Philip received his Masters’s Degree in Psychology from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. He has published four books of poetry, Mirror Images and Shards of Glass, Dark Images at Sea, I Never Finished Loving You, and Falls from Grace, Favor, and High Places. His fifth, Forever Was Never On My Mind, will be out Summer of 2023. Two novels, Caught Between (Which is also a 24 episodes Radio Drama Podcast https://wprnpublicradio.com/caught-between-teaser/)  and Art and Mystery: The Missing Poe Manuscript. His next novel, an erotic thriller, Far From Here, will be out Fall of 2023. One play, The Apparition. His current project is collaborating with a British photographer, a French artist, and … Continue reading Philip Butera

Terry Trowbridge is grateful to the Ontario Arts Council for funding poets during the polycrisis. Winter Lawn Care Another anonymous raccoon binged onthe neighbours’ garbage, dragged theirfruit peels and unidentified stains across our front yard snow drifts.The snow is not going to melt so we have to waitfor another snowfall in order for the smellof rotten coffee and sour pasta sauceto be erased from the air between ourfront door and our car door.The neighbours are not making eye contact.Which is fine, because we have no kids to play with their kidsand the windows are staying shut in the cold.Nonetheless, I … Continue reading Terry Trowbridge

Lori R. Lopez is an offbeat hat-wearing speculative author, illustrator, poet, and songwriter residing in Southern California.  Her prose and verse have been published in a number of anthologies and magazines including California Screamin’ (the Foreword Poem), Dead Harvest, Impspired, The Sirens Call, The Horror Zine, Weirdbook, Spectral Realms, Space & Time, JOURN-E, Dreams & Nightmares, Altered Realities, Bewildering Stories, Aphelion, Oddball Magazine, multiple Rhysling Anthologies and H.W.A. Poetry Showcases.  Book titles include The Dark Mister Snark, Leery Lane, An Ill Wind Blows, The Fairy Fly, and Darkverse:  The Shadow Hours (nominated for an Elgin Award).  Seven of her poems have been nominated for Rhysling Awards.  A member of the Horror Writers Association, Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, and Lewis … Continue reading Lori R. Lopez

A former chef and inner-city hs teacher, my political columns have been published online as well as in print while my short stories online in Literally Stories , Wilderness House Literary Review, The Stray Branch, LA Review of LA, and A Thin Slice of Anxiety. Take The Giants In Five Rasputin was wasted again.        From a couch in the corner, I rubbed my eyes and watched, amazed, as he lifted another bottle and polished it off. He finished with a belch and a rub of his stomach.    I downed a healthy hit from my own bottle. “And good … Continue reading John Giarratana

Ping Yi works in public service, and writes poetry, fiction and travelogues. His work has appeared in Litro (Editor’s Pick), London Grip, Meniscus, Defenestration, Short Humour, The Shirley Society and trAce, and is forthcoming in La Piccioletta Barca and Dreich. Ping Yi is from Singapore, and has also lived in Cambridge, UK, and Boston. We Have No Policy on Moonlighting A henchman writes a poemwhen he’s not too busy henchingin his slick-black armour,when Boss is not having a Big Ideaout on the Arctic tundra.They said the terms were good – ignoringblack eyes from Jackie and Michelle,flesh wounds from Chuck and Arnold –those are lousy, but time enough to draftat … Continue reading Ping Yi

April Mae M. Berza is the author of Confession ng isang Bob Ong Fan (Flipside, 2014) and Berso de Berza (Charging Ram, 2012.) Her poems and short stories appeared in numerous publications in America, France, Canada, Belgium, Romania, India, Japan, Great Britain, and the Philippines. Her poems are translated into Crimean Tatar and Filipino. Some of her poems are published in the Philippines Graphic Reader, Liwayway, Belleville Park Pages, Haiku Journal, The Siren, Poetica, Three Line Poetry, Calliope, Maganda, Metric Conversions, Ani, The Manila Times, Letters to my Bully, Remembering Rizal, Voices from the Diaspora, Madswirl, The Stardust Gazette, The Riveter Review, Asahi Haikuist Network, Contemporary … Continue reading April Mae M. Berza

Craig Kirchner is retired and thinks of poetry as hobo art. He loves storytelling and the aesthetics of the paper and pen. He has had two poems nominated for the Pushcart, and has a book of poetry, Roomful of Navels. After a writing hiatus he was recently published in Poetry Quarterly, Decadent Review, New World Writing, Neologism, The Light Ekphrastic, Unlikely Stories, Wild Violet, Last Stanza, Unbroken, The Globe Review, Skinny, Your Impossible Voice, Fairfield Scribes, Spillwords, WitCraft, Bombfire, Ink in Thirds, Ginosko, Last Leaves, Literary Heist, Blotter, Quail Bell , Ariel Chart, Lit Shark, Gas, Teach-Write, Cape Magazine, Scars, … Continue reading Craig Kirchner

Kelly White Arnold is a mom, writer, teacher, and lover of yoga.  Her work recently appeared or is forthcoming in Walter, theengine (idling, Last Leaves and Ink and Marrow. When she’s not scribbling in notebooks or wrangling teenagers, she’s planning her next tattoo and daydreaming about traveling the world.  Find her on social media  @KArnoldTeaches. SPECTER His ghost began haunting me the moment I slippedthe ring on my finger, a shiny Art Deco diamond that had belonged to my fiance’s grandmother,a very fine diamond, my future in-laws assuredas my first love’s apparition looked on curiouslyfrom the corner of the breakfast … Continue reading Kelly White Arnold

I am a housewife from India, mother of two boys, aged 12 and 11. I have a master’s degree in English literature. Till my boys were born I worked in various sectors of BPOs as motor claims and health insurance handler and was also content writer for simulation management entrance examination papers in the field of deductive logic and reasoning in English. I have also worked for a short term in the hospitality industry as a receptionist at a five-star hotel, while awaiting results of my English honours examination.  I love life, like tumbling headfirst into it, and then doing … Continue reading Amrita Valan

Benjamin Parker is a poet based in Gwynedd in North Wales. Benjamin has had works published in a wide range of print and online publications, both locally and intentionally, such as Blue Unicorn, The Purposeful Mayonnaise, Hot Pot Magazine, Nawr Mag, Free Verse Revolution, Crest Letters and The Uncoiled. Benjamin was also shortlisted in the Tap into Poetry poetry competition in 2023. Aside from poetry, Benjamin recently completed a BAHons in English Literature and Creative Writing at the Open University, where he graduated with First-Class Honours. Benjamin is now continuing his journey with OU and is currently studying for an MA in English Literature. Vacant Spring A … Continue reading Benjamin Parker