Francesca Kritikos is the founder and editor in chief of the journal and publisher SARKA. She is the author of the poetry collections The season of lilacs is monstrous (Blush Lit, 2025), SWEET BLOODY SALTY CLEAN (Feral Dove, 2023) and Exercise in Desire (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2022). She also wrote the chapbooks In the Bed of Sickness (Pitymilk Press, 2023), Animals Don't Go To Hell (Bottlecap Press, 2021) and It Felt Like Worship (Sad Spell Press, 2017). Her poetry, nonfiction and autofiction have appeared in Hot Pink Mag, ITERANT, Bruiser Mag, Spectra, The London Magazine, The Quarterless Review, Hobart, Blush Lit and elsewhere. She currently lives in Chicago.