Contributors

Craig Kirchner thinks of poetry as hobo art, loves storytelling and the aesthetics of the paper and pen. He has had two poems nominated for the Pushcart, and has a book of poetry, Roomful of Navels. After a writing hiatus he was recently published in Decadent Review, Wild Violet, Last Leaves, Literary Heist, Ariel Chart, Cape Magazine, Flora Fiction, Young Ravens, Chiron Review, Valiant Scribe, Borderless Crossings, The Main Street Rag, Dear Booze, and several dozen other journals.

D A Angelo is a UK-based poet with work in Sage Cigarettes, Flights of the Dragonfly, Impspired, The Amazine and Petrichor Mag. New work is forthcoming in Autumn Sky Daily, A Thin Slice of Anxiety, Moss Puppy, SurVision and Skipping Stone Review.

D.C. Nobes is a physicist, poet, and photographer who, aside from 2 years on Vancouver Island, spent his first 39 years in or near Toronto, Canada, then 23 years based in Christchurch, New Zealand, 4 years in China, and has since retired to Bali. He used to enjoy winter but admits that he doesn’t miss the snow or the cold. He thinks almost all poetry is meant to be read aloud. His poetry and art photographs have been widely published, including in Consilience Journal, Dreich, Fevers of the Mind, Heterodox Haiku, miniMAG, Moss Puppy Magazine, Paddler Press, Porch Literary Magazine, The Hooghly Review, Transients Magazine, and Whimsical Press. Twitter:@sebon521 Instagram: sebon52

Damian Anastasia Onyinyechi is a creative writer and blogger who loves to tell stories and infuses a witty style into her writing. Her stories are usually fiction but can feature non-fiction works based on real events or past life experiences. When she's not writing, she's watching a movie, drawing, reading a book or two (biased to Mythology and crime novels), or designing. What each hobby does for her, aside from relaxation, is serve as an avenue to recharge her creative side. Feeding her mind with ideas. In her spare time, she runs a personal movie blog which is her journal for movies she has seen. There's also a design blog where she shares her design ideas and stories with others, and finally a WordPress blog where she updates readers on new stories or life events. Check out her blogs: stasiascolumn.wordpress.com
thewittyreview.medium.com
stacemelda.medium.com

Damon Hubbs: gardener / casual birder / lapsed tennis player / author of the chapbooks "Coin Doors & Empires" (Alien Buddha Press) and "The Day Sharks Walk on Land" (Alien Buddha Press) / recent work appears/is forthcoming in Dreich, Cutbow Quarterly, Broken Antler, Crab Apple Literary, Eco Punk Lit, and elswhere. On the bird @damon_hubbs

Dan MacIsaac’s short stories have appeared in a wide variety of Canadian and U.K. journals, including The Dalhousie Review, Grain, Stand and The New Quarterly. His work was short-listed for the CBC Short Story Prize. Brick Books published his poetry collection, Cries from the Ark.

Dana Brewer Harris is a voiceover artist, British tv fan, and lover of every dog everywhere. She currently lives in New York City and writes about things that frighten her. Her work has appeared in Atticus Review and the Stanford Writer’s Spotlight. She’s on Twitter @DBrewerHarris

Daniel A. Rabuzzi (he / his) has had two novels, five short stories, twenty poems, and nearly 50 essays / articles published (www.danielarabuzzi.com). He lived eight years in Norway, Germany and France. He has degrees in the study of folklore & mythology and European history. He lives in New York City with his artistic partner & spouse, the woodcarver Deborah A. Mills (www.deborahmillswoodcarving.com), and the requisite cat. Tweets @TheChoirBoats

Daniel DeLucie is a software architect living in Los Angeles, California. He played guitar in the heavy metal bands Destiny’s End and Crescent Shield, releasing four albums in the late nineties and two-thousands. He self-published a heavy metal-themed self-help book called Heavy Metal is my Life Coach in 2021 and has been writing poetry for much of his life because it's fun. He started submitting poetry this year and has a few pieces pending publication.

Danila Botha (she/her/hers) is a Jewish fiction writer based in Toronto, Canada. She’s had two collections of short stories published, Got No Secrets, and For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I've Known, which was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award, the Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature and the ReLit Award. She has a new collection coming out with Guernica Editions, called Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness in 2024. She’s also the author of the novel Too Much on the Inside, which won a Book Excellence Award for contemporary fiction. She has a new novel coming out in 2025 called A Place for People Like Us. Danila teaches Creative Writing at the Humber School for Writers and at University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies.

