Her first novel nominated for The National Book Award, Alle C. Hall’s fiction and essays appear in Dale Peck’s Evergreen Review, Litro, Tupelo Quarterly, Creative Nonfiction Magazine, Necessary Fiction, Another Chicago Magazine, and elsewhere. Her journalism can be read in Bust Magazine, The Seattle Times, Seattle Weekly, and The Stranger, for whom she was a contributing writer. In addition to its National Book Award nomination,  As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back won five prizes before publishing, including The National League of American Pen Women’s Mary Kennedy Eastham Prize. The Summers of Carefully To the fourteen-year-old on her towel in the sand, … Continue reading Alle C. Hall

Madhu Gangopadhyay hails from India. Her passion for writing began when she was in school. She loves to pen down her musings at random moments. She is fiercely passionate about poetry and short stories, and her penchant for mythology can be seen in her works. She conveniently explores all the genres of poetry writing and has written on a plethora of topics. She has a Master of English Literature degree from Calcutta University and a bachelor’s degree in Education. She has been in the education industry for two decades now. She has also been a content developer and has designed … Continue reading Madhu Gangopadhyay

Thomas M. McDade resides in Fredericksburg, VA, He is a graduate of Fairfield University. McDade is twice a U.S. Navy Veteran serving ashore at the Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Training Center, Dam Neck Virginia Beach, VA, and at sea aboard the USS Mullinnix (DD-944) and USS Miller (DE / FF-1091). Flintz the Pilgrim The last time Alan Flintz had seen Jim Landers was two years at his DRC Bar. Jim was a horseracing fan and named his place in honor of the Detroit Race Course after it folded. No one came after him screaming copyright infringement. Alan had worked for Jim … Continue reading Thomas M. McDade

Sandra Arnold is an award-winning writer who 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 short fiction has been widely published and anthologised internationally. Her novella-in-flash The Bones of the Storywill be published n the UK by Impspired Books in mid-2023. She 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. All doors … Continue reading Sandra Arnold

Ahmad Al-Khatat was born in Baghdad, Iraq. His work has appeared in print and online journals globally. He has poems translated into several languages such as Farsi, Chinses, Spanish, Albanian, Romanian, Arabic. He has published some poetry chapbooks, and a collection of short stories. He has been nominated for Best of the Net 2019 and was also nominated for the Pushcart Price 2020. Sobbing So Much Why am I sobbing so much? Is it for the country I referred to as my “homeland,” Iraq? Or is it for “Baghdad,” a city to which I felt a sense of belonging but … Continue reading Ahmad Al-Khatat

Peter A. Witt is a Texas poet, with poems appearing in online and print publications such as Bluebird Word, Verse-Virtual, Live Encounters.  He is a former university professor who now devotes his time to researching and writing family history and poetry.  He is also an avid birder. I smell a poem coming on On a frost painted morning I smell a poem in the breeze first stanza wafting like the scent of cinnamon and sugar on a freshly toasted bagel. Second stanza has the aroma of oatmeal, dabbed with golden brown honey, slices of banana, topped with a quarter cup of … Continue reading Peter A. Witt

My life has been guided by the stars – the ocean – the light falling through trees. I have been on the Central Coast of California for 48 years. I’m a retired landscaper from San Luis Coastal Unified School District  Kevin Patrick Sullivan’s books include, First Sight, The Space Between Things, Under Such Brilliance and Unimpaired. His poems have appear in such journals as Artlife, Askew, Solo, Solo Novo, Cafe Solo, Hummingbird, Lummox, Miramar ,Salt and several anthologies including, Last Call, Chinaski!, 1001 Nights Twenty years of Redondo Poets at the Coffee Cartel 1998 – 2017,  Sometimes In The Open- … Continue reading Kevin Patrick Sullivan

Doug Jacquier is a former not-for-profit CEO who lives with his wife on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. He’s a keen vegetable gardener and cook and an occasional stand-up comedian, as well as doing the best he can as husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He’s lived in many places around Australia and has travelled extensively, especially in Asia. His poems and stories have been published in Australia, the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and India. He has self-published two collections of stories available on Amazon and Kindle. He blogs at Six Crooked Highways. Single cell nirvana Initially, Lester, an American, thought it would … Continue reading Doug Jacquier

Charles Rammelkamp is Prose Editor for BrickHouse Books in Baltimore. His latest poetry collection, A Magician Among the Spirits, poems about Harry Houdini, is a 2022 Blue Light Press Poetry winner and has just been published.A collection of flash fiction, Presto!, will be published in 2023 by Bamboo Dart Press. Another poetry collection entitled Transcendence has also just been published by BlazeVOX Books. The Original Garter Girl My mother’s the one who deserves the credit. It was her idea, emphasizing the garters, then tossing them out to the audience, the men clamoring for them like kids at a baseball game fighting for the home … Continue reading Charles Rammelkamp

Joseph Farley edited literary magazines such as Implosion, Axe Factory, Paper Airplane, Poetry Chain Letter, Cynic Book Review and other titles.  He has had over 1300 poems and over 135 stories published in his career to date. His poetry books and chapbooks include Suckers, Longing for the Mother Tongue, Waltz of the Meatballs, Crow of Night, and Her Eyes. His fiction books include a novel, Labor Day, and two story collections For the Birds and Farts and Daydreams. Mixed Drinks Your sins and my sins Don’t go well with water. Maybe with gin Or vermouth. Better with fire That melts … Continue reading Joseph Farley