Karen Bell writes about healing from trauma and being queer in rural America. Her work was shortlisted for Room’s Creative Non-Fiction Contest and is the recipient of Crab Orchard Review’s John Guyon Literary Nonfiction Prize.
Pinhead, Leda Slays Zeus, Trauma Induced Lobotomy (2024)
Paige Belt: Cover Image Frog in Her Hand, Bradford Fall, Bradford Refinery, Lemon Tears, Sad Man (2024)
Kayla Challingsworth graduated in fall 2023 with a degree in English Education.
The Encounter (2024)
Kameo Chambers is from Philadelphia, PA. She graduated in 2023 majoring in interdisciplinary arts, specializing in writing and graphic design. She has a passion for art, music, and fashion. She aspires to be an art director. If Not Now Then When, Journey, Out the Fog, Post Heartbreak Bliss, Synchronicity, Trip!, Wanderlust (2021); Don’t Run With Scissors, Going Gooey , Legend, Rainforest, The Rat, Vanitas (2023); Beyond the Mirror, Lily of the Valley (2024)
L.J. Ciccarelli: Ambedo Part I (2024)
Maddie Cincala is a Biology major with an interest in art and writing. They are heavily inspired by the works of Junji Ito’s unconventional horror Mangas and Stephen King’s knack for psychological horror. Though writing and art are hobbies, they feel that having a creative outlet is just as important as school and work.
Microagressions: a graphic essay (2022); Lacuna (2023); Lappet-faced Vulture, Stand By, Cluster, Drippy Shroom, Jack-O-Lantern Shroom, Mothman, Top Model, Squirm, The Cleanse, Dog on the Move, Pet with Glasses (2024)
Sydney Fowler is from Rural Valley, PA. She is a student at UPB majoring in Interdisciplinary Art, concentrating in Graphic Design and Writing, and minoring in Software Development. She is inspired by the humor and dark fantasy of Neil Gaiman. In her free time she enjoys reading, writing, and crocheting, and hopes to be able to pursue those passions in her future endeavors.
Trail Haunt, Howdy II (2024)
Mike Griffin: Creature (2024)
Jess Jordan is from St. Marys, Pennsylvania. She graduated in the spring of 2021 with a degree in interdisciplinary arts with a focus in digital art and writing. Along with digital art, she loves trying out new mediums of art as well, like watercolor painting and drawing with charcoal. She also enjoys reading and writing poetry and picture book manuscripts. When she’s not writing or creating, Jess enjoys playing tennis. She is a former member of the magazine staff and her poetry, graphics, and photographs have appeared in previous editions of Baily’s Beads.
Destruction, The End, Photograph, Prison, A Series of Haiku, Shattered (2021); Golden Hour, Peter Penguin: a picture book, Sky High (2022); Trying to Write a Happy Poem, Waves of Feeling Blue (2023); Rotting Away in My Hometown, Would You Like Me Better (2024)
Allison Larrabee is originally from Hinsdale, NY. Her major at UPB is interdisciplinary arts. She is very interested in art and plans on becoming a graphic designer. She says that despite being a freshman, she has big plans for her career.
Anomaly (2022); Melting of Color, Pain Behind the Calm, Stuck in Hell, Too Much Emotion (2023); Horror (2024)
Kaylee Larsen is a Psychology major at Pitt-Bradford. She doesn’t consider herself much of a writer, but she’s done her best to give you a fantastic little piece of her mind. She hopes you enjoy and remember, be careful who you trust!
Kingdom of Betrayal (2024)
Qianwen Liu: My Little Dog (2024)
Mario Loprete: Flag, Masks (2024)
Gabriel Lyra is majoring in Writing and is originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is interested in fiction pieces and poetry; his dream is to be a professional writer someday.
The Anxious Feeling (2023); LSD, Kat (2024)
Hannah McAvoy: Empty Song (2024)
Dr. Nancy McCabe directs the creative and professional writing program at Pitt-Bradford and has advised Baily’s Beads for 20 years. She is the author of six books, most recently Can This Marriage Be Saved? A Memoir, due out in paperback and Audible Audiobook. She is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize and her work has made annual notable lists eight times in Best American Essays and Best American Nonrequired Reading. Her website is www.nancymccabe.net.
