Masthead ||
Alisha Jeddeloh
Editor in Chief || she/her
Alisha Jeddeloh is a writer and editor based in Iowa City. As a writer, she explores community, belonging, and the fault lines in the stories we tell each other and ourselves. As an editor, she enjoys being surprised by characters and prose. She is always on the brink of starting a new book when she's already reading several others.
Christina Wood
Editor || she/her
Christina Wood is a fiction writer with short stories appearing in The Paris Review, Granta, McSweeney’s, The Sewanee Review, and other journals. Her story “The Astronaut” won the 2018 Shirley Jackson Award for short fiction and her nonfiction appears in the Los Angeles Review of Books. She earned an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis and is now a PhD candidate in English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia. In the past, she worked as the assistant editor of Dorothy, a publishing project, and she’s a current graduate editor for The Georgia Review. She is always on the brink of buying an old farmhouse, sight unseen, in Sweden.
Jess Sullivan
Marketing + Outreach || she/her
Jessica (Jess) Sullivan is a writer and reader based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her work has appeared in decomp review, Fiction Writers Review, and elsewhere. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing at American University. She has worked as a bookseller, marketing and event coordinator, and editorial assistant, and is passionate about connecting books with readers. In her freetime, she is usually reading, starting another hobby, or staring at the sky. Jess is always on the brink of borrowing another book from her local library.
Alexandra Rae
Intern || she/her
Alexandra Rae is a feminist writer, editor, and re-visionist from Ohio. She obtained her BA in Creative Writing with a minor in Public Relations, Advertising & Social Media from Point Park University. Her experience within independent publishing and literary magazines includes working for The Young Writer's Initiative, Ken Sherman & Associates, Spiritus Mundi Review, Pie Press Publishing, Narratively, and now Brink as a Brink Books intern. As a hybrid writer interested in breaking genre and gender boundaries with the power of the pen, her work is rooted in unnatural feminist narratology -- so much so that she presented her research on this branch of literary criticism at the 2025 National Conference of Undergraduate Research. Her writing is published or forthcoming in Spiritus Mundi Review, The Mag Practicum, Same Faces Collective, Queer Gaze Magazine, Zines & Things, Gnashing Teeth Publishing, and Daughter Zine. She is always on the brink of saying yes.
Stacia Rain Stonerook
Designer || she/her
Stacia Rain is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator living in Iowa City. Stacia attended the University of Iowa where she earned a degree in Psychology while also serving up pancakes for Iowa City's finest breakfast diners. In addition to freelancing, Stacia has spent several years in the nonprofits arts community. In that time, she has served as the Graphic Designer at both The Englert Theatre and Riverside Theatre. Currently, she is the Marketing Manager for FilmScene, a nonprofit arthouse cinema. As an illustrator, Stacia creates hand-drawn work that is abstract, colorful, and organic. Find more of her work at staciarain.com. Stacia is always on the brink of adopting a pile of ferrets.
Nina Lohman
Publisher || she/her
Nina Lohman is the author of the book The Body Alone (University of Iowa Press, 2024), a lyrical nonfiction inquiry into the experience, meaning, and articulation of pain. Originally from California, she lives in Iowa City and is the founder and publisher of Brink. Lohman serves as the Literary Programming Director for the Mission Creek Festival, an annual immersive music and literature festival honoring independent expression. A 2023 Iowa Artist Fellow, she is currently working on a collection of micro-essays on the subject of release. Nina is always on the brink of wanting to cut off all of her hair.