Ditmas Lit

Kerry Cullen’s debut novel, House of Beth, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2025 and named a New York Times Editors' Choice. Her short fiction has been published in The Indiana Review, Prairie Schooner, One Teen Story, and more. She earned her MFA at Columbia University, and she lives in New York.

Allison C. Meier is a writer, editor, and researcher on art, culture, and history. Her book Grave was published in 2023 by Bloomsbury as part of the Object Lessons series. She is the editor of Fine Books & Collections magazine and has bylines in the New York Times, CityLab, National Geographic, Smithsonian, the Art Newspaper, and many other publications. She moonlights as a cemetery tour guide and avid zine maker.

Patrick Ryan's first book, a collection of linked short stories called Send Me, was chosen for Barnes and Noble's Discovery Series. His second collection, The Dream Life of Astronauts, was named one of the Best Books of the Year by the St. Louis Times-Dispatch and Electric Literature and was long-listed for The Story Prize. He's also published three…