Abby Mccullough is from Pittsburgh, PA. She is an Interdisciplinary Arts student in her fourth year. She has always enjoyed creative writing along with other creative endeavors, like painting and reading, in her free time. Her aspirations are to have fun and be free in her future career choice.
Weeping Mulberry Bushes, Dunkin I, Dunkin II (2024)
Sara Micholas: The Rise and Fall of a Gymnast (2024)
Natalie Mix is an Interdisciplinary Arts major who enjoys photography and writing using events that are important to her life story.
Colors of Us, Losing Oneself, Sisters, A Year in COVID (2023); Colony of Fungi, Home, Marilla Ice, Lela (2024)
Randy Mong is from Warren, PA. She is a student at UPB majoring in English. She has a passion for writing, reading, and acting. They are inspired by the work of Stephen King, Grady Hendrix, and Joss Whedon. She aspires to intern at a publishing house and get into publishing.
Home Videos (2024)
Ambria Richardson is an English major with a minor in writing who enjoys documenting their world through writing, but also loves drinking coffee, reading, and spending time with their cat.
No (2023); The Gingerbread Man, Working on Things, Gecko, My Cat (2024)
Veronica Shaffer: Beach at Night, October Sky, Reflections, Sunset on the Hill, The Farm, The Trail, The Trail 2, (2024)
Christine Troll: Identity 1, Identity 2, Identity 3 (2023); Disclosure, I Only See What You Look Like, Nocturn in Black and White, One Year, Nine Months, Temporary Pieces (2024)
Gabrielle Wells is from Reading, Pa. She is a student at UPB majoring in Writing. She enjoys reading, dancing, and listening to sad music. She is inspired by Phoebe Bridgers, Sally Rooney, and Emily Henry. They hope to continue to write and do art in whatever career she find herself in.
Satellite Art (2024)
Bill Wilson has been married for 44 years to his wife Jean, both transplants from Buffalo, New York, to a rural valley in northern Pennsylvania. Both share many outdoor interests, and currently are busy fostering a young terrier from the local SPCA.”
Black Bear, Procreation, Rituals (2021); Ice Capades (2022); The Quieted Nest (2023); Frozen Ghosts, The Ripper’s Kin (2024)
Previous Contributors
Vivian Abrams: Cold Blood (2021)
Katie Anderton: I Am a Dream (2022)
Lilyann Bailey: Grapes (2023)
Isaiah (Izzy) Boyce: Warm Fur (2023)
Eve Brink: The Monster (2023)
Reese Brown: Jack Fuckin’ Twist, Realizations When Getting Ready (2023)
Damian Challingsworth: Engaging the Animal Brain (2022)
Corriehaze Choo: Anomaly (2022)
Courtney Clever: Leaf (2021)
Rachel Close: My Most Favorite Recent Record Purchases, Everyone Hated this Music Legend’s Verse on Travis Scott’s New Song— And it’s Disrespectful (2021); Breathless (2022); A Mindless Task (2023)
Madison Coffman: Anomaly (2022)
Christina Cortes: Lily of the Valley (2021)
Stephanie Delano: Ocean Thoughts (2021)
Wyatt Druckenmiller: Dr. Pepper Ad (2022)
Janelis Duran: Bathroom Nights, Letters (2023)
Stephanie Eaton: Moonlit Night, Obscured (2022); Fall, Me, Shadow Contrast (2023)
Dr. Drew Flanagan: Goodbye (2021)
Pat Frantz Cercone: Baby Carolina Wren, Barred Owl, Home-Building Beaver, Mom and Baby Turtle, You Gotta Kiss a Lot of Frogs (2023)
