Leah Moreno is a writer and poet from Independence, Mo. A writer for 15 years, she has spent the last 3 concentrated on poetry and prose. Specializing in unique romantic and soliloquy styles, her dramatic, organic pieces speak directly to the heart by pulling in and captivating the reader’s imagination. “Thoughts in Question” When you asked… I stuttered, Eyes downcast, Distraction my shutter. My mind stuck in moratorium, As my heart missed two beats, And a lip is worried in stunted delirium, Hands twisted before panic’s deplete. Ten thousand thoughts, But silence ensued… A string of words impossible to unknot, … Continue reading Leah Moreno

David is a poet, playwright, short story writer from the north west of England. He has been published in a number of magazines both on-line and in print. In 2016 his poem ‘Home Straight’ featured at the Fermoy International Festival. The stage play ‘Intervention’ was produced for World Peace Day. His poetry has been published in the following publications… Poetry Pacific Magazine, TRR Poetry, Sixteen Magazine, Mad Swirl, Tulip Tree Review (Print Version) Oddball Magazine, Poem Hunter, THE BeZINE, Creative Talents Unleashed, Drawn to the Light Press, Live Encounters & The Galway Review. His poem ‘He Crawled’ was placed third … Continue reading David Ratcliffe

Julie Stevens has Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and her poems tend to reflect the impact MS has on her life, as well as other topics close to her heart. Her poems have recently been published most on The Honest Ulsterman, Neuro Logical and Dodging the Rain. Her chapbook, Quicksand, was published by Dreich having come second in their chapbook competition 2020. Her website is www.jumpingjulespoetry.com The Battle Outside There’s a life out there that’s not for me an eerie drum of noise weighing me down, the motion of cars sucking me in and the bark of a lost soul. A friendly call … Continue reading Julie Stevens

Jamie Santomasso is an author from Kansas City, Mo. A writer since the age of five, she has recently returned to the literary arts after a 25-year hiatus.   Specializing in free verse and narrative poetry, Jamie takes inspiration from both life experience and imagination to paint vivid pictures of love, heartbreak, fantasy, darkness, and other residual works. Her works have received praise for their ability to evoke emotion, paint pictures, and tell stories that the reader can fully immerse and lose themselves in.  Epitaph Ugliness tells a beautiful lie Truth’s falsehood facade We speak in artifice And whisper loudly in fraud Cherry … Continue reading Jamie Santomasso

Steve Carr, from Richmond, Virginia, has had over 470 short stories published internationally in print and online magazines, literary journals, reviews and anthologies since June, 2016. He has had seven collections of his short stories, Sand, Rain, Heat, The Tales of Talker Knock and 50 Short Stories: The Very Best of Steve Carr,and LGBTQ: 33 Stories,and The Theory of Existence: 50 Short Stories, published. His paranormal/horror novel Redbird was released in November, 2019. His plays have been produced in several states in the U.S. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize twice. He is the founder of Sweetycat Press. His Twitter is @carrsteven960. His website is https://www.stevecarr960.com … Continue reading Steve Carr

J. D. Nelson (b. 1971) experiments with words in his subterranean laboratory. His poetry has appeared in many small press publications, worldwide, since 2002. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including Cinderella City (The Red Ceilings Press, 2012). His first full-length collection, In Ghostly Onehead, is forthcoming from mOnocle-Lash Anti-Press. His work has recently appeared in E·ratio, Maintenant, Otoliths, BlazeVOX, and Word For/Word. Visit http://www.MadVerse.com for more information and links to his published work. Nelson lives in Colorado. the monster inside of the world pressed into the dirt for a week the lack of the singing toe … Continue reading J. D Nelson

Dawn DeBraal lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband Red, two rescue dogs, and a stray cat. You will find many of her short stories, poems, and drabbles in online magazines and published anthologies.  Blessed Are the Meek Alby Bushby came with the place. That’s what old Pa told me. My grandfather’s farm was little more than a hobby place he purchased when he retired. He said he had always wanted to experience a farmer’s life when he was stuck behind a desk at the Fenway Insurance Company. On the day he retired, he paid for the fifteen-acre farm with … Continue reading Dawn DeBraal

Authors lead to other authors. Read one and you’re reminded of another. New publications refer to past ones, famous and obscure. Genres cross over, involving similar concepts, tropes, devices. Authors lift, pay tribute, reimagine, claim as their own and take it a step further in their effort to tell gripping, original stories. Pick up the trail and we end up making extraordinary connections. Welcome to Connection Degree Three … [WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS!] Apostolos Doxiadis, Paul Auster, Don DeLillo. Three postmodern writers with an approach to life that borders on the sublime. Apostolos Doxiadis wrote Logicomix and Democracy, two graphic novels … Continue reading ON THE FORMS AND FORMULAS OF LIFE

Shows lead to other shows. New releases refer to past ones, famous and obscure. Genres cross over, involving similar concepts, tropes, devices. Writers and producers lift, pay tribute, re-imagine, claim as their own and take it a step further in their effort to tell gripping, original stories. Pick up the trail and we end up making extraordinary connections. Welcome to Connection Degree Three … Game Of Thrones, The Leftovers, The Night Of: three popular TV shows that deal with loss, survival, and humanity’s long quest for answers in a world all too brutal and cynical for our liking. Game Of Thrones begins with a … Continue reading ON THE SYMBOLISM OF OPENING EPISODES

Polly Richardson (Munnelly) Polly is a Dublin born poet now living and writing on the Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland. She has been published both nationally and internationally in many anthologies and e-zines under the surname of Munnelly and more recently Richardson. A contributing poet to US-based poetry forum Mad Swirl and Europe’s Live Encounters digi mag with poems featuring in Boston’s Nixes Mate review, Porter Gulch Review Cabrillo college US, Italian based Lotus Eater mag and member of and co-runs Navan creative writers group: The Bulls Arse. She has been heard reading at national and international poetry festivals from 2013 to … Continue reading Polly Richardson