Donald Capone’s new novel Piper Van Winkle, A Sleepy Hollow Novel was published on May 3, 2025. His novel, Just Follow Me, was published by Pen-L Publishing in 2014 and republished by the author in 2018. His short stories have been published in the anthologies Sudden Flash Youth; The Westchester Review (2013, 2014 & 2020 editions); Short on Sugar, High On Honey: Micro Love Stories (2018); See You Next Tuesday; and The Ampersand volume 4; as well as Weekly Reader’s READ magazine, Word Riot, River and South Review, Onyx Publications online journal (and podcast), and Prime Number Magazine.
Don Capria is a filmmaker and author best known for Colombo: The Unsolved Murder, the acclaimed biography of mob icon Joe Colombo. He wrote and directed the award- winning shorts Eulogy (2014) and Anecdota (2021), filmed the pilot for his scripted series Abaddon (2019) starring Erika Alexander, and has also directed music videos and short-form content. His latest project, the horror slasher, Director’s Cut, hit theaters Halloween 2024 and is set to hit streaming Halloween 2025.
Mark Hillringhouse’s Talking All Night: The New York Poets Interviews, Photographs, Letters features interviews with prominent poets of the New York School, along with unique photographic portraits and personal letters. Interview subjects include John Ashbery, Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan, Barbara Guest, Kenneth Koch, Bernadette Mayer, James Schuyler, Anne Waldman, and others—16 in total. The book provides firsthand insight into the poets’ creative processes, influences, and the environment in which they developed their poetic craft.
In addition to writing historical novels, Elf Ahearn tutors students and slavishly tends to every whim and fancy of her cats, Puck and Jilly. Prior to the arrival of these demanding felines, she spent 13 years as a reporter for the award-winning Litchfield County Times, edited an award-winning corporate newsletter, and composed back cover copy for Penguin Random House. She is happily married to a cat-loving knight in shining armor. They live in New York.
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