what is perhappened?​

we're what's happening.
perhappened: a mag & press.
perhappened is an online literary journal & press, founded by editor-in-chief isaura ren in 2020 & 2021, respectively. perhappened is a portmanteau of the words perhaps & happened, which highlights its focus on those peculiar experiences that make you wonder: did that really happen, or did i just imagine it? perhappened lives for your uncertain & surreal. we crave the frayed edge of memory. we embrace all styles & genres of writing & have no word limits or submission fees. so go ahead: submit to the mag or press & tell us everything. ♡​

meet our team

isaura ren

founding editor, co-editor in chief
(they/them)
Isaura Ren is a writer, editor, and little scamp from the Bay Area. They started a lit mag to make themself read more, and hey, it worked. You can find them daydreaming at your local coffee shop, or gallivanting by the Bay with their pod of harbor seals. They are the author of the chapbooks interlucent (2020) and NO HEROES (2021).
recent works:
past imperfect (the augment review)
texas, december (stone of madness press)
luma / lauren (parentheses journal)

heath joseph wooten

co-editor in chief
(he/him)
Heath Joseph Wooten is an MFA Candidate in poetry at Northern Michigan University, where he reads shorts and poems for Passages North. He is the world’s last great soda-drinker, the Editor-in-Chief of Von Aegir Literary, and his favorite time of day is the end. You can find his words in places if you look hard enough.
recent works:
two poems (subliminal magazine)
shane (the augment review)
sue sleep (eunoia review)

vaishnavi sharma

lead reader
(she/her)
Vaishnavi Sharma is a 21-year-old student, walking through life losing her pens, temper, paints, mind, etc. She likes to talk (a lot) about poetry, history, sciences, and politics. Can always be found with her nose in between the pages of a book, uninterested in the torments of this world. She is the founder of Ayaskala and a freelance editor and content creator.
recent works:
lionesses (marías at sampaguitas)
pcod (esthesia mag)
petals (ang(st) zine)

df parizeau

prose editor
(they/them)
df parizeau is a scottish/french-canadian writer/editor who still ties their shoes “bunny-ears” style. Their work has been featured online and in print by publications in Canada, the US, and Finland. A bookseller by day, df is also a Communications Assistant with a Vancouver-based marketing firm on the side. They have a firm belief in the 3-0 curveball and that cherry is the best pie.
recent works:
your ex-lover is dead (long con magazine)
canyon lake (perhappened mag)
vancouver special (versification)

aleah dye

graphic designer
(she/her)
Aleah Dye primarily writes poetry, tending towards topics of morbidity, love, social justice, and philosophy. She is dreadfully afraid of imperfection and spiders, in no particular order. She has a one-eyed cat named Ivy and a one-track-minded (food!) cat named Rosebud. Aleah hopes to make hearts grow three sizes with her words. She is a 2020 Sundress Publications Best of the Net nominee.
recent works:
where we began (olney magazine)
sandbagging (pink plastic house)
meant to be spoken (3 moon magazine)

idowu odeyemi

reader
(he/him)
Idowu Odeyemi is a poet. He is the winner of the 2019 Merak Magazine Annual Literary Recognition Awards for Poem of the Year and 2018 Ekiti Future Awards Prize for Literature. He is secretly in love with Alicia Keys.
recent works:
four poems (litelitone)

richelle sushil

reader
(she/her)
​Having just graduated from her BA in English at King's College London, Richelle Sushil is currently pursuing her MA at UCL. Among other things, she writes poems about love, memory, & home, and can often be found in the middle of a hug, or on Twitter @richellesushil.

kate belt

reader
(she/her)
Kate Belt is a poet living in the mountains of West Virginia. About to begin her senior year at WVWC, she will graduate in May with a degree in English Literature. She does her best writing near the river, preferably with a beer and her dog. Her work is available in Vol. 1 of Coffin Corner, published by Varsity Goth Press, and her chapbook Easy Exit to Eleventh Street is available through Ghost City Press.
recent works:
work in coffin corner (varsity goth press)
easy exit to eleventh street (ghost city press)

​brenna thompson

treasurer
(any pronouns)
Brenna Thompson is either thinking about writing or writing about thinking. They balance the books for perhappened, and boy, are their arms tired. Find them (infrequently) on Twitter @beethomps.

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