Dave Cline writes fiction and software from atop the lowliest mountain in the Northwest US. The software for money, the fiction for fun, although someday he wishes that reversed (at which point he will no doubt cease writing code).

Dave Cuzzolina is a published, award-winning fiction writer and former journalist. His published fiction includes: “Off the Hook” by The Dark City Crime and Mystery Magazine, “First One’s the Hardest” by The Dark City Crime and Mystery Magazine, “Loose Ends” by Propertius Press Short Story Anthology, “The Girl Who Liked Cats” by Short Circuit and “The Debtor” by Short-Story.me. He has captured honorable mentions in both the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition and the Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition in the Genre Short Story category.

Dave Spencer is a retired firefighter from the Halifax Regional Municipality, with 32 years of service. He is retired and resides in Halifax Nova Scotia. It’s the events and the situations that he has experienced that have inspired him to write.

David Estringel is a Xicanx writer/poet with works published in literary publications like The Opiate, Azahares, Cephalorpress, DREICH, Somos en escrito, Ethel, The Milk House, Beir Bua Journal, and Drunk Monkeys. His first collection of poetry and short fiction Indelible Fingerprints was published April 2019, followed Blood Honey and Cold Comfort House (2022, little punctures (2023), and Blind Turns in the Kitchen Sink (scheduled for late 2023). David has also written six poetry chapbooks, Punctures, PeripherieS, Eating Pears on the Rooftop, Golden Calves, Sour Grapes, and Blue. Connect with David on Twitter @The_Booky_Man and his website www.davidaestringel.com.

David Larsen is a writer who lives two miles from the border with Mexico in West Texas. His stories and poems have been published in more than forty literary journals and magazines including Cholla Needles, The Heartland Review, Floyd County Moonshine, Aethlon, Oakwood, Change Seven, The Literary Heist, Coneflower Cafe, El Portal, The Raven Review, Canyon Voices and Mobius.

David Pratt’s poetry and short fiction have been published in over 100 journals in the United States, Canada, Britain, and Australia, His op-eds have appeared in national newspapers in Canada and the United States. He is the author of Apprehensions of van Gogh (Hidden Brook Press, 2015), and Nobel Laureates: The Secret of Their Success (Branden Books, 2016). He lives in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Born in 1964 in Liverpool, England, David didn't find his voice until his youth. He spent years thinking he was nobody and being treated as such, including a period of homelessness in the desperate Thatcher Years. However, he papered over the scars and found understanding and belief through words. He has been published and performed widely on the BBC, The Tate, galleries and pubs and everything in between. Now a resident in Turkey, he has continued his literary career. His poems and writings are autobiographical, while others are topical.

David Richard Beasley lives in Simcoe Ontario. Born Canadian he lived in Europe and Manhattan for 40 years, has a PhD in political economics, worked for years at the New York Public Research Libraries where he was the president of the union of library workers. He has written over a score of books in all genres including biographies of Canada’s first novelist, of North America’s greatest actor, of the great artist Clay Spohn, of the curator Douglas MacAgy, a major force behind modern art, historical novels of WWII in Burma, and many other entertaining social novels, short stories, novellas. His Episodes and Vignettes; an Autobiography. Sarah’s Journey, the story of a slave escaping to Upper Canada in 1820, won a literary prize and From Bloody Beginnings; Richard Beasley’s Upper Canada won a Brag Medallion. He was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his writings. See www.davuspublishing.com.

Dawn is a two-time heart transplant recipient and trauma survivor. Her work has most recently appeared or is forthcoming in Insider Magazine, Blue Villa Magazine, Open Secrets, Remington Review, Alchemy Spoon, and Wishbone Words. You can find her online at www.dawnlevittauthor.com or on Twitter/X @2HeartCore4U.

Debbie Smith likes to play with words to capture life’s moments from on and off her front porch in a place called Paris, Ontario.

Deborah Blenkhorn is a writer and teacher living on Bowen Island in British Columbia, Canada. Some of her stories have been published in Blank Spaces Magazine, Queen's Feminist Review, and This Island, We Celebrate (a collection of Howe Sound regional writing). She's done several book reviews for the Canadian Literature periodical journal, and several entries for the Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada.

