I’m much older than I think I am: certainly old enough to know better, while being too old to worry about it.  Born and grew up in Nottingham, started to write creatively as soon as I could string a coherent sentence together: and was hooked when at 7 years old, my teacher had one of my stories typed up and made into a book to be added to the story corner. I’ve been trying to attain that level of achievement ever since… repeatedly inflicted myself on the poetry performance scene until the mid 90’s: Moved to Lincoln in 2000 and have … Continue reading Susan Macklam

Jason Ryberg is the author of eighteen books of poetry, six screenplays, a few short stories, a box full of folders, notebooks and scraps of paper that could one day be (loosely) construed as a novel, and, a couple of angry letters to various magazine and newspaper editors. He is currently an artist-in-residence at both The Prospero Institute of Disquieted P/o/e/t/i/c/s and the Osage Arts Community, and is an editor and designer at Spartan Books. His latest collection of poems is Kicking Up the Dust, Calling Down the Lightning (Grindstone Press, 2023).  He lives part-time in Kansas City, MO with a rooster named … Continue reading Jason Ryberg

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Stand, Santa fe Literary Review, and Sheepshead Review. Latest books, ”Between Two Fires”, “Covert” and  “Memory Outside The Head” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in the McNeese Review, La Presa and California Quarterly.. FIRST DATE I open up, my head especially, to know exactly who you are though we’ve just met, our faces opposite, restaurant table between, bodies mostly hidden but ears and eyes willing to share everything but what we put in our mouths, the meat on the fork, the wine in the glass. but every thought, … Continue reading John Grey

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 Uchechukwu Onyedikam/Christina Chin

Bio The Poetry of Virginia Woolf: Words Robed in Beauty from The Waves -I- The Nymph of the Fountain A Ribbon of Weed Jinny rides like a gull on the wave, dealing her looks adroitly here and there, saying this, saying that with truth. but I lie, I prevaricate. Now I will walk, as if I had an end in view across the room, to the balcony under the awning. I see the sky, softly feathered with its sudden effulgence of moon. I also see the railings of the square, and two people without faces, leaning like statues against the … Continue reading Susie Gharib

I am a 46 year old struggling writer who has been struggling for a great many years.  After 20 years working in local radio, I moved into a new career in healthcare most recently the Ambulance Service.  But in my free time, I enjoy escaping into fictional worlds and enjoy creating those worlds myself. Changing of the Guard As Autumn peeks round Summer hangs on tight September sun Suntan lotion and Halloween masks Jostle for attention Clear away the shorts But leave a few Bring out the scarves Not too many Take an umbrella, the light one Hot sun grins … Continue reading Gav Skerry

Joan Leotta plays with words on page and stage. She performs tales of food, family, strong women. Internationally published as an essayist, poet, short story writer, and novelist,  she’s a 2021 and 2022 Pushcart nominee, Best of the Net 2022 nominee, and  2022 runner-up in Robert Frost Competition. Her essays, poems, and fiction appear in Impspired, Ekphrastic Review, Verse Visual, Verse Virtual, anti-heroin chic, Gargoyle, Active Muse, Silver Birch, Yellow Mama, Mystery Tribune, Ovunquesiamo, MacQueen’s Quinterly and others.  Her poetry chapbooks are Languid Lusciousness with Lemon and  Feathers on Stone. The Pumpkin Perp I take a certain pride in using fresh pumpkin to make Thanksgiving … Continue reading Joan Leotta

Juan Pablo Mobili was born in Buenos Aires, and adopted by New York. His poems appeared, among others, in The American Journal of Poetry, Hanging Loose Press, South Florida Poetry Journal, Louisville Review, and The Paterson Literary Review, in the United States,as well as a number of international publications such as Impspired (UK), The Wild Word (Germany), Hong Kong Review (Hong Kong), Pasaje (Argentina), and Otoliths (Australia). His work received multiple nominations for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, and an Honorable Mention from the International Rights Human Arts Festival. His chapbook,  “Contraband,” was published in 2022, and, most … Continue reading Juan Mobili

Jeremy Boyce lives in the south of France, working in a variety of fields including French – English translation/re-writing, authoring three instruction books about Kitesurfing and Power Kiting, in addition to many years of experience writing copy for press promo, marketing and sales in the music, leisure sports and tourism industries. More recently he’s ventured into creative work, some flash fiction singles and series, short stories, concrete poetry… Don’t try following him on social media, he’s not there ! Just read his stuff where you find it, starting right here, right now.   Erehwon tales : Police He’d been working … Continue reading Jeremy Boyce

Heath Brougher is the Editor-in-Chief of Concrete Mist Press and co-poetry editor of Into the Void, winner of the 2017 and 2018 Saboteur Awards for Best Magazine. He was the recipient of Taj Mahal Review’s 2018 Poet of the Year Award and is a multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. He received the The 2020 Wakefield Prize for Poetry. He has published 11 books and, after spending three years editing the work of others, is ready to get back into the creative driver seat. His next book “Where Hammers Dwell” is due for publication in 2024.  The Mighty-Side A glowing Merkaba-shaped … Continue reading Heath Brougher