Andrew Scott is a native of Fredericton, NB. During his time as an active poet, Andrew Scott has taken the time to speak in front of classrooms, judge poetry competitions as well as had over 200 hundred writings published worldwide in such publications as The Art of Being Human, Battered Shadows and The Broken Ones. Andrew Scott has published five poetry books, Snake With A Flower, The Phoenix Has Risen, The Path, The Storm Is Coming and Searching andone book of photography, Through My Eyes.  Whispers Of The Calm is his sixth poetry book. To contact Andrew, email …andrewscott.scott@gmail.com The Symbols Epilogue – Buried Alive … Continue reading Andrew Scott

Raised on a rice and catfish farm in eastern Arkansas, CL Bledsoe is the author of thirty books, including his newest poetry collection, The Bottle Episode, and his latest novel The Saviors. Bledsoe co-writes the humor blog How to Even, with Michael Gushue: https://medium.com/@howtoeven Bledsoe lives in northern Virginia with his daughter. Mother, Father, Son, Daughter The devil’s biggest problems are lack of dopamine. Nose-blindness. Not existing. One expects time to pass, some progression to be revealed, not this dog-trying-to-stand-in-a- pickup thing we’ve got going on. First, there was the mother. Then, the father, trying to erase the memory of … Continue reading CL Bledsoe

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Sheepshead Review, Stand, Poetry Salzburg Review and Hollins Critic. Latest books, “Leaves On Pages” “Memory Outside The Head” and “Guest Of Myself” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Ellipsis, Blueline and International Poetry Review. THE SIXTIES COUPLE They haven’t changed. Still smoke pot in a room with a bare bulb and packing cases for furniture. They’re past retirement age but they set up camp in the sixties, with straggly hair, beard on him, and the Grateful Dead on the stereo. Sure, they both resort to an array of … Continue reading John Grey

Bruce Morton splits his time between Arizona and Montana. He was formerly Dean of Libraries at Montana State University. The Orwell Cycle: High Kudos The things that we say Reveal what we think or that We are not thinking Avoid the passive Much better to be active Than be aggressive Alternative facts As a matter of fact are In fact not so true The new speak you speak Is nonsense to those who speak Understood spoken Wind becomes solid While words politicians speak Challenge all belief All pigs are equal Although different some are Chops others bacon With most religions … Continue reading Bruce Morton

Brian Glaser has published four books of poems and more than twenty essays on poetry and poetics. He teaches literary history at Chapman University in Orange, California.  Within the Walls  Some homes in the American west should build fire perimeters into their gardens. I live about ten miles from where the wildfires consume houses in the season. The fire perimeter here is notional, a memory of visiting Montgomery Grove with my wife on her first visit to me, she lay with her back along a fallen redwood and wept a single tear of sadness and joy. Peace, she told me, … Continue reading Brian Glaser

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. 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. Brightness When the moon misses its brightness I feel lonely as a forgotten painting in the gallery at dusk Do you remember the moments we sipped the sun wine? I absorb the biological colours of the rainbow Then … Continue reading Ahmad Al-Khatat

David Congalton is a writer and radio host living in San Luis Obispo, Ca. His new collection of essays, “Man About Town: Stories of San Luis Obispo” is available through Amazon Kindle. Envy: The Four Letter Word for Writers There is a scene in my movie screenplay “Authors Anonymous” where Colette, the New Age, unpublished, Danielle Steel-wannabe, confronts fellow writer Hannah, who has already scored an agent, a book deal, a movie deal and now an invitation to meet a famous author. “Why does all this happen to you, and only to you?” a frustrated Colette demands to know. “Isn’t there … Continue reading David Congalton

Tim Law is an author of fantasy, horror, detective and general short story fiction as well as the occasional poem or two. He heralds from a little town in Southern Australia called Murray Bridge. A happily married father of three children (plus four cats and a rabbit), family is very important to him. Currently working at the Murray Bridge Library in the role of Library Manager he has dreamed since his early high school years of becoming a full-time author. Working for a library, surrounded by so many wonderful authors it is difficult not to be inspired to write. Tim … Continue reading Tim Law

JLF Maikaho is a Nigerian writer and poet who’s interested in climate change, photography, gender equality, mythology, history and science. She loves God, dogs, rain and the mysterious. Her works explore diverse themes and have appeared or are forthcoming in Poetry Pacific, Trouvaille Review, Nnoko Stories, Kalahari Review, Eboquills, Literary Yard, Arts Lounge(IssueII) and elsewhere. She tweets @JlfMaikaho. Majestic Resonance Loss has called your name again The drums of despair are beating Earth is hungry for your dance of sorrow Today it’s not your lover quitting on you Or your father dying on a lonely bed Or your dog massacred … Continue reading JLF Maikaho