January 2026 Issue

Orlando native Kaylan Stedman Friedman has consistently illustrated for Ghost Parachute since 2016. She was honored to have her illustrations featured in 2021’s Ghost Parachute: 105 Flash Fiction Stories alongside prolific writers and other talented illustrators. For more art, peruse past Ghost Parachute issues, and follow Kaylan on Instagram, @k.s.illustrations.

Courtney Burton is an artist, writer, and musician living in Springfield, Missouri. Her work is featured or forthcoming in SmokeLong Quarterly and Moon City Review.

Amy Marques grew up between languages and places and learned, from an early age, the multiplicity of narratives. She’s been nominated for multiple awards, longlisted twice in Wigleaf 50, and has visual art, poetry, and prose published in journals such as Streetcake Magazine, South Florida Poetry Journal, Fictive Dream, Unlost, Ghost Parachute, BOOTH, Chicago Quarterly Review, and Gone Lawn. She is editor & visual artist for the Duets anthologies, author & artist of the chapbook Are You Willing? and the found poetry book PARTS. More at https://amybookwhisperer.wordpress.com.

Brett J Barr is an artist/tattooist, born in Easton Pennsylvania. He grew up in Daytona Beach, moved to Orlando FL in 1997 and now resides in Orlando, FL. Aside from tattooing at Built 4 Speed Tattoo in Orlando, Brett enjoys many different art forms such as graphite, charcoal, paint, pen and ink, mixed media/graphic design, woodworking miniatures and studies classical guitar.

Contacts:
brettjbarr@yahoo.com
Facebook/Brett J Barr
Instagram/brettjbarrtattoos
Shop Insta/built4speedtattoos
built4speedtattoos.com/brettjbarr

Brooksie C. Fontaine is a coffee addict who got into college at fifteen and annoyed everyone there. She has MFA degrees in English and Illustration from Salve Regina University and Savannah College of Art and Design. Her writing and illustrations have appeared in over thirty literary journals and anthologies.

Brett J Barr is an artist/tattooist, born in Easton Pennsylvania. He grew up in Daytona Beach, moved to Orlando FL in 1997 and now resides in Orlando, FL. Aside from tattooing at Built 4 Speed Tattoo in Orlando, Brett enjoys many different art forms such as graphite, charcoal, paint, pen and ink, mixed media/graphic design, woodworking miniatures and studies classical guitar.

Contacts:
brettjbarr@yahoo.com
Facebook/Brett J Barr
Instagram/brettjbarrtattoos
Shop Insta/built4speedtattoos
built4speedtattoos.com/brettjbarr

Brooksie C. Fontaine is a coffee addict who got into college at fifteen and annoyed everyone there. She has MFA degrees in English and Illustration from Salve Regina University and Savannah College of Art and Design. Her writing and illustrations have appeared in over thirty literary journals and anthologies.

Brett J Barr is an artist/tattooist, born in Easton Pennsylvania. He grew up in Daytona Beach, moved to Orlando FL in 1997 and now resides in Orlando, FL. Aside from tattooing at Built 4 Speed Tattoo in Orlando, Brett enjoys many different art forms such as graphite, charcoal, paint, pen and ink, mixed media/graphic design, woodworking miniatures and studies classical guitar.

Contacts:
brettjbarr@yahoo.com
Facebook/Brett J Barr
Instagram/brettjbarrtattoos
Shop Insta/built4speedtattoos
built4speedtattoos.com/brettjbarr

Brooksie C. Fontaine is a coffee addict who got into college at fifteen and annoyed everyone there. She has MFA degrees in English and Illustration from Salve Regina University and Savannah College of Art and Design. Her writing and illustrations have appeared in over thirty literary journals and anthologies.

Brett J Barr is an artist/tattooist, born in Easton Pennsylvania. He grew up in Daytona Beach, moved to Orlando FL in 1997 and now resides in Orlando, FL. Aside from tattooing at Built 4 Speed Tattoo in Orlando, Brett enjoys many different art forms such as graphite, charcoal, paint, pen and ink, mixed media/graphic design, woodworking miniatures and studies classical guitar.

Contacts:
brettjbarr@yahoo.com
Facebook/Brett J Barr
Instagram/brettjbarrtattoos
Shop Insta/built4speedtattoos
built4speedtattoos.com/brettjbarr

Brooksie C. Fontaine is a coffee addict who got into college at fifteen and annoyed everyone there. She has MFA degrees in English and Illustration from Salve Regina University and Savannah College of Art and Design. Her writing and illustrations have appeared in over thirty literary journals and anthologies.

Brett J Barr is an artist/tattooist, born in Easton Pennsylvania. He grew up in Daytona Beach, moved to Orlando FL in 1997 and now resides in Orlando, FL. Aside from tattooing at Built 4 Speed Tattoo in Orlando, Brett enjoys many different art forms such as graphite, charcoal, paint, pen and ink, mixed media/graphic design, woodworking miniatures and studies classical guitar.

Contacts:
brettjbarr@yahoo.com
Facebook/Brett J Barr
Instagram/brettjbarrtattoos
Shop Insta/built4speedtattoos
built4speedtattoos.com/brettjbarr

Brooksie C. Fontaine is a coffee addict who got into college at fifteen and annoyed everyone there. She has MFA degrees in English and Illustration from Salve Regina University and Savannah College of Art and Design. Her writing and illustrations have appeared in over thirty literary journals and anthologies.

Brooksie C. Fontaine is a coffee addict who got into college at fifteen and annoyed everyone there. She has MFA degrees in English and Illustration from Salve Regina University and Savannah College of Art and Design. Her writing and illustrations have appeared in over thirty literary journals and anthologies.

Brooksie C. Fontaine is a coffee addict who got into college at fifteen and annoyed everyone there. She has MFA degrees in English and Illustration from Salve Regina University and Savannah College of Art and Design. Her writing and illustrations have appeared in over thirty literary journals and anthologies.