Terry Sanville lives in San Luis Obispo, California with his artist-poet wife (his in-house editor) and two plump cats (his in-house critics). He writes full time, producing short stories, essays, and novels. His short stories have been accepted more than 500 times by journals, magazines, and anthologies including Inside the Bell Jar,The Bryant Literary Review, and Shenandoah. He was nominated three times for Pushcart Prizes and once for inclusion in Best of the Net anthology. Terry is a retired urban planner and an accomplished jazz and blues guitarist – who once played with a symphony orchestra backing up jazz legend … Continue reading Terry Sanville

Charlie Brice won the 2020 Field Guide Poetry Magazine Poetry Contest and placed third in the 2021 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize. His chapbook, All the Songs Sung (Angel Flight Press), and his fourth poetry collection, The Broad Grin of Eternity (WordTech Editions) arrived in 2021. His poetry has been nominated for the Best of Net Anthology and three times for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in The Atlanta Review, Chiron Review, The Paterson Literary Review, The Sunlight Press, Impspired Magazine, and elsewhere. A Whole New Ballgame Go to the edge, for God’s sake. Take a little risk. Maria Mazziotti Gillan During a lull in my writing program my wife, … Continue reading Charlie Brice

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 298 YouTube poetry videos. Michael Lee Johnson is an internationally published poet in 45 countries, a song lyricist, has several published poetry books, has been nominated for 7 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 … Continue reading Michael Lee Johnson

Marina is “la poetessa obscura”, as friends call her; a vagabond poet, tumbleweeding her way through the Arabian desert, anthills of Bangkok, and Vienna’s respectable suburbs. Words keep her grounded, if only for a while, where she feels most at home, in the liminal between real and imaginary. De(misty)fy Me Nails trace the prickled hair on the nape graze slanting angles of the shoulder blades leave forceful forays along the undulations of the back then halt sharp in willful whim just short of the inverted curvature of tailbone in tumultuous tremor don’t move just stay there there… damp dimples palpitate … Continue reading Marina Talmacci

Stephen House has won many awards and nominations as a poet, playwright, and actor. He’s had 20 plays produced with many published by Australian Plays Transform. He’s received several international literature residencies from The Australia Council for the Arts, and an Asialink India literature residency. He’s had two chapbooks published by ICOE Press Australia: ‘real and unreal’ poetry and ‘The Ajoona Guest House’ monologue. His next book drops soon. He performs his acclaimed monologues widely. Stephen’s play, ‘Johnny Chico’ ran in Spain for 4 years.  obsessed seagulls and dogs the café is under attack each time diners leave an outdoor … Continue reading Stephen House

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

Darrell J. Wiens is Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Northern Iowa, now living and writing short stories in Kansas City, Missouri.  A newcomer, he loves to create stories that involve believable characters engaged in college life, long distance running, coming of age, travels, bicycle touring, biological research, and personal or social issues.  He grew up on a farm near Inman, Kansas.  An award-winning teacher, researcher, and mentor, he is author of 27 scientific papers and 53 research presentations, most co-authored with students from his laboratory.  He is a pacifist Mennonite who enjoys cooking, tinkering with hot rods, … Continue reading Darrell J. Wiens

Mike Turner is a songwriter and Pushcart Prize-nominated poet living on the USA Gulf Coast, with over 300 poems published in over 65 journals and anthologies. His poem, “Sense of Peace,” was awarded the Alabama Writers’ Cooperative’s 2023 Roger Williams Peace Prize; his original songs were featured on the “15 Minutes of Fame Stage” at the 2020 Monroeville Literary Festival. Mike’s poetry collection, Visions and Memories, was published  in 2021 by Sweetycat Press. To Outlast the Night As sun loses its luster Black darkness closes ‘round Silently and stealthily Muffling light and sound We lose our will to struggle Wrest … Continue reading Mike Turner

Ping Yi works in public service, and writes poetry, fiction and travelogues. His work has appeared in Litro (Editor’s Pick), London Grip, Meniscus, Defenestration, Short Humour, The Shirley Society and trAce, and is forthcoming in La Piccioletta Barca and Dreich. Ping Yi is from Singapore, and has also lived in Cambridge, UK, and Boston. Mum’s the Word Mother knows the best swear words in the most delightful dialects: poetic torrid Teochew or Chaoshan guttural hexing Hokkien or Fukien, which sounds even better, and just plain highway Mandarin. When harvesting this fruit abloomin’, it is crucial to stay the heck away … Continue reading Ping Yi

Abigail Seltzer is a Scottish writer and ex-mental health professional based in London. Her short stories have been published in the 2013 Lightship anthology, Storgy, Gutter, Bandit Fiction, Mechanics’ Institute Review, Idle Ink, Visual Verse (as Alex Petrie) and Charlie Fish/Drabbles. Her blog is published at https://abbys.substack.com/.  She is working on both a novel and a novella, so when she gets stuck with one, she can go back to the other. THE WORK OF THE DEVIL The first thing I noticed as I approached Ernst Fortinoff’s meagre abode was the smell of urine.[1] He lived in a studio flat on … Continue reading Abigail Seltzer