Edward Little (A Mind Full of Sake) is a writer from the Wirral who studied for an MA in Creative Writing at Chester. He has been published in a variety of online and print magazines, including Storgy, Cagibi, Pandora’s Box, and others. Spending a lot of time at open-mic events, he turns stories like this one into performances, hoping to soon have a collection that attracts readers as well as a live audience. This one is dedicated to drunk encounters.

Edward's work appears in Issue 8 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Nick Bradley (Overexposed) is a graduate of both the MA and the PhD in Creative and Critical Writing programs at UEA. His debut novel The Cat and The City was published by Atlantic Books in the UK in June 2020, North America in September, and is currently being translated into multiple languages. It was chosen for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club with Jo Whiley, and has received praise in The Times and The Guardian amongst others. For a decade, Nick lived and worked in Japan.

Nick's work appears in Issue 6 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Susan Karen Burton (A Hostess of the Floating World) lived and worked in Japan for 14 years before completing doctorates in history and in creative-critical writing. Her work has appeared in Times Higher Education, The Telegraph, The Manchester Review, Words and Women and Going Down Swinging. She is the co-author of two books in Japanese and, in 2018, a work in progress, Gaijin: Modern Japan Through Western Eyes, was shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Prize.

Susan's work appears in Issue 1 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.