Debra Zannelli was raised in Cumberland, Rhode Island. She lived in Salem, Connecticut with her husband for twenty-four years, working for eighteen years at Chelsea Groton Savings Bank. While working at the bank, she earned a business degree from Mitchell College. In 1996, Debra was diagnosed with a non-cancerous brain tumor. During her recovery, she wrote her first novel, Dark Night of the Soul. Returning to work, she put her book aside and did not pursue her writing career. When her husband was transferred to Newport, they moved to Exeter, Rhode Island, where she continued her education. After receiving a certificate as a teacher’s assistant, she was hired by the Exeter/West Greenwich School District. Retiring, she once again found time to return to her first passion. She still lives in Rhode Island with her husband of forty-four years. She has one adult son. Debra enjoys hiking with her dog Boots, traveling and writing.

Dee Allen is an African-Italian performance poet based in Oakland, California U.S.A. Active in creative writing & Spoken Word since the early 1990s. Author of 10 books--Boneyard, Unwritten Law, Stormwater, Skeletal Black, Elohi Unitsi, Rusty Gallows: Passages Against Hate, Plans, Crimson Stain, Discovery and his newest, The Mansion--and 78 anthology appearances under his figurative belt so far.

Dennis Stein lives in Brockville, Ontario, not far from the scenic Thousand Islands. He has lived in Eastern Ontario for most of his life, and he and his wife love to mold their backyard into a slice of paradise on weekends. Stein enjoys writing in a variety of genres, and regularly writes historical and human interest articles for several local publications. He has published several novels, including two series, and is currently working on several large projects for younger readers.

Deryck N. Robertson lives and creates in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong,
Ontario, where he is an elementary educator. Work has appeared with
The Minison Project, Orchard Lea Press, Loft Books, and forthcoming
with Vital Minutiae Quarterly. His first chapbook, All We Remember,
was realeased by Alien Buddha Press in 2021. He is the EIC of Paddler
Press and has a couple of songs on Spotify. When not writing, he can
usually be found drinking maple roast coffee around a campfire or in
the stern of his canoe in Algonquin Park. You can find him online
@Canoe_Ideas, @PaddlerPress, and deryck.ca.

A native of upstate New York, Devin James Leonard prefers the countryside over cities, and animals over humans. His favorite word is urchin, though he’s never used it in a sentence. When he isn’t writing or devouring books, he likes to make crop circles in random cornfields to entice the Men in Black. His published stories can be found on Instagram @devinjamesleonard

Devonne Brown is a West Virginia author, teacher, and mother of twin boys. She has taught English from Shakespeare to basic Reading in a career that spans closer to a half than a quarter of a century. A scary “Warhorse English Teacher,” she has divided her professional time between alternative and traditional schools in West Virginia, North Carolina, and in the UK. Her first book, Norris Tales, the Adventures of an Awful Housecat, an anthology of anecdotes and short stories revolving around family tyrant Norris, a cat of unusual presence and demeanor. Her upcoming historical fiction in women’s literature, In the Time of the Sonnets: 127 -154, explores the tale of Shakespeare’s Dark Lady, and is on track for publication in February 2023.

Diana writes domestic noir novels. She has been writing since she was a child and her dad inspired her to write. She lives with her husband, and German Shephard Rottweiler. A mother of two grown up children, she is also a proud grandmother. She has been writing since she was a child. Her first novel ‘’Sticks and Stones’’ was self-published in 2005. Her second novel ‘’It Won’t Happen Again’’ was self-published last year on Amazon. It is a fictional story about a woman called Martha (a victim of domestic violence). Her daughter and best friend tell her to leave, but it takes a catalytic event to change her life forever. Diana joined a playwright group, where she was part of a group of amateur writers. ‘’The Kingswood Beast’’ premiered at The Corby Cube.

Diana Raab, MFA, PhD, is a memoirist, poet, workshop leader, thought-leader and award-winning author of fourteen books. Her work has been widely published and anthologized. She frequently speaks and writes on writing for healing and transformation. Her latest memoir is Hummingbird: Messages from My Ancestors, A memoir with reflection and writing prompts (Modern History Press, 2024). Raab writes for Psychology Today, The Wisdom Daily, The Good Men Project, Thrive Global, and is a guest blogger for many others. Raab lives in Southern California. Visit her at: https:/www.dianaraab.com.

