Nicolas D. 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. LIFEBOAT: IT STILL WORKS Every once in a while comes a film that delves deep into the intricacies of life, examining humanity from all viewpoints, selling no one short. This is … Continue reading Nicolas D Sampson

James Mulhern has published in literary journals over seventy 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 has earned 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, anda Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2019.  Assumptions “You are altogether beautiful, my love;  there is no flaw in you.” (Song of Solomon 4:7) Peggy Fleming, … Continue reading James Mulhern

Peter Magliocco writes from Las Vegas, Nevada, where he’s been active in the small press for several years as editor, writer, and artist. He has recent poetry in The Literary Yard, Pulp Poets Press, The Pangolin Review, Harbinger Asylum, and has been nominated several times for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net in poetry. His latest poetry book is Go to the Pain Lovers from Duck Lake Books. Poem Inside a Poem The keen moment of undeniability in the raven sun of being cascaded across the throw rug embroidered by my missing hand I will write these lines … Continue reading Peter Magliocco

Edward Lee’s poetry, short stories, non-fiction and photography have been published in magazines in Ireland, England and America, including The Stinging Fly, Skylight 47, Acumen and Smiths Knoll.  His debut poetry collection “Playing Poohsticks On Ha’Penny Bridge” was published in 2010. He is currently working towards a second collection.He also makes musical noise under the names Ayahuasca Collective, Lewis Milne, Orson Carroll, Blinded Architect, Lego Figures Fighting, and Pale Blond Boy.His blog/website can be found at https://edwardmlee.wordpress.com FOR THE SAKE OF Let the night take me, suddenly, unexpectedly, tonight or fifty years from now, so I need never see the grief … Continue reading Edward Lee

Gordon Ferris is a sixty-two old year Dublin writer living in Ballyshannon in Co Donegal for the past thirty-six years. He is a member of the Dublin Writers Forum and has had poetry and short stories published in A New Ulster, Hidden Channel and The Galway Review. The Brood It was a dull drizzling Sunday afternoon in May. Upstairs on the 34A bus, Gary and Doug sat quietly waiting for the bus to reach its destination. Doug was glancing over the shoulder of the woman in front, reading her newspaper. The headline spoke of the end of the war in … Continue reading Gordon Ferris

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. She … Continue reading Mehreen Ahmed

Books and TV series lead to other books and TV series. Read one and you’re reminded of another. New releases refer to past ones, famous and obscure. Genres cross over, involving similar concepts, tropes, devices. Writers lift, pay tribute, re-imagine, claim as their own and take it a step further in their effort to tell gripping, original stories. Pick up the trail and we end up making extraordinary connections. Welcome to Connection Degree Three … American Gods by Neil Gaiman; The Leftovers (HBO); The Walking Dead (AMC). Three exquisite genre stories that deal with infection and casualties, death, grief, and … Continue reading On the Specter of Loss

Here is Ruthie’s latest offering. A poem dedicated to the recent ME/CFS International Awareness Day. ME/CFS is a serious, long-term illness that affects many body systems. People with ME/CFS have severe fatigue and sleep problems. ME/CFS symptoms may get worse even after minor physical, mental, or emotional tasks or effort. This phenomenon is known as post-exertional malaise (PEM). Other symptoms can include problems with thinking and concentrating, pain, and dizziness. Often, people with ME/CFS may not be able to do their usual activities. Many adults with ME/CFS are unable to work and long-term unemployment often brings further hardship. When children … Continue reading Ruthie Adamson (AKA Wonky Wordsmith)

Linnet Phoenix is a poet based in Bristol in the South West of England. She has been writing poetry for years. She also enjoys riding her Icelandic horse in the countryside. Heads Up Whose headroom was it? The wooden floorboards soaked with sunbeams leaning through an open window, giving the room an amber anticipation hue. The bed stood solitary. A room so sparsely furnished it wept. On white cotton bed linen words softly spoken. Blue skies watched with questioning eyes when the silk skin curtain cushioned inside. Yesterday we wrecked it. Tearing up the verbs like we were immortal, stripping … Continue reading Linnet Phoenix

Sarah Mackey Kirby is a poet and writer from the United States. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Connecticut River Review, Dream Noir, Punk Noir, Rat’s Ass Review, and US News & World Report. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Louisville. She and her husband live in Kentucky. For the Love of Poets I sat Paris café, Seine-faced, strapped to a chair meant for waste and cliché. Among the artists. The poets. The know-its. And dreamers. All of us sitting alone.   Where … Continue reading Sarah Mackey Kirby