Serotonin Press Reading

Wednesday October 7, 2026 – 7pm

Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street

Serotonin Press, a Philadelphia based publisher, focusing on mental illness and suicide prevention. Established as an online poetry journal, Serotonin has published hundreds of writers from dozens of countries, and an anthology of 115 writers organized into chapters on Depression, Anxiety, ADHD, OCD, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Trauma, Eating Disorders, and Self-Harm, as well as a novel and three poetry collections with more books to come. Serotonin is run by its founding editor Sean W. Lynch with support from California-based forensic psychiatrist Kavita Khajuria and help from volunteer readers. Visit: www.serotoninpress.com

Holiday Noel Campanella is a multi-disciplinary creative from South Philadelphia. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Philadelphia Stories, ONE ART, SWWIM Every Day, San Pedro River Review, and elsewhere. Her visual art’s been exhibited at The Smithsonian Museum, sold nationally at Anthropologie, and collected in public and private collections, including Vanderbilt Libraries Special Collections. She has degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Krystle Griffin is an Aquarian alien who spawned from the depths of the Delaware River.  A writer, film maker, artist and collector of skills and trinkets mostly left on the curbs of South Philadelphia. She spends her creative time trying to spin brain bees and nightmares into something shiny. Krystle teaches a monthly poetry workshop at Philly Typewriter, is a masthead on a couple of publications such as Meow Meow Pow Pow, and self publishes a zine called LeGrif & The Exploits.

James Roach (they/he) is a queer, trans, sober poet who suffers and revels from the embarrassing and magical ordeal of falling in love. They write at night because that’s the safest time for vulnerable thoughts. He currently lives in the moment but often relocates to the past because sometimes, that’s the only place the sun rises.

Autumn H. Thomas is an emerging writer from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. After graduating with a bachelor’s in English Literature from Hollins University, they spent a year in Arizona working as a professional cowgirl. Since then, they enrolled in Temple University and are an MFA candidate in ’27 and a teaching assistant. Autumn now lives in Philadelphia, practicing the art of noticing. Their debut chapbook “Letters to False Gods” was published in Spring of 2026 under Plan B Press. Their single poems have been published in Skipjack Review, Cleaver Magazine, Belt Review, and others.

Lauren T. Yates is a Philadelphia-based poet, burlesque artist, and comedian. Known for her biting wit and obsession with pop culture, Lauren tells stories from her vantage point as a queer, Black, neurodivergent woman. A veteran of the slam scene, Lauren has represented Philly at the National Poetry Slam (NPS) and the Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWPS). Her poetry has appeared in APIARY, Bettering American Poetry, and more.

Sean W. Lynch Host – Open Reading Follows