Arrow Rock is committed to promoting and providing a mature environment for Lindenwood University students to publish quality fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays, plays, and artwork while showcasing the integrity and the individual talents of each writer or artist.
The staff and contributors of Arrow Rock strive to produce a literary journal that interests and inspires.
11th Edition – 2019
Tyler Bresler is a twenty-three-year-old student and graduating senior from Lindenwood University. After being enrolled in the fall of 2014, Tyler will be receiving a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature, along with a minor in education, from Lindenwood in the spring of 2019. Although he did not have a special liking for writing in his early years of schooling, Tyler developed a special passion for it during his junior year of high school. Along with his passion for writing, Tyler also enjoys playing rugby, reading, fishing, and enjoying the outdoors. After receiving his college diploma in May 2019, he hopes to pursue a career in the writing field.
Nicholas Brown is a Senior at Lindenwood University, and currently seeking a degree in English, and has been published by Cubed Gamers, both in print and online. He loves dogs, sloths, and memes. Probably far too much. Despite this, he is a writer of darker subjects as well, and will likely be found in the future filling your bookselves with nightmares.
Madi DiMercurio is a junior in college and is a creative writing major. She’s self-published 8 books through Blurb.com and is constantly working on a writing project. She devours paranormal romance books, watches Netflix, and finds her inspiration from art and music alike.
Stefanie Hammond is a senior in Lindenwood’s creative writing program. She enjoys writing and eating, and preferably at the same time. She prefers to write fiction, but has dabbled in poetry as well as non-fiction.
Emerson Holmes is working on his B.A. in English Literature. He has been previously published in the Eunoia Review and Crab Fat Magazine, with two pieces forthcoming in Neon Mariposa Magazine. His main goal in life is to become a librarian and also to get a pet bunny. The bunny pictured is not his. He’d like to note, everything Mac says is a lie. No one loves it.
Joseph Jentilucci is a terse, shy, and kind-hearted individual who’s focus is the study and creation of video games but has had a hobby of writing fiction novels and novellas for the past seven or eight years. He enjoys a good read, especially enjoying fantasy stories, but also likes a standard non-fiction story as well. He’s played chess, volleyball, soccer, baseball, and has been practicing his programming skills over the past six years. He’s usually accompanied by one of his fluffy friends, like Miles, here.
Cameron Koester is a senior at Lindenwood University. He enjoys learning and discovering about the natural world. In his free time he likes watching DIY videos, reading all type of genres, and going to the zoos or museums. Cameron wants to one day work with exotic animals in a zoological setting.
Jessie Mavros is a junior at Lindenwood University. Her major is in Creative Writing and she is also pursuing minors in International Business and Mandarin Chinese. She used to hate writing, but later found a love for it and started writing her own stories! Her computer contains two fully written manuscripts and dozens of other story ideas. She hopes to eventually publish these, sometime after teaching abroad for at least a year and securing a career as a publisher.
Allison Pudiwitr is a Creative Writing major at Lindenwood University. She is the founder of Superior Graphics and Design and is also working on her first novel. Allison is a dog mom to two amazing pups, named Sampson and Charlie, and she dreams of moving to Maine.
Mac Schlag is a Creative Writing major at Lindenwood University and plans to graduate with his bachelors in 2020. Only one of his short stories has been published by Lindenwood University’s Arrow Rock Journal. His two favorite colors are purple and blue like a wild berry Pop-Tart, hence his nickname. He is currently writing eleven books and has plans for many more. He hopes to share his stories with the entire world. Story of his life: Mac makes a funny, everyone loves it, but says they hate it because it’s Mac. Especially Emerson. He thinks Mac is funny; he just won’t admit it.
Andre Tompkins has been writing since they were kid. Their first story that they wrote was in second grade; called How the Peacock Got His Eyes (even though they are terrified of peacocks!) since then, their passion for writing has grown. Even though they’ve written several pieces of fiction, and dabbled in a little bit of poetry, they’ve never been published before. They hope that one day, they will publish their first novel or even more amazing, publish and produce their first musical! They are a complete musical junkie, just so you know, Rent and Wicked are their favorite musicals! They are a junior here at Lindenwood University, and earning their B.A. in Creative Writing and plan on minoring in Social Welfare next fall.
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