Shea Socrates (they/them) is a teacher and emerging writer. Their work has appeared in HAD, Passages North, and JAKE. They live in Detroit with their partner Felicia and three pets, Vashti, Coney, and Vern.

K. A. Polzin’s stories have appeared in Subtropics, swamp pink, Gulf Coast, Wigleaf, and elsewhere, and have been anthologized in Best Small Fictions 2023 and the Fractured Lit Anthology 3, and chosen for the 2025 Wigleaf Top 50. Polzin is a finalist for The Greensboro Review’s 2025 Robert Watson Literary Prize.