Tom Bell is 21 years old and is a content writer by trade. He usually writes about what’s happening in the horological world such as new updates or releases. Outside of this professional writing, Tom Bell is an avid poet, cramming out all his thoughts onto a page and hope’s one day they’ll stick. He wasn’t always so lucky in being a full time content writer. Previous jobs included being a gardener, a leafleter and even an apprentice solicitor. This wide range of careers has been a source of inspiration and has allowed him to craft personalized poems which many … Continue reading Tom Bell

Poussin is a professor of English and French. His work in poetry and photography has appeared in Kestrel, Symposium, The Chimes, and hundreds of other publications worldwide. Most recently, his collections “In Absentia,” and “If I Had a Gun,” were published in 2021  and 2022 by Silver Bow Publishing.  Ancient Scholars Dust plays tricks on their weary gazes Alone in the ivory towers of their genius The world may run topsy turvy around their homes Unaffected they seem frozen in the cradle of oldest dreams. Lost in the midst of a cloud of stale smoke Pipes lay cold atop the … Continue reading Fabrice Poussin

Jerome Berglund has many haiku, senryu and tanka exhibited and forthcoming online and in print, most recently in the Asahi Shimbun, Bear Creek Haiku, Bamboo Hut, Black and White Haiga, Blōō Outlier Journal, Bones, Bottle Rockets, Cold Moon Journal, Contemporary Haibun Online, Daily Haiga, Failed Haiku, Frogpond, Haiku Dialogue, Haiku Seed, Impspired, Japan Society, Modern Haiku, Poetry Pea, Ribbons, Scarlet Dragonfly, Seashores, Synchronized Chaos, Time Haiku, Triya, Tsuri-dōrō, Under the Basho, Wales Haiku Journal, and the Zen Space. Konami Code            Left from mouths of babes: projectile vomit gargling marbles cost to being understood baking potato irish car bomb houses … Continue reading Jerome Berglund

Ann Christine Tabaka was nominated for the 2017 Pushcart Prize in Poetry. She is the winner of Spillwords Press 2020 Publication of the Year, her bio is featured in the “Who’s Who of Emerging Writers 2020 and 2021,” published by Sweetycat Press. She is the author of 15 poetry books, and 1 short story book. She lives in Delaware, USA. She loves gardening and cooking.  Chris lives with her husband and four cats. Her most recent credits are: The Phoenix; Eclipse Lit, Carolina Muse, Sand Hills Literary Magazine, Ephemeral Literary Review, The Elevation Review, The Closed Eye Open, North Dakota … Continue reading Ann Christine Tabaka

Robert Beveridge (he/him) makes noise (xterminal.bandcamp.com) and writes poetry on unceded Mingo land (Akron, OH). Recent/upcoming appearances in Midwest Zen, egoPHobia, and FRiGG, among others. Gossamer Platinum frays, pork bellies fall on suspected terrorist activity in Ottumwa. Daybreak found you in arrears. You get out pick and shovel, prepare to mine 401(k)s. It’s been a while since you’ve done that kind of labor. You look forward to dirtied hands, the buildup of calluses on fingers never meant to play the piano anyway. Recipe Can Be Doubled in their twin apartment buildings one would sit and write the other would sit … Continue reading Robert Beveridge

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 … Continue reading Philip Butera

Mikki Aronoff’s work appears in New World Writing, MacQueen’s Quinterly, Tiny Molecules, The Disappointed Housewife, Bending Genres, Milk Candy Review, Gone Lawn, Mslexia, The Dribble Drabble Review, 100 word story, The Citron Review, Atlas and Alice, trampset, jmww, and elsewhere. She’s received Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Best American Short Stories, and Best Microfiction nominations. Lifting Spirits It’s been sixteen years since I lost Ma, and I’m starting to forget what she looked like. Tomorrow’s her birthday, and I feel a big space inside me where shopping for a present for her used to be. If she were here, … Continue reading Mikki Aronoff

Nolo Segundo, pen name of L.J. Carber, 75, in his 8th decade became published in over 130 literary journals in the U.S., England, Canada, Romania, Scotland, India, Australia, Portugal, Hong Kong, Sweden, and Turkey, and in 3 trade book collections: The Enormity of Existence [2020], Of Ether and Earth [2021] & Soul songs [2022] . Recently nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2022, he’s a retired teacher [America, Japan, Taiwan, Cambodia] who’s been married 43 years to a smart and beautiful Taiwanese woman.  I Have Been To Places Of Great Death I have been to places of great death: Walking the … Continue reading Nolo Segundo

Bio- Dan Flore III’s poems have appeared in many publications. His 6 poetry books are Lapping Water, Humbled Wise Men Christmas Haikus, Home and other places I’ve yet to see, Pink Marigold Rays,(Gen Z Publishing) Written in the dust on the ceiling fan, (Dead Man’s Press Ink.) and Hospital Issued Writing Notebook.(Querencia Press) SLEEPWALKING he was walking his dog and the sky was white as zit ooze and everything was boring. I said fuck it and cracked open my third energy drink in a row hoping the sugar high would change how it was all wrong. the whole town was asleep and I just … Continue reading Dan Flore III

Robert Runté is Senior Editor with EssentialEdits.ca and has edited over 35 traditionally published books, primarily science fiction and fantasy. A former professor, he has won three Aurora Awards (Canadian SF&F) for his literary criticism. He currently reviews for the Ottawa Review of Books. His own fiction has been published in over forty venues and six of his short stories have been reprinted in ‘best of’ collections, such as Canadian Shorts II and the first Metastellar print anthology. He lives in Lethbridge Alberta Canada.  Memory Loss We perceive our selves who we are, in this moment, as the culmination of all … Continue reading Robert Runté