Joseph Farley has been writing and publishing for nearly fifty years.  His 12 poetry collections include Hard Times For The Circus Clown (Impspired),  Yellow Brick Pilgrim (Alien Buddha), Written In The Sand (Alien Buddha), and Longing For The Mother Tongue (Marsh Street). His story collections include Nightmares and Hiccups (Alien Buddha), Farts and Daydreams (Dumpster Fire), and For The Birds (Cynic). He also has a novel, Labor Day (Peasantry).  Most of his books can be found on Amazon. The Church of Old MacDonald The hands of the clock glowed on the shelf in the chicken coop. The clock had been … Continue reading Joseph Farley

Alex LR is a former university lecturer with a PhD in Art History and Archaeology from SOAS, University of London. A fashion activist committed to diversity and inclusion and greater visibility of older women, Alex has blogged, written for magazines and journals and is the author of books on fashion published by Bloomsbury and Rizzoli New York.  She is currently working on a collection of short stories. Twitter: @alexb244 Instagram and Thread: @alexb244 Chiqui’s smock I was five years old, almost six. It was my first day at primary school and I was incredibly excited, I could hardly wait to … Continue reading Alex LR

Michael Smith is a British writer, based in Europe. He studied university mathematics (yes, mathematics!) before realizing creative writing was much more fun. The absurdities of life continue to be a rich source of material, as does the international nature of his day job.  To date, he has published ‘Gruseltal’, a novel (humorous, he hopes) and two collections of short stories, ‘Fonts’, then ‘Songs’, all available from the usual online bookstores.  Website: https://frucht-schleifen.weebly.com/books.html  Conjuring A conjuror spends his working life deceiving people.  He enjoys playing for an audience; indeed, the larger the better. Many of his tricks are sleights of … Continue reading Michael Smith

John Levy lives on the outskirts of Tucson with his wife, the painter Leslie Buchanan. His most recent book is 54 poems: selected & new (Shearsman Books, 2023) and his most recent chapbook is Guest Book for People in My Dreams (Proper Tales Press, 2024). Collage for Grzegorz Wróblewski So many dogs, each alone in the black-and-whitephotos that I glued next to each other on this sheet ofwhite typing paper, and they all have their eyesopen, and in some of them they are in the rainbut they are happy anyway. The one dog on the steps ofthe Mexican pyramid looks … Continue reading John Levy

Alexandra Dark is a proud, queer, neurodivergent author who has worked on the staff of Blue Mesa Review. Her work was published in Outrageous Fortune, Aberration Labyrinth, Across the Margin, Blood Moon Rising Horror Magazine, BarBar, Down in the Dirt, and The Academy of the Heart and Mind. Her favorite color is purple, and she loves oddities. The Lazy One’s Warmth Unlike the others, He stays inside,Pushing away Intimacy And Closeness. The bathroom’s walls Shine As he struts in,Enveloping himself within the warmth of theBath water,Listening to music so Sweet,So intense. The girl walks in,Startled By his suddenAppearance. He smiles … Continue reading Alexandra Dark

Jason Ryberg is the author of eighteen books of poetry, six screenplays, a few short stories, a box full of folders, notebooks and scraps of paper that could one day be (loosely) construed as a novel, and countless love letters, never sent. He is currently an artist-in-residence at both The Prospero Institute of Disquieted P/o/e/t/i/c/s and the Osage Arts Community, and is an editor and designer at Spartan Books. His latest collection of poems is “Fence Post Blues (River Dog Press, 2023).” He lives part-time in Kansas City, MO with a rooster named Little Red and a Billy-goat named Giuseppe, and part-time somewhere in the Ozarks, near … Continue reading Jason Ryberg

Philip Dunkerley is an active member of open mic communities in the South Lincolnshire area. The former representative of the Stamford Stanza, he runs a U3A Poetry Group in Bourne, where he lives. His poems have been published in Impspired, Poetry Salzburg Review, Acumen, Magma, Orbis and elsewhere and his poetry translations from Portuguese and Spanish, and poetry reviews, have appeared in Dream Catcher, Acumen and Orbis. Doggerland We are rushing along over a lost land,hastening towards our destination.If the gods of earth, sea and air allow,we shall arrive tomorrow morning.No-one looks down. Why should we?There is only black water … Continue reading Philip Dunkerley

Marco Etheridge is a writer of prose, an occasional playwright, and a part-time poet. He lives and writes in Vienna, Austria. His work has been featured in over one hundred reviews and journals across Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA. “The Wrong Name” is Marco’s latest collection of short fiction. When he isn’t crafting stories, Marco is a contributing editor for a new ‘Zine called Hotch Potch. Author website:  https://www.marcoetheridgefiction.com/ Yvette and John Talk Love and Sense CAST OF CHARACTERS: YVETTE MARTIN: Fifty-one years old, very attractive, with great legs. She wears a black sun dress and a chic … Continue reading Marco Etheridge

Kevin M. Hibshman has had his poetry, prose, reviews and collages published around the world. He has edited his own poetry journal, FEARLESS for the past thirty years. He has authored sixteen chapbooks, including Incessant Shining (2011, Alternating Current Press).His latest books: Cease To Destroy, Just Another Small Town Story and The Mirror Masks Nothing, a co-authored book with John Patrick Robbins published by Whiskey City Press, are now available on AMAZON. Proximity, babe Simple restraint shining.A warmth that penetrates my skin.Relaxed conversation.Easy speech yet so much flavor in your choice of words.Heady yet tasteful like a fine wine I long … Continue reading Kevin M. Hibshman

Gordon Ferris was born and raised in Finglas, a North West suburb of Dublin. In the early eighties, he moved to Donegal where he has lived ever since. He started writing in 2014 and has had many short stories and poems in publications including Hidden Channel, A New Ulster, The Galway Review, Impspired Magazine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal and Live Encounters. He has also won prizes in the summer 2020 HITA Creative Writing Competition for his poem ‘Mother’ and won the winter competition for his poem ‘The Silence’.  Poetry Ireland awarded Gordon a, Poetry Town Bursary. He had his first book published in … Continue reading Gordon Ferris