Eric Greaves has been writing for approximately 3 years.A retired financial adviser but active mandolin player,occasional composer and music festival curator. He is a member of the Irish Writers Centre and regularly attends Centre courses.In recent years he received an Irish Government bursary to attend the John Hewitt Summer School where he undertook a creative writing course with author Bernie Magill. Eric is a member of the North Coast Writers Group and is currently editing an historical fiction novel. Recently he has had a short story “Shades of Jack” accepted by Impspired.com for their August online edition and for their … Continue reading Eric Greaves

Praniti is a young writerfrom India. The Ballad of Silence  emerging from the greasy greyness – between what was said and what was meant, thread-by-thread you morph into a tapestry that clothes every word that tip-toes down the ever-winding platform of the mortal tongue like a nimble-footed lamb you tenderly tread onto windowpanes, unnerved by the claustrophobia of their glassiness after all, for you – a windowpane is ‘a legacy of time’ with an assortment of stars on your shoulders, you slide in through key-holes, embracing the mustiness of a home, that has just been brushed with the icy fingertips … Continue reading Praniti Gulyani

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 Crow Barn The rope pulled at Calypso’s waist. She staggered … Continue reading DC Diamondopolous

Susie Gharib is a graduate of the University of Strathclyde with a Ph.D. on the work of D.H. Lawrence. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in multiple venues including Adelaide Literary Magazine, The Curlew, The Ink Pantry, A New Ulster, Down in the Dirt, the PLJ, and Mad Swirl. Wet Open on: Ext. Latakia – Syria The rattle of bullets rends the air. Smoke cloaks each house with a pall of dust. The smell of burning tires enhances the stench of smoldering rubbish that emanates from the metal containers punctuating streets and lanes. A car squeals its venom terrorizing the heart … Continue reading Susie Gharib

Rhiannon moved to Merthyr Tydfil from the North-West of England after bagging herself a handsome Welsh boy, Nicholas.  She loves her cat, her mid-life crisis dresses, reading and making her messy garden look even worse. As well as working on solo writing projects Rhiannon has had four poetry books published along with her writing partner, the super talented Ashley O’Keefe:* Rhianno & Asley – A Voyage of Poetic Discoveries* Rhianno & Asley – Seeking Poetic Lands* Rhianno & Asley – Seeing with Poetic Eyes* Rhianno & Asley – Searching Across Poetic SandsShe has also had her work featured in several … Continue reading Rhiannon Owens

beam is a 26 year old woman from Ireland, a new poet and a recent MA graduate. At the moment beam is working on her first collection after being published on Spilling Hot Cocoa Over Martin Amis. Recent work includes: surviving the pandemic and several disappointing sourdough loaves. You can find more of her poetry @personalbeam on instagram. I Could Basically Hear You I was so bad behind your back. Trying to get over you was basically a series of women I fucked, to get away from myself because I couldn’t get back to you I found, inside them were wires and when … Continue reading beam

Between 2011 and 22019 I self-published 8 collections of poetry four of which were awarded ‘Best Reads’ by Brighton’s daily newspaper ‘The Argus’. My 96 page epic poem ‘Me Me and Not Me’ was published by Waterloo Press in 2014; a reprint by Waterloo is imminent. In Pre-covid times I launched my collections at various venues in the South East including The Turner Gallery at Margate. Waterstones in Brighton stocked, and sold, all of the first six issues.I have friends who have had their poetry included in Impspired and who speak highly of the experience and would like to join … Continue reading Tony Frisby

His work will or has appeared in The Moon City Review, Cajun Mutt Press, Unavoidable Disaster, Contemporary Haibun Online, Thimble Literary Magazine, Poetry Flash,The New Southerner, Pegasus, Antique Children, The Smoking Poet, The Dispatch LitaReview, The American Mythville Review, The Licking River Review, Inscape, and on semantikon.com. He is the author of two poetry collections, several chapbooks, a collection of short stories, and a novella. He’s organized open mics and readings all over the Midwest. He publishes new work often on Instagram (@dirtysacred).  He is also  the host and producer of the travel story podcast, Record of a Well-Worn Pair of … Continue reading dirtysacred

Living in Manchester, David writes short stories, poetry and flash fiction. He performs at a number of open mics across the city. When David isn’t writing he is, well, writing, in his job as a grants fundraiser for a children’s charity. See more of David’s stories and poems at wattpad.com/davidjbond. David has also strayed into the world of music at soundcloud.com/davidjbond92For no particular reason, David also has an Instagram account dedicated to canal boats: @canalboatgram The Telescope Now, finally, I can survey the skies Through this mighty telescope. I shall observe all space and time I shall observe from afar All that I … Continue reading David Bond

Dawn DeBraal lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband Red, two little rescue dogs, and a stray cat. Dawn has published over 400 stories in many online magazines and anthologies, including Palm-sized press, Spillwords, Mercurial Stories, Potato Soup Journal, Edify Fiction, Zimbell House Publishing, Black Hare Press, Clarendon House, Blood Song Books, Fantasia Divinity, Cafelit, Reanimated Writers, The World of Myth, Dastaan World, Vamp Cat, Runcible Spoon, Siren’s Call, Setu, Kandisha Press, Terror House Magazine, D & T Publishing, Sammie Sands, Iron Horse Publishing, Impspired Magazine, Black Ink Fiction  and was the Falling Star Magazine’s 2019 Pushcart nominee. Blessed are the … Continue reading Dawn DeBraal