
Mossy Masthead

Founder & EIC
Melissa Martini
Melissa Martini (she/her) is a short fiction writer and Capricorn from New Jersey. She studied Creative Writing in both undergrad and graduate school at Seton Hall University. Currently, she serves as Founder & EIC of Moss Puppy Magazine. She can be found @mossmiele and her publications can be viewed here.

Prose Reader
Jona Pedersen
Jona L. Pedersen (they/them) is a writer and researcher. They grew up in Norway, before pursuing degrees in English & biology at the University of North Dakota. Jona’s passion for ecology & evolution often seeps into their creative work. Find their poems and stories here or follow their work on Twitter @JonaLPedersen.

Prose Reader
Katy Naylor
Katy Naylor (she/her) is a writer from the south east coast of England. She writes prose, poetry and text adventure games, and has been published in places including Ellipsis Zine, Expat Lit and the Bear Creek Gazette. She is the EIC of the voidspace (@_voidspace_zine) an online mag dedicated to interactive arts of all kinds.

In-house artist & art submission manager
Kathryn Davis
Kathryn (she/her) is an artist based in West Virginia. She takes great passion in learning new things and finding ways to use her creativity. Besides all things artsy, her greatest love is for her herd of pets at home.

POETRY READER & PROSE READER
Laura Bibby
Laura (she/her) writes poetry and stories that weave her love of nature with the strange, fantastical, and ominous. Bottlecap Press published her debut poetry chapbook: A KNIFE IN THE DARK in 2022, and she is currently working on the first book in a queer, adult fantasy series. She is based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia.

Poetry Reader & Instagram Engagement/communications coordinator
L.M. Cole
L.M. Cole (she/her) is a poet and artist living on the US East Coast. She is a mom, frequenter of outdoor spaces, quietly queer disaster. Find her on Twitter @_scoops__

Poetry Reader
Ly Faulk
Ly Faulk (they/them) has loved reading and writing for as long as they could read and write. They still believe in the power of the written word to change lives. They hold a B.A. in Creative Writing.

Prose Reader
Melissa Nunez
Melissa Nunez lives and creates in the caffeinated spaces between awake and dreaming. She makes her home in the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas, where she enjoys observing, exploring, and photographing the local wild with her homeschooling family. She writes an anime column at The Daily Drunk Mag and is also a staff writer for Alebrijes Review and Yellow Arrow Publishing. You can find her work here and follow her on Twitter: @MelissaKNunez.

Poetry Reader & Prose Reader
Veronica Jarboe
Veronica Jarboe (she/her) is a California resident, and her previously published works include "Beach" published in the Anthology of Young American Writers. Some of her other published works can be seen in Re-Side Magazine, Yours Poetically, Moss Puppy Magazine and others. She is currently pursuing a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing.

Design consultant
Melissa A. Hernandez
Melissa (she/her) has her BA in Acting and Directing and is currently working towards her MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is the founder of The Minison Project and heads the company as Editor-in-Chief.




Mocha, Bella, and Mipha (she/her) are the resident moss puppies!

Furgus (he/him) is our Twitter mascot, whose name was chosen via Twitter polls. His middle name is Blort.