About

Von Aegir Literary is a literary publication seeking poetry inspired by the Fire Emblem franchise of video games, founded in 2021 by Editor-in-Chief Heath Joseph Wooten. Von Aegir seeks your midnight character studies, your uphill battles, your wars with god. We want your necessary sacrifices, your fragile romances, your confessions over tea.

We welcome submissions inspired by any game, character, or storyline in the franchise. These connections can be as close to the source or as tenuous as you would like, though we prefer work that pushes beyond the source material into fresh creative territory.

As we realize our focus is rather niche, we welcome work from everybody, including those who are unfamiliar with Fire Emblem. If you desire clarification on what is appropriate for Von Aegir, feel free to email us at vonaegirliterary@gmail.com.

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Editor-in-Chief

Heath Joseph Wooten (he/him) is a poet and gaymer from Mississippi, though he currently resides in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He is an MFA Candidate in Poetry at Northern Michigan University, where he is an Associate Poetry Editor at Passages North. He regularly sleeps until 4PM and dreams about Fire Emblem characters nightly. You can find his published works in perhappened mag, Lammergeier, EX/POST, and Hominum, among others.

​Graphic Designer

Isaura Ren (they/them) is a filthy casual who lives life on easy mode. They live in Northern California. When they're not playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses to have tea with Hubert, they edit perhappened mag & press, read for Homology Lit, and make graphics for Wrongdoing Magazine and Von Aegir Literary. You can read their poems in Parentheses Journal, Okay Donkey, Rogue Agent Journal, and more at isauraren.weebly.com.

Associate Editor

Jennie Baker (they/them) is a writer, teacher, and scholar of literature and culture. They are currently a PhD student in English at the University of Washington, where they studies speculative fiction and critical posthumanism. They believe that the best parts of Fire Emblem are the spreadsheets you make along the way.