Rob Verschuren was born in Malden, The Netherlands, in 1953. He has long worked as a copywriter in advertising. He has been living outside the Netherlands since the mid-1980s, spending the last fifteen years in Vietnam with his Vietnamese family, and is an example of what Salman Rushdie has called ‘translated men’, expat writers whose geographical, cultural and linguistic transgressions lead to a rich cross-fertilization between identities and perspectives. Since 2016 he has published four novels and a short story collection with the long established literary publisher In de Knipscheer. The Apricot Blossom The town where this story takes place … Continue reading Rob Verschuren

Johanne Lee, proud Mancunian mother of 3, poet and author of 6 childrens picture books and two collections of poetry .Womans Journey and the newly released Under the lavender moon, as part of the Open Skies Spotlight series .All books raise for various charities . She can be found as Johanne Lee Author on Fb and instagram  What lies in wait Strange where we find whispers echoes of the ancient ruminating, illuminating time …occasionally patient waits for you to see hear the breath and feel this empathy of living – slowing pace just a moment where hardy grass still sways … Continue reading Johanne Lee

Nadia Arioli is the founder and editor in chief of Thimble Literary Magazine. A three-time Best of the Net and Pushcart Nominee, Arioli’s poetry, artwork, and essays can be found in Rust + Moth, Hunger Mountain, Mom Egg Review, Permafrost, and elsewhere. Arioli’s latest collections are with Dancing Girl and Kelsay Books. Harpo Marx Watches Pornography for the plot, see, and it’s the zaniest caper he’s ever done. It’s performance, of course, the porn, not him watching it, one hand in his moppy hair, the other on his honker, not that honker, the literal honker, the one that goes Beep … Continue reading Nadia Arioli

Howie Good’s newest poetry collection, Heart-Shaped Hole, which also includes examples of his handmade collages, is available from Laughing Ronin Press. Mood Indigo A specialist has proposed prying open my skull to get at what it is about me that bothers everyone. I don’t have to be told there’s always the risk of catastrophic side effects, immolation high among them. Sitting alone in a brunch place at a table for two, I feel the dismissive glance of a stranger brush against my cheek. It’s yet another in a series of lessons on the marginal status of bald men. By the time I’m back … Continue reading Howie Good

DC Diamondopolous is an award-winning short story, and flash fiction writer with hundreds of stories published internationally in print and online magazines, literary journals, and anthologies. DC’s stories have appeared in: Progenitor, 34th Parallel, So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, Lunch Ticket, and others. DC’s recently released collection Captured Up Close (20th Century Short-Short Stories) has two Pushcart Prize nominated stories and one nominated for Best of the Net Anthology. Her first collection of stories was Stepping Up. She lives on the California coast with her wife and animals. dcdiamondopolous.com 1904: Mishap at … Continue reading DC Diamondopolous

Sharon Waller Knutson is a retired journalist who lives in Arizona. She has published eleven poetry books including My Grandmother Smokes Chesterfields (Flutter Press 2014,) What the Clairvoyant Doesn’t Say and Trials & Tribulations of Sports Bob (Kelsay Books 2021) and Survivors, Saints and Sinners (Cyberwit 2022,) Kiddos & Mamas Do the Darndest Things (Cyberwit 2022,) The Vultures are Circling (Cyberwit 2023) and The Leading Ladies in My Life (Cyberwit June 2023.) Her twelfth collection, My Grandfather is a Cowboy is forthcoming from Cyberwit in 2024..Her work has also appeared in Poetry Breakfast,  Lothlorien, GAS Poetry, Art and Music, The … Continue reading Sharon Waller Knutson

Dr Arthur Broomfield is a poet and Beckett scholar from County Laois, Ireland. His work has been published in Acumen, Agenda, Orbis, North and in the US, Ireland and India. He has been writing Surrealist poetry for the past two years, inspired by the English surrealist poet Hilda Sheehan and by the writings of Andre Breton. April Painted April parades lilies, that brandish the blood of the quick, pink viburnum. magnolias, sepals stained, in retreat, too late to flee the crematorium. The yellow daffodil, standing tall above the March grass, sees through the bare hedge, withers in haste. April, the … Continue reading Arthur Broomfield

Sandra Arnold lives in New Zealand. She is the author of five books including The Ash, the Well and the Bluebell, Mākaro Press, NZ; Soul Etchings, Retreat West Books, UK; and Sing no Sad Songs, Canterbury University Press, NZ. Her novella-in-flash The Bones of the Storywill be published in the UK by Impspired Books in mid-2023. Her short fiction has been widely published and anthologised and has received nominations for The Best Small Fictions, Best Microfictions and The Pushcart Prize.  She has a PhD in Creative Writing from  Central Queensland University, Australia. Peacock feathers Rainbow is a tense child. Everybody says so. Therefore she … Continue reading Sandra Arnold

Lisa Kinney resides in Wyoming and has always tried to help the public through her activities.  She was director of the Albany County Public Library, the 6th woman elected to the Wyoming State Senate, an attorney, a financial advisor, owner of Summit Bar Review, a photographer and writer. She and her mother Dr. Phyllis Kinney wrote, “A Family Guide to Chronic Mental and Emotional Illness,” including law and explanation regarding civil rights for individuals with mental illness. For the American Library Association, she wrote a book, “Lobby for your Library.” She and her sister, Majel Gardzelewski authored “Annalope Cafe” published … Continue reading Lisa Kinney

Ahmad Al-Khatat was born in Baghdad, Iraq. His work has appeared in print and online journals globally. He has poems translated into several languages such as Farsi, Chinses, Spanish, Albanian, Romanian, Arabic. He has published some poetry chapbooks, and a collection of short stories. He has been nominated for Best of the Net 2019 and was also nominated for the Pushcart Price 2020. When I Live and Die I don’t have to look up at the stars again, I won’t hold. the blade of shame against my flesh by myself in my room. I shed a tear like an alcoholic. … Continue reading Ahmad Al-Khatat