Kellen Gaither: Beautiful Black Boy, Businessman, Cantu Bantu, The Hood Isn’t Even Ours Anymore, I Can Feel It, Not Allowed to Hurt, The Talk (2021); Ebony Love (2022)
Dr. Ian Evans Guthrie: Tropical Sabbath (2021)
Grace Heckman: Dinner Will Be Ready Soon (2021); Revirgin (2022)
Brianna Henry: Ring of Fire, Who Am I? (2021)
Connor Horton: Hello (2021)
Selese Huth: My Fur Looks Better on Me Than You (2021)
Kierstynn “Kris” Indermaur: How to Survive a Broken Heart, Planned Ends (2022)
Max Jensen: The Moon Is Calling, Notes on a Manager, A Word in the Mouth of a Bird (2022)
Pressley Keane: Anomaly, Red Bull Ad (2022)
Kristen Laemmer: No Title, Plants, Roots, Scenery (2021)
Meredith A. Lang: A Cowboy Contemplates the Shape of Figs (2021); One Piece of the Whole, She Will Take Up Space, The Wise Woman (2023)
Jorj Lemay: C.D. Interview, March, Quarantine (2021)
Amanda Little: Disability Is a State of Mind, Photographs (2022)
Emily Little: Sweet, Under Summer’s Sky (2021); The Moon Casts Shadows Too (2022)
Taylar Mager: How to Fail at Relationships (2023)
Tigere Mavesere: Anomaly (2022)
Bonnie McMillen: Abecedarian, Dear Harri Emery Airport, McKean County 1955, Tales from the Female Crypt (2021)
Nicholas Metzger: Armor Behind the Glass, Howling Wind, Water in the Glen (2021)
Michael Minassian: Let It Be (2023)
Emily Miller: Kiwi, My Mother’s Eyes (2022)
Mik Mortimer: The Path of Self-Discovery (2023)
Devin Moultrie: Ratz Prologue (2023)
Jake Mott: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled, Untitled, Untitled (2021); Anomaly, Boo, End of the Season, Fall, Follow Me, Road to Nowhere, Suggestion, Spookyscaryskeletons, Rock’n’Roll, Vintage (2022)
Mitchell Newara: Pickle Biden Ad (2022)
Carol Newman: Getting There (2021)
David Nguyen: Hand Mirror, Psychological Space (2022)
Diane Null: Europe, Wildflowers on Boards (2022)
Isaac Payne: Deviation, The Tennis Shoes of Pennsylvania (2021)
Taryn Pecile: The Lost Months, Therapy, Trees/Capillaries (2021)
Hannah Powers: Monsanto Kool-Aid (2022)
Alicia Reese: The Floral Couch, Gone With the Wind, Swipe (2022)
Jourdan Robbins: My Father’s Daughter (2022); Caution, Ice (2023)
Amelia Rodriguez: Meet Me Through the Fever Dream, The Roses Within, The Yard That Built Me (2022)
Hannah Ruttan: I Stopped Being a Music Elitist and Listened to K-Pop, A Definitive Ranking of My Chemical Romance’s Albums Based on Life Experience (2021); Sauce Packets, Bright Eyes (2023)
Fatima Saccoh: Blue, Genesis, La Couleur Orange, Sakura (2021)
Alayna Seggi: High Roller, Santa Date, War Zone, Working with Ameera (2021)
Aubrie Shrubb: Always Walking Away (2022)
Nathan Smith: You Will Be a Rainbow (2022)
Jacob A. Soulas: Anomaly (2022)
Aaron Suranofsky: Pepper, Ripples, Simply Kitty (2021); A Beaver’s Life, Depression Meets Dog, Explaining Love As Someone Who’s Never Been in Love, Nature Inspiration, Quad-Seasonal Conifer, Rail Track Vagabond (2023)
Taylor Tarahteeff: The Door to Nowhere, Why San Franciscans Like the Fog (2021)
Rebecca Titchner: Unfinished (2021)
Pat Tolerico: Chickadee, Chipmunk, Chipmunk 4, Honeybee (2023)
Janis Trubic: The Storm (2022)
Clark Zlotchew: The False Lorrelle (2022); Smoke and Mirrors (2023)