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EIC (Punk Monk Magazine/Press): 
C E Hoffman (they/them) is a Full Time Dreamer/Part Time Human. A grant recipient, Elgin Award nominee, and winner of the 2022 Defunct May Day Chapbook contest with their chapbook NO ACTUAL SIN, they’ve been published widely online and in print since 2010, and edited Punk Monk Magazine since 2012. 

Current releases include SLUTS AND WHORES (Thurston Howl Publications, 2021), BLOOD, BOOZE, AND OTHER THINGS IN NATURE (Alien Buddha Press, 2022), GHOSTS, TROLLS, AND OTHER THINGS ON THE INTERNET (Bottlecap Press, 2022), and NO ACTUAL SIN (May Day Press/Defunct Magazine, 2023.) LOSERS AND FREAKS is forthcoming from Querencia Press Summer 2024. Follow them on Twitter @CEHoffman2, and visit cehoffman.net for books n' stuff. 



Associate Editor (Punk Monk Press only): 
Kit E Lascher is the king of Trash Wonderland. You can find Kit’s work in anthologies and magazines, including beestung (Nominated for Best American Science Fiction/Fantasy 2023), Mid-Level Management Literary Magazine, The Winnow, and Hearth & Coffin. Find Kit at trashwonderland.com! 


Readers (Punk Monk Magazine) (Past and Present): 
Jessica Heron, Sadee Bee, Lacey Cohen, Neda Aria, Kit Lascher, Andre F Peltier, Ashley Gilland, Jessica Heron, Kei Vough Korede 
Submissions for Punk Monk Press are currently only read by C. 

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