Amanda Melton

In a world overflowing with chosen ones, prodigies, and prophecy‑touched protagonists, there’s something quietly powerful about the Everyman. This archetype doesn’t stride into the story with a sword of destiny or a lineage of legends. Instead, they arrive with something far more relatable: uncertainty, longing, and the stubborn hope that an ordinary life can still hold extraordinary meaning. The Everyman is the character who mirrors us back to ourselves. They’re the ones who ask the...

What would happen if everyone in the world told only the truth? Morou navigates this idea in his debut novel, The Bitter Truth, A New Era. The Story The Bitter Truth follows many people at the beginning, but primarily focuses on this excellent news reporter, Harold Thompson, as he struggles to find the truth in this chaotic world. Enter the Matt. Interdimensional beings with the power to extract the truth from people so they never lie again. They enter Earth to reign over the people in a...

Sam Moe is an interdisciplinary author and visual artist whose work bridges poetry, prose, and large-scale art. They are often rooted in speculative magical realism and themes of trauma, resilience, and transformation. Beyond the page, she's a visual artist who has also done artistic residences, the latest being a 1,000-foot drawing. The earliest spark of writing came at the age of nine, when Sam invented a story about elemental deities and immediately began sketching art to accompany it. By...