Hag Bodies Volume One
Editor & Creative Design: Gloria Rose Potts
Gloria Rose Potts is a nice lady. Originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, she has followed in her state's tradition of being fascinated by horror and nature writing. She received her MFA in creative writing from American University, and her work has appeared in Superstition Review, Whistling Shade, and The Hooghly Review. You can read her reviews of art and culture on The Sentimental's Guide for Surviving the Internet Age by following her Substack (gloriarosepotts.substack.com).
Copyeditor: Kelsey Heyel
Kelsey Heyel (they/them) is a bookseller, writer, and editor based in Worcester, Massachusetts. Their works have placed in several of Clark University's writing contests; despite graduating several years ago, they have not yet been bothered to submit them anywhere else. They would like to thank their problematic and many-toed cat, Pyramid Steve, for pawing at their computer screen and walking across their keyboard as they edited this zine.
Douglas Baulf
Douglas Baulf is a Boston-based copywriter and editor. Before making his way into the corporate world, he tried his hand at journalism, writing on everything from travel to TV to politics for a local LGBTQ magazine. He even interviewed a few celebrities along the way (Margaret Cho was the best, no contest). He holds a B.A. in American and English Literature from the University of East Anglia and an M.A. in English Language and Literature from Clark University. In his spare time, you’ll likely find Doug binging 90 Day Fiancé with his boyfriend, doomscrolling the news, or sitting at the bar with friends sipping craft IPAs. He even occasionally plays dodgeball—for reasons that remain unclear.
Evan Bradley
Evan Bradley is a gardner and designer based in Massachusetts and Michigan. He has lived with psoriatic arthritis since 2020. Instagram: @ecbrads
Sarah Grace Canja
Sarah Grace (she/her) is a lesbian writer, bookseller and educator in Frederick, Maryland. She enjoys felting, reading books that make her cry and cuddling with her two cats, Sylvia and Chandler.
Lindsey Caputo
Lindsey Caputo is an interdisciplinary artist based in the Boston Area. She graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a BFA in Art Education. During her time at MassArt, she volunteered in several Boston Public Schools while earning an initial teaching license in K-12 Visual Arts education. Caputo received an MFA in Studio Art at Maryland Institute College of Art with a Certificate for College Teaching. Since then, she has been expanding her studio practice by engaging in her interest in “the weird” and the Avant Garde. In 2022, she became an Adjunct Faculty member in the Arts and Humanities Pathway at Tidewater Community College where she taught Art Appreciation, 2D Design, and Foundations of Drawing. Currently, she teaches Foundation Drawing and Drawing & Painting Studio at the Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts. Her portfolio can be found at knotlindsay.com.
Kaleigh Dixon
Kaleigh Dixson is an emerging writer and a high school teacher. Her work has appeared in Salmon Creek Journal, midsummer magazine, The Madison Review, and The Best of Rural Writing 2023 (Milk House). She currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she teaches English, eats her fill of green chile, plays in the desert arroyos with her two dogs, and continues to plug away at her short story collection.
Travis Duda
Travis Duda is a Worcester based artist and designer making work that’s equal parts sweet, weird, and a little haunted. He runs Hunchback Gallery, builds brands at Hunchback Graphics Branding + Design, and spends most of his time creating things that connect people, celebrate outsiders, and keep the DIY spirit alive. You can find him at travisduda.com or on Instagram at @hunchbacktravis
Lily Fitzgerald
Lily Fitzgerald is a grant manager based in Medford, Massachusetts. She grew up in Pepperell, Massachusetts where she spent most of her time riding horses and participating in 4-H clubs. She studied Environmental Science at UMass Amherst and Technology Policy at MIT. In her free time Lily enjoys taking her dogs Willow and Pepper on adventures, volunteering for the nonprofit REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, reading, and binge watching Survivor with her husband Ryan. Lily currently works for a state government agency which in no way endorses her raging ramblings printed here.
Emma Francois
Emma Francois is a writer based in Washington, D.C., whose journalism, fiction, and essays—about art, the environment, and love—have appeared in the Washington Post, Citron Review, Inquisitive Eater, and elsewhere. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from American University and currently teaches at George Washington University. You can follow her work at emmajfrancois.com and find her on Instagram @emmajfrancois.
Jamie Hennick
Jamie writes from the wilds of western Massachusetts where she frequents the region's forests and rivers and bookstores. She is grateful for this opportunity to explore her dear hag body. Jamie earned her MFA at American University, along with the Myra Sklarew Award for remarkable originality in a prose thesis. Currently she is working on a collection of short fiction that explores the dimensions of nonromantic intimacies, grief, sisterhood and memory. Her work can be found in Bridge Eight, The Palisades Review, Grace & Gravity and The Colorado Review (online) and at jamiehennick.com. Her favorite aquatic flower is the spatterdock.
Caroline Hockenbury
Caroline Hockenbury is a Pushcart-nominated poet and nonfiction writer based in Washington, DC. Her work has appeared in Attached to the Living World: A New Ecopoetry Anthology, About Place Journal, The Dodge, and Tinderbox, among other publications. Caroline holds an MFA from American University, where she won the Myra Sklarew Award, and is an alumna of the University of Virginia’s Area Program in Poetry Writing. If she’s not drafting copy or web editing, she’s probably taking a picture of a toad in portrait mode to text you. Find her online at carolinehockenbury.com.
San Pham
San Pham is an artist, writer, and educator from Ann Arbor, MI, also home to the largest collection of heirloom peonies in North America. San loves flowers, and when nature can part with them, picking some blooms and pressing them in her journal. You can see her work at @san.pham.journals on Instagram.
Jesse Potts
Jesse Potts is a Boston-based trans man (could you guess) with two cats and a cozy lil apartment. He’s a full time bar manager and a part time necklace maker. You can find him personally @tinyjawbighands or ogle his necklaces @ad0rn.m3.jewelry.
Annie Przypyszny
Annie Przypyszny is a poet from Washington, DC pursuing an MFA in Poetry at the University of Maryland. A finalist for Smartish Pace’s Beullah Rose Poetry Prize, her poetry is published or forthcoming in Sugar House Review, Tampa Review, Tupelo Quarterly, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Laurel Review, and various others. She is the Social/Digital Content Coordinator for The DC Writers Room. You can find Annie on Instagram at @pryps and on her website, annieprzypyszny.com.
James Riley
James Riley is currently a graduate student for landscape design and a life-long doodler.
Kristina Stapelfeld
Kristina Stapelfeld is a Boston-based graphic designer, comedian, and musician. To the disappointment of her friends and family, she can usually be found doing improv on Friday nights at Union Comedy in Somerville. You can find her @kristinastapelfeld on Substack or @moonbrains on IG.