Est. June 2009

A Diamond Point Press publication.

For general questions and correspondence (not submissions),
email muscleandblood@diamondpointpress.com

Editorial Staff:

Benjameno Charlo Kraus - World Citizen
Editor-in-Chief
Nonfiction Editor
Co-founder

Benjameno Charlo Kraus (formerly Benjamin C. Krause) is a poet, blogger, essayist, and literary translator. He has been published in countless (to be accurate, he just doesn’t want to count them) journals, most notably Gargoyle #57. He is currently finishing his second chapbook and beginning his third.

Editorial Motto
“Whatever it is, I’m against it!”
Groucho Marx, Horse Feathers (1932)

Email Benjameno Charlo Kraus (no submissions).

Christopher Przewloka – Australia
Fiction Editor
Co-founder

Christopher Przewloka is a literary fiction writer based in Brisbane, Australia. He has had authorial criticism featured in literary journal REX, and has recently been published in an Australian collection of writing entitled Campfire. He is currently in discussions for the publication of his first full-length novel.

 Editorial Motto
“All our words from loose using have lost their edge.”
Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon (1932), Ch. 7

Email Christopher Przewloka (fiction questions only; no submissions).

JM Francheteau – Canada
Poetry Editor
Co-founder

JM Francheteau is a poet based in Ottawa, ON. He has received numerous honours for his literary and academic writing, including most recently the 2010 George Johnston Poetry Prize. He has five wisdom teeth.

Editorial Motto
“There is no point in saying less than your predecessors have said.”
Frequently attributed to John Simon by Harlan Ellison

Email JM Francheteau (poetry questions only; no submissions).

Hollie Rawl – United States
Art Director
Issues 3-Present

Hollie Rawl is a photographer and graphic designer based in Baltimore, Maryland. Believing photography provides the power to transform societal opinion by disclosing the unexpected, her topics of passion are urban documentary and visual criminology, insisting that “seeing is truly understanding.” Her ex-post facto study and correlating portfolio on urban degradation is published through the University of Dayton.

Email Hollie Rawl (photography questions only; no submissions).

Past Editors:

Michael Ardizzone – USA (Assistant Editor for Issues 1-2)
Mandy Pannet – UK (Associate Editor for Issue 2)