist, and creative practitioner. Having co-founded the Black Radical Arts Community (BRAC), Kezia’s work seeks to provide space and time for creative critical gatherings, resource sharing, and co-learning that expands, reflects, and digests Black art, aesthetics and Black radical traditions. 
As a queer photographer, CHARLOTTE MONTAGNE-MAS has developed a socially engaged practice that explores contemporary social and cultural issues. Through a queer gaze and participatory approach, they work with the people they photograph to question sexualities, gender identities, relationships with the body, nature, and feminist and queer struggles. 
CHROME is a lesbian afro-boricua freelance illustrator, photographer, and printmaker located in the United States. When not covered in ink or entrenched in darkroom chemicals, they can be found gardening with a focus on native plants to help revitalize native Appalachian biodiversity and support endangered pollinators. Instagram: @Chromemonger Website: https://www.artbychrome.com 
RAQUEL SIMÕES (PleasureUntil4Ever) is an analogue photographer from Toronto, Canada whose work documents eroticism & identity/expression within the 2SLGBTQ+ community. They create intimate portraits that celebrate sexuality and the raw power of self-confidence. 
TOBY BARTLETT is a queer transmasculine photographer. Toby’s most recent project, ‘Bound’, is an ode to his girlhood/an attempt to stay connected to his femininity after his transition. 
BANANA HOLDWIN is a multi-disciplinary Queer artist based in South-East London. Holdwin strives to create artwork which is inclusive and engaging for a diverse audience. They are fascinated by the link between emotion and motion, a common theme in their work. 
Andreas Ianniello (JUNKO) is an illustrator from Italy, exploring queer love, vulnerability, and social critique through bodies and bright colors. 
BECK SNEDDON’s focus is on capturing self-expression and authenticity. Instagram @Beck_Sneddon_photography. 
HARA GHAN is a photographer developing a practice around the documentation of specific individuals and social groups on the fringes of mainstream representation. Through a methodology that blurs the lines of the private and the public; personal struggle and collective joy; the theatrical and the improvised, they paint a seemingly uncompromising yet socially aware portrait of often hermetic communities. 
After obtaining a master’s degree with honours in photography from University of the Arts London, ARIANNE CLÉMENT travelled far and wide to find inspiration, often getting involved in humanitarian projects with the marginalized, her preferred subjects. She now devotes her work principally to portraying the elderly. 
REN MARROW is a genderfluid anarchist living rurally in mi’kma’ki (nova scotia). they are a writer and creator who is always finding ways to weave in new mediums. inspired by the land and the rebels who walk it, ren creates art that explores the intersection of destruction and creation. encouraging criticism and curiosity, detangling the narratives we are force-fed, their work invites you to contemplate what you want to burn and what you want to build. 
AINS REID is a printmaker studying at UBC Okanagan on the unceded and ancestral territory of the syilx Okanagan peoples in Kelowna, Canada. Through hand-pulled ultraviolet screen prints he explores themes of connection, home, and queer joy as resistance. 
Noel (ANGELBOI) is a non-institutionally trained artist engaging with small, everyday practices of resistance and queer inside jokes. Their photographs, linocuts, fabric collages, and drawings often function as documents of daily life or visualizations of diary entries. Say hi on Instagram @_principito161 
ELIE CHAMMAA uses painting as a way to understand who they are and where they come from. Elie grew up in a strict Christian environment and within the instability of Lebanon, which shaped their sense of difference, control, and independence. These tensions appear in Elie’s paintings through recurring elements such as male bodies, horses, mountains, and water. 
MADELINE ROSE FIORE is a writer, director, photographer, and multidisciplinary artist. With a background in Journalism and a commitment to authentic queer storytelling, Madeline creates work that centres honesty, community, and the narratives she longed to see growing up. Follow Madeline on Instagram to stay updated with her journey: @madelinerosefiore. 
ABEL BERGLUND is a queer and trans person from Sweden. Besides dance and photography, they have developed a love for sculpting and experimenting with how one can be maximalist and minimalist at the same time. IG @abel.juno.blund 
SALEM PAIGE is a poet and multidisciplinary artist based on traditional Coast Salish territories (so-called Vancouver, British Columbia). Their works revolve around the exploration of identity and discomfort, often through natural and technological worlds, and can be found in their debut collection of poetry, The Third Self (2023, Sunday Mornings at the River Press). More on Salem can be found at salempaige.com or @corpseofapoet 
TEA NOVOSEL is a lesbian artist living in Germany. Her work emerges straight from the gut — from inner pressure, unrest, and subjects often left unspoken, such as mental health, social structures, and the ways “normality” excludes. Her practice produces uncompromising statement pieces — not to please, but to disturb, provoke, and open questions. Tea is socially critical because “everyone is human” is still not enough. IG: @mehmyselfandwhy 
JESSICA PIZZO, LCSW (she/they); otherwise known as The Kinky Therapist, is a trauma and sex therapist with over a decade in practice. As a pansexual, neurodivergent, member of the BDSM Community; they are passionate about combating the stigma and shame associated with diverse expressions of sexuality. 
Suzie, “THE NAKED ARTIST,” is a self-taught Artist and photographer. Their life narrative focuses on the mind and exploring the emptying of feelings and emotions through self-expression. They started their journey in 1997 and over the years have accomplished a lot through the LGBTQ scene, published art and a variety of solo and joint shows. 
SEVERUS HEYN has illustrated the lives and sexuality of queer men since 2012, blending hot filth with tenderness and sly political bite, usually sealed with a wink. His work has appeared internationally, from Germany to Liverpool, where his solo show CONSUMING ME revisited a decade of creation. Instagram: @QueerArtisan. 
CALEB TINANI is an emerging artist from Regina, Saskatchewan, the traditional territory of the Cree, Dene, Dakota, Nekota and Salteaux Peoples. His work strives to gain a deeper understanding of queer and transgender intersectionality and its role in everyday experiences. 
MAYA BEAUCHAMP is a Painter, Interdisciplinary Artist and Drag Performer based in Edinburgh. She loves queer archives, layers of paper pulp from posters torn off a wall, vampires, sci-fi and religious kitsch. She’s soon to graduate from her BA(Hons) in Painting from the Edinburgh College of Art and has exhibited across the Scottish art scene. She hosts a drag and burlesque night called SKIN as the king Tainted Love. 
MOON BROERSMA is a Dutch trans man and an aspiring photographer. His focus is to capture stories of people through portraits, mainly focused on queer people. To him, showing realness without any filter is the most important thing. He’s also very interested in broadening his view and is always open to learn more. You can find him on Instagram: @throughmoonslens 
PHOEBE LOCKSTONE is a queer, neurodivergent photographer, based in London. Their work explores identity and is inherently political. Phoebe draws inspiration from all aspects of life, especially music, religion, history, nature and sexuality, as they examine the connections between them. 
SAMUEL AVERY is a photographer and filmmaker from Connecticut specializing in concept and editorial photography. As a trans artist, he finds beauty in telling stories through his artwork. He started taking photos in 2020, the year he started his transition, and has since then found a passion for raising awareness for the trans community with his work. https://www.samaverymedia.com/ 
TOONKISSES97 is a furry queer trans artist based in Portugal. It’s through this kinky furry landscape that he explores his queerness, constantly experimenting with his visual style. Catch him over on toonkisses97.bsky.social 
TIFFANY FISHLEIGH is a Manchester-based painter creating bold, expressive statement art that explores kink, feminine sensuality and form. Through her art, Tiffany aims to celebrate diversity, empowerment, body positivity, and unapologetic creative rebellion. IG: @NXSTYGALNOODZ 
ZIV SAMEACH (Zivink) is a muralist & painter living in Haifa, born in 1987, working with analog materials. A book & toys collector, father of two cats & partner of Tamar, Ziv takes inspiration from people in the streets & everyday life. 
VALCOVIAC is an illustration artist whose work celebrates queer masculinity through bold, cartoon-styled imagery. Drawing inspiration from leather culture and gay iconography, his art centres on strong, affectionate male figures portrayed with warmth, confidence, and emotional openness. 
ANIMAENOCTIS are 2 queer persons in (erotic) art: Silvia Marcantoni Taddei (1994) & Massimo Sannelli (1973). They have lived and worked together since 2019. They are based in Novi Sad, Serbia. 
SANCH KAY is a queer Brooklyn-based artist and therapist. Their current artistic focus has been paper and book arts. They are an emotion-to-color and music-to-color synesthete; this inescapable experience has create an insatiable desire to keep creating. Sanch enjoys exploring complex relationships and juxtaposing seemingly incongruent entities to show connections of different flavors. IG: @sanch.kay 
COFFEE (thelastmimzy) is a Kuala Lumpur-based artist whose work navigates the friction between reality and imagination. Rooted in punk culture, his practice is defined by bold, monochromatic sketches that use raw, unpolished lines to confront societal flaws with unapologetic honesty. 
EVANGELINE GALLAGHER is an award-winning US illustrator and artist based in Baltimore City. They make art about being sad, being happy, nature, kink, and lots of other things too. 
LOMOMOLO is a non-binary artist and 3D illustrator from Brazil specializing in vibrant character design and textures. With a background in fashion and costume design, lomomolo explores bold palettes across digital media. Having collaborated with global brands like Spotify, Adobe, and Nickelodeon, their work blends technical skill with expressive storytelling. 
KRIS KRASNOPOLSKA is a queer photographer and artist from Ukraine. Her work explores themes of body, self-expression, identity, womanhood, gender, social norms, trust, home spaces, and sexuality. Her values lie in trust, diversity, and acceptance. 
TOM HARDING is a fine artist and photographer whose practice focuses on queer expression, experience and stereotype. His works explore the relationship between subject, object and space, featuring elements of sculpture, textile and written word alongside himself and the space in which he sits. 
OH REBECCA! is a writer and performer. Background in Literature/linguistics and creative writing. She/her. From Alvaston Derby, UK., Living in Stockholm. Her writing explores love, shame, identity, queerness, class, power, and abuse. Find her @ohrebecca__ 
IZZY STARK is a visual artist located in Sarasota, FL. Izzy’s work is rooted in the blunt, often humorous narrative of their own lived experiences. They create pieces that react to and reflect the world around them, each one a response to their present environment and the stories it holds. Their works act as both mirror and filter, a way to process themes of womanhood, queerness, and the forces that challenge their identity. http://www.averageizzy.com 
RIHAN JANTJIES is a multidisciplinary artist working across photography, installation, and spatial intervention. Drawing from lived experience as a femboy and a background in professional men’s artistic gymnastics, Rihan’s work reflects on the tension between past and present selves, and the shifting conditions under which the body is recognised. 
MERCY VIGIL is a nonbinary mixed media artist and model based in London with specialisations in photography, painting, embroidery, and SFX cosmetic application. They draw inspiration from their love of fashion and the exploration of showing the human condition and bodies in all its forms, unafraid to be themselves. They are heavily into the body modification/piercing subculture as it helps them express their gender identity. 