Diane Funston writes poetry of nature and human nature. She co-founded a women's poetry salon in San Diego, created a weekly poetry gathering in the high desert town of Tehachapi, CA and most recently has been the Yuba-Sutter Arts and Culture Poet-in-Residence for the past two years. It is in this role she created Poetry Square, a monthly online venue that features poets from all over the world reading their work and discussing creative process. Diane has been published in Synkronicity, California Quarterly, Whirlwind, San Diego Poetry Annual, Summation, and quite a few other literary journals. Her first chapbook, “Over the Falls” was published this July 2022 from Foothills Publishing. Diane is also a visual artist in mosaic, wool felting, and collage. Her pieces have been in galleries in the Sacramento Valley. noparadise@e.com

Dinah Susan Alobeid writes fiction to grapple with the ever-complicated state of the world. In trying to make sense of it all for herself as a first-generation Syrian American, late-Millennial mother, she hopes to shed light for everyone. Her work is deeply influenced by her experience as a woman in tech of Arab descent and she hopes to continue to explore personal meaning and diverse perspectives in her fiction, short stories, essays, and poetry. Infusing languages including Arabic, Spanish, and French into her writing as well as the heady visceral descriptions of food, drink, and heartache, much of her fiction centers on relationships between two or more inaccessible hearts.
She lives in New Jersey with her partner and their rambunctious toddler.

Dominique Weldon is a Black biracial writer who grew up in Iowa. She is a first-generation college graduate of the University of Iowa and received her MFA in Fiction from Butler University, where she served as the nonfiction editor of Booth. Her fiction has been previously published in Lover’s Eye Press. She lives in Indiana, where she teaches at Butler University, and reads fiction for Split Lip Magazine. She is currently working on her first novel as well as a graphic novel.

Donna Dallas studied Creative Writing and Philosophy at NYU’s Gallatin School and was lucky enough to study under William Packard, founder and editor of the New York Quarterly. She was on the editorial team of Red Fez and she currently serves on the editorial team for New York Quarterly.

Dr. Adyasha Acharya is a medical intern in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. She is a voracious reader and her most favourite genres are fantasy and science fiction. She has published two novels previously- "The Fearless Warriors" (2015) and "The Guardian" (2021), a short story titled "Nexus" and "The Psychics" in the Indian Periodical Magazine and "The Midnight Ritual" in the anthology "The Selection of a Sacred Strawberry" by Writefluence (2023).

Dr. Deepak Dev is an IT professional currently serving as an IT Advisor for a government organization. Holding a Doctorate and Master’s degree in Information Technology, along with numerous professional certifications, his career has been rooted in precision, security and logic. Writing, however, emerged as an unplanned refuge, an expressive departure from structured systems. Encouraged by friends on Threads.net, he ventured into poetry and storytelling, not as a poet by definition, but as an observer of life’s raw intricacies. His work is unfiltered, shaped by rebellion, grief, resilience and an insatiable need to explore beyond the visible. Each piece reflects a mind that oscillates between order and untamed emotion, crafting narratives that challenge perception.

Duane Anderson currently lives in La Vista, NE. He has had poems published in Fine Lines, Cholla Needles, Tipton Poetry Journal, and several other publications. He is the author of ‘On the Corner of Walk and Don’t Walk,’ ‘The Blood Drives: One Pint Down,’ and ‘Family Portraits.’

Author of the critically applauded debut novel Twelfth House, E.C. Traganas has published in DarkWinter Literary Magazine, Ibbetson Street Press, The Penwood Review, Sacred Journey, Agape Review, Ancient Paths, The Chamber Magazine and numerous other literary journals. Hailed as ‘an artfully created masterpiece’ and a ‘must-read’, her new work of haiku and short poetry, Shaded Pergola, was recently released by Tropaeum Press and features her original illustrations. A resident of New York City, Ms. Traganas enjoys a varied career as a Juilliard-trained concert pianist & composer, activities that have earned her accolades from the international press. www.elenitraganas.com

E. F. S. Byrne works in education and writes when his teenage kids allow it. He blogs a regular micro flash story. Links to this and over fifty published pieces can be found at efsbyrne.wordpress.com or follow him on Twitter @efsbyrne

E.P. Lande, born in Montreal, has lived in the south of France and now, with his partner, in Vermont, writing and caring for more than 100 animals. Previously, as a Vice-Dean, he taught at l’Université d’Ottawa, and he has owned and managed country inns and free-standing restaurants. Since submitting less than three years ago, more than 90 his stories — many auto-fiction — and poems have found homes in publications on all continents except Antarctica. His story “Expecting” has been nominated for Best of the Net. His debut novel, “Aaron’s Odyssey”, a gay-romantic-psychological thriller, is to be published in 2025.

Eddie Malone (he/him) is a writer who lives far,far out in the boggy woods with his rescue dogs and his demons.

Edward Lee's poetry, short stories, non-fiction and photography have been published in magazines in Ireland, England and America, including The Stinging Fly, Skylight 47, Acumen, The Blue Nib and Poetry Wales. His poetry collections include A Foetal Heart, Bones Speaking With Hard