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. A WIND-BENT DAFFODIL FADE IN: INT.  FLAT IN GLASGOW #1 – DAY A young woman is sitting tense on the phone in a room sparsely furnished.                   A MAN (V.O.)                   (into phone)        What’s the colour of your eyes?                   CLARE                   (into phone)        Golden brown. The Stranglers’ Golden Brown … Continue reading Susie Gharib

MARIA EVELYN QUILLA SOLETA gives thanks to prose and poetry! Motherhood is a calling and subject so close to her heart. She lives in Cavite, Philippines. Her poems are unadorned yet truthful, purposely warm, and witty. People, places, things, (living and non-living), and even circumstances give colors to her rhythm and rhymes, stanzas, and lines. She began to write poems when she was six and has published two books on poetry, ‘My Twenty Poems’ and ‘Finding My Heart’, (an Amazon bestseller in five categories a few hours after its launch in January 2021). Her works can be found in many … Continue reading MARIA EVELYN Q. SOLETA

Laszlo Aranyi (Frater Azmon) poet, anarchist, occultist from Hungary. Earlier books: „(szellem)válaszok”, „A Nap és Holderők egyensúlya”, „Kiterített rókabőr” His poems in English have appeared in over a hundred journals. New book about published, “Delirium &…The Seven Haiku” (Published By DEAD MAN’S PRESS INK ALBANY, NY 2023). He has been nominated several times for international awards. Known spiritualist mediums, art and explores the relationship between magic. I am marginalised in my own country! (English Translations by Gabor Gyukics) Magic breaking into still images Beings of fire, air, water and earth gather around me!Drink from the stirred, foamy blood, be the … Continue reading Laszlo Aranyi

Rose Mary Boehm is a German-born British national living and writing in Lima, Peru, and author of two novels as well as eight poetry collections. Her poetry has been published widely in mostly US poetry reviews (online and print). She was three times nominated for a ‘Pushcart’ and once for ‘Best of Net’. DO OCEANS HAVE UNDERWATER BORDERS? (Kelsay Books July 2022), WHISTLING IN THE DARK (Cyberwit July 2022), and SAUDADE (December 2022) are available on Amazon. Also available on Amazon is a new collection, LIFE STUFF, published by Kelsay Books November 2023. https://www.rose-mary-boehm-poet.com/ Challenges of the brain Where the … Continue reading Rose Mary Boehm

Keith Gorman is a retired factory worker, poet, and classical guitarist residing in Eastern Tennessee near the foothills of The Great Smoky Mountains.  He received his BM degree from The Sherwood Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Illinois. His poetry has been published or is forthcoming in various journals, including Verse-Virtual, Delta Poetry Review, I-70 Review, Muddy River Poetry Review, Chiron Review, and The California Quarterly Review. Shaving Dad The young CNAs work meticulously to movemy father from the gurney, dress him and place himupright in a flat-seated chair where I am now buzzing circles with a Norelco razor against the … Continue reading Keith Gorman

Ben Hramiak is an author with a Bachelor’s Honours in English Literature and Creative Writing living and working in Yorkshire. He has written prose fiction from an early and has been published in Young Writers’ Tales from the Crypt, a 2016 short horror anthology. He was also published on one website for his poetry submission and has even started a blog. He is currently writing a historical fiction novel set in feudal Japan. A Model Dwarf He was a little pink dwarf, and I loved painting him, even if he complained the whole time. His armour was this rotund sort, … Continue reading Ben Hramiak

Aminath Neena is an English lecturer from the picturesque archipelago nation of the Maldives. Currently, she works at, The Maldives National University. An avid lover of words, poetry is a hobby closest to her heart. Her poems usually revolve around themes such as love, relationships, spirituality, society, human rights and global issues. According to her, poetry is the gateway to spirituality because it resonates purity like no other. Among her achievements include having her poem featured in ‘Words And Music’, a programme on BBC Radio. She believes her writings to be a reflection of her thoughts, her feelings and her … Continue reading Aminath Neena

Andrew Scott is a native of Fredericton, NB. During his time as an active poet, Andrew Scott has taken the time to speak in front of classrooms, judge poetry competitions, and have over 200 hundred writings published worldwide in such publications as The Art of Being Human, Battered Shadows and The Broken Ones. Andrew Scott has published multiple poetry books, Snake with A Flower, The Phoenix Has Risen, The Path, The Storm Is Coming, Whispers of the Calm, Searching and Letter To You, a novella, Redemption Avenue anda book of photography, Through My Eyes. A Walk Through Time is Andrew Scott’s second book of photography To contact Andrew, … Continue reading Andrew Scott

Connie Johnson is a Los Angeles, California-based writer whose poetry has appeared in publications such as San Pedro River Review, Cholla Needles, Rye Whiskey Review, Glint Literary Journal, Mudfish 23, Oddball Magazine, Voicemail Poems, Impspired, Exit 13, Misfit Magazine, Iconoclast, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Toasted Cheese, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Sport Literate, Shot Glass Journal, Hudson Valley Writers Guild, Door is A Jar and Writing in a Woman’s Voice. In 2023 she was twice-nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Everything is Distant Now (Blue Horse Press), her debut poetry collection, is available on Amazon; In a Place of Dreams, her digital album/chapbook, can … Continue reading Connie Johnson

Tim Law is an author of fantasy, horror, detective and general short story fiction as well as the occasional poem or two. He heralds from a little town in Southern Australia called Murray Bridge. A happily married father of three children (plus four cats and a rabbit), family is very important to him. Currently working at the Murray Bridge Library in the role of Library Manager he has dreamed since his early high school years of becoming a full-time author. Working for a library, surrounded by so many wonderful authors it is difficult not to be inspired to write. Tim … Continue reading Tim Law