Staff

Ayesha F. Hamid is a poet and creative nonfiction writer published in Blue Bonnet Review, Philly Flash Inferno, Sheepshead Review, and Rathalla Review. Her full-length memoir The Borderland Between Worlds is available through Auctus Publishers at Barnes and Nobles and Amazon.  Ayesha also has a full-length poetry collection called Waiting for Resurrection. She is a Poetry Editor at Ran Off With the Star Bassoon and an Assistant Poetry Editor for The Night Heron Barks. She is the Editor-in-Chief at The City Key.

Ayesha holds a Bachelor of Arts in French and A Bachelors of Science in Sociology from Chestnut Hill College, M.F.A. in Creative Writing and an M.A. in Publishing from Rosemont College. She also holds an M.A. in Sociology from Brooklyn College.  Aside from writing, Ayesha also loves film, travel, and photography. You can find Ayesha on twitter @ahamidwriter 

Ayesha is a love of cities, big and small.

Christine Obst is a Philadelphia writer whose poetry has appeared in anthologies and in the Daily News. Christine wrote articles for The Odyssey and she is currently working on a memoir about dating successfully (and not so successfully) in the 1980s, titled “Fox on the Run,” which will be published through Auctus Publishers.

Christine works as a Mental Health Therapist and professor of Psychology in Newtown, PA. Previously, she taught English Literature and Creative Writing in the School District of Philadelphia.

Past Staff

Elaine Paliatsas-Haughey was The City Key’s Associate Editor.  EPH was a writer of small important things. Elaine’s publications include “Whore Tie,” about her immigrant grandfather, and “Blood Bath,” a dark-themed, fairy tale about Elizabeth Bathory. “Whore Tie” was published by Philadelphia Stories and Blood Bath by Philly Flash Inferno. Elaine will remain forever in our hearts.