MARIE KOEDER is a transmasc nonbinary boxer and artist from southern Germany. Their work reflects their existence between binaries and their desire to form community and relationships that divert from normative thinking. 
MIKHAMIK is a non-binary queer Venezuelan artist, educator, and community builder based in Minneapolis. Their work explores the intersections of queerness, migration, faith, and survival through photography, sculpture, and participatory installations. Mikhamik is the founder of Mikhamik House of Arts, a platform dedicated to uplifting LGBTQIA+ and bipoc stories through radical art, healing, and visibility. http://www.mikhamik.com 
OSCAR WILLIAM CLARKE is a London-based artist who specialises in fashion, comic, horror and BDSM art. They love bold work, and their influences stem from who they are, a queer comic fan. Recently, Oscar has been recreating a series of their own short comic stories. Follow them on Instagram @oscarclarkeillustration to see where the journey takes them. 
BEA BIRDIE is a fat femme genderqueer multidisciplinary creative whose vision is focused on the relationship between self expression and desire. Through her art, she explores narratives of shame, ego, eroticism, identity, and rebellion, and takes pride in queering the image of glamour. 
JOANA PEREIRA DA COSTA is a performance-based multidisciplinary artist working between Lisbon and London. Her practice explores the intersection of body, memory, and resistance, drawing on lived experience and feminist and queer philosophy. 
REBECCA LONGACRE is an artist from East Texas and a BFA candidate at the University of Texas at Tyler. In her work, she uses sculpture and drawing to depict topics that relate to social and political issues such as gender inequality, wealth disparity, and government overreach. Rebecca’s personal and art-focused Instagram accounts are @rookydoodle and @rookydoodleart 
SALIVYYY is the creative project of Ale Cabiddu, a queer contemporary figurative painter and visual artist born in Sardinia, Italy, and based between Sardinia and Vancouver, Canada. Her work investigates the tensions of contemporary life and society, perceived as a liminal space between reality and artificial construction. Through painting, she reflects on the uncertainty of personal identity in an era increasingly shaped by algorithms. 
SID WHITE’s work aims to bridge the man-made gaps created by the patriarchal institutions we live under by showcasing both their own experience and their community’s diverse expressions of gender and sexuality. 
MARÉ is a queer Portuguese artist, designer and non-formal educator. She is part of multiple collectives and NGOs that support discriminated people, fight for human rights and climate change. Find more of her work on Instagram at @marecreativestudios 
NOAH DAVID ROBERTS (they/them) is a non-binary poet & event organizer. NDR is the author of several poetry collections, including GUNK & SWARM. Roberts has poems published in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Troublemaker Firestarter, Big Scream, and more. They are the founder of SCRIBES. Find them on Substack at SCRIBES WORLD. 
OLGA OLDŻ PORCZYŃSKA is a queer artist, vegan, eco- and anarchist activist. In her art, she focuses primarily on the aesthetic aspect, especially light and colours, but also takes on topics close to her heart, while dreaming of a better world. She is absorbed in close-ups of nature to the point of abstraction and dissects the world into its prime factors. 
Arang Djati (RIZQIA ADJAM) is a queer poet from a third-world country. Through their words, they attempt to immortalize the mundane and the marginalized, even when the world serves them nothing but zeroes on their plate in return. But Arang Djati doesn’t care, they keep writing – and that is so punk. Instagram: @dansadanrevolusi 
CAITLIN JAMES-POCOCK is a queer Welsh artist, whose day job is in musical theatre but has recently reconnected with her passion of drawing. Her art combines a plethora of different things from bugs, animals and in this example queer culture. She sells prints of her work through her Instagram and Etsy store @starzandswirlz. 
JAMES ROBERT MORRISON is a Scottish artist who has lived in London since 2001. His work explores queer identity, intimacy and visibility through drawing, painting, collage and embroidery. His work is held in the UK Government Art Collection, Neal Baer and Rudolph Blume Collections and private collections worldwide. 
LADY CHILANE, a Joshua Tree glam icon, drag performer, and producer, is known for her dazzling stage presence and signature blend of camp, glamour, and high-desert mystique. She is the creator and host of Lady Chilane’s Cabaret at Mojave Gold in Yucca Valley, a live variety show celebrating drag, music, comedy, and community artistry. 
SAM FURNEY is an Australian-born contemporary dancer and interdisciplinary artist currently based in Amsterdam. They studied at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in London, graduating in 2024. Their work currently explores the intersection of materiality and the political through writing, photography and dance. They are inspired to create surreal, nostalgic and compositional work. 
DOMINIQUE DE MARTIIS is a multimedia artist whose practice investigates duality, perception, and mortality, exploring the delicate tensions between inner and outer worlds, presence and absence. Through their explorations, they examine the spaces where memory and reality intertwine. 
Ca Smyth is responsible for @SKIN_STITCHES, an eclectic collection of leatherwork and visual art formed from the clash of industry, subculture and fetish. Finding inspiration everywhere from the trends of the 60s to the boots of the Pacific Northwest, Ca is hunting for Beauty in the Filth. 
JARROD CAMPBELL is a writer living in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington DC. His fiction, essays, poetry, non-fiction and reviews have appeared in print and online. A collection of short stories, The Reason I’m Here, (Stalking Horse Press, June 2023) was named an anticipated LGBTQIA+ read by Lambda Literary the month of its release. 
JASPER GONZALEZ/@pepperbl00d is a Puerto Rican Chicago-based illustrator/fine artist oriented towards the queer + perverse. It always seeks to further this work and is open to outreach! 
THEO DAMASCO is a 23-year-old non-binary art educator, visual artist, animator and producer, constantly growing. Instagram @_theocracia 
TURA is an experimental multidisciplinary artist and tattooer whose work spans illustration, mixed media, self-portraiture, film and graphic design. Their work interrogates power, surveillance, gender, and autonomy through raw visual language rooted in grunge and distortion. 
SIOBHAN PATTON is a poet and advocate from the southern continent of Australia. Cutting her teeth on drag scratch nights, her work can entertain as well as inspire. She embodies trans experience and captures queer perspectives on culture and conditions, straddling satire and sincerity. 
SAB GH is a passionate artist from Italy that focuses on creating visually striking compositions that merge design, art and creativity. 
D ALEXANDER is a freelance photographer, podcaster and entrepreneur. They draw inspiration from their love of horror, cinema, and comic books. 
BOBBIE WEBB is a Notts based creative who likes to play with words, photos, films, theatrics, drag, and textiles. They are drawn to our silly little existences and how bloomin’ magical it all is. 
OLGA SOROKINA is a Russian-born artist based in London. Her work explores sexuality, the body and the tension between visibility and disappearance. 
JOSEPH PERKINS is a queer writer and photographer based between Portugal and England 
BENJAMIN CYRIL ARTHUR’s short stories have appeared in lolwe, Brittle paper, flametree press, scribbled online magazine, Tampered press, Lunaris review, lounloun, Ama Atta Aidoo centre for creative writing, and many others. 
LYDIA FRANCIS is a digital artist hailing from Nashville, TN. The subject matter within her work varies, but revolves around themes of identity and togetherness. Lydia is a freelance designer, based in Galway, and working in STEM, the influences of which creep their way into her art frequently. Her art is heavily featured on the independent music zine Galway Squawk, a project of which she is the lead designer. 
MALACHI is a zinemaker, collage artist, and poet from the American Midwest. Their work thematically includes queer identity, religion, sexual pleasure, and reclamation of bodily autonomy. Currently, the main source of their artistic joy is creating queer erotic poetry through analog collage of bible verses. 
MARÍA VERÓNICA SOMOZA is a Venezuelan artist working across mixed media to observe the body, domestic moments, and the textures of everyday life. Her practice lingers on the present (on food, spaces, bodies, and fleeting gestures) often paired with intimate poetry and handwritten texts in Spanish. Together, image and language create quiet but emotionally charged narratives. 
MAGGIE LOVE is a Los Angeles-based painter who specializes in pin-up art and animated horrors. She has participated in group shows across the country, depicting the female form as self-reliant and liberated. Maggie Love aims to popularize the depiction of female relationships in fine art. Prints and original work can be purchased from her website, http://maggielovewashere.etsy.com 
ASH ROUSE is a queer photographic artist who, since 2020, have exclusively photographed LGBTQ+ community members. Their work has been recently featured in The Sex Gap Zine, Sprout Society Gallery, Bushwick, Brooklyn, TranMag NYC, and the Museum at FIT. 
JOSÉ LUIS VIESCA is a Mexican queer interdisciplinary artist, teacher and cultural analyst that scavenges bits and pieces from the world in order to critically procure alternative visions and futures. His latest work evidences and questions the ideological forces behind visuality and images in contemporary culture through analogue photography. 
DICKSCOVERIES is a narrative-driven body of work that chronicles the artist’s biography through phallic, homoerotic themes across multiple mediums, including painting, digital art, watercolor, sketch, and photography. @spaceycowboii on Instagram and DICKSCOVERIES.com 
ANGUS FAYERS is a photographer based in Bristol. He works primarily with film using a small point and shoot to capture most of his images. Most projects he undergoes follow the same central theme of lived experience, such as his relationship with his friends, queerness and his body. 
KRISTINA EMILOVA is a mixed media surrealist artist based in London. Her work visualises raw emotional states through surreal, symbolic compositions drawn from dreams and the inner mind. 
DAN WEBBER (he/him) is an award-winning LGBTQ+ poet, promoter and producer based in Derby. He has performed at festivals and venues across the country including Glastonbury Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and The Royal Vauxhall Tavern. 
NICKY MILLER is a Berlin-based genderqueer artist, filmmaker, and music performer. Born in France near Paris and of Vietnamese origin, their work moves fluidly between cinema, performance, and music. Their work explores queer narratives and non-conforming sexualities, blending fiction with mythological impulses through a poetic and pornographic aesthetic. https://www.nickymiller.org/ 
LEE MARTÍNEZ SOTO (they/ellx) is a queer, bilingual Mexican-American poet and translator whose works centers on the transfronterize experience—life in the Mexico-U.S. border and the liminal space it creates—and the intersections with identity, generational trauma, and healing. 
For JAYROLD TRASPORTE, survival has always been a linguistic act. Out of breath and perpetually writing from the humid exhaustion of a Philippine summer, he maps the grit of daily life against a cosmic backdrop, where breath, memory, and weather blur into one. IG: @jjayrcvfa 
ASH MILNE is a queer and disabled multidisciplinary artist specializing in work that explores themes of identity, self-acceptance, and queer joy. Focusing on trans connections, Ash showcases the love, beauty, and care that stem from these experiences; revealing intimate parts of life to normalize queer bodies and relationships. 
