Linda Reed, aka L. G. Reed, was bitten by the writing bug after winning an award for a short story in high school. After a career as an aerospace engineer, she published her first indie novel, The Maiden Voyage of the Maryann, which won the Cygnus Awards 1st Place – Women’s Fantasy/SciFi Category. Her second novel, Sydney Porter: Dog Girl, a middle-grade fantasy, was an Amazon Best Seller. Her third novel is a STEM based fiction, The Science of Defying Gravity, published in 2020. Reed is a member of the Cambria Writers Workshop and owner of Keyes Canyon Press. When she isn’t writing, … Continue reading Linda Reed

Sean Lynch is a poet and editor who lives in South Philadelphia. His poems have appeared in journals including Hobart, The Bitchin’ Kitsch, and Drunk Monkeys. He’s the founding editor of Serotonin, on the editorial board of Moonstone Arts Center, and serves as the Program Director of the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association and Writer’s House in Camden, NJ.  “A Not Very Brief Description of What It’s Like to Have Your Heart Broken in Couplets” The night after I fell out of love Jon Hamm cuckolded me danced with her in a ghostly kitchen disrobed her black dress more gracefully than … Continue reading Sean Lynch

John Tustin’s poetry has appeared in many literary journals, online and in print, in the last dozen years. fritzware.com/johntustinpoetry contains links to his published poetry online. THE GHOST OF LUKE KELLY The ghost of Luke Kelly Is haunting this room As I lift the lager And hear his banjo trilling On the wind; His voice gutting The meanderings of birds outside And the silence of this room That is slowly closing in As I wait for the real and final rain To fall. The ghost of Luke Kelly Like a mosquito in my ear As I crash to the bed And struggle … Continue reading John Tustin

Annie was born in Illinois, grew up in Orange County, and now lives in a quiet beach town along the Central Coast of CA. She is a poet, essayist, fine art photographer and artist. Her poetry has been published in local newspapers and online literary journals including Drabble and First Literary Review – East, Heart of Flesh and a previous issue of Impspired. She has taught poetry workshops at several county libraries and is a member of Cambria Writers Workshop. She says poetry is her raft, star, song, umbrella. (love) lit from within fireflies flutter through the open space of … Continue reading Annie Harpel

Melinda Emily Thomas is the author of Sacred Balance: Aligning Body and Spirit through Yoga and the Benedictine Way(Broadleaf Books, 2020). She delights in trees and mountains and flowers and seas. She lives in North Carolina with her son whose room is always a mess and whose smile brings her joy. You can find more of her writing at TheHouseHoldersPath.com My Own Kind of Magic It seems so ridiculous and naive to stake my claim on writing books and frame the longing as knowing and knowing as calling and calling as fate. Someday will one day become this day. On … Continue reading Melinda Emily Thomas

Brian Rihlmann lives in Reno, Nevada. His work has appeared in many magazines, including Chiron Review, The Main Street Rag, The American Journal Of Poetry, and New York Quarterly. He has authored three collections of poetry, most recently “A Screaming Place,” (2021) by Cajun Mutt Press. Scarred For Life so often we hear second hand about someone’s strange habits— their deviant sex life or their hilariously dysfunctional family and we laugh and say to the one who told us— thanks for sharing that now I’m scarred for life! and we are, aren’t we? in so many ways, yes… but even with our own scars … Continue reading Brian Rihlmann

Tom lives Morro Bay, California, with his partner Susan, and the ghost of Ginger his dog, his first great audience. His lifelong dream of writing came to fruition in his seventh decade. Tom’s short fiction and poetry have appeared in If and When, Solo Novo, Askew, Gravel, Front Porch Review, First Literary Review East, and Drabble. Tom’s chapbook, Tornado Man, was published in 2019. Some of his favorite writers are, Ellen Bass, Natasha Trethaway, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ada Limon, Glenna Luschei, Tomas Morin, Ted Kooser, Jim Harrison, Billy Collins and WS Merwin. The Cambria Writer’s Workshop nourishes Tom and his … Continue reading Tom Harrington

J Michael Tynan hails from Cork City, Ireland. He spends most of my time in the wilds of Co Clare with his partner Caroline, opinionated lakeland terrier Joey, cats Scomber Scombrus and Marmalade and a mob of 16 chickens (not counting the recent shock arrival of 14 chicks). Every day must have some fun… writing plays a big part, as does rowing traditional Irish boats (currachs), which have transported him to the mystical Mag Mells of Ireland, the Grand Canal in Venice, and the Camino coast in Spain. He worked for 40 years at the Irish Examiner newspaper as a … Continue reading J Michael Tynan

Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage.  His work can be found both in print and online in such places as: Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly, Impspired Magazine, GloMag, Red Fez, and The Oklahoma Review.  Bridge Dawdle dawdle dawdle if you must – over dirty limestone, past street lamp orbs of a lost incremental, to branchless trees turned to thorns, the still river a sewer of recompense, garbage bags like human rocks mystery-stunk and split down the gut, that once ornate lintel stone now just … Continue reading Ryan Quinn Flanagan

Sometimes Ken Weene writes to exorcise demons. Sometimes he writes because the characters in his head demand to be heard. Sometimes he writes because he thinks what he has to say might amuse or even on occasion inform. Mostly, however, he writes because it is a cheaper addiction than drugs, an easier exercise than going to the gym, and a more sociable outlet than sitting at McDonald’s drinking coffee with other old farts: in brief because it keeps him just a bit younger and more alive. Ken’s stories and poetry have appeared in numerous publications and he has a number … Continue reading Ken Weene