Tylyn K. Johnson (he/they) is a floating writer from Naptown, IN. He writes from traditions of storytelling and empowerment to reflect a complex love through the framed lenses of Black Queer artistry. Their language appears in Lolwe, just femme and dandy, The Indianapolis Review, the lickety~split, and Rigorous, among other spaces. A recipient of the 2021 Myong Cha Son Haiku Award, they performed readings and obtained writing awards at the University of Indianapolis. Tylyn also created “Communal Creativity: A Game of Poetry” on itch.io.