Nightingale & Sparrow Literary Magazine is proud to present their ninth issue, blizzard. This volume features the poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, and photography of dozens of amazing creators from around the world. For this themed issue, Nightingale & Sparrow asked contributors to send pieces that "explore the seemingly contradictory nature of the quintessential winter storm." With sparkling snow and slippery ice, the works in this collection do just that.From the "From Fija Callaghan’s “A Midwinter Night’s Dream” and Kate Gough’s “Yule Known” to Jasmine Kuzner’s “Snowsquall” and Karla Linn Merrifield’s “Breaking Story,” you’ll feel the chill in the air and smell the distinct scent of snow as you page through this issue." Contains work Juliette Sebock (founding editor), Nicola Ashbrook, Fija Callaghan, Amanda Crum, Kathryn de Leon, James Dowthwaite, Kim Backalenick Escobar, Emily Ford, Joanna Friedman, Cory Funk, Naoise Gale, Kate Gough, Dane Hamann, Ann Howells, Maia Joy, Karson, Stefanie Kirby, Andrea Lynn Koohi, Jasmine Kuzner, Sarah Leavesley, Elizabeth Joy Levinson, Anna Lindsay, Karla Linn Merrifield, Matthew Miller, Michael Nelson, Peter Stewart O'Grady, Penny Pennell, Matthew Pinkney, John C. Polles, Kristina Saccone, Merril D. Smith, Lynn White, Kimberly Wolkens, Jeffrey Yamaguchi
Juliette Sebock is the author of Mistakes Were Made (2017), Micro (Nightingale & Sparrrow Press, 2019), How My Cat Saved My Life and Other Poems (Bottlecap Press, 2019), Three Words (Bottlecap Press, 2020), Plight of the Pangolin (Vociferous Press, 2020), and Boleyn (TwistiT Press, 2020), as well as several books currently searching for the perfect press.
She has poems forthcoming or appearing in a wide variety of publications, including Royal Rose, Marías at Sampaguitas, Brave Voices Magazine, Poetry24, Mookychick, Cauldron Anthology, Neologism, Anti-Heroin Chic, Vamp Cat Magazine, Elephants Never, Green Light Lit, October Hill Magazine, Peeking Cat Poetry, Quatrain.fish, Ghost City Review, Blanket Sea, The Cabinet of Heed, PHEMME, the She Will Speak series, Selcouth Station, Wellington Street Review, Paper Trains Literary Journal, The Ginger Collect, Memoir Mixtapes, Foliate Oak, Mojave He(art), Ravens in the Attic, Cephalopress, Pop! Goes My Heart, Chachalaca Review, Pennsylvania Bards: An Anthology of Poetry by Northeastern Pennsylvania Poets, Black Bough Poetry, Kissing Dynamite Poetry, Twist in Time, salt + vinegar, Neon Mariposa, Reclaim: An Anthology of Women's Poetry, A Tudor Writing Circle, Headcanon Magazine, Fevers of the Mind Poetry & Art Digest, War Crimes Against the Uterus, Collective Unrest, Bonnie's Crew, Thimble Literary Magazine, Pixel Heart Literary Magazine, Barren Magazine, Mid-Heaven Magazine, Young Ravens Literary Review, The /temz/ Review, Knight's Library Magazine, Eye Flash Poetry, Picaroon Poetry, Three Drops from a Cauldron, The Hellebore, Shut Down Strangers & Hot Rod Angels, and Taco Bell Quarterly, Crêpe & Penn, The Mighty, and Re-Side Zine.
She is the founding editor of Nightingale & Sparrow, runs a lifestyle blog, An Ideal Life, and is a regular contributor with Marías at Sampaguitas, Memoir Mixtapes, and The Poetry Question. Currently, she is working on a variety of personal and freelance projects.
When she isn't writing (and sometimes when she is), Juliette can be found with a cup of coffee and her cat, Fitz.
Juliette can be reached at her website (juliettesebock.com) or across social media @juliettesebock.