Currently residing in Greece, George Gad Economou has a Master’s degree in Philosophy of Science and is the author of Letters to S. (Storylandia), Bourbon Bottles and Broken Beds(Adelaide Books), and Of the Riverside(Anxiety Press). His words have also appeared, amongst other places, in Spillwords Press, Ariel Chart, Cajun Mutt Press, Fixator Press, Outcast Press, The Piker Press, The Edge of Humanity Magazine, The Rye Whiskey Review, and Modern Drunkard Magazine. Blocked the fingers freeze, memories flood the brain, and the heart wishes to stop beating altogether. I try to write about the first time I met Emily, in a … Continue reading George Gad Economou

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

Mather Schneider was born in Peoria, Illinois in 1970. His poetry and prose have been published in many places and he has 6 books available. He lives in Tucson, Arizona and works as an exterminator. A STORY WITH TEETH I haven’t been to the dentist in 26 years and it’s been about that long since I’ve had a girlfriend. I step into the waiting room, sign my name on the sheet. The blond girl behind the counter smiles at me with a smile like Tom Sawyer himself has been painting her teeth all week. I sit down on a chair … Continue reading Mather Schneider

Gary Beck has spent most of his adult life as a theater director and worked as an art dealer when he couldn’t earn a living in the theater. He has also been a tennis pro, a ditch digger and a salvage diver. His original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway. His poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in hundreds of literary magazines and his published books include 39 poetry collections, 14 novels, 4 short story collections, 2 collection of essays and 8 books of plays. Gary lives in New York City. Clown Show … Continue reading Gary Beck

Darrell Petska is a retired university engineering editor and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. His poetry appears in Verse-Virtual, 3rd Wednesday Magazine, Soul-Lit, Amethyst Review, and widely elsewhere (conservancies.wordpress.com). A father of five and grandfather of six, he lives near Madison, Wisconsin, with his wife of more than 50 years. Order in the Poem, Please! The vowels really got into it yesterday, preventing me from completing my work. (My consonants hardly ever fight—it’s always the vowels: so competitive!) A and E happen to be the biggest troublemakers, E lording its popularity over A, who insists he’s cited, for good reason, … Continue reading Darrell Petska

Checca Aird (She/her) grew up in Southern Africa before returning home to London. While most of her time is spent at her day job as an analyst, she makes time each morning, and most nights, for her first love – writing. Checca has been published in literary magazines such as Blydyn Square Review and Impspired and is currently working on her first novel @FrankieSRivers Off the Cuff Nicole Nicole’s eyelids spasm and twitch. Grey March light floods through a steathly crack in the thick Georgian curtains. Burrowing deeper into the too-soft Airbnb pillows she tries to ignore the sounds of … Continue reading Checca Aird

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality and writes hoping to find an audience for her musings. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award. Her poetry has appeared in many publications including: Apogee, Firewords, Capsule Stories, Light Journal and So It Goes. Find Lynn at: https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com and https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/ Re Reading Old … Continue reading Lynn White

Catherine Arra is a native of upstate New York where she lives with wildlife and changing seasons until winter when she migrates to the Space Coast of Florida. She is the author of eight poetry collections. Her newest work is Solitude, Tarot & the Corona Blues (Kelsay Books, 2022). A Pushcart nominee, Arra teaches part-time and facilitates local writing groups. Find her at www.catherinearra.com Casting by Numbers 1. The single line of my life loops yours. We twirl, swirl possibilities, tango-dip and tease, back-step and bow. You tell me you first fell in love with my words. How we are made from the same dirt and … Continue reading Catherine Arra

I write for a multitude of reasons, among them, because I have the time and desire.  Writing offers me another of the many opportunities in which to learn and hopefully, share. The Late Mr. Putt Nightmares? They’re an acquired taste, at least the ones in which the need to feast upon a full course spread on which a crowd of ten might feed. Recall the plight of Mr. Putt, the late, who ate himself to death. The coroner’s report said that he died with pillow on his breath. It’s often said that dying in your sleep in dreams, ‘the way … Continue reading James Langford

Christine Benton Criswell is a writer and physician in San Antonio, Texas. Her work is featured in several journals, including The Headlight Review, Jimson Weed, and New Pop Lit. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, practicing tai chi, and watching K-dramas. No Different from the Frog In front of me were two heavy, ancient-looking, wooden doors, and beyond them—the thing I dreaded most about becoming a doctor. My heart was pounding so hard I could hardly hear the voices around me. I’d wished desperately that I could skip over this part of medical training, just jump right through time, … Continue reading Christine Criswell