Contributors

Payten Collins is a junior English Literature student with a minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies. Her passions include reading, crafting, and attending the (more than) occasional concert. Though she is not really a writer herself, she hopes to one day try her hand at comedy writing (who doesn't love a good jest?).

Ainsley Eidam is a fiction writer from Dallas, Pennsylvania. She's a third-year student at Arcadia University, studying Creative Writing with a minor in French. Ainsley is a storyteller by nature, derived from her family's deep appreciation for language and the arts.  

Olive Hannigan is a senior Arts and Global Change major at Arcadia University. She enjoys writing speculative fiction and has recently delved into poetry, and hopes to bring her long-abandoned Tumblr blog back to life. When she's not writing, she's drawing fanart of her favorite games/shows, playing dress-up, or wrangling her niece and many nephews. 

Back again, Allison cannot resist a good Quiddity issue. This poem made an appearance in her submission to the Excellence in Creative Writing Award, of which she won this Spring semester. As always, she hopes readers, haters, and neutral parties alike enjoy her, at the time of writing, 8th entry into Quiddity canon.

Haylie Jarnutowski  is a Senior Creative Writing and History student. Her main art forms are fiction, poetry, digital art, and textiles. In her fiction work, she explores the reanimation of history, while her poetry focuses upon observation of the modern world. Find more of her work at hayliebellewrites.wordpress.com

Bella John is a freshman English Literature major with a Pan African Studies minor. She is Philadelphia born and raised and enjoys thrifting and shopping with friends whenever they get the chance. When at home, she enjoys reading sci-fi novels or the occasional rom-com, if not that they are probably playing Animal Crossing or Slime Rancher with a video essay in the background. Outside of reading and writing Bella’s favorite form of self-expression can be seen through her sense of fashion.

Ven Mubarak is a senior Creative Writing major and a Theater Arts minor. They are forever yearning for something out of reach and bide their time writing poetry, fiction, and musings.

Angelina Naimoli is a writer from Philadelphia who enjoys writing poetry and fiction the most. She enjoys creating stories for others to read, and sometimes her world is inspired by personal experiences and the real-life world. She enjoys writing horror stories the most. Besides writing, she is passionate about Criminal Justice and loves drawing. 

Riley James Russo is a teenaged author and poet split between Ohio and Pennsylvania who endeavors to localize and examine the human condition through horror-litfic and poetry.

Tamara Tarvin  is a multidisciplinary artist and writer. She attended the University of the Arts and when it closed she transferred to Arcadia with the hope of continuing her journey as a creative. She has a love for all things colorful and fantastical, her work often featuring vibrant hues and bold themes.