We are not your puppets. We are not your gatekeepers. We are the ones behind the curtain, pulling strings made of ink and fire. These are the souls who shape I Ain’t Your Marionette Press.
We are not your puppets. We are not your gatekeepers. We are the ones behind the curtain, pulling strings made of ink and fire. These are the souls who shape I Ain’t Your Marionette Press.
Marie Moldovan
CEO & Publisher
Veteran. Widow. Carpenter. Mother. Poet. Marie Moldovan is the storm that built this house. They carved this press out of survival and stubbornness, out of grief and grit. They publish the voices that won’t be tamed, because they know what it means to be silenced. They are the press. The press is them.
Pita Black
Editor in Chief
You won’t find Pita in the spotlight. They live in the margins. In the shadows between pages. Eccentric. Elusive. Electric. Pita Black is the quiet architect of chaos. Editing with a scalpel. Curating with a sixth sense. Their fingerprints are on every word even if you never see their face.
Joe Mykut
Associate Editor
Joe writes for children but edits like a philosopher. They are the voice in the room that asks the question no one else thinks to ask. Their empathy is editorial. Their feedback is a flashlight in the dark. Joe doesn’t just edit. They excavate.
Alycia Hodge
Associate Editor
Alycia edits like she’s tending a wound. Gentle. Precise. Unafraid of blood. Her poetry is a mirror. Her edits a scalpel. She believes in radical softness and romantic realism. She’s the kind of editor who sees the soul of a sentence before the writer does.