contributors Eric Abalajon’s works have appeared in Plumwood Mountain Journal, Tripwire: a journal of poetics, Stonecoast Review, Modern Poetry in Translation, Asymptote, and Copihue Poetry. His debut poetry collection is forthcoming from Flowersong Press. He lives near Iloilo City, Philippines. Judiel Alcober from Palo, Leyte, is a self-proclaimed collage artist. He is new to the literary platform and uses themes that are relevant to day- to-day life events. His hobbies are hugging his teddy bear every night, waking up at 4 am, and playing offline google dino run. Angela Salma Lou Andal is an artist/author/outsider hybridizing works in cyberspace. She is a fan of lush romantic poetry and bizarro fiction. Born and raised in Quezon City, Miguel Arroyo is a graduate of the Ateneo De Manila University's creative writing program. He currently resides in Cordoba, Spain, and is working on his first poetry collection. Mikael de Lara Co has won Palanca and Maningning Miclat Awards for his poetry, and has been named a finalist for the National Book Awards for his poems and translations. He runs a small communications consultancy firm, and lives in Cagayan de Oro City. John Paul David is an emerging artist based in Bataan. He predominantly works with graphite and is currently working as a full- time artist/illustrator. He attended a portrait workshop back in 2013 and was eventually hired as a portrait artist at the age of 16 before becoming more interested in idealistic representational art, which now occupies his creative focus.
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