LEANDROS PANAGOULAKOS is a filmmaker and director from the Netherlands. The focus of their works lies in the deep “self” that a human can achieve and the impact that they have. Leandros draws his inspiration from people, history, mythology, movies, music and their own personal experiences. 
ROBBIE PEARSON (he/it) is a trans writer from the UK who explores themes of gender, belonging, politics and surrealism in his work. Published in magazines, he hopes to continue writing after university and make a career out of writing experimentalist genres. 
VIC BROOKS is a nonbinary boy writer living in London and parent to small identical twins. Vic writes queer poetry about twin parenthood and being/becoming a nonbinary boy. They also write essays about queer community and ethics. You can find them on Instagram @vics_double_trouble and vicbrooks.net 
Through his collages, NICOLA DI FIORDO tries to express their frustration and the struggle of adapting to the moralism and imposed norms of our western hypocritical society. He has been living and surviving in Berlin for the past twelve years with his boyfriend and Boris, their 8-year-old Jack Russell. 
Reeta Loi (aka RAIN) is a Writer, Music Artist & Storyteller based in London. They are a Buddhist Dalit and their work explores themes of self-love, empowerment and freedom. @reetaloi 
M.E. GAMLEM is a non-binary queer anarchist and writer from New Mexico. They are a MFA Fiction candidate in the Low Residency MFA program at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe. Their work most recently appears or is forthcoming in Hello America Stereo Cassette, The Potomac Review, Mouth Full of Salt, ANARKISS, Dogwater, and Screen Door Review. 
RÊVEUR TOUNSI is a Tunisian poet and blogger. Since the Tunisian Revolution in 2011, his work has taken a more political turn, addressing injustice, repression, hope, and generational disillusionment. You can find him on Instagram: @reveur.tounsi 
When avoiding writing, THOMAS DONALD JACOBS makes Two Spirit and transmasc art. 
XAVIER TIAN is an interdisciplinary artist and high schooler from New York. In his art, he aims to explore themes of queer identity, nonconformity, intimacy and doing whatever he wants. He loves his local music scene. 
ZEENOMORPH is a non-binary mixed media artist from the UK whose work focuses on packing a punch. Visually striking, they are known for their use of textiles and stencils, blending intense energy with extreme precision to tell stories of identity, human nature and sex. Their inspiration comes from the rise in purity culture, using their art as an outlet to express their desire for a more hedonistic world. Check their art out at zeenomorph_art on insta. 
ZARA TURRELL is a photographer who captures the intimacy and tenderness of queer relationships. Through emotionally driven portraiture, she documents the quiet moments of love, vulnerability, and connection within queer communities. 
ROWAN HUANG is a multimedia artist based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, where he explores themes of human nature, cultural reconnection, and abstraction through the use of contemporary and traditional mediums. His lived experiences of being a mixed-race gay man informs his work, fostering a space for expression by creating work that is self-reflective and personal, yet interpretable, for audiences to connect with. 
RIKKI BROWN (he/him) from Soul Kreations loves to create from his heart and soul. Abstract art is usually where his heart leads and he loves to show the beauty in something different or unusual. He loves working with paint as well as digital art and unique creations. Rikki loves fantasy, Disney and comics. Check out his work and his store through his website http://www.soulkreations.ca. 
NIGEL FEATHERSTONE is a queer Australian novelist, playwright, librettist, and poet. His most recent major work is The Story of the Oars, a play with spoken songs, which had its world premiere in 2025 at The Street Theatre, Canberra. More at nigelfeatherstone.com.au and @ngfeathers 
LIZ JOHNSON is an illustration student based in Surrey with a style influenced by everything they love. They have an interest in all forms of art, from illustration, fashion, sculpture, printing and more! Their work centres around design, horror, femininity, and queer expression. INSTAGRAM – @DIPALOTO 
LIBERTY BROOKE is a queer, political poet and essayist based in the American Midwest. She whole-heartedly believes that art, the very act of creation itself, is inherently meant to forge communities–that a poet’s place is always with their people. She can be contacted via IG: apoetinflames or email [apoetinflames@gmail.com]. 
Born and raised in the subtropics, KIRA GONDECK-SILVIA might’ve ended up at Salpêtrière in another era. Today, she channels visual energy into human-centered design, chats with the dead, and carries a mountain of student debt. She lives in Central Florida with her musician/writer husband, four cats she puts bandanas on, and a neurotic dog. 
Bob Finck (BLZBOB Prints) is a printmaking artist from New York. Influenced by noise, love, and injustice, his printmaking practice embraces both tenderness and turbulence. Through layered textures and line work, he creates images that hold affection and disorder in equal measure, exploring the space where intimacy and unrest coexist. Instagram @blzeb0b 
KNOWN is an AuDHD lesbian artist from Sydney, Australia. KNOWN describes their art practice as a multidimensional experience, and explores their sexuality and sensuality through their art process. KNOWN is currently working on their ‘One with nature’ and ‘Show me heaven’ series’, which challenge heteronormative ideologies. 
ICARUS (@icarus.nh) is a transgender questioning-medical-student whose interests include antinormativity and kindness. Collage is his specialty but he also enjoys poetry and almost anything, including performance, which he makes guided by instinct, not much planning, and desire. 
CHANTAE DAVIES is a Welsh Queer writer who specialises in short fiction exploring small town queer spaces and experiences. The aim of her writing is to explore the lesser known narratives whilst exploring political and socioeconomic views that align closely with her pro-rights values. You can find more of her work and projects on her instagram @c.davies_writes 
Emily, of DEADLY DESIRES SHIBARI ART, is a visual artist specialising in shibari portraiture. Understanding the impact of recognising oneself in kink art to help eliminate the often internalised shame which represses the ability to be sexually confident, she strives to showcase a diverse range of under-represented groups in her work. 
DANIEL SCHULZ is a U.S.-German writer whose work has been published in journals such as Gender Forum, Fragmented Voices, and the Milton Review, and the catalog Get Ridof Meaning. He enjoys writing the impossible. IG: @danielschulzpoet 
DAWN BRUWIER is a 21yo late-diagnosed autistic student artist based in Ghent. Her main focus in her drawings is to create a shock factor, often getting inspirations from queer subcultures and cinema. Through her drawings she tries to convey certain feelings and desires that she cannot portray in real life. You can find more of her art @stiekemnachtlampje . 
Exploring photography through bad gear and toy cameras, FEVER FORM questions the state of modern erotism and fetish aesthetic by bending its conventional grammar. 
FREDDIE ANDERSON (@freddiefrogs) is a transmasc butch writer and performer. They feel passionately about writing dyke-centric trans narratives and representing messy, filthy queers. He is a CoFounder and Resident Writer for Bits & Pieces Theatre (@bitspiecestheatre). His trans lesbian poetry anthology ‘Rose Coloured Violets’ is available on Spotify. They hope that their writing speaks to those whose stories are often left unheard. 
AVA COSTELLO O’REILLY is a 19 year old artist from Co. Roscommon, Ireland. They have loved art from a young age and currently studying art in college. Ava’s main mediums are illustration, collage, and digital illustration. Find Ava on Instagram: @thatsgnarlybabe and Etsy: SolarStrays. 
ANDREW SYBOM is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans visual, auditory, and performance based practices. He has been a drag queen, finger painter, radio host, and playwright—among many others— and hopes to continue to defy the constraints of a single medium. His work derives from his queerness, in the sense of being a self at odds with everything around it, fighting to invent a space in which to exist wholly. 
ALAYA IDREES is a mixed media artist combining traditional media to explore the blurred lines between childhood nostalgia and the complex navigation of adulthood. Through kitsch aesthetics and fantastical imagery, she weaves her lived experiences from the United States and Pakistan, reflecting on the emotional dichotomy of alienation and connection in identity. She is currently pursuing her Master of Arts in Art and Design. 
9TEENWOLVES (Alex) is a Black queer sapphic trans man and multidisciplinary creative. Based in Portland, Oregon, his poems contain subjects about navigating multiple marginalized identities as a Black trans person. IG: @9TeenWolves 
AAKANSKHA BORTHAKUR is a 21-year-old Indian character designer, photographer, writer and artist currently pursuing an animation degree in Germany. For more info, check out their website: https://aakanskhaborthakur.myportfolio.com/ 
GUGULETHU NDLALANI is a self-taught visual artist and photographer from South Africa, born in 1988. His work is deeply influenced by the rich cultural heritage of Soweto, a township renowned for its historical significance and vibrant stories. 
TYLER FINCH is a mixed-media artist, using his work to express lived experiences of queer identity, trauma, religion, and the mundane everyday. 
Born in 1996 and based in France, AME BLARY is a queer photographer whose work lies at the intersection of politics and intimacy. Through her photographs, she opens up breaches: spaces where queer bodies become visible, desiring, tired, flamboyant, and where each image becomes as much a political gesture as a poem. 
ALYCIA VARGAS is a San Antonio based mixed media artist and activist who lives with chronic pain. She regularly draws inspiration from everyday life with her loving wife and three dogs. She can be contacted on Instagram @art_by_vargas. 
EMMA CUSWORTH (@celestials.phase) is a trans sculpture artist based in Manchester UK. Through arrangements of twisted figures and celestial bodies, her work explores the pursuit of alignment central to the queer experience. 
NADENE MICKLEWRIGHT is a multimedia artist who is fascinated by the impact of Y2K and McBling culture from the 2000s. Her work revolves heavily around her personal interests, which is expressed through her collection of merchandise and large collection of vinyl records. 
BEKKA is a self-taught queer artist from Berlin, Germany. They create intimate images celebrating the freedom and fluidity of FLINTA bodies and their interactions with one another. Find Bekka on Instagram @bekka.pics 
ARTEMISIA DE BROWNING is a writer and designer. Her poetry focuses on gender, trauma, and how violence as expression can be both a tool to understand, but also subjugate the fundamentals of life. 
NICOLE NUßBAUMER is a queer sculptor and painter based in Vienna. In her work, she explores themes of identity, intimacy, sexism, and the tension between visibility and vulnerability. 
FOREST HODGSON is an artist from Upstate South Carolina, creating art based on their experiences growing up in Southern Appalachia as a queer individual. 
MASON SHEVLIN [he/they] is a Visual Artist and Photographer based in Belfast. His work focuses on social belonging, personhood, and identity that they explore through lens-based mediums and the subject matter of the Self-Portrait. Working both with digital and instant film photography, their work often incorporates embroidery or mark-making techniques as a means of expressing queer existence. [Instagram: mason.ire] 
Rae White is a queer non-binary transgender writer, and author of Milk Teeth, Exactly As I Am, and All the Colours of the Rainbow. They are the Creative Director and Founder of Uplift Poetry, and the Founding Editor of #EnbyLife Journal. 
MARIA KONTOMARI is a multimedia artist based in Germany. They are inspired by queer intimacies and the utopias within autonomous safe spaces. 
