Gwen Hart, Poetry Editor
Gwen Hart teaches writing at Montana State University Northern. She holds M.A. in creative writing from Hollins University and an M.F.A. from Minnesota State University Mankato. She is the author of the chapbooks Losing Ohio (Finishing Line Press) and Dating the Invisible Man (The Ledge Press). Her first full-length collection was Lost and Found (David Robert Books). Her second collection, The Empress of Kisses, won the X. J. Kennedy Poetry Award from Texas Review Press. Her third collection is Never Be the Same, published in 2023 by FutureCycle Press. Her poems have been published in over thirty literary journals, including Chautauqua, Whitefish Review, and Storm Cellar. She is a Gen Xer and a regular presenter at the Popular Culture Association national conference.
Roger Hart, Fiction and Nonfiction Editor
Roger Hart’s stories and essays have been published in Natural Bridge, The Tampa Review, Passages North, Runner’s World, and other magazines and journals. His story “Mysteries of the Universe” won the McGlinn Fiction Prize and was published in Philadelphia Stories. His story collection, Mysteries of the Universe, will be published by Kallisto Gaia Press in the spring of ’23. He lives in Montana where he works on a new novel under the supervision of his wife and two big dogs.
Rebecca (Becky) Fjelland Davis Brooks, Fiction and Nonfiction Editor
Rebecca Fjelland Davis is a novelist and YA and children’s book author who lives in Minnesota. Becky is a serious cyclist and loves to write about her passions: bicycling, dogs, farms, family, and friendship.
She grew up on a farm outside of Huxley, Iowa, where she rode horses a lot. Becky thinks that love transferred to riding bikes. In the last few years, she hasn’t raced much, but she rides a few thousand miles a year, avidly follows racing, and loves to write about it. As far as we know, Chasing AllieCat is the only novel with a competitive female cyclist as the main character!
Becky retired from her position as instructor at South Central College in Mankato, where she taught Composition, Literature and Film (including Children’s Lit), and Humanities. She graduated from Waldorf College, earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from St. Cloud State University, and received her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Tana Lee Gorecki - Graphic Designer - Issue 1
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Tana grew up in Havre, Montana where she attended college at MSU-Northern to achieve her Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design and Liberal Studies. While attending Northern she enjoyed participating around the community by painting a mural in Chinook, Montana, and acting in the Montana Actor's Theatre. She was also able to meet her husband, Tristan Gauer, through the Montana Actor's Theatre and in classes.
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She moved across the country in June of 2023 to Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband, best friend, three cats, and best friend's cat. After moving she assumed a position as a Police Dispatcher for the Duke Police Department at Duke University. While there she participates in graphic design projects and other art projects for the department.
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Tana takes pride in having gained experiences from all over the world within her 21 years. Some of her favorite adventures include traveling to Greece, Italy, Paris, Israel, and Jordan. She has also had the chance to work as a background extra on Yellowstone and for Montana Tourism. She plans to continue traveling and gaining experiences as she is able to, the next trip planned will be to Iceland for her honeymoon/wedding ceremony!