Ann Christine Tabaka was nominated for the 2017 Pushcart Prize in Poetry. She is the winner of Spillwords Press 2020 Publication of the Year, her bio is featured in the “Who’s Who of Emerging Writers 2020 and 2021,” published by Sweetycat Press. She is the author of 14 poetry books. lives in Delaware, USA. She loves gardening and cooking.  Chris lives with her husband and four cats. Her most recent credits are: Sparks of Calliope; The Closed Eye Open, Poetic Sun, Tangled Locks Journal, Wild Roof Journal, The American Writers Review, The Scribe Magazine, The Phoenix, Burningword Literary Journal, Muddy River Poetry Review, The … Continue reading Ann Christine Tabaka

Stephen McQuiggan was the original author of the bible; he vowed never to write again after the publishers removed the dinosaurs and the spectacular alien abduction ending from the final edit. His other, lesser known, novels are A Pig’s View Of Heaven and Trip A Dwarf. TALL PAUL KNOWS IT ALL. Paul Aster viewed himself as a well read, well travelled, man of the world and as such felt it incumbent upon himself to offer up his vast knowledge on all subjects, in the form of advice, to everyone he met – whether he knew them or not, or whether they asked for … Continue reading Stephen McQuiggan

Jack Coey is a seventy-two-year-old grandfather of two who has experienced most of life’s events, and survived them not only, but without hurting anyone else which he would say was a good life. Writing satisfies him like nothing else and he works as a cashier to eat and writes to love.   The Snake She thought, perhaps, he was the man who delivered oil, for she knew, she knew him from somewhere, and glancing down at the lettuce, recalled he was in the play she saw two nights before at the Orpheus Theatre. He knew he was recognized when she … Continue reading Jack Coey

William Teets is an author and poet born in Peekskill, New York, who has recently relocated to Waterford, Michigan. He immensely misses New York pizza, the Hudson River, and his beloved Mets. He will write. He will survive. Mr. Teets facilitates a writers’ workshop in Waterford, along with poetry open mics, in hopes of enhancing the literary arts scene in southeast Michigan. With both published and unpublished writers, and support from the local community, the Waterford Writers’ Workshop has been a success. Temporarily derailed by Covid-19, the workshop resumed on July 6th and an Open Mic is scheduled for October … Continue reading William Teets

Nicolas Ridley lives in London & Bath (UK) where he writes fiction, non-fiction, flash fiction, scripts and stage plays under different names. A prize-winner and twice a Pushcart Prize nominee, his short stories have been widely published in anthologies, literary magazines and journals in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the USA. MOOSE-HEAD, DOE-EYES, SHREW Clive Montague never liked me particularly. I certainly never liked him. Loud, boorish, with floppy fair hair, there was — there is — nothing to like about him. This gives rise to two questions:           First. Why, some twenty years ago, did I receive an invitation … Continue reading Nicolas Ridley

Born in Mauritius in 1977, Vatsala Radhakeesoon is the author of various poetry books and an experimental abstract artist. She started writing poems in English at the age of 14 and kept on expanding her poetic skills in other languages such as French, Mauritian Kreol and Hindi.Vatsala Radhakeesoon is one of the representatives of Immagine and Poesia, an Italy based literary movement uniting artists and poets’ works. She has been selected as one of the poets for Guido Gozzano Poetry contest from 2016 to 2019. Her haiku book Tropical Temporariness has also been nominated for University of North Texas (UNT) Rilke prize … Continue reading Vatsala Radhakeesoon

Peter Witt is a retired university professor who took up writing poetry in his senior years.  His work has appeared on several online platforms and in a published volume (Poems in the Breeze, Lulu.com). Peter also researches and writes family history (Edith’s War: Writings of a Red Cross Worker and Lifelong Champion of Social Justice, Texas A&M University Press).  Poetic Recipe Poetry is a dash of salt and a pinch of pepper mixed with silvery shallots, minced garlic, quarter cup of chilled Chablis that seasons words freshly picked at luscious dawn along a morning walk through a forest of disjointed … Continue reading Peter Witt

Tim Heerdink is the author of Somniloquy & Trauma in the Knottseau Well, The Human Remains, Red Flag and Other Poems, Razed Monuments, Checking Tickets on Oumaumua, Sailing the Edge of Time, I Hear a Siren’s Call, Ghost Map, A Cacophony of Birds in the House of Dread, and short stories, The Tithing of Man and HEA-VEN2. His poems appear in various journals and anthologies. He is the President of Midwest Writers Guild of Evansville, Indiana. Hilf Mir All directions lead to dead ends in deceptions in depths of R.E.M. cycling through the process of renewal or breaking down. Calvert takes many faces, new roles with each iteration my auto sputters … Continue reading Tim Heerdink

David James has published five books and six chapbooks. More than thirty of his one-act plays have been produced in the U.S. and Ireland. James teaches writing at Oakland Community College in Michigan. CRUCIFYING A FEMINIST OR TWO  (after Lynn-Steven Johanson’s “The Crucifixion of Moe and Ira”) CHARACTERS: Amanda: a fiesty woman from 35 A.D. Therese: a naïve woman, 31, from the same time period SETTING: Both characters are being crucified on crosses. AMANDA: Can you believe this. THERESE: What? AMANDA: Us, women, being crucified. THERESE: Oh, that.  It is unusual these days. AMANDA: Mostly, we’re stoned. Or banished. Stripped … Continue reading David James

Nancy was born and raised in Texas.  At the age of sixty-five, Nancy began writing a Memoir. Five years later, she published the Memoir in a series of four books. Once finishing the Memoir, Nancy branched out into trying her hand at fiction, flash fiction, Widow’s blogs, short story writing from the perspective of inanimate objects, and poetry.  She has had over fifty stories published in online magazines, other websites, analogies, and books. Nancy has had a very active website with over 383,000 visits by 112,000 visitors since April of 2018. The most significant influence in Nancy’s life is God … Continue reading Nancy Lou Henderson