Swayam Prashant (pen-name of Dr. Prashanta Kumar Sahoo) was born in the undivided Cuttack district, Odisha. He was formerly an Associate Professor of English at Sarupathar College, Assam, India. He has written six books and two booklets. They are : Evaluation of Textbooks in the Teaching of English (based on his Ph.D. thesis); Values in Life (based on a research project on Vedic and Upanishadic writings); Knowledge Tree (miscellaneous prose writings); Haiku from the Garden of My Own (poetry); Live Like a Man (poetry); Premras Amrit (poetry in Assamese); Virgin Land Impregnated (a thematic study of Canadian folk songs); and    … Continue reading Swayam Prashant

Peter F. Crowley is an independent writer from the Boston area. His poetry book Those Who Hold Up the Earth was released by Kelsay Books in 2020. Other work of his can be found in Pif Magazine, Galway Review, Opiate Magazine and Counterpunch, among other publications. The Broadcaster Mickey, a 31-year old man with red curly hair, had the habit of broadcasting his pre-dream images and dreams to whoever was around. He would broadcast these in a dull, monotone voice as they were occurring.      When he and his wife Danielle, who had raven hair, pale skin and dark brown … Continue reading Peter F. Crowley

Darren J Beaney is a hopeless romantic and he means hopeless! He cuts his own hair. He really enjoys a good pint of IPA. He loves music, mainly punk rock, and old Colombian folk music, but lots of other stuff as well. He is one half of Flight of the Dragonfly, who host a regular spoken word evening on Zoom and in a pub Brighton, they also produce FLIGHTS a quarterly poetry, prose and flash fiction e-journal and have just set up as a small publishing press. He has had poems published in several journals and anthologies and has two … Continue reading Darren J. Beaney

J.R. Barner is a writer, teacher, and musician living in Athens, Georgia. They are the author of the chapbooks Burnt Out Stars and Thirteen Poems and their first collection, Little Eulogies. They were educated at the University of Minnesota and the University of Georgia. Their work has appeared in online and journals Flow, Anobium, and Release. New work is available periodically at jrbarner.tumblr.com. Saying Goodbye (early in the morning on the Rue des Mauvais Garçons) They found Walter Benjamin under the sewer, Eyes wide like he’d just had a vision or a scare, Yes, I’m saving for my return flight, … Continue reading John Barner

Lori R. Lopez is an offbeat hat-wearing speculative author, illustrator, poet, and songwriter residing in Southern California.  Her prose and verse have been published in a number of anthologies and magazines including California Screamin’ (the Foreword Poem), Dead Harvest, The Horror Zine, Weirdbook, The Sirens Call, Spectral Realms, Space & Time, Impspired, Illumen, Altered Realities, Bewildering Stories, Aphelion and several H.W.A. Poetry Showcases.  Book titles include The Dark Mister Snark, Leery Lane, An Ill Wind Blows, The Fairy Fly, and Darkverse:  The Shadow Hours (nominated for an Elgin Award).  Four of her poems have been nominated for Rhysling Awards.  Lori … Continue reading Lori R. Lopez

Kevin McManus is a poet-writer from Leitrim in Western Ireland. He has published six novels, a collection of short stories and two books of poetry. His most recent poetry book called “The Hawthorn Tree” was published by Lapwing Publications, Belfast.  His poems have been published in various journals including the Honest Ulsterman , the Galway Review, Impspired and the Lothlorien journal.  Voices lost in the wind I call your name, but it gets lost in the rising wind, your tears are drowned in the driving rain, your face is fading in the fog of time. Looking out to sea with … Continue reading Kevin McManus

Jimmy Broccoli is a Library Branch Manager by day and a published poet by night with a mission to inspire his readers through imaginative poetic storytelling. His work has been featured in several publications and he released his first full length book, “Damaged” on Christmas Day 2021, he is the collector and editor of the anthology, “Spotlight” – and his second collection of poems, “Rabbits”, will be available on New Year’s Day 2023. He enjoys walks on the beach and playing with puppies. He and I Whittling Wooden Boats by the Crik He and I are whittling wooden boats – … Continue reading Jimmy Broccoli

I began to write for pleasure some years ago. I discovered a writing retreat on Iona and, inspired by the island, wrote a children’s MG book set there. The islanders were then trying to raise funds to provide social housing that would enable young islanders to remain so I self-published and sent copies up to help raise funds. Before covid, the 115 souls realised they needed a new village hall (which doubles as a school hall) and began a plethora of fund-raising events to raise the £2 million needed. I wondered how I could possibly help the folk who have … Continue reading Edith Robson

Shaurya Arya-Kanojia is the author of the novella, End of the Rope. He likes sports (cricket, mostly), eating out, and watching reruns of The Office and Everybody Loves Raymond. His social media handles include @shauryaticks (Twitter) and @main.hoon.ek.sharara (Instagram), and more about him can be found at https://www.shauryaak.com/ Irony in Red Whoever said “Fear is our greatest enemy” certainly knew what they were talking about. And, today, I learned the gravity of the statement. First hand. I was returning from my evening walk. The sky overhead was clear. A coat of sweat plastered my t-shirt to my back. The humidity … Continue reading Shaurya Arya-Kanojia