Short Story by Billie-Leigh Burns Billie-Leigh Burns is a writer from Liverpool. Her short stories and flash fiction have been featured in 50 Word Stories, Fictionette, and Naked Cat Lit Magazine. She is also a self-employed bookkeeper, making her the only writer she knows with an 'I Heart Spreadsheets' mug.
Cheryl Atim Alexander (she/her) is an Afro-Greek woman currently located in the US. She is a multi-genre writer and has been published in Decolonial Passage, Wilderness House Literary Review, Written Tales Magazine, Moon Shadow Sanctuary Press and Kalahari Review. She was also recently nominated for Best of the Net 2024.
Poem by Bob Bussey A gardener, cyclist, yoga novice, lover of wine and humanity. I love to laugh and sing in the shower. Sometimes at the same time. Louisiana hurricane survivor. Aging poet with no common sense at all!
Bill Tope is a retired caseworker, former construction worker and line cook, and one-time nude model for university art classes. He lives in the American Midwest with his mean little cat, Baby.
Nicole Docimo is a poet, artist, local history archivist, and mother living in Boulder, Colorado. She has been writing poetry since her 5th-grade teacher, Mrs. Geddy, gave the class a poetry writing assignment. She writes poetry as a way of sorting out her monkey mind and touching peace.
Shamik Banerjee is a poet from India. He resides in Assam with his parents. His poems have appeared in Fevers of the Mind, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, and Westward Quarterly, Dreich, The Hypertexts, among others, and some of his poems are forthcoming in Willow Review and Ekstasis, to name a few.
Douglas Colston hails from Australia, has played in Ska bands and picked up university degrees, supported his parents during terminal illnesses, developed mental and physical disabilities, married his love, fathered two great-children and had his inheritance embezzled. His creations are intended to make a positive contribution to the zeitgeist.
Ken Gosse prefers writing metric, rhyming, and light verse. First published in First Literary Review-East in 2016 and since then by Pure Slush, Spillwords, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, and others. Raised in the Chicago suburbs and now retired, he and his wife have lived in Mesa, AZ, with rescue dogs and cats underfoot for over twenty-five years.
Zainab has been writing poetry for over a decade. Her first publication was in LaRaiz Magazine in 2022, followed by the launch of her multimedia poetry platform: “Stories Untold: Poetry for The Soul”. Zainab’s illustrated poetry book, “Boundless” has sold over 100 copies since its publication in August 2023.
Sandi Todd lives in WI. She has published in the G.E.M.S. Sparkle, 'What Could I Do'.
cleareyes.poetry is part of the LGBTQ and has struggled with identity their entire life. From being mentally ill to being kicked out of places, they called home! They’ve searched for love in all the wrong places, not knowing it was always inside of them! cleareyes.poetry tried to be perfect for others and never tried it for ... Read more
Justin Hatfield is a graduate of Indiana University. Hatfield has dabbled in writing but mostly composes music. "The Thread" is his first work to be published and his first poem overall. Hatfield continues to pursue his passion in creating art and exploring new, diverse opportunities. He hopes to inspire others to pursue their passions too.
Nkocy Kingie is a middle-aged, free-thinking soul driven by the greater desire to see a more serene and peaceful world.
Stu Ducklow is a retired journalist and sax player with more enthusiasm than skill. He lives in Nova Scotia, a corner of the continent too cold and barren to attract many settlers, and we like it that way.
Thompson Emate spends his leisure time on creative writing, particularly poetry and prose. He has a deep love for nature and the arts. His poems can be seen in Poetry Soup, Poetry Potion, Visual Verse, Written Tales and Voice.club. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria.
Thompson Emate spends his leisure time on creative writing, particularly poetry and prose. He has a deep love for nature and the arts. His poems can be seen in Poetry Potion, Poetry Soup, Visual Verse, Written Tales magazine, Writer Space Africa magazine, Voice.club and ScribesMICRO. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria.
Katrenia G. Busch is a freelance journalist who has worked for CBS and NPR. She is an award-winning poet with work published in Westward Quarterly, October Hill, Bloom Magazine, Written Tales, Red Penguin Books and others. Her forthcoming chapbook, “Mystery and Wind,” will accompany a 2nd appearance on Quintessential Listening.
L.J. Gallagher is an investment banker and creative writing alumna of Villanova University. She resides in New York City, and most enjoys writing about coming of age, nature and queer relationships.
Twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2024 edition, Jonathan Chibuike Ukah lives in the United Kingdom with his family. His poems have been featured in several literary magazines and anthologies, including Written Tales, The Pierian, The Cortland Review, Propel Magazine, Atticus Review and elsewhere.
A genre-fluid writer, Karen FitzGerald experiences harmony in Sonoma County, California, where she writes for as many spare hours as her rent-paying work allows. She recently led a successful Qi gong workshop for writers entitled "Cultivating Your Creativi-qi." -- great fun and the work writers produced was exquisite.
