Nzube Nlebedim is the author of At Night Men Take the Lonely Way Back Home, a collection of thirteen creative nonfiction essays on time and roots. In 2024, he was selected for the Granta Longform Journalism Workshop, and the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) residency. He served on the jury of the 2024 Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize. Nlebedim served in 2021 as the West African field editor of African Oil and Power, Mauritius. He currently lives in Nigeria.

Junaid Ahmed Ahangar works as a doctor in a tertiary care institute in Srinagar, Kashmir. He graduated from Dhaka, Bangladesh, and completed his MD in Medicine from Srinagar, Kashmir. He also has an MA in English Literature from India and is currently in the second year of MA in Philosophy. He devotes his time between his profession and passions which over the last few years has seen a conscious departure towards writing poetry and prose. He is also a singer-songwriter and occasional guitarist with other interests apart from literary pursuits, like music, film-making, podcasting and theology. His poems appear in The San Antonio Review, The Shallow Tales Review, The Hellebore Press, Midsummer Dream House, The Argyle Literary Magazine, The Passionfruit Review, Osmosis Press, and Outside the box Poetry Literary Magazine. His short stories appear in The Argyle Literary Magazine, and LoftBooks Volume V. He is a 2025 Pushcart Nominee. He was also awarded Best of the Year in Poetry by The Shallow Tales Review for his poem “Landscape of the Partisan.” Twitter: @AmbivalentRants. Instagram: @junaidahangar.

Orji Victor Ebubechukwu is the Non-fiction editor of The Shallow Tales Review. An alumnus of the Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo Writers Workshop, his writings have appeared in Isele Magazine and elsewhere. His short story, “A Delicate Dream,” was highlighted as one of the best African short stories of 2023 by Afrocritik. He contributes features and reviews for Open Country Magazine, and lives in Port Harcourt.

Uche Anaekwe is a book reviewer and editor. She reads and writes reviews of over a hundred books yearly and has worked closely with publishing houses in Nigeria, including Masobe Books and Narrative Landscape Press, to promote the best of African and Nigerian Literature. An avid reader and a lover of good music and sports, Anaekwe currently resides in France where she is pursuing her masters degree.

Chidiebube onye Okohia is a Nigerian creative and author of the chapbook, Of Dark Tides and Darkling Times. Some of his works have appeared in Able Muse, Counterclock, The Shallow Tales Review, and elsewhere. He is studying for an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Memphis and is currently a reader for The Pinch. He tweets at @o_okohia.