TOMMY WYATT BLAKE (they/he) is the author of NECROPIA (dogleech books), FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! (Troublemaker Firestarter), Mutually Assured Destruction (Ethel Zine), and others. He is currently synthesizing digital archives, confines of the body, and manipulated time. 
JENNY DAVALA is a folk musician and YouTuber from Scranton, PA. Much of her work can be found on YouTube or Instagram @JennyDavala 
RORY PRYOR, aka Paper Magpie, rifles through the refuse to salvage their materials — images of bodies, skies, land formations, and light patterns. Their collage practice seeks to rend and reimagine the queer body, the trans body, the lesbian body. They live in Boston. 
ROBIN GREEN is drawn to abstract art. They focus on political art and stuff that brings them joy. 
ZORYANA CHERWICK is a queer, nonbinary Ukrainian-Canadian artist whose work celebrates both softness and rebellion. Drawing from cultural roots and personal narrative, their art explores identity, neurodivergence, and connection. 
As a transmasc artist, MILAN CIELO loves to see how they can inspire others to explore their own self-expression. 
KARIS CRIMSON is a Gloucestershire-based creative working in mixed media. Their ongoing project, Let the Body Believe It, explores lineage, memory, breath, and defiant embodiment. 
MIA COLEMAN is a mixed media artist based in Brighton and Birmingham, drawing inspiration from surrealism. They have particular interest in mythology, music, psychology, and self-perception, all of which they enjoy incorporating into their art. IG: @_mrc_art_ 
Naansbrood (21, they/them) is a queer transmasculine artist with work embodying queer identity and the world around them. 
KAT is a queer punk artist from the UK. They have always had a fascination for religious iconography and their work often attempts to bastardize it and frame it within a queer lense to subvert the original rigid patriarchal structure. 
ELLE BEAU’s personal practice is sporadic and in flux: they’re not one to sit still. Lines of queer thinking, relational spaces, language, intimacy, gender, aesthetics, colour, expressions of self, people and movement inform Elle’s work. 
ISLA JOHNSON is a photographer, musician, and student who enjoys using his art to explore existence within his social climate as a trans kid. IG @vinyltakesphotos 
Noah Black aka @flea_._ is a Scottish visual artist inspired by street art and contemporary culture. Holding a BA in Visual Communication, his practice spans digital illustration to photography. 
DEANNE LEBER is a mental health advocate who has shared her lived experience journey with a variety of audiences, including police and paramedics in training, social work and pharmaceutical students, as well as carers and people with mental health challenges. Deanne has independently published three collections of poetry and has a PhD in Writing. IG: deanneleber
ISSUE 10: QUEER RESISTANCE
Nix is a body-neutral photographer who likes to shoot fellow queer kinky folk in all their glory. The aim of their art is to create a consensual, silly, safe space for models to be their authentic selves. There is so much pressure to present a certain way, especially as non-binary individuals, so Nix likes to capture who they work with in their fullness, no matter the narrative of how the world might see them. 
Jesse Hill is a transdisciplinary writer exploring creative catharsis, ecological connection, and queerness. They teach Creative Writing at Edge Hill University whilst working on their posthuman ecofeminist PhD. Their debut short poetry collection is set to be released in 2026 by Broken Sleep Books. Connect with them on Instagram @sabbatverse, for the love of mycelium. 
Ale Pedraza Buenahora is a non-binary journalist, self-taught photographer, and multidisciplinary artist interested in redefining standard approaches to visualisation and storytelling with an axis fixed in experiences outside the status quo. 
Jackson Banfield is a queer artist, model, singer and dancer. Bold and fierce, they unapologetically create through their queerness to push boundaries and express themselves. 
Hazyn Templeton is a Scottish writer, charity shop enthusiast and purveyor of punk. He usually writes in Scots and places emphasis on morality, human connection and complex emotions. 
Art is the core reason for Donnie O’Brien’s existence. They have worked in many different mediums over the years, but nothing speaks to them like photography, specifically self-portraiture. Since 2020, Donnie has been recreating Renaissance-style paintings. They aim to bring history to modernity and myth to reality. 
Jacob Bush writes within the Nature of our social Belongings. Through mythos, Human Nature, Zen Philosophy, and the Transformational Experience, these Manifesto’s paraphrase the exploration to our original, organic unity that is the Universe in Creation. 
Brandon Jerrod is a multidisciplinary artist and Hoodoo-rooted storyteller whose work moves between photography, sound, and ritual to honour spirit. Their practice blends ancestral technology, personal mythmaking, and community care to create spaces of remembrance, pleasure, and power. Brandon makes work that invites people to witness themselves more honestly and be witnessed with love. 
Em Inserra is a neurodivergent multidisciplinary artist based in Minneapolis. Her work is a way of exploring how memory, spirituality, and embodiment shape what it means to be alive. They’re drawn to the invisible threads between our inner worlds and the physical one that we all currently exist in. 
Charlotte Walsh is a multi-media artist from North London, using processes such as printmaking, collage and sculpture to create works exploring the themes of being a neurodiverse woman. 
Skye Di Maio is a visual artist from Glasgow. Their work mainly focuses on self-love and queer joy. They love to create what lots of us didn’t have growing up. 
Qajii is a Georgian visual artist, photographer, and musician whose work explores the emotions we often keep hidden: quiet wishes, subtle fears, and the small contradictions within us. 
Leah Byck was born in Manhattan, NY, grew up in Chappaqua, NY, and is currently a PhD Student at UNIBZ in Italy. Through a PhD program in experimental art, Leah will continue to incorporate drag, painting and music studies into their future visual artwork and push the boundaries of what visual art is, as well as what music is and how these mediums all intertwine. 
OSH Ponjee is a screenwriter, tailor, carpenter and drag king from the Netherlands, where it lives with its wife, husband and three kids. The translation of the poem was done by its wife, Camilla Maltas. 
Trans Masc Bay Area poet and writer with a high desire to share t4t love and sex with the world. 
Matihldeuh is a photographer who does everything from concerts and performances to experimental shoots and more. Through her work with colours, Matihldeuh seeks to project you into a dreamlike and colourful world, always through a committed lens, which is an integral part of her work. 
Manny Valdez is a Mexican American interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles whose work examines how power and authority shape identity, culture, and desire. Central to his practice is his artist alter ego, Principal Brownman, through whom he constructs fictional scenarios that reveal, invert, and interrogate hierarchies of authority. 
Frida Windelhed is a Swedish horror and smut writer, and an advocate for all things kinky, creepy, and queer. Her poetry depicts the dark, obsessive and often bitterly political side of queer lust and love. She is currently working on her third horror novel and performs erotic poetry at queer clubs and sex parties. IG: @fridawritesp_rn 
Ari Nahman is an Antizionist Mediterranean Jew who seeks to learn about land-based diaspora, herbalism, magic, and community. 
Cam Bordó is a Visual Artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. His work revolves around ambiguous bodies, the transmasculine experience, unconventional divinity found in everyday queerness, the artist’s role, and interpersonal bonds. 
Aleena Sharif was born in Pakistan and went to school at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She graduated with a BFA and a minor in Art History. After graduating, she has exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, London, Italy, Pakistan, as well as many virtual galleries. She currently continues her practice between NY and Pakistan, where she holds open studies in the hope of creating a safe space for nude paintings to be shown. 
Hannah Wilder’s work examines abjection and intimacy on a personal and sociopolitical scale. Through an exploration of the abstract and grotesque relationships, they distort the binary. 
Through his creations, Fabien (Queer extasis) reflects on the representation of male bodies, taking a particular interest in gay iconography. In his work, Fabien combines gay archives, contemporary photos, and soft-porn aesthetics. 
Elio Pfeifauf is an Austrian/Italian artist calling Hamburg their new home. Rarely alone, mostly collectively, Elio throws themselves into Performances, Installations, Stage Designs, and many more media to figure out how the world works. 
Tosin Jerugba is a Brazil-based Nigerian dyke refugee. She is an artist, writer and zine maker, who has given workshops on bibliodiversity and self-publishing worldwide. Her zines inhale African lived experiences and exhale a love for language, activism, and her exhaustion with the cis-tem. 
Bello Nan, an Argentinian-based artist, takes the body as the protagonist of their narratives, exploring through the representation of movements and their materiality the limits between beauty and crudity. They generate sceneries and spaces where intimacy takes priority, through drawings. 
Joni Thomas is a poet and photographer living in Richmond, Virginia. Her work has been featured in Transfix magazine and often explores themes of transness, roots, and reclamation. Through both poetry and photography, she seeks to document the intersections of identity, memory, and place. 
Jo Birdsell is a queer, nonbinary artist and essayist from the American Midwest. Their work focuses on themes of queer and feminine liberation, life and sobriety in subculture, and rest and recovery in the face of trauma. You can find them online at jobirdsell.com or on Instagram @jo.birdsell. 
Artemis Hatfield is a multidisciplinary artist working in the United Kingdom. She has a conceptual practice with a post-medium approach to the way they create their artworks. Hatfield’s work is informed by her experiences as a queer and trans person, and she aims to help inform audiences about various facets of queerness, from the personal to political. 
Roxanne Nic Mheanman is a writer based in Newcastle and Liverpool. Their writing explores their personal experiences, often focusing on lesbian love, desire, and relationships, as well as mental illness and how these two topics intersect. 
Coco Raven is a Copenhagen-based artist working with photography and graphics surrounding radical self-expression. 
Paul Beaudoin is an interdisciplinary artist and writer interested in how queer lives leave traces — sometimes loud, sometimes barely visible. He works with photography, text, and sound to map those in-between places. Born in the US, based in Estonia. 
Rebys Hynes is a non-binary autistic writer, curator, and film programmer from Liverpool, living in Glasgow. Their short fiction can be found in Transmuted and Changeling. 
Emir Uzun’s practice unfolds in a form that constantly shifts, avoiding permanence. As they exist, Emir spills what’s inside them onto their notebook; words fall short, so they take notes with images and materials that make them feel safer. Like anyone else who exists for the first time, but in this case as a queer migrant, Emir expresses the movements of life in their own way, trying to reach the essence of it. 
Grace (Savage Grace) is a multimedia artist with a passion for sacred geometry. @savage_art_by_grace 
Hana-Evelyn is a translesbian writer, artist and music producer based in Mumbai, weaving soundscapes and sentences that hum with texture, tension, and tenderness. Her work moves between poetry, prose, and beat. She believes in art as both survival and slow revolution. 
Oakie Darling is a non-binary Mixed Media artist from Glasgow, Scotland. With a focus on collage, Oakie translates their lived experience into chaotic yet controlled recycled and recontextualised pieces. Find them at @oakiedarling on Instagram. 
Kai Bowman is a queer artist currently based in Manchester, UK. He focuses on exploring his identity as a gay and trans man through mixed media (painting, collage and structure making), ensuring his art is raw and vulnerable. 
