The Ghosts of Our Words Will Be Heroes in Hell

Jason Ryberg is the author of twelve books of poetry, six screenplays, a few short stories, several angry letters to various magazine and newspaper editors, and a box full of folders, notebooks and scraps of paper that could one day be (loosely) construed as a novel. He is currently an artist-in-residence at both The Prospero Institute of Disquieted P/o/e/t/i/c/s and the Osage Arts Community. He lives part-time in Kansas City, with a rooster named Little Red and a billy goat named Giuseppe, and part-time somewhere in the Ozarks, near the Gasconade River, where there are also many strange and wonderful woodland critters.

Jason Ryberg is the author of fifteen books of poetry, six screenplays, a box full of folders, notebooks and scraps of paper that could one day be (loosely) construed as a novel, and, a couple of angry letters to various magazine and newspaper editors. He is currently Vice President of Project Management at The NÜ Profit Institute of Di$chordant P/o/e/t/i/c/s. He lives part-time in Kansas City, MO with a rooster named Little Red and a billygoat named Giuseppe, and part-time somewhere in the Ozarks, near the Gasconade River, where crystal-meth and insurance fraud are quite lucrative.

Damian Rucci is the unofficial poet laureate of every 711 in New Jersey and the author of five chapbooks of poetry including A Symphony of Crows (Indigent Press, 2015), Tweet and Other Poems (Maverick Duck Press, 2016) The Former Lives Of Saints (EMP, 2017) and Poor Poems For Poor Souls (Analogue Submission, 2018). His work has recently appeared in gas station bathroom stalls throughout the Midwest. He had a dream to become a New York Yankee but that didn't work out so now he's a poet as well as the Chief Operations Officer of the Human Resources Department at The NÜ Profit Institute of Di$chordant P/o/e/t/i/c/s.


John Dorsey lived for several years in Toledo, Ohio. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including Sodomy is a City in New Jersey (American Mettle Books, 2010), Tombstone Factory, (Epic Rites Press, 2013), Appalachian Frankenstein (GTK Press, 2015) Being the Fire (Tangerine Press, 2016), Shoot the Messenger (Red Flag Press, 2017) and Your Daughter's Country (Blue Horse Press, 2019). His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and the Stanley Hanks Memorial Poetry Prize. He is currently the head of research and development at The NÜ Profit Institute of Di$chordant P/o/e/t/i/c/s and may be reached at archerevans@yahoo.com.

When not traveling on highways across America, Victor Clevenger spends his days in a Madhouse and his nights writing poetry. He lives with his second ex-wife, and together they raise six children in a small town northeast of Kansas City, MO. Victor is the author of several collections of poetry including Sandpaper Lovin' (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2017), A Finger in the Hornets' Nest (Red Flag Poetry, 2018), and Corned Beef Hash By Candlelight (Luchador Press, 2019).
He is currently head of security at The NÜ Profit Institute of Di$chordant P/o/e/t/i/c/s.