When classroom discourse turns to superheroes, and more importantly, who can kick whose ass, Brahiem takes up for The Flash— for “Bair-ee Allen,” he says in a gravelly bass, the Scarlet Speedster, the Fastest Man Alive, and just like the Silver Age Flash, Brahiem favors red and makes an entrance, lumbering into tenth-grade English late,…
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Alexander Jackson
Alexander Jackson grew up in New York, and presently teaches high school in Philadelphia, where he lives with his three sons and a stray cat. His writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including most recently The Fiddlehead and Poetry Ink.
Tyler Champion
Tyler Champion is a freelance illustrator and designer. He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New Jersey to develop his passion at The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. After graduating in 2010, he headed back south to Nashville, TN, where he currently resides with his girlfriend, Melissa, and his son, Jude. Tyler has produced work for magazines, comics, design companies, and children’s books, including work for Sony, F(r)iction, Capstone Publishing, and Tell-A-Graphics.