Sabonis Sanfiel is a visual artist and photographer born in Gran Canaria. Their artistic vision is intimate and introspective, while also being disruptive and critical. 
Kassandra Morgan is an author from a small town in Tennessee. She has been writing from a young age and recently picked up a quill once more to chase her dreams. You can find her on social media at TalesbyKassandra. 
Elijah Mauthe is an artist and illustrator from Germany, who works with painting, drawing and print. His current focus is on bold linocuts that depict the struggle with gender dysphoria and depression. You can find him and his work under http://www.elijahmauthe.de or on TikTok and BlueSky @elijahmauthe. 
Ray Hollington’s work looks into the struggles and euphoria in the transmasculine experience. It aims to educate others and inspire trans people. They create work for those who struggle to see themselves represented. 
Beaux Young is a collage artist and zine maker, primarily using ‘found poetry’ and collage techniques as a tool for non-binary and neurodivergent self-expression, to reassemble their felt experiences of religious trauma, and relay queer joy. Follow along: IG: @zinesbybeaux Substack: @beauxosy. 
Emre Varışlı lives in Istanbul, where he performs poetry readings and works as a photographer. 
Ella Chase is an amateur writer using creative non-fiction as an avenue for discussing the nonsensical world we have found ourselves in. As a queer person of colour, writing personal pieces rooted in lived experiences is a crucial way to understand the cracks in our society and communicate alternative possibilities of existence. Instagram: @ellalchase. 
Eros Philautia is a comic and print media artist who treats the mediums of their work the same as they would a dissection. They want to peel back and understand as many layers as they can. Eros’ pieces are often rooted in surreal anatomy and personal relationship to the body through a transgender lens, as well as a surreal expression of love for the self and queer intimacy. 
Whatsername is a queer and mad poet writing on queer and mad-lib issues, romanticising nature and the city in equal parts, and forever courting the grotesque and the deviant. 
Specialising in mixed media and self-portrait-based collages, Elizabeth Corrall weaves worlds and narratives together to tell stories in her own words. 
Carissa Villalovos is a 2D artist in the final year of their BFA degree, interested in exploring ideas about sociopolitical issues, the delicate balance of ecosystems, and the use of imagination as political resistance. Their representational work often contains strange and symbolic imagery, while their abstract art focuses on the otherworldly beauty found in Earth’s biodiversity. 
Amanda Ryan’s interests lie in the ephemerality of news and information and the emotions it brings. ‘There’s a social amnesia afoot that I’m reacting to in my painting, and it’s acting as a reminder to climatic events that are being easily overlooked and conveniently forgotten.’ 
John Lewis Rivera Ruiz is a writer based in Puerto Rico. His first poetry book, titled “La Película que nunca vimos” (English translation: The Flick we never saw), was published in 2023 under the risqué Puerto Rican editorial Gnomo. Currently, he resides in the town of San Sebastián with his husband and dog, under a pile of films, books, and vinyl records. 
Josephine Whittock is a horror and weird fiction writer based in the West Coast. She writes about queerness, neurodivergence, and the inevitable horror of going about things incorrectly. You can find her work at Arkana, Bodyfluids, HAUNTER Review, and M E N A C E. 
Kára currently curates a small artist space and anarchist mailorder called the Temple of Temperance. Among other things, she is a green and queer-feminist anarchist. 
Lou Grande is a trans masculine artist of Italian American descent based in Kansas. Since transitioning at 30, Lou has carried a deep commitment to marginalised communities. His art reflects this ethos, drawing on 1970s pop art and New York’s queer art history to explore gender diversity, non-conformity, and resilience, using acrylics and found materials to document and celebrate lives that resist categorisation. 
swanson is a painter, clown, and butch, based out of Michigan. 
Millie Root is a multimedia artist born and based in Los Angeles. They work primarily in photo and performance, focusing on disability justice, alternative forms of healing, and stories told through the body. They enjoy cuddles with their foster dogs and eating ethically sourced dark chocolate. Follow their journey and arts @millie.r.photography. 
‘Yell at fascists – feed the homies – make rad art.’ @samdoart. 
Megan Smith is a graphic designer and seasoned multidisciplinary visual artist working mainly in the digital space. She is all about making eye-popping pieces that are rooted in the basics but break the rules whenever possible. Megan is a firm believer that art is for everyone, and as a member of the Talent Public Arts Committee, she uses her passion to advance arts participation and celebration in her community. 
j.d. nova is an emerging, self-taught queer writer of short stories, poetry and other word mixings with a seriously sexy, playful, cringey edge. based on the occupied land of Tkaronto. find more weird dream stuff @dreamsickbait. 
Lily-Grace Blossom is a queer ceramicist and a mud pie workshop facilitator. Her work explores the earth holistically and sensually, working in collaboration with it to delve into themes beyond the human; disrupting the status quo through abjection and celebrating the body as one with the earth. 
Callum Delahunty is an Irish visual artist and painter, who focuses on authentic queer experience, girlhood and sexuality. Inspired by the taboo and the unseen. 
Samuel Lowry is a queer trans artist living in the Bible Belt who uses his art in local and online activism. Creating gives them a sense of purpose and an outlet for the stress that comes with the current wave of Anti-LGBT+ legislation. He wishes to connect people and inspire hope with his work.
ISSUE 09
ALANA JOHNSON plays music and writes things. For more information about her work, look at it and then think about it. If you want to get in touch with her, you can find her at the Dirty Bird on Friday nights. Be sure to check out her website http://www.alanaleiajohnson.com. 
AGNIJA ANCA is a Latvian-born/Mexico-based multidisciplinary artist passionate about analogue processes (photography, etching, illustration, sound and video art, installation, and performance), and keeping up with her roots through translation and tourist guidance. 
BRIANNA WILKINS is an interdisciplinary artist and printmaker. Brianna’s work explores her personal experiences and emotions through natural imagery, drawing on elements such as carnivorous plants, flowers, and landscapes to reflect on family dynamics, trauma, healing, and personal growth. 
CAITLIN WALTON struggles with body image and uses painting as a way to combat that. She uses her own body as a reference for all the figures in her work, which helps her see herself in a new light. In these moments, she’s no longer focused on how others perceive her—instead, she’s simply interpreting her own form. 
CODY DRACO is a queer poet, settled but never stagnant, in the rural sanctuary of southern Kentucky, United States. His poetry pushes boundaries while distilling meaning from the void of 21st-century existence in an intentional effort to code a new masculinity. 
DAN HUSBAND is a published writer and poet from the North East of England. His work is raw, vulnerable, and honest, a contemporary take borne of life in and on the streets of Broken Britain. 
drrtgrrl is the experimental solo project of Brooklyn Andromeda von Lyric, a Memphis-born, Seattle-based multidisciplinary artist whose work explores spirituality, trauma, queer identity, and resilience. Merging noise, alt-pop, and raw lyrical introspection, drrtgrrl creates emotionally charged soundscapes that confront both vulnerability and rage with an unapologetic edge. 
EILOSYNE’s work revolves around what makes up our world and what is only invisible. She draws her inspiration from our common stories and the terrors we share together. She is primarily a poet but also uses painting, collage, and photography to shape her imagery. 
Primarily self-taught, ELI DELBAERE seeks to create socially-engaged art which, like a form of contemporary folklore, is immersed in living culture – in sharp contrast to the separatist, purist concept of ‘fine art’ which exists as a commodity in cordoned-off elitist spaces. 
FAIDA ACQUIFERA is an Italian queer artist. Their work explores the transformative power of collective rage and radical tenderness. They hate working, capitalism, and small talk. They love their friends, hardcore music, and mayonnaise. 
GARY BUNTING is from Batley, West Yorkshire and is one of the writers at Hello America Stereo Cassette where he regularly contributes recordings for their record label. He’s recently been featured in The Nuthatch, Skullcrushing Hummingbird and ‘Ey Up. 
GEORGIA M-L BURKITT is a Stokie image-maker based in Manchester. Their work aims to preserve D.I.Y. art approaches founded amongst Britain’s working class through new digital processes. You can often spot them with their portable scanner, exploring venues, alleyways, and the backs of toilet stall doors in search of graffiti, flyposting, and sticker-bombing to repurpose in their design work. 
GWIL JAMES THOMAS is a poet, novelist and inept musician. He lives in his home town of Bristol, England but has also lived in London, Brighton and Spain. His nineteenth chapbook of poetry, ‘Until The Autumnal Sundown’, was published recently by Two Key Customs and his second poetry collection, ‘The P45 Power Ballad’ is available from Yellow King Press. 
i.am.ok.at.this (LUCIA CERDA) is an illustrator originally from Argentina. She makes fanzines and illustrations filled with colour but also dark humour and political messages. She studied Graphic Design in Belfast, where she lived for 10 years and is now based in Barcelona with her two cats. 
IRINA TALL NOVIKOVA is a graphic artist and illustrator. In her works, she raises themes of ecology and draws on anti-war topics. Her first personal exhibition, “My soul is like a wild hawk” (2002), was held in the museum of Maxim Bagdanovich, Belarus. 
J.A.G MABBUTT has been writing poetry since his late teens. In recent years, thanks to publishing (Zimmer Magazine) and performing his works with a jazz band, he has finally found his own voice. 
JALEN WILLIAMS is a multidisciplinary artist who explores the concepts of interaction. 
JOHN LYMER is a Brighton-based mixed-media artist, working with drawing, photography, found objects, collage, block printing, spray paint, and anything else that feels right in the moment. His process is intuitive and layered—each mark, print, or intervention carries the same weight as the next. 
JOLEY WILLIAMS is a Bronx-born, Columbia, S.C. based poet and author of ‘Put the Phone Down, We Have a Job to Do.’ Her work explores memory, survival, identity, and the intersections of urban life with Puerto Rican and Black heritage. Drawing inspiration from city streets, classrooms, kitchens, and quiet moments of reflection, she crafts poems that balance intimacy with universality. 
JONI THOMAS is a poet and photographer living in Richmond, Virginia. Her work has been featured in Transfixmagazine and often explores themes of transness, roots, and reclamation. Through both poetry and photography, she seeks to document the intersections of identity, memory, and place. 
JOSEPH BLYHTE is a poet from the north of England. He is currently working on a novel about the fallibility of memory. He tweets, Instagrams, and Blueskys @wooperark. 
Kára is the curator of a small artist space, the Temple of Temperance. Kara aims to promote an antifascist wakefulness within alternative spiritual circles. 
KEIRON HIGGINS is a poet from Halifax, UK. He has previously self-published 4 books and shared the stage with various names in the Punk scene such as Toria Garbutt, Jeffry Lewis, Steve Ignorant, and Brix Smith. 
LEO’s diverse and complex practice is centred on installation, which he approaches through a responsiveness to context – environment, history and the time and place in which we find ourselves. 
