John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Penumbra, Poetry Salzburg Review and Hollins Critic. Latest books, “Leaves On Pages” and “Memory Outside The Head” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Lana Turner and International Poetry Review. LIFE IN A FACTORY TOWN It is a machine not a heart – a factory floor not a dance hall – funnel smoke not a walk down lover’s lane – raucous noise instead of warm words between two people -. it is the job not an encounter – the end result is not love but a gizmo – but you … Continue reading John Grey

Profile coming soon…I’m fairly new to writing, starting in 2018, and up until now I’m unpublished . The theme of my work is gritty and often blunt I’m heavily influenced by emotional turmoil, social inequality and political absurdity. I grew up in a small pit village in Durham but currently reside in Merseyside . I’m looking to release a book of poetry in the future and I’m currently working on a novella Profile coming soon… Its a wonderful life  What lies beneath the blessed skin What rises up what dies within The dark stench of tainted breath Never sweet in life as … Continue reading Ste Bamberough

Glenn is an Australian who works in community aged care. Fantasy and Sci-Fi are his favourite genres to read and write about. Yet, whenever he tries to write fantasy, Glenn mostly ends up writing ‘Slice of Life’ fiction instead. Glenn’s stories have appeared in Storgy, Literary Yard and Sci-Fi Lampoon magazine. Dan Does It Best Dan, Dan. He’s the man. He claims that he can do everything. That’s why he’s always in demand. The first day on the job at Tree House Constructions, Dan brags about how he can assemble Ikea furniture, without following the instructions. The foreman asks Dan to pick up that spanner, and tighten those bolts above that … Continue reading Glenn Bresciani

Michael Igoe, city boy, neurodiverse, Chicago now Boston. Numerous works appear in journals online and in print. Recent: sledgehammerlit.com, k’inliteraryjournal.com, featherpenblog.com. Anthologies: The Poets of 2020, Avalanches in Poetry(Fevers of the Mind Press)@amazon.com. National Library of Poetry Editors Choice Award 1997. Twitter: MichaelIgoe5. Urban Realism, Surrealism.( I like the night.) Betrothal She poured out warm blue beers. They dissolved soon vanishing fast in the glass. Somebody said; I love her only someone said; pass the bottle. I truly love you I finally told her. That morning, I took the time to pull on clothes. I sense love lines as imprinted smears. I used … Continue reading Michael Igoe

DC Diamondopolous is an award-winning short story, and flash fiction writer with over 300 stories published internationally in print and online magazines, literary journals, and anthologies. DC’s stories have appeared in: Penmen Review, Progenitor, 34th Parallel, So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, Lunch Ticket, and others. DC was nominated for the Pushcart Prize twice in 2020 and also for Best of the Net Anthology in 2020 and 2017. DC’s short story collection Stepping Up is published by Impspired. She lives on the California central coast with her wife and animals. dcdiamondopolous.com Taps Peter crouched in front of the attic window and … Continue reading DC Diamondopolous

Patricia M Osborne is married with grown-up children and grandchildren. In 2019 she graduated with an MA in Creative Writing (University of Brighton). Patricia is a published novelist, poet and short fiction writer. She has been published in various literary magazines and anthologies. Poetry pamphlets, Taxus Baccata and The Montefiore Bride were published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press in 2020. She has a successful blog at Whitewingsbooks.com featuring other writers. When Patricia isn’t working on her own writing, she enjoys sharing her knowledge, acting as a mentor to fellow writers. Mam’s Pearls I stare into the cup trying to make … Continue reading Patricia M Osborne

Joan McNerney’s poetry is found in many literary magazines such as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Poet Warriors, Blueline, and Halcyon Days.  Four Bright Hills Press Anthologies, several Poppy Road Journals, and numerous Poets’ Espresso Reviews have accepted her work.  She has four Best of the Net nominations.  Her latest titles are The Muse in Miniature and Love Poems for Michael both available on Amazon.com and Cyberwit.net When the Moon is New Groping through darkness knocking everything down. Down into enormous night where thoughts unravel. Memories moan past us as shadows quiver across walls. We lie pinned to bed sheets like captive … Continue reading Joan McNerney

Swayam Prashant was born in the undivided Cuttack district, Odisha. He was formerly an Associate Professor of English at Sarupathar College, Assam, India. He has written six books and two booklets. They are : Evaluation of Textbooks in the Teaching of English (based on his Ph.D. thesis); Values in Life (based on a research project on Vedic and Upanishadic writings); Knowledge Tree (miscellaneous prose writings); Haiku from the Garden of My Own (poetry); Live Like a Man (poetry); Premras Amrit (poetry in Assamese); Virgin Land Impregnated (a thematic study of Canadian folk songs); and    Joy of Love (a unique booklet … Continue reading Swayam Prashant

Leah Mueller is an indie writer and spoken word performer from Bisbee, Arizona.  She is the author of several prose and poetry books, published by numerous small presses. Her latest chapbook, “Land of Eternal Thirst” (Dumpster Fire Press) was released in 2021.  Leah’s work appears in Rattle, Midway Journal, Citron Review, The Spectacle, Miracle Monocle, Outlook Springs, Atticus Review, Your Impossible Voice, and elsewhere. Visit her website at www.leahmueller.org. Tumbleweed Deep inhale, full exhale. Front door opened wide, as the dervish breeze relentlessly chases itself. So much life glimpsed through dusty metal squares. Now: mid-afternoon sprawls in child’s pose, waits for the blackout … Continue reading Leah Mueller

Joan Leotta has been playing with words on page and stage since childhood. Her poems, articles, essays, and short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in dozens of journals around the world including Yellow Mama, Spillwords, Microfiction Monday, Ekphrastic Review, The Lake, Pine Song, A-3 Review, Ovunque Siamo, Potato Soup, Silver Birch, When Women Write, Verse Visual, and Verse Virtual, Mystery Tribune, Crimeucopia, Bould Anthology, and two different Sisters in Crime anthologies. She has been a Tupelo Press 30/30 author, and a Gilbert Chappell Fellow. Her chapbook, Languid Lusciousness with Lemon, is out from Finishing Line Press. Her free chapbooks are Nature’s Giftsfrom Stanzaic Stylings, Dancing … Continue reading Joan Leotta