Sandra Arnold lives in New Zealand. She is the author of five books including The Ash, the Well and the Bluebell, Mākaro Press, NZ; Soul Etchings, Retreat West Books, UK; and Sing no Sad Songs, Canterbury University Press, NZ. Her novella-in-flash The Bones of the Storywill be published in the UK by Impspired Books in mid-2023. Her short fiction has been widely published and anthologised and has received nominations for The Best Small Fictions, Best Microfictions and The Pushcart Prize.  She has a PhD in Creative Writing from  Central Queensland University, Australia. The committee for right thinking ‘My son tells … Continue reading Sandra Arnold

Foster Trecost writes stories that are mostly made up. They tend to follow his attention span: sometimes short, sometimes very short. Recent work appears in Potato Soup Journal, Halfway Down the Stairs, and Club Plum. He lives near New Orleans with his wife and dog. Lost Time              I pierced the aisle in search of a seat I liked but only looked left, preferring a mountain view over meadows, and slotted an optimum spot snugged against the window. The train lurched, then inched, then smoothed to a steady roll. And that’s when my mother found me. She said the forward car, … Continue reading Foster Trecost

Renee Williams is a retired English professor, who has written for Of Rust and Glass, Alien Buddha Press and the New Verse News.  Give Me Shelter My father always said it never rains on the motorcyclist though this time he could be wrong. The Softail pushed by the winds, tires sliding, we whipped over the serpentine of 664, a little Switzerland of its own right. Lightning illuminated the hills, strikes slashed into the woods the sheet of rain inched our way. Though less than five miles from home it was no longer safe to push our luck and keep going. Safe haven … Continue reading Renee Williams

Linda S. Gunther is the author of six suspense novels: Ten Steps From The Hotel Inglaterra, Endangered Witness, Lost In The Wake, Finding Sandy Stonemeyer, Dream Beach and Death Is A Great Disguiser. Her essays and short stories have also been featured in a variety of literary publications. Linda’s author website includes an overviews of each of her suspense novels as well as published short story links to magazines and a weekly blog titled WRITE-BYTES with tips and tools for developing writers.  www.lindasgunther.com BABY, I WAS WRONG I collect things. I’m guilty. My house is full of great stuff but … Continue reading Linda S. Gunther

Bio Coming Soon… Butterfly Twig Part 1 A boy sitting on the bench looking at the floor holding his toy, from there huffing and puffing slowly. Inside of a playground that was in the park-fields, he held in his hand his toy that was the butterfly twig and he shaking it. He gets up walking in a square and gone 5 more laps in the playground with nobody there.  Part 2 He drops his butterfly-twig on the floor and he went on the swing looking down huffing and puffing another boy approaches picking up the toy.                                                       The 2nd boy had … Continue reading Darren Solomon

My name is Neal Crook. After retirement, I relocated from hectic Los Angeles to serene Cambria, California. Much of my work is inspired by the beauty of the central coast. Involvement in the Cambria Writers Workshop provides the opportunity to explore my past and has helped generate “memoir” poetry. The rights and struggles of the GLBTQ community and my journey accepting my queerness, influences many of my poems and flash memoirs. I taught high school for 20 years. I live with my husband, Michael, our cat Rufus, as well as our loyal dog Sterling. Cleansing Filth A magenta crested hummer … Continue reading Neal Crook

Christian Ward is a UK-based writer who has recently appeared in The Dewdrop, Dodging the Rain, Blue Unicorn, The Seventh Quarry, Bluepepper, Tipton Poetry Journal, The Amazine and Rye Whiskey Review.  The Hunter After Dave Pollot’s painting “The Hunter” Now that he’s retired from bounty hunting, Boba Fett likes to hunt mallard ducks when the sun is low and haunting like the call of a loon. Crooked like a walking cane, the birds’ iridescent green heads are copy and pasted from Duck Hunt, aristocratic shoots, and laser tag. Paused mid-flight like a stop motion frame, the ducks wait for a … Continue reading Christian Ward

Salvatore Difalco is a Sicilian Canadian poet and short story writer. Blue Ox Blues Eyes blur over the name on the box—likely not Belgian chocolates. Little gifts should come after and love dropped in as a word rather than emotion, unless the palm reader knows what we know. How strange it is to be dispatched before making sense of the windspeed and wind chimes tinkling four notes of Chicago blues. Words themselves condense an experience with mountaintops or pristine lakes-in-woods and men in red plaid shirts eyeing the tallest trees. A summer of meanness cannot contain the sunflower feel of … Continue reading Salvatore Difalco

Jane King is a full-time faculty member at the University of Phoenix, where she teaches online.  She is also a retired business lawyer.  After many years, she has returned to writing fiction.  She is also an avid animal lover—with cats being at the top of the list. This is the fourth story in her series, The Ten Lives of Hector, The Cat!  The Fourth Life of Hector, The Cat! Hector, The Cat! Time Travels Into the Sargasso Sea! As a species that dominates the world, creating bad and good along the way, sometimes humans forget that our very best friends–who … Continue reading Jane L King

Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal resides in California and works in the mental health field in Los Angeles. His poems have appeared online and in print at Blue Collar Review, Escape Into Life, Impspired, Kendra Steiner Editions, Mad Swirl, Pygmy Forest Press, and Unlikely Stories. His latest poetry book, Make the Water Laugh, was published by Rogue Wolf Press (2021). Here Lies the Poem Here lies the poem. It means nothing. It says nothing. It is not worth a dime. Still, it has hopes. It has dreams to be something more than money could bring. I will accept a buck or two … Continue reading Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal