Darren Lynch is a twenty three year old student from Dublin , Ireland. Currently living in Germany. Darren has only recently got into poetry and is working towards his first collection titled The Neighbourhood of Madness. The work produced by him is a reflection of his life experiences and interest in the subconious thought. Darren has a background in music and is currently the lead singer of his band falling purple. More material of his will be made availble through his instagram @thedarrenlynchexperience in the upcoming weeks.  The Dance of Eventide Jewelled succession The gentle awake In honour of carefully … Continue reading Darren Lynch

A recent member of North Coast Writers, as a senior barrister and then as a judge Paul Girvan wrote extensively on legal matters during a long career. He now enjoys the freedom of creative writing particularly poetry which is often inspired by his travels, by nature and by his sense of place, history and time. A keen amateur artist his work is influenced by an artist’s eye for colour, form and atmosphere. In 2022 Paul contributed to the Anthology Love, Loss and Cardiac Issues and in 2023 to Issue 21 of the online magazine both published byImpspired Press. La Salute, … Continue reading Paul Girvan

Sarah Kane is 12 years old and lives in Inishowen, Co Donegal. She is a member of This Writing Thing, a writers’ group based in Derry and the north west. She is home schooled and loves reading and writing. She writes stories and poems. She loves discovering new words and using them in her pieces. She enjoys drawing and the dramatic arts. FELINE My paws glide through the damp forest floor, underbelly gently touched by morning dew that dapples sleek ferns. They drown in every leap I take. Trees spread across the horizon, and I hear a pheasant chirping from … Continue reading Sarah Kane

KB Ballentine loves to travel and practice sword fighting and Irish step dancing: those Scottish and Irish roots run deep! When not tucked in a corner reading or writing, she makes daily classroom appearances to her students. Learn more at http://www.kbballentine.com. Your Shadow in My Path Peppered by dreams – tossing, stirring – I rise in the still-dark, watch the Pink Moon peek-a-boo the clouds. Another hour then her chin will graze the ridgeline and disappear behind the mountain. Twilight in this room. My breath fogs the window, frost braiding glass and trees. Somewhere in Key West the strand boils … Continue reading KB Ballentine

Fred Miller is a California writer. Over a hundred of his stories and poems have appeared in publications around the world over the past ten years. Many may be found on his blog: https://pookah1943.wordpress.com   Tomorrow A shimmering light flanks a storm of guests aflush in the widened doorway. Tired shoes flagged by time and pale garb draped over supple girths await the coming advance toward treasures and passing fancies of hidden deceit. “Welcome to Del-Mart, welcome,” she sings, her dauntless gaze fixed on the approaching horde, her ears attuned to queries of aisles and rows where specials are to be … Continue reading Fred Miller

A retired educationalist Janet Peace lives near the spectacular North Coast of Northern Ireland. Writing is a comparatively new passion joyfully discovered since joining North Coast Writers. As a new hobby, writing jostles for position with tending a large, unkempt garden, fostering and caring for equally unkempt rescue cats and an old, faithful border-collie as well as dabbling in art, music and D.I.Y. interior design. Her large family, many pets, stunning location and reflections on life all inspire her poetry. Her poem ‘Tapestry’ featured in the Anthology Love, Loss and Cardiac Issues, and in Springboards: a Manual of Creative Writing, … Continue reading Janet Peace

John Goodie is a recovering programmer/analyst who found an affinity for words and began writing poems and short stories, returning to college at East Carolina University for an English Degree and Tesol certificate to teach English to refugees and immigrants of the USA and the children and people of Spain. Subsequent to that, owing to a high degree of interest in other cultures, he earned his master’s degree in English, also at ECU, with a concentration in Multicultural and Transnational Literature. Now he is pursuing his PhD at the University of Salamanca in Spain. And I Ate Every Damn One … Continue reading John Goodie

Rp Verlaine, a retired English teacher living in NYC, has an MFA in creative writing from City College. He has several collections of poetry including Femme Fatales Movie Starlets & Rockers (2018) and Lies From The Autobiography 1-3 (2018-2020). Rp’s work has been featured in Punk Noir, Ygdrasil, and Runcible Spoon.  Answered By Silence Thinking of the lipstick on her half open mouth always leaving me a little room for doubt with besotted lies. In a bar where half a dozen beers barely register until I switch to whiskey, walking backwards, every kiss for perspective. Answered by silence are any … Continue reading Rp Verlaine

Sandeep Sharma finished his PhD/D Phil in Semiotics in 2012 at Himachal Pradesh University, India. His thesis was on non-verbal aspects in the novels of R K Narayan, language of Jacques Derrida and Deconstruction in particular. Currently He’s Asst Prof of English at Government College, Diggal (HP), India. He is Associate Editor of the journals In Translation (Université Badji Moktar de Annaba) and Traduction et Langues,University of Oran 2. He received Award of Academic Excellence (2022), along with Noam Chomsky, by the Arab Translators’ Association for his research works. His academic page as of now has been viewed by 266,709 … Continue reading Sandeep Sharma

Gabriella Balcom lives in Texas with her family, works full-time in the mental health field, and has loved reading and writing her entire life. She writes fantasy, horror, sci-fi, romance, literary fiction, children’s stories, and more, and loves great stories, forests, mountains, and back roads. She has a weakness for lasagna, garlic bread, tacos, cheese, and chocolate, and adores Chinese, Italian, and Mexican food. Gabriella has had 375 works accepted for publication, and won the right to have a novel published by Clarendon House Publications when one of her short stories was voted best in an anthology. Her book, On … Continue reading Gabriella Balcom