LULU NOWICKI is a surreal figurative artist, working primarily in oil paint on canvas, living out of Boone, NC, and Jacksonville, FL. Her work is a combination of surrealism, expressionism and psychological horror used to depict themes of transformation and intensity of human emotion. She can be contacted via lulunowicki@gmail. com 
LUNA PAWLOWSKI is a photographer from Marseille, France. She started working with analog five years ago and hasn’t stopped since. Her work revolves around documenting her life, focusing mainly on showing the reality of the free party scene and other independent movements in France and elsewhere. 
MAR5 is a self-published zinester from San Diego, CA who focuses on intersectional feminism and liberation for all through art and good music! You can find her zines at @purestrevolutionzine 
M.V.P. is from Bronx, NY. He’s an award-winning self-published author, screenwriter, and poet. He’s also a community organizer with Take Back the Bronx, fighting for community control in the Bronx. His work is known for being politically and socially charged with hard-hitting punchlines. 
OK SAUCE is a self-taught graphic designer and digital artist living in the northwest of England. His work consists of digital manipulation and collaging stock photos, as well as data corruption and glitch artistry. His work has been featured at 4 international shows, including Glitch n Games and FUBAR. He is a very socially conscious person who has relations with various socialist and anarchist circles. 
OVER EXPLOITED is a Collage artist based in Poland. In his work, he focuses primarily on reinforcing an anti-capitalist, anti-war message. For him, art is a healthy coping mechanism for the current status quo and an important element of the process on the path to sobriety. You can find him on Instagram under @over.exploited. 
PAULA QUINTERO is a philosopher, musician, and punk artist from Bogotá, Colombia. Her work aims to expose social injustices and speak out against oppressive political and economic systems. Her work draws inspiration from the most immediate and human reality that surrounds us (and that we often ignore) in order to touch, or at least make uncomfortable, those who read it. 
PHILIPPA GREASLEY is an Autistic Speech Therapist and writer from Oxfordshire, with work published (or forthcoming) in Bi Women’s Quarterly, Not Quite Sure, and Dark Poets Club. 
PREACHER ALLGOOD took so many wrong turns in life he ended up right where he belongs. Rebys Hynes is a non-binary autistic writer, curator, and film programmer from Liverpool, living in Glasgow. Their short fiction can be found in Transmuted and Changeling. 
Born and raised in the Bay Area, RIDHA MARIAM leans into the power of art and imagination as a means of world-building. Ridha utilizes mixed media, writing, painting, and drawing in their work, specializing in poetry and pencil portrait sketches. They are currently based in New York where they received their masters in art and politics. Ridha hopes to cultivate thought, change, healing, & community through their work. 
ROBBIE PEARSON is a queer poet from the UK studying English and creative writing at University. He enjoys writing, playing guitar, and creating art in any way possible. 
ROBERT BAKER works predominantly in the medium of Collage and mixed media in both analogue and digital formats. Robert is based in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter, and has exhibited nationally and locally in solo, group, and open call exhibitions. 
Old as the hills and ugly as sin. Photography that roams through brutalist architecture, dystopian landscapes, and urban edgelands. 
SOPHIE HERNANDEZ is a multi-faceted, Mexican Indigenous artist who strives to inspire creativity and action within community spaces. She has been doing art all her life, and is now selling prints, stickers, zines, and paintings. She is inspired by fellow artists in her community, as well as by hope for a better future. 
TOM PRIESTLEY has been writing poetry and fiction since the age of 19, having been inspired by the likes of Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, and John Cooper Clarke. He began performing his poetry at open mic nights around Leeds and, from there, has supported many bands on the Leeds music scene, and self-published nearly 13 collections of poetry. 
VALERIE MORAN is an artist and activist channelling voices past and future in a precarious present, currently writing from New Mexico. 
VIC JAMILE is a writer, collage artist, and lesbian goth born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Utilizing horror, fantasy, and nostalgia, Hernández writes/creates art about being a disabled femme-queer under a colonial power. Their work has been published in journals such as Fruitslice (2025), The Caribbean Writer (2025), and Latino Book Review (2025). 
LYNDSEY MERCER is a mixed media artist from the UK, living and working in Malaysia. Her work explores nature and social commentary through a feminist lens, using analogue collage, mixed media and experimental photography.
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ANDREW MEARS is a PhD researcher exploring poetry as climate activism & a musician. He was a founding member of the bands Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies (Youthmovies) & Foals. 
NIAMH HANDLEY-VAUGHAN is a poet and writer whose work explores mythology, folklore, nature, and the gothic to navigate relationships, mental health, sexuality, heartbreak, spirituality, grief, rage, love, and the ever-present patriarchy. 
ALEYNA BARLI is 23 years old, and based in Istanbul. She works in the fields of graphic design and visual arts. ‘I create digital and analog collages, illustrations, patterns, and paintings. My work is often inspired by the chaos and colors of nature, through which I build imaginary, alternative worlds shaped by intuition and imagination.’ 
DAMEON PRIESTLY is a Fine Art Contemporary Artist from Belfast. His work focuses on times and events of social and cultural change, often set in a historical context, but with direct relevance to the present. ‘The motivation behind my work is directly related to my childhood growing up in 1970s Belfast. History, culture, politics, and social injustice have interested me since an early age.’ 
LEONIE ROWLAND is a poet and therapeutic writing practitioner based in Manchester. She is the author of In Bed with Melon Bread (2021) and This Time of Life is Meant for Savages (2023). You can find her on Instagram @leoniearowland. 
GUSTARD is a UK-born, Mexico-based collage artist making lo-fi, grain-soaked work full of confused faces, warped layering, and mild visual panic. His pieces usually sit somewhere between a photocopied nightmare and a broken TV signal, pulling from old magazines, bad dreams, and the general weirdness of being alive. 
RUBY GORDON is an illustration student who is always experimenting with different materials and ideas. Her work ranges from editorial pieces to zines and social media graphics, all tied together by her love for visual storytelling. Whether it’s animals, portraits, or whatever catches her eye, she’s happiest when her sketchbook looks a bit like a zoo collided with a treasure chest. 
SARAH CHRISTIE is a self-taught artist whose work is deeply inspired by the world—its nature, its people, and its intricate complexities. She boldly explores subjects that are often left unspoken, with a particular focus on mental health and feminist issues. Her pieces resonate on multiple levels, sparking conversations and inviting viewers to confront areas of controversy and societal norms. 
ÖZGE LENA is an internationally published poet whose work has appeared in The London Magazine, Modron Magazine, The International Times, and in numerous magazines across multiple continents. Özge’s poetry appears in many worldwide anthologies and was showcased at Barnes & Noble for Poetry Month. J.A.G MABBUTT has been writing poetry since his late teens. In recent years, thanks to publishing (Zimmer Magazine) and performing his works with a jazz band, he has finally found his own voice. GARY BUNTING is from Batley, West Yorkshire and is one of the writers at Hello America Stereo Cassette where he regularly contributes recordings for their record label. He’s recently been featured in The Nuthatch, Skullcrushing Hummingbird and ‘Ey Up. 
IMARNI-BOYER-NUGENT is a Nottingham and North Yorkshire-based interdisciplinary artist, with a practice spanning moving image, performance, print, and painting. Alongside her main practice, she is the founder and editor of Femicide Zine, a submission-based publication, rooted in 90s Riot Grrrl culture, intersectional feminism, and independent art. 
KHAOS R. BLAKK is a multidisciplinary neurodivergent creative with a focus in visual arts and fashion styling. Living in London for 10 years, they came from Portugal to live freely as a Queer Alt person. They dream of a society rid of capitalism and patriarchy, and their persona is poured out into their art and craft. IG:art.of.the.miscreants. 
AMANDA D’AVINO grew up under the Florida sun but currently resides by the sea on the south coast of England where things feel just gloomy enough. She enjoys poems that sit somewhere between tenderness and discomfort. She loves her dog Sunday, her husband, awkward silences, and the beauty in things that don’t quite fit. Find her on Instagram @fleurals. TOM PRIESTLEY has been writing poetry and fiction since the age of 19, having been inspired by the likes of Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, and John Cooper Clarke. He began performing his poetry at open mic nights around Leeds and, from there, has supported many bands on the Leeds music scene, and self-published nearly 13 collections of poetry. 
STEVE TIMMS is a Manchester-based writer and artist. He makes mixed media collages the old-fashioned way, using scissors, paper, and glue. He is the author of several plays, including American Beer (BBC Radio 4), Temp/Casual (Contact Theatre), and The Distance Between Stars (Studio Salford). 
GRACE OATWAY is a Graphic Design and Branding student who plays with all sorts of creative mediums both on a digital and traditional basis. She enjoys to mesh other creative mediums such as music, film or fashion into her work as a way to create meaning and to put symbolism behind “eye candy”. Instagram: @printzandpatchez. 
Based near Newcastle upon Tyne, CONRAD MILNE, also known as Dystopian Artist, is a mixed media fine artist whose work blends digital elements with traditional materials, often layering images, text, ephemera, photography, and both manipulated and original pieces to create richly textured compositions. 
NOAH DAVID ROBERTS is a non-binary poet based in Philadelphia. They are a 2023 Pushcart nominee & have been nominated for the Elgin Award in Speculative Poetry. Roberts was an editor for Graphic Violence Lit & is the founder of SCRIBES ON SOUTH, a monthly poetry reading. 
BEN FRECKELTON is a Cornish writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Their work has been featured in a number of zines and indie publications in print and online, and when not writing, they can be found under the pseudonym ‘Spoons’ onstage and on the radio. They can be contacted at @benjaminfreckelton on Instagram. 
URSULA ZIA is a Pakistani-American artist and writer living nomadically. They are inspired by dark ecology, and the imagery of collective dreaming. 
EWEN GLASS (he/him) is a screenwriter and poet from Northern Ireland who lives with two dogs, a tortoise and a body of self-doubt; his poetry has appeared in the likes of Okay Donkey, Maudlin House, HAD, Poetry Scotland and One Art. Bluesky/IG: @ewenglass. 
DARYA FOROOHAR is a cartoonist interested in exploring themes of identity, sexuality, and resistance to oppression. 
ANDREEA OMUCZ is a graphic designer based in Oradea, Romania. She studied Arts for seven years and she likes to combine the traditional with the digital. She explores feminist issues through her art. Her Instagram account is @omuczz. 
APRIL STAR DAVIS is a politically engaged mixed media artist using art as protest and witness. Her work confronts systems that marginalize women, LGBTQ+ people, and neurodivergent individuals—blending personal narrative with collective resistance. Her art speaks where systems fail. 
FREYA MCDONALD is a UK-based artist motivated by intersectional feminism, exploring the complexities of collective justice and care within the context of activism. Her mediums include text-based works, collage, textiles, and film. 
