Henry Bladon is based in Somerset in the UK. He is a writer of short fiction and poetry with a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Birmingham. He is the author of several poetry collections and his work can be seen in Poetica Review, Pure Slush, Truth Serum Press, Lunate, and O:JA&L, among other places. Experimental Poet ‘I’m an experimental poet,’ said the man as he arrived in the restaurant, (the waiter yawned and thought, not another one) the poet sighed, ‘I’d be grateful if you could you point the direction to the toilet because I’m struggling … Continue reading Henry Bladon

Howie Good is the author most recently of Stick Figure Opera: 99 100-word Prose Poems from Cajun Mutt Press. He co-edits the online journals Unbroken and UnLost. AUTHOR BIO 1 Caution! Poet at Work   I have spent many hours looking out my back door, waiting for something to happen,   but nothing that would ever be considered a police matter, nothing even faintly suspicious,   just for the best words to appear like pigeons strutting into view wearing tiny cowboy hats.     2 What Is Poetry?   God’s image being restored, paint fleck by paint fleck, on the ceiling,   the … Continue reading Howie Good

Peter Magliocco writes from Las Vegas, Nevada, where he occasionally edits the lit-‘zine ART:MAG. He has recent work in online & print publications like ARIEL CHART, THE PANGOLIN REVIEW, WORD dish, SCARLET LEAF MAGAZINE, ODDBALL MAGAZINE, HARBINGER ASYLUM, MIDNIGHT LANE BOUTIQUE, and elsewhere. His new poetry book is Go to the Pain Lovers from Duck Lake Books, 2020. His latest speculative sci-fi/ horror novel is Dire Chimera, a Nook ebook published by Limited Editions Press in 2019. Austere Cantata What chance to see you in profane hours stealing the epiphany of your music as salient ivories resound to your touch, … Continue reading Peter Magliocco

Rick Blum has been chronicling life’s vagaries through essays and poetry for more than 30 years. His early works were published in several, now defunct, national magazines, whose fate he takes no credit for. He was a regular opinion columnist for eleven years for the newsweekly The Mosquito, which, surprisingly, is still in print. More recently, his writings have appeared in The Literary Hatchet, The Satirist, and WINK magazine, among others. He is also a frequent contributor to the Humor Times, and has been published in numerous poetry anthologies. Mr. Blum is a three-time winner of the annual Carlisle Poetry Contest. His poem, Tomfoolery, received honorable mention in The … Continue reading Rick Blum

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. CONVICTION WITH TEMPERANCE ‘You must respect the body you’re trying to heal.’ ~ Malcolm Gladwell ‘Generous Orthodoxy’ is an outstanding episode in Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast series, and worth a … Continue reading Nicolas D. Sampson

Linda Imbler’s poetry collections include three published works by Amazon: “Big Questions, Little Sleep,”  “Lost and Found,” and “Red Is The Sunrise.”  Soma Publishing has published her three e-book collections: “The Sea’s Secret Song,” “Pairings,” a hybrid of short fiction and poetry, and “That Fifth Element.”  Examples of Linda’s poetry and a listing of publications can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com. Shape Shifter As if a boy with tripping feet, I fall out of the day, and into the nightfall, where shadows tell me secrets. Thus, the diminishing veil of thought to pen peaks at invisibility.    An emphatic play of syllables begins. I see them becoming assembled, gathered, the … Continue reading Linda Imbler

I am a retired attorney, and live with my wife, Judith, in Newton, Massachusetts. Having published numerous professional articles when I practiced law, I am relatively new to fiction. My stories have appeared in Evening Street Review, Short Fiction Break, and Twenty-Two Twenty-Eight, among others. My two most recent stories have been accepted by, and will be published in upcoming editions of The Literary Hatchet and Short Edition. Poetry has been published in Shot Glass Journal. A Modest Adventure On a cloudy fall day, Gus left behind his comfortable home and sleeping wife, Gail, to begin a five day solitary … Continue reading Kenneth Margolin

Ann Christine Tabaka was nominated for the 2017 Pushcart Prize in Poetry, has been internationally published, and won poetry awards from numerous publications. She is the author of 9 poetry books.  She has recently been published in several micro-fiction anthologies and short story publications.  Christine lives in Delaware, USA.  She loves gardening and cooking.  Chris lives with her husband and three cats. Her most recent credits are: Burningword Literary Journal; Muddy River Poetry Review; The Write Connection; Ethos Literary Journal, North of Oxford, Pomona Valley Review, Page & Spine, West Texas Literary Review, The Hungry Chimera, Sheila-Na-Gig, Foliate Oak Review, … Continue reading Ann Christine Tabaka

3 Circular Triangles exercises Books lead to other books. Read one and you’re reminded of another. New publications 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. These are Circular Triangles exercises … ON THE FRAGILE DYNAMICS OF IDENTITY AND THE BENEFITS OF JOURNALS Kafka On The Shore; The Face Of Another; The White Castle. Three outlandish stories on the … Continue reading Sampson N – Nicolas Sampson