May 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.

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:
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Genevieve Anna Tyrrell is a mixed media artist, writer, editorial illustrator, editor, disabilities activist, and a member of the LGTBQIA+ community. Her art has appeared in The Rumpus, Smokelong Quarterly, and Animal: A Beast of a Literary Magazine. Her writing has been published in Creative Nonfiction, The Rumpus, Blood and Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine, Hippocampus, and Carve Magazine, and BULL. Tyrrell has been the assistant editor at Ghost Parachute for over six years, aiding in the publication of its first and second anthologies. She is also the President of The Kerouac Project of Orlando writing residency in Orlando.

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

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

Courtney Burton is an artist, songwriter, and writer. Her art has been featured in SmokeLong Quarterly, Moon City Review, Flash Frog, Pithead Chapel, Does It Have Pockets, and at Art Week Volterra.

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.

Amy Marques grew up between languages and places and learned, from an early age, the multiplicity of narratives. She has visual art, poetry, and prose published in journals and anthologies and is editor & artist for the Duets anthologies. Her book and chapbooks include: PARTS, Foot Notes, Are You Willing?, & Neverafters. Upcoming chapbook: Hissing in the Wind. You can find more at https://amybookwhisperer.wordpress.com.

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.

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.