Kym Deyn is Editor-in-Chief of Carmen et Error, largely because they are determined to be an absolute nuisance to everyone. Their pamphlets include Nine Arches’ Primers Vol. 6., Dionysia published by Verve Poetry Press, and Unfurl, a collaborative fiction experiment. They have been widely published in anthologies and journals for their poetry and prose, including Butcher’s Dog and Strange Horizons, and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions. They are one of the winners of the 2020 Outspoken Prize. They run The Braag CIC, a poetry and speculative fiction press.
“I enjoy weird work with a strong voice. I particularly like poetry and flash fiction from unexpected perspectives, I like work with a speculative edge that still holds emotional weight. Most of all, I want language that surprises, language that holds wonder.”
First Readers
Nathaniel Spain is a writer and designer based in the North East of England. His short fiction is published in Carmina Magazine, Gastropoda, Carmen et Error and Provenance Journal. In 2021 he released his speculative fiction chapbook Fragments, and co-authored Unfurl, published in 2023 by The Braag. He was the guest editor for Carmen et Error issue 5, and in 2023 was a reader for Hexagon Magazine and a juror for the British Fantasy Awards. His work can be found at www.nathanielspain.co.uk.
Ask Asad Kably Vestergaard is half Danish, half Pakistani, and studied English with Creative Writing and the University of Aberdeen. They have been published sporadically in smaller magazines and online exhibits like Leopard Arts, Lucent Dreaming, and Re-Analogue. They like thinking about writing, but they don’t actually do it nearly as much as they ought. Their sentences are too long, they use the thesaurus profligately, they have trouble keeping everything that they write relevant to the subject at hand, and they can play the kazoo with their nose.
Finlay Worrallo is a queer cross-arts writer studying Modern Languages at Newcastle University. He writes poetry, prose and scripts, and enjoys experimenting between and beyond established forms. His primary themes are the fluidity and flexibility of language, the relationships between things created and their creators, and the modern-day queer experience. His work is published in Crossways Magazine, VIBE, Queerlings, 14, Ink Sweat & Tears, the Braag’s speculative fiction chapbook Unfurl: Portrait of Another World, and the Emma Press’ anthology Dragons of the Prime: Poems about Dinosaurs. Instagram: @fworrallo
Guest Editors
Past Guest Editors:
- Fatima Zahra (Issue 1.0 + 1.5)
- Nathaniel Spain (Issue 5.0 + 5.5)
- Alex Mepham (Issue 7.0 + 7.5)
Upcoming Guest Editors:
- Sarah Royston (Summer 2024)
- Chloe Elliott (Winter 2024)
- Eleanor Ball (Summer 2025)
- Elizabeth Chadwick Pywell (Winter 2025)
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