Dorthy LaVern McCarthy, pen name, LaVern Spencer McCarthy, has written and published nine books, five of poetry and four of fiction. Her work has appeared in Writers and Readers Magazine, Meadowlark Reader, Agape Review, Fenechty Publications Anthologies Of Short Stories, From The Shadows, An Anthology Of Short Stories, Visions International, Fresh Words Magazine and others.She is a life member of The Poetry Society Of Texas and National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Inc. She resides in Blair Oklahoma where she is currently writing her fifth book of short stories. Regimen at Mojave Run The last time Gilbert Duc weighed himself … Continue reading Dorthy LaVern McCarthy

Gita Viswanath is the author of two novels – Twice it Happened, (2019) and A Journey Gone Wrong (2022), a non-fiction book, The ‘Nation’ in War: A Study of Military Literature and Hindi War Cinema (2014)and a children’s book, Chidiya. Her poems, essays and short stories have been published in several print and online journals. Her short films “Family Across the Atlantic” and “Safezonerz” are available on YouTube. She is also the co-founder of an online film club called Talking Films Online Numbers vs Words Except for the number one, that pioneer and its offspring four and seven that stretch to … Continue reading Gita Viswanath

Ken Goodman (a celibate monk) isn’t much fun on a date.  He doesn’t smoke or drink, doesn’t eat meat, sugar or dairy…what does he do? He makes ecstatic meditation & poetry creation. Odessa 1920 My grandma got out of Odessa hiding in the hay— of a wagon into which soldiers stabbed pitchforks in— again & again… when I sneezed in September she told me with a grin: “That’s why you have hay fever, from the fear I felt when they— stuck pitchforks in the hay.” in the equipoise No way to wander away from self-meditative glow: home sweet home where … Continue reading Ken Goodman

Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada during the Vietnam era. Today he is a poet in the greater Chicagoland area, IL.  He has 275 YouTube poetry videos. Michael Lee Johnson is an internationally published poet in 44 countries, has several published poetry books, has been nominated for 6 Pushcart Prize awards, and 6 Best of the Net nominations. He is editor-in-chief of 3 poetry anthologies, all available on Amazon, and has several poetry books and chapbooks. He has over 453 published poems. Michael is the administrator of 6 Facebook Poetry groups. Member Illinois State Poetry Society. I Age(V2) Arthritis and aging make … Continue reading Michael Lee Johnson

My name is Christian. I write poetry and fiction. I have a Masters degree in Writing from Warwick University. I have had pieces published sparsely elsewhere. I am influenced lyrically by numerous musicians such as Halsey, Alex Turner and Lana Del Rey, as well as more conventional poets such as Ocean Vuong and John Cooper Clarke. Having arrived now at what I considered the end of this bio I realised that I’ve conveyed myself as someone devoid of a personality. I assure you I have one. A good one in fact. I had to cultivate it to compensate for my ginger hair. … Continue reading Christian Deery

James Scargill is a writer based in the Shetland Isles. In a former life he was a theoretical physicist but he now explores the world through fiction rather than field theory. His work has appeared in Valet magazine. The Choice of a Lifetime The impact lanced through Peter’s body quicker than nerves could respond and the first thing of which he became aware was the queue he had just joined.             He blinked in the bright, sterile light, emitted by fluorescent strips embedded in the ceiling about five metres above; soft, comforting muzak played, peppered with the sound of conversations … Continue reading James Scargill

Dr. Elizabeth V. Koshy is a Professor in English Literature at Dr. A.B. Telang Senior College, Pune, India. Her poems have been published in edited anthologies by Sweetycat Press in ‘Love’, ‘Song’, ‘Beauty’ and ‘Movement’, Clarendon House Press in Poetica 3,4,5,6, Gertrude’s Writing Room, Caesurae.org, The Writers Club (Grey Thoughts), Stacy Savage’s Poetry for a Cause, Lothlorein Poetry Journal, The World of Myth Magazine, Indian Periodical, Literary Yard and Spillwords. Her CNF/memoirs have been published by Academy of the Heart and Mind, Impspired Magazine and Sweetycat Press. Two of her poems are forthcoming in Rabble Review and MockingOwlRoost. Her poem … Continue reading Dr. Elizabeth V. Koshy

I came to writing through therapy at age forty-eight, and, nearly ten years later, I still need it. Writing I mean. We find things in life, that are not so bad sometimes and in that discovery, we find ourselves a little, and another jigsaw piece is slotted home. Writing has also proved to me, that its the pieces that are lost that complete the picture of who we really are. There is a little bit of me in everything I write, not blood, not flesh maybe, but the bit that accepts that just because a piece of sky is missing, … Continue reading Robbie Taylor

A Review by Don Beukes Published by IMSPIRED PRESS (UK) In this immersive,provocative and engaging collection, MITCHELL WALDMAN challenges us to reflect on our own moral compass; through the experiences of the characters and their own personal battles but also situations many of us would rather try to avoid. This is where Waldman succeeds in his ‘creative representation’ of personal relationships, religious views, political alliances and moralistic viewpoints in this fictional canvas of the human condition, no matter who we are or where we are from. Such is the impact of this collection, that we are compelled to individually search … Continue reading BROTHERS, FATHERS AND OTHER STORIES BY MITCHELL WALDMAN

Christina Chin is a painter and haiku poet. She is four-time recipient of top 100 in the mDAC Summit Contests. They were exhibited at the Palo Alto Art Center, California. She is the sole haiku contributor for the MusArt book of Randall Vemer’s paintings published by ArtReach Publication, Portland, Oregon. She is 1st prize winner of the 34th Annual Cherry Blossom Sakura Festival 2020 Haiku Contest.  1st prize winner in the 8th Setouchi Matsuyama 2019 Photo-haiku Contest. Has won two City Soka Saitama’s 2020 haiku prizes. Earned five merits in the World Haiku Review August 2020. Published in the multilingual … Continue reading Christina Chin & Uchechukwu Onyedikam