About Us
Editor in Chief:
Albert Abonado is the author of the poetry collection JAW (Sundress Publications 2020) and the forthcoming Field Guide for Accidents (Beacon Press 2024), selected by Mahogany Browne for the National Poetry Series. He has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. His writing has appeared in the Bennington Review, Colorado Review, Poetry Northwest, Zone 3, and others. He lives and teaches in Rochester, NY.
Fiction:
Gryphon C. Akridge-Phillips (Fiction Co-Editor) is an avid reader of all genres, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry along with a little bit of romance here and there. His inspiration comes from an unnamed muse but can be sunlight, a good book, or music (alt-rock, with a little mix of pop). When he’s not working on his Poetry, Short Stories, and one-day books surrounded by his Maine Coon Sapphira he enjoys hanging out with friends, playing video games, and having a nice cup of tea.
Blake Busmire (Fiction Co-Editor) is a college student, working to become a writer. He is interested in working on TV, Movies, Video Games, etc… He enjoys any genre as long as it’s executed in a competent manner. He invites all forms of discussion and criticism when it comes to writing as that enables others to become better writers as a result. He love media in all forms and encourages that passion among any other aspiring writers-to-be.\
Hannah Jaycox (Fiction Reader) is not only studying to become a writer but is also a small business owner. When she is not working on her business, she is either found reading, writing, or playing video games with her nieces and nephew. She enjoys most genres of literature but lately has been reading mystery novels, the last one being Heat Wave from the show Castle, which was the show that inspired her to become a writer. Throughout any of her daily activities she is also listening to music. Her favorite song to listen to at the moment is I’m a Pilot by Fanfarlo, which she plays on loop.
Kristina LaTourette (Fiction Reader) is a single mother who, as well as taking online classes, has to juggle raising her ten year old son at the same time by taking it one step and one day at a time and just go with the flow of things and remind herself that not everything is going to go her own way no matter how hard she tries it to go. When she isn’t in class or dealing with parenting, she likes to play video games with her son and take her dog Molly out to the park and just let her run around and be a dog. She also likes to keep to herself by reading a book or listening to music. She works really hard on something when she gets started and doesn’t stop until it’s done. She’s dedicated to her school work and her mother life and still finds time to take that time to relax at night and play games with her son or just spend quality time with him and their four year old dog.
Jonathon Mundy (Fiction Reader) or Jonny is a second-year student at FLCC and is a writer on the side. He likes reading and writing, taking walks when he can’t sit still, and making those around him laugh. He graduated from Palmyra-Macedon in 2022 and became an Eagle scout the same year. He is currently a green belt in Karate and is testing for his purple belt in April. During his free time he does world-building for his own writing, giving his mom updates on his own writing, or doing homework with anime as background noise. This is his first semester working for the Bare Hill and can’t wait to get started.
Poetry:
Robin Weeg (Poetry Editor) is an artist, poet, and creative writer living in Canandaigua, NY. He is a creative writing major at Finger Lakes Community College, where he also works in the Charles J. Meder Library and is vice president of the Dead Poets Society.
Robin’s poetry and art has been published in the Isotrope literary journal, the predecessor to Bare Hill Review.
Robin lives with a rocket-powered cat named Maxwell, a jungle of potted plants, and a labyrinth of whispering books.
Dana Brown (Poetry Reader) is a fiction writer with a passion for storytelling, a digital artist crafting vivid visual narrative, a poetry reader with a keen ear for rhythm and emotion, and a web designer who brings literary aesthetics to the digital realm. Currently pursuing an A.A. in Creative Writing, Dana lives in New Rochelle, New York, where she continues to explore the intersections of language, art, and technology.
Jabrie Johnson (Poetry Reader) is a wonderful person with dyed hair and a septum piercing. She loves all things pink, while also having a knack for the dark and the mysterious. She listens to bands like ICP but also artists like Miski. She just started crocheting, plays video games like Minecraft and the Sims 4, and she loves to read fan-fiction. Fun fact about Jabrie, her favorite holiday is Halloween. Not for the candy, but because wearing costumes in public is normalized.
Erika Newcombe (Poetry Reader) is a young author who utilizes her creative abilities from an ADHD and Autism (Asperger’s) perspective to evoke intense feelings from her audience. Erika had been selected and published by Young Writers for their Horror Writing Contest “Twisted Tales: Soul Reflections”. Out of 16,000 entries, two of Erika’s stories, “Burning Rage” and “Never Tell A Secret” were chosen for publishing. Her poetry was also selected by “Moonstone Arts Center” for “New Voices – Spring 2024” for a public reading on the official “Moonstone Arts Center” website. Erika grew up in a rural town in New York and is currently pursuing her associates degree at Finger Lakes Community College as a Creative Writing Major. Her dream is to move to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, where she is surrounded by inspiring nature and living in a cabin where she writes for herself and the world. Erika’s favorite topics to write involve intense emotions, including love, death, spiritual awakenings and psychological questions.
Creative Nonfiction:
Lydia E. Miller (Creative Nonfiction Editor) is a graduating creative writing major at Finger Lakes Community College. Her specialties are poetry, creative nonfiction, and epistolary. She served two semesters as the president of Dead Poets Society, the college’s creative writing club. Lydia aims to achieve her PhD in English and creative writing. Her dream is to return to FLCC as a professor and to continue her lifelong work as an author. Lydia enjoys performing her work at cafés and studios in the Finger Lakes and Rochester region. Her lyrical style revolves around themes of grief, connection, and her cat.
Phynn Cooley (Creative Nonfiction Reader) is in college and learning to be a writer, they love to read and write Fiction and Non-Fiction. They like drawing in their free time and enjoys watching historic documentaries. They have recently taken up painting and cooking and they love quiet and rainy days snuggled in to better their writing skills.
Chrissy Kramer (Creative Nonfiction Reader) is a literature major in her last semester at Finger Lakes Community College. She is greenhorn sailor, an ardent runner and an aspiring writer who through luck and fortune shares sunrises over Keuka Lake with her fiercely spirited and magical daughter, a doodle named Sunflower Love Heart Hug Kiss (AKA Sunny), an aging former feral cat called Truman and her very patient and loving father. She is spending her second half of life discovering purpose through practice and presence while coming terms with personal limitations and the creation of her goddess self. She is still working on humility.
Randy Murphy (Creative Nonfiction Reader) is a humanities / history major at FLCC: possessing a slightly unhealthy passion for history, particularly Western Civ. He has an avid interest in historic poetry such as works by Wilfred Owen as well as historic fiction, but recently has delved into modern works of many genres including creative non-fiction. He currently resides in Newark, NY, but hopes to move to continue his career in history and potentially enter college level teaching one day.”