John Tustin’s poetry has appeared in many literary journals, online and in print, in the last dozen years. fritzware.com/johntustinpoetry contains links to his published poetry online. MY BODY My body, soft and pallid; Shaky and stooped; Withering and bulgy. My body so close To the precipice of unholy. It is sad and it is fragile And it is yours to keep – My pathetic offering, All I have to give. It is yours to love And adore And you do! You do. NARROWER As I get older I feel everything becoming narrower. I feel life getting smaller and the inevitability of death … Continue reading John Tustin

Vahid Husen Sayyad is an Indian Eductor and a Writer, he mostly writes poems in Hindi-Urdu, he also writes Short stories, Dramas and Poems in English. His short story “The Lost King” is published in impspired.com. and Academy of Heart and Mind. He has been teaching English and Communication Skills for more than 13 years. He is also an International Educational Trainer and has his own Organization named English Zone. Sweet and Spice You and Me being One.. It’ll be Amazingly  So Nice.. No Sound or Fear of None.. Mixture of Sweet and Spice..   Melting with every Breath  Touch.. Love … Continue reading Vahid Husen Sayyad

Mehreen Ahmed is an award-winning, internationally published and critically acclaimed author. She has written Novels, Novella, Short Stories, Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Academic, Prose Poetry, Memoirs, Essays and Journalistic Write-Ups. Her works have been podcast, anthologised and translated in German, Greek and Bengali. She was born and raised in Bangladesh. At the moment, she lives in Australia. Mehreen Ahmed is an award-winning, internationally published and critically acclaimed author. She has written Novels, Novella, Short Stories, Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Academic, Prose Poetry, Memoirs, Essays and Journalistic Write-Ups. Her works have been podcast, anthologised and translated in German, Greek and Bengali. … Continue reading Mehreen Ahmed

My name is Jane Avery or Janieairoil or Janie or Prat, depending on who the speaker is. I am married with eleven children, (only four are mine thank goodness) and thirteen grandchildren (again, thank goodness, only one is mine!). I’m forty-nine and in total denial that I will reach fifty next month.  I have been writing poetry since junior school; used it during senior school to earn a smoke by creating personalised valentines, used it through my first marriage as a survival kit, and use it now as an outlet for joy or grief, equally.  I have had a few … Continue reading Jane Avery

Bruce Morton splits his time between Bozeman, Montana and Buckeye, Arizona. His volume of poems, Simple Arithmetic and Other Artifices, was published in 2015. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in various magazines and anthologies including, most recently, Muddy River Poetry Review, Mason Street Review, The Lake (UK), Main Street Rag, Better Than Starbucks, Nixes Mate Review, Grey Sparrow Journal, and Blue Unicorn. For many years he was Dean of Libraries at Montana State University Truth Unbelievably There is no truth in a lie If the truth be told   Invariably There is no lie like the truth If the truth be sold … Continue reading Bruce Morton

James Mulhern’s writing is forthcoming or has been published in literary journals and anthologies over one hundred times. In 2013, he was a Finalist for the Tuscany Prize in Catholic Fiction. In 2015, Mr. Mulhern was awarded a fully paid writing fellowship to Oxford University in the United Kingdom. That same year, a story was longlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize. In 2017, he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His writing (novels and short story collection) earned favorable critiques from Kirkus Reviews, including a Kirkus Star. His most recent novel, Give Them Unquiet Dreams, is a Readers’ Favorite Book Award winner, a Notable Best Indie Book of 2019, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2019, and a RED … Continue reading James Mulhern

Ahmad Al-Khatat was born in Baghdad, Iraq. His work has appeared in print and online journals globally and has poems translated into several languages. He has been nominated for Best of the Net 2018. He is the author of The Bleeding Heart Poet, Love On The War’s Frontline, Gas Chamber, Wounds from Iraq, Roofs of Dreams, The Grey Revolution, and Noemi & Lips of Sweetness.  He lives in Montreal, Canada. Rest When will I rest well from overthinking I have blinded the daylight in my sights I even paralyzed all steps to my objective because I have been the blues … Continue reading Ahmad Al-Khatat

Henry is a writer, poet and mental health essayist based in Somerset in the UK. He has a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Birmingham. His poetic novella, ‘Notes from the State of OMNESIA’ was published by Impspired Press. Insuperable Conversations with Themselves The philosophers are huddled under a shelter around a vanilla-scented candle while simultaneously eating chocolate Bourbon biscuits (so named after the House of Bourbon, French in origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty). Philosopher 1 has been described as having a double-breasted ego. Philosopher 2 would like to speak in poetic sequences, but … Continue reading Henry Bladon

Sampson is a writer-producer based in Cyprus and the UK. His work has appeared in Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel, The Scofield, and The Writers’ Magazine, among others. His short story Flames and Shadows was nominated for a 2018 Pushcart Prize. Film projects include Behind the Mirror(writer/producer – winner of Best Thriller in the Manhattan Film Festival 2015), Vita and Virginia and Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall(executive producer). He loves Alfred Hitchcock films. And traveling. And the Cloud. And is currently working on a psychological horror script. SOUND ANGER ‘If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see. If you come by aeroplane, you will land at the V. C. Bird International Airport … As … Continue reading Nicolas D. Sampson

Clair Chilvers was a cancer scientist, and latterly worked for the UK National Health Service. She divides her time between writing and running a mental health research charity. She lives in Gloucestershire, UK and has had poems published in Ink Sweat and Tears, Agenda, Allegro, Amaryllis, Atrium, Artemis and Sarasvati.  www.clairchilverspoetry.co.uk Consider the lilies of the field… A line of aspens frames the stream. They flaunt their shimmering summer dresses toss back their hair to taunt the wind, to tease me with their disregard.   Beset by gales they bend with grace accommodating to the blow to domination by the wind … Continue reading Clair Chilvers