George Freek’s poetry has appeared in numerous Journals and Reviews. His poem “Written At Blue Lake” was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize. DECEMBER IS A CRUEL MONTH (After Tu Fu) In a nearby tree, a cardinal looks for food. It’s cold, but he still has to eat. I can’t walk in the woods, the trail is full of snow. The creek is also iced over. I watch the sun sink, as if it were lost, looking for a place to hide. I drink a glass of wine. I’ve written what I could. There’s nothing to say. I look out … Continue reading George Freek

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality and writes hoping to find an audience for her musings. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award. Her poetry has appeared in many publications including: Apogee, Firewords, Capsule Stories, Light Journal and So It Goes. Find Lynn at: https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com Where Are They … Continue reading Lynn White

Annie was born in Illinois, grew up in Orange County, and now lives in a quiet beach town along the Central Coast of CA. She is a poet, essayist, fine art photographer and artist. Her poetry has been published in local newspapers and online literary journals including Drabble and First Literary Review – East, Heart of Flesh and a previous issue of Impspired. She has taught poetry workshops at several county libraries and is a member of Cambria Writers Workshop. She says poetry is her raft, star, song, umbrella. koinonia eight years of writers workshop Wednesdays provides me a sense … Continue reading Annie Harpel

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. SUNDAY MORNING LAUNDRY I woke up this morning feeling like your dirty laundry All soiled and tossed aside over there, in the darkest, far corner of your heart. Didn’t your mother teach you to always add a little softener? Continue reading David Congalton

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. EVER WEST: A Journey Into The Sunset ‘Heaven. Never offered. Always claimed.’ Anon Introduction Every journey starts with an opening of the eyes and a stretch of the muscles. We fidget our toes … Continue reading Nicolas Sampson

Stephen McQuiggan was the original author of the bible; he vowed never to write again after the publishers removed the dinosaurs and the spectacular alien abduction ending from the final edit. His other, lesser known, novels are A Pig’s View Of Heaven and Trip A Dwarf. HAPPY TO CHAT Wendell Craven loved his job. He was a delivery driver for the local LUKA superstore and he spent most of his working day by himself in his cab, trundling around the outer district of town, bringing groceries to elderly ladies in their little cottages, or high-powered housewives too busy to shop for themselves. Wendell … Continue reading Stephen McQuiggan

Born in South Africa, Luke Beling left home at 19 on a tennis scholarship. In 2007, Luke graduated from Campbellsville University with a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature. He lived in China, Minnesota, and Saipan before settling with his wife and four daughters in Hawaii. Through athletic competition and world travel Luke gained insight into the human experience without ever losing heart for the human spirit. Luke has had several short stories published in journals and magazines, including: Quiet Shorts (2012), Eyelands Flash Fiction (2019), Academy of the Heart and Mind (2021), and New Reader Magazine (2021). Luke works as … Continue reading Luke Beling

Howard Richard Debs received a University of Colorado Poetry Prize at age 19. After spending the past fifty plus years in the field of communications, with recognitions including a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Educational Press Association of America, he resumed his creative pursuits. Debs is a recipient of the 2015 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards. His essays, fiction, and poetry appear internationally in numerous publications; His photography will be found in select publications, including in Rattle online as “Ekphrastic Challenge” artist and guest editor. His book Gallery: A Collection of Pictures and Words (Scarlet Leaf Publishing), is a 2017 Best Book Awards and … Continue reading Howard Debs

Alan Catlin has several new books in the works including a long series of noir movie poems concluding with three chapbooks in one book under the title Exterminating Angels from Kelsay for mid-year 2022. he also has two chapbooks coming soon as well: Satan’s Kiss from Gutter Snob ad Dream Rider from Orchard Street Press. My first marriage was A disaster, I know you’re probably thinking: how couldn’t it be? A nice Jewish girl from Hewlett marries the son of a WWII German solider? Her parents were like, “Sharon, how could you? You hate us so much you marry a … Continue reading Alan Catlin

My dad had a Toyota Catharsis and it was a terrible ride, so I write for the simple reason that writing is easy, writing is a bumpless road paved with good inflections… once you don’t concern yourself with quality… or critique… or self-awareness… manage that, and writing is easy, honestly, so simple that even I can do it. Plays are hard though, as in technically, as in remembering who said what and to whom, that sort of thing, and poems, poems are hard, not just the rhyming, but the non-rhyming ones as well, and novels, they are sooooooo long and … Continue reading Robbie Taylor