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David Estringel, MFA

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

David Estringel is a Xicanx, Pushcart/BotN-nominated writer with words published (or forthcoming) in The Opiate, BULL, Mythic Picnic, Cephalopress, Dreich, The Milk House, Harpy Hybrid Review, Terror House Magazine, Expat Press, Literary Heist, Cowboy Jamboree, Sledgehammer Lit, Punk Noir Magazine, Beir Bua Journal, The Blue Nib, South Broadway Ghost Society, Drunk Monkeys, Red Fez, Rigorous, Fugitives & Futurists, Fevers of the Mind, The Pixelated Shroud, Apocalypse Confidential, Ethel, Citywide Lunch, Streetcake Magazine, and more. David is a Professor of English in Central Texas, teaching Composition and Literature, as well as EIC at The Argyle Literary Magazine and Blood+Honey.

David has written and/or published seven poetry/hybrid collections which include, Indelible Fingerprints (Alien Buddha Press, 2019), Blood Honey (Anxiety Press, 2022), Cold Comfort House (Anxiety Press, 2022), little punctures (Really Serious Literature, 2023), Blind Turns in the Kitchen Sink (Anxiety Press, 2023), Brujeria (Alien Buddha Press, 2025), and Down the Bermuda Highway (Alien Buddha Press, 2025). David has also written six poetry chapbooks, Punctures (Really Serious Literature, 2019), PeripherieS (The B’K, 2020), Eating Pears on the Rooftop (Finishing Line Press, 2022), Golden Calves (Back Room Poetry, 2023), Sour Grapes (Two Key Customs, 2023), and Blue (Back Room Poetry, 2023) . David's first co-authored novel Escaping Emily was released by Thirty West Publishing House in June 2024.

David has also won multiple screenwriting and scriptwriting awards for his projects "Roadkill" and "Brujo."

Connect with David on X @The_Booky_Man, Instagram @david_estringel, Bluesky @davidestringel.bsky.social, and his website www.davidaestringel.com.

A.A. de Levine

Fiction Editor

A.A. de Levine's short stories and essays have appeared in Taco Bell Quarterly, New Gothic Review, Good Night Sweet Prince, Psycho Holosuite, Anti-Heroin Chic, NoSleep, and other places. She was a fiction editor at Coffin Bell Journal from 2020 until its final issue in 2025. 

She’s interested in voice, rhythm, surprise, and how you make sense of all this.

Matthew Attanasio

Fiction Editor

Matt Attanasio is an experienced writer and editor hailing from Long Island, New York. While he mostly enjoys genre fiction, he's always down for any inventive and thought-provoking stories. By day, he works as a Senior Editor for a local publishing house. By night, he's writing his first novel. He also regularly dabbles in (comic) books, film, gaming, cosplay, metal (and all its various subgenres), and, occasionally, a nice single-malt scotch.

Mileva Anastasiadou

Flash Fiction Editor

Mileva Anastasiadou is a neurologist, from Athens, Greece and the author of Christmas People and We Fade With Time by Alien Buddha Press. A Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction and Best Small Fictions nominated writer, her work has been selected for the Best Mirofiction anthology 2024 and Wigleaf Top 50 and can be found in many journals, such as the Chestnut Review, Necessay Fiction, Passages North, and others.

Damon Hubbs

Poetry Editor

Damon Hubbs is a poet from New England. He's the author of the full-length collection Venus at the Arms Fair (Alien Buddha Press, 2024). He has also published four poetry chapbooks, The Day Sharks Walk on Land, Coin Doors & Empires, Charm of Difference, and The Railroad Poems.

 From avant-garde journals to indie sleaze rags, Damon’s poems have been featured in a wide variety of publications, including: Revolution John, BRUISER, Dark Winter Lit, Broken Antler, Apocalypse Confidential, Farewell Transmission, The Gorko Gazette, Spectra, Book of Matches, Otoliths, Utriculi, Ranger Magazine, Don’t Submit!, Dreich, Cajun Mutt Press, Yellow Mama, Horror Sleaze Trash, A Thin Slice of Anxiety, The Beatnik Cowboy, Roi Fainéant, Bullshit Lit, Urban Pigs Press, Misery Tourism, Antiphony, The Argyle Literary Magazine, Suburban Witchcraft Magazine, Sparks of Calliope, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, the engine(idling, Synchronized Chaos, and more.

Damon is also Poetry Editor at Blood+Honey.

Argyle Soxx Estringel

Official Mascot & Namesake (in memorium)

Best dog ever.

Want to be a part of The Argyle?

Currently, The Argyle is looking for volunteer staff for the following positions:

  • Poetry Editors

  • Fiction Editors

  • CNF Editors

  • Features Editor

  • Book Reviewers

  • Columnists/Feature Writers

If you would like to join in the fun, email your statement of interest, qualifications, and pitch to Founder & EIC David Estringel.