SAM LUFF is an outsider looking inside. ‘Nothing is predetermined’, Sam says. ‘It is connected and entwined through nature, feelings, and emotions.’
ISSUE 07
MOLLY DECEMBER is a mixed-media artist working mainly with photography and photographic manipulation, embroidery, facepaint, pen/ink and words. They draw their inspiration from mythology, nature, underground rave culture, and the beautiful people they know and love who inhabit these spaces, so that they may explore and express their feelings on identity, love, hate and everything else human in-between. 
RHEA MELINA is a multi-ethnic poet who lives in Seattle. She has been writing and putting out poetry since the early 2000s. Found Confetti (Carbonation Press) is her first full-length collection of poetry. 
IAN DOUGHTY, a former punk bass player who is old enough to remember Thatcher, is a self-employed creative artist. He uses graphics, film, and music to work towards a world within which we can all be whatever we want to be, ‘unfettered.’ 
KEIRON HIGGINS is a poet from Halifax, UK. He has previously self-published 4 books and shared the stage with various names in the Punk scene such as Toria Garbutt, Jeffry Lewis, Steve Ignorant, and Brix Smith. 
JOMY DONEGAN, a Lincolnshire-based artist with a background in history. seeks inspiration from personal reflections of the world, both past and present. 
TOM STEVENS is a Gardener and writer based in Bristol, UK, previously published in print by Lumpen, Backlash, and Millenial Pulp. Tom mainly writes poetry about the environment, class, and work, with the occasional environmental & literary nonfiction, and speculative short fiction piece. 
Immersed in the socio-political milieu of big city life, where spirituality and identity intersect and clash, WILL ALEGO integrates these diverse influences to develop a nuanced understanding of societal changes/the complexities of human existence. PREACHER ALLGOOD took so many wrong turns in life he ended up right where he belongs. IRINA TALL NOVIKOVA is a graphic artist and illustrator. In her works, she raises themes of ecology and draws on anti-war topics. Her first personal exhibition, “My soul is like a wild hawk” (2002), was held in the museum of Maxim Bagdanovich, Belarus. 
TOM WILMOTT is a London-based artist who has been making work and exhibiting internationally for over 20 years. Tom defines his practice by two simple principles: That it be as unhindered an avenue of creativity and expression as he is able to make it, and that it provide a material benefit to society equal to that which it does to him. 
BLYTHE WHITE is a non-binary poet, playwright, photographer and theatre-maker based in Bristol, UK. They enjoy using their art as a means of exploring our place in the world, both in terms of the roles we’re expected to play in society and in terms of how we interact with nature, with the natural world often providing a refuge and a sanctuary for those most marginalised.
ISSUE 06
JONNY COSMO is a Poet, Writer, and Community Activist based in sunny Preston, Lancashire. His poetry is inspired by the existential weight of it all, society, nature, and devoting emotions into motion through ink and word. As well as writing, Cosmo also works on building his community through culture and cooperatives. 
BRUNO is a left-handed experimentalist of collages, photography & doodled patterns. His style is experimental using cutouts from old magazines, books, the internet, and his own photography to build cohesive work which, ‘might not have all the words to explain what he is trying to show, but hopefully with it, you can create an idea for yourself.’ IAN DOUGHTY, a former punk bass player who is old enough to remember Thatcher, is a self-employed creative artist. He uses graphics, film, and music to work towards a world within which we can all be whatever we want to be, ‘unfettered.’ 
COLIN B OSBORN is a South London-Based poet and musician. His poems address a wide range of topics, from greasy spoon cafes and malfunctioning printers, to the grind of dead-end jobs and abominable politicians. He is currently on a mission to deliver his rhyming rants in any open mics that will have him; an endeavour meeting with moderate success. 
JOHN SWEET sends greetings from the rural wastelands of upstate NY. He is a firm believer in writing as catharsis, and in compassionate nihilism. His poetry collections include NO ONE STARVES IN A NATION OF CORPSES (2020 Analog Submission Press) and THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY THIS IS GOING TO END (2023 Cyberwit). 
JOSIE MCGINN is a writer from Merseyside whose work focuses on the intersection between class and gender. When she isn’t reading, writing, or thinking about reading and writing, she’s talking about books online. 
LEE MARTINEZ SOTO is a queer Mexican poet and translator. Their work centers on the complex tapestry of mental health, generational trauma, and the intrinsic relationship these elements share with our identities—specifically focusing on gender, dysphoria, and the transfronterizo (cross-border) experience. 
MARTIN APPLEBY is a punk poet from Hastings, England. He edits Paper and Ink Literary Zine and runs Scumbag Press. 
REDEEMING FEATURES writes and performs high-energy punk poetry. He gigs around the UK in the poetry scene and has opened for various punk bands. His first book, “Sniffing Glue and Playing Chicken on the M4” was published in 2024, the profits of which go to the mental health charity, “MIND.” 
TOM PRIESTLEY has been writing poetry and fiction since the age of 19, having been inspired by the likes of Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, and John Cooper Clarke. He began performing his poetry at open mic nights around Leeds and, from there, has supported many bands on the Leeds music scene, and self-published 13 collections of poetry. TOM STEVENS is a Gardener and writer based in Bristol, UK, previously published in print by Lumpen, Backlash, and Millenial Pulp. Tom mainly writes poetry about the environment, class, and work, with the occasional environmental & literary nonfiction, and speculative short fiction piece.
ISSUE 05
RHEA MELINA is a multi-ethnic poet who lives in Seattle. She has been writing and putting out poetry since the early 2000s. Found Confetti (Carbonation Press) is her first full-length collection of poetry. 
AQEEL PARVEZ is a widely published poet from Bradford, UK. He runs MALNOURISHED INTELLECT and is half of ‘Poets Talking Bollocks.’ His new collection, Cartoon Suicides, is out now. 
DAN HUSBAND is a published writer and poet from the North East of England. His work is raw, vulnerable, and honest, a contemporary take borne of life in and on the streets of Broken Britain. 
GEORGE YONEMORI is a 21-year-old Chinese/Egyptian interdisciplinary artist from Scarborough, Ontario. He co-runs the non-profit organization Stay Golden Outreach. Stay Golden hosts free storytelling workshops for teenagers. 
TILLY HAWKINS creates posters themed around technology, capitalism, and the impending apocalypse. Her bold, oversaturated images have a uniquely contemporary style with its roots in the early days of the World Wide Web. JOMY DONEGAN, a Lincolnshire-based artist with a background in history. seeks inspiration from personal reflections of the world, both past and present.
ISSUE 04
CLEA FERNANDES is currently studying research in Bordeaux, France, focusing on ‘Female Youth and Madness’ in contemporary literature (particularly in Emma Cline, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Marguerite Duras’ works). She writes poetry as well as short stories and songs, and enjoys embroidering silly things on fashion trinkets for her tiny brand Lick the Star. 
ANTONIO QUAGLIO, also known as RVSH, is an Italian artist who, since childhood, has nurtured his two great passions, politics and art. In 2024, while attending his final year at the Academy of Fine Arts, Antonio finally decided to merge his two passions. This led to the creation of the project ‘GRAN FILIPPO IV,’ aimed at giving a voice to antifascism, which, in today’s world—especially in Italy—is gradually fading away. AQEEL PARVEZ is a widely published poet from Bradford, UK. He runs MALNOURISHED INTELLECT and is half of ‘Poets Talking Bollocks.’ His new collection, Cartoon Suicides, is out now. 
CAMERON UD-DIN is a queer, mixed-race punk patch-maker and poet based in Bristol. They have been performing on the Bristol poetry scene for the last couple of years with notable set list slots at queer-run events. They write poetry about feelings and identity, and the occasional fantasy/sci-fi short story. DAN HUSBAND is a published writer and poet from the North East of England. His work is raw, vulnerable, and honest, a contemporary take borne of life in and on the streets of Broken Britain. 
ELLA JAMES is a punk art-inspired illustrator from the South West. ‘I’ve always wanted to be an artist in some way since I was little. I just want to get a message out there.’ 
CHRIS HASTE started writing poetry during lockdown after discovering poets such as Toria Garbutt and Luke Wright. His contribution to ANARKISS is Chris’ first published poem. 
HARRY WARD is a poet, lyricist, and spoken word artist from the UK. He can be found sharing various works on Instagram and YouTube under the handle @hobthepoet. 
JACK BOYLES is a working-class genre writer from the East Midlands, UK. His upbringing, and subsequent dealings with situational poverty inspires him to write about politics. In doing this, he hopes to reignite the working-class voice in popular media and put an end to cultural austerity. KEIRON HIGGINS is a poet from Halifax, UK. Previously a DJ playing in a Leeds-based reggae/soul collective, the self-proclaimed “Suedehead bard of Halifax” has been writing since 2012. He has previously self-published 4 books and shared the stage with various names in the Punk scene such as Toria Garbutt, Jeffry Lewis, Steve Ignorant, and Brix Smith. When not writing poetry, Keiron can be found lurking around various dens of iniquity drinking stout and looking for records to add to his ever-expanding eclectic music collection. 
A 21 year old American student studying creative writing in York, OLLIE GROOVER is a trans writer and illustrator with a passion for poetry and 2-D digital illustration. They use these mediums to advocate for social justice issues, namely surrounding LGBTQ+ rights and gender equality, as well as mental health awareness and accessibility. 
TINAMARIE COX lives in Arizona, USA. Her written and visual work has appeared in numerous publications. She is also the author of a poetry chapbook, Self-Destruction in Small Doses (Bottlecap Press, 2023), and a forthcoming collection, Through A Sea Laced With Midnight Hues (Nymeria Publishing, 2024). TOM PRIESTLEY has been writing poetry and fiction since the age of 19, having been inspired by the likes of Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, and John Cooper Clarke. He began performing his poetry at open mic nights around Leeds and, from there, has supported many bands on the Leeds music scene, self-published nearly 13 collections of poetry, organised events around Yorkshire, and hosted his own poetry hour with an online radio podcast through South Leeds Radio. 
REBYS HYNES (they/them) is a non-binary autistic writer, curator, and film programmer from Liverpool, living in Glasgow. Their short fiction can be found in Transmuted and Changeling.
ISSUE 03
KEIRON HIGGINS is a poet from Halifax, UK. Previously a DJ playing in a Leeds-based reggae/soul collective, the self-proclaimed “Suedehead bard of Halifax” has been writing since 2012. He has previously self-published 4 books and shared the stage with various names in the Punk scene such as Toria Garbutt, Jeffry Lewis, Steve Ignorant, and Brix Smith. When not writing poetry, Keiron can be found lurking around various dens of iniquity drinking stout and looking for records to add to his ever-expanding eclectic music collection. 
JESSE HILL is a transdisciplinary ecopoet exploring creative catharsis and environmental connection. They are creating a film-poem and essay series representing the ancient Wheel of the Year, researching how we can utilise creative expression in order to attune to the natural cycles and rhythms of our interdependent ecology. IAN DOUGHTY, a former punk bass player who is old enough to remember Thatcher, is a self-employed creative artist. He uses graphics, film, and music to work towards a world within which we can all be whatever we want to be, ‘unfettered.’ 
SAHARA DEVILLE is an emerging multi-genre writer based in Manchester. She is preoccupied with expression, inspiration, and empowerment, and passionate about social justice illuminating the darker corners of society. With a background in advocacy for DV, rape & sexual assualt, she is an avid supporter of survivors and protecting children. Sahara is currently working on a collection of dark short stories and poetry, and she also has several novellas in progress. LEE MARTINEZ SOTO is a queer Mexican poet and translator. Their work centers on the complex tapestry of mental health, generational trauma, and the intrinsic relationship these elements share with our identities—specifically focusing on gender, dysphoria, and the transfronterizo (cross-border) experience. 
LATERAL G is a no-fixed-a-boat nomadic poet, currently wandering the wilds of West Yorkshire. ‘I’ve been living on the road for many years, and being criminalised hasn’t stopped me yet!’ 
PHOEBE THOMAS is a queer, neurodivergent, mixed race, working-class creative, surviving (just about) in the North West. After a terribly elitist and classist education in history of art, Phoebe has redirected her anger into community arts projects over the last two years. They put on poetry events, install exhibitions, and have been collaborating with other creatives who are also ‘fed up with our current system and the lack of opportunities for artists in the UK (particularly the North).’ AQEEL PARVEZ is a widely published poet from Bradford, UK. He runs MALNOURISHED INTELLECT and is half of ‘Poets Talking Bollocks.’ His new collection, Cartoon Suicides, is out now. DAN HUSBAND is a published writer and poet from the North East of England. His work is raw, vulnerable, and honest, a contemporary take borne of life in and on the streets of Broken Britain. ELLA JAMES is a punk art-inspired illustrator from the South West. ‘I’ve always wanted to be an artist in some way since I was little. I just want to get a message out there.’ 
KITTY AURORA (they/them) is a queer, anarchist, mixed media artist, project manager, community organiser, and neurodivergent consultant based in Manchester. Their art focuses on mental health and music with the goal of creating a music and art revolution that will give an amplifier to typically overlooked talent. A 21 year old American student studying creative writing in York, OLLIE GROOVER is a trans writer and illustrator with a passion for poetry and 2-D digital illustration. They use these mediums to advocate for social justice issues, namely surrounding LGBTQ+ rights and gender equality, as well as mental health awareness and accessibility. 
CARLOS MATHIAS is a 25-year-old graphic designer born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
ISSUE 02
MWELWA CHILEKWA is a Zambian British poet and spoken word artist who is not afraid to speak (and write) her truth. Balancing heavy topics with a sprinkle of levity, she is passionate about using her voice to raise awareness of important issues. 
CLARA ADA MANTEGAZZA is a London-based Italian poet, playwright, curator, host, and producer of poetry nights and workshops. She writes poems centred around intimacy, the female experience, alienation, and liberation. 
CLOUD SINCLAIR (they/she) is a 23-year-old London-based poet and ‘lover of the queer form and what comes with being human.’ Published in ‘pastelserenityzine’ and soon to be featured in ‘honeyfairymag’, as a poet they write about what lies at the depths of our perception. 
DORIAN ROSE is an artist, writer, proofreader, editor, trans theorist, and graphic designer. They are the founder of Transmuted. 
JODIE UNDERWOOD is a British artist who explores the intersection of eroticism, gender, and queerness via digital illustration and oil painting. Through historical imagery intertwined with queer bodies, Jodie prompts viewers to scrutinise their internal biases. KITTY AURORA is a queer mixed media artist based in Manchester. 
NICOLA DE VERA (she/her) is a queer Filipino writer based in Los Angeles. Her stories have appeared in New World Writing, A Thin Slice of Anxiety, Exist Otherwise, Corporeal, Writers Resist, and elsewhere. DAN HUSBAND is a published writer and poet from the North East of England. His work is raw, vulnerable, and honest, a contemporary take borne of life in and on the streets of Broken Britain. OLLIE GROOVER is a trans writer and illustrator with a passion for poetry and 2-D digital illustration. They use these mediums to advocate for social justice issues, namely surrounding LGBTQ+ rights and gender equality. TINAMARIE COX lives in Arizona, USA. Her written and visual work has appeared in numerous publications. Immersed in the socio-political milieu of big city life, where spirituality and identity intersect and clash, WILL ALEGO integrates these diverse influences to develop a nuanced understanding of societal changes/the complexities of human existence. JOMY DONEGAN, a Lincolnshire-based artist with a background in history. seeks inspiration from personal reflections of the world, both past and present. MWELWA CHILEKWA is a Zambian British poet and spoken word artist who is not afraid to speak (and write) her truth. She is passionate about using her voice to raise awareness of important issues.
ISSUE 01
GEORGIA MC LAUGHLIN uses art to explore her sexuality, challenging the rhetoric around how gay women should look/think/act. AQEEL PARVEZ is a widely published poet from Bradford, UK. He runs MALNOURISHED INTELLECT and is half of ‘Poets Talking Bollocks.’ His new collection, Cartoon Suicides, is out now. 
AUDREY T. CARROLL is the author of What Blooms in the Dark (ELJ Editions, 2024), Parts of Speech: A Disabled Dictionary (Alien Buddha Press, 2023), and In My Next Queer Life, I Want to Be (Kith books, 2023). 
BIZ has been writing poetry since they were a kid to make sense of the world around them. More and more they’re using poetry to break down (and mildly mock) the status quo and where they might fit within it. Over the past six months, they’ve started to perform their work more regularly, and have recently won the Manchester Heat of the Mind Over Matter Slammer. 
CAELAN JOHN JAMES (he/they) is a Welsh, Edinburgh-based writer and visual artist. He graduated from Edinburgh college of art in 2023 and is part of the queer as muck artist’s collective that explores work surrounding queer ecology. Caelan writes through a neurodivergent, queer lens with an emphasis on the interlaced nature of the self with the environment. CARLOS MATHIAS is a 25-year-old graphic designer born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
CARYS MALONEY is a London-based indie poet, currently studying art history at The Courtauld and performing her work at events across London. She has published three collections of poetry and art, and presently acts as Literary Editor for The Courtauldian. Maloney’s poetry has been published in Acumen and The Courtauldian, and she has been interviewed by Disgraceful Magazine and Uptime regarding her practice. COLIN B OSBORN is a South London-Based poet and musician. His poems address a wide range of topics, from greasy spoon cafes and malfunctioning printers, to the grind of dead-end jobs and abominable politicians. He is currently on a mission to deliver his rhyming rants in any open mics that will have him; an endeavour meeting with moderate success. ELLA JAMES is a punk art-inspired illustrator from the South West. ‘I’ve always wanted to be an artist in some way since I was little. I just want to get a message out there.’ 
HARRY WHEELER, a fashion intern at Paul Smith Japan, draws inspiration for his craft from social movements, art, and history. 
JULIA WERNIK is a Polish illustrator currently residing in Brighton. Growing up as a first generation immigrant with no ability to speak English, she used drawing as a way to communicate from the age of 5. Julia draws on her experiences with the struggle of womanhood in her illustrations through metaphors, symbolism, and sharing stories through her art. DAN HUSBAND is a published writer and poet from the North East of England. His work is raw, vulnerable, and honest, a contemporary take borne of life in and on the streets of Broken Britain. 
KARINA SPENCER is a Manchester-based artist creating work that delves deep into the realms of mortality, sexuality, and religious symbolism. 
KAYLEY ROSE DOHERTY is a 21 year old Northern Irish fashion student from Belfast. Taking influence from the Punk feminist movement, Riot Grrrl, and iconic designers such as Westwood, Kaylee’s work explores subcultural style as she adopts a different, more political approach to fashion design. 
LEWIS WYN DAVIES is a writer from Shropshire. He has a deep-rooted passion for highlighting stories of inequality. 
LUCA JORDAN is a queer performance poet, crafty creative, and all-round adventurer from sunny Leicester in the U.K. She has spent the best part of the last 15 years travelling the world/living abroad and is most happy whilst immersing herself in new cultures. For now, after many years away she is most inspired experiencing and collaborating with culture closer to home! 
LUCI DRUIDICA, a South London-born writer, imagines a reality where tech and nature combine to create harmonies and hell. Falling into the genres of Techno Pagan, Solar Punk, and Queering Ecology, her writing takes aim at censored and controlled social networks, showing up with queerness, anti-establishment, and anti-capitalism values. 
LUCY THILL is a young writer living in the Adirondack Mountains. Her work has previously been published in Wild Words Anthology and LocalADK Magazine. 
MARIE MARSHALL finds the words for human experiences as she dwells in the difficulties and triumphs of what it means to be alive. Normal or abnormal, she attempts to bring these ideas into focus and into thought. She has been writing since the age of 17, and has been exploring the poetry scene for many years. 
MINERVA CAMPBELL is an illustration artist who uses a selection of odd and uncanny characters to narrate a world that is a warped reflection of the society we live in. These characters exist in a twisted reality, and play with the idea of remaining vulnerable and authentic in a society that is so greedy and demanding of us. 
NICK TRAGG is an illustrator, animator, writer and musician from Athens, Greece. Having been involved in political activism for most of his life, Nick finds that art is one of the best ways to express himself, whether that be via the production of short films, music videos, comic books, or illustrations. OLLIE GROOVER is a trans writer and illustrator with a passion for poetry and 2-D digital illustration. They use these mediums to advocate for social justice issues, namely surrounding LGBTQ+ rights and gender equality. 
OWEN BURTON, a self-described ‘old soul’, creates psychedelic-esque artwork. ‘I’m just trying to understand this realm and what we are truly here for.’ 
SONNY WALKER is a twenty-four-year-old poet and novelist from Cornwall. Their work draws inspiration from personal experiences with queerness, sexuality, and the body. 
SAM B KENNEDY is an emerging Fine Artist from Surrey. With a passion for vibrant colours and bold brushstrokes, she creates fresh and colourful works by layering a diverse range of mixed media. TINAMARIE COX lives in Arizona, USA. Her written and visual work has appeared in numerous publications. 
TOBI ANDERSEN is a transgender political poet from Denmark. Immersed in the socio-political milieu of big city life, where spirituality and identity intersect and clash, WILL ALEGO integrates these diverse influences to develop a nuanced understanding of societal changes/the complexities of human existence. 
WILL WHITE is a 19-year-old trans man from Northamptonshire. He has always been fascinated by art, writing, music, and anything creative. JOMY DONEGAN, a Lincolnshire-based artist with a background in history. seeks inspiration from personal reflections of the world, both past and present.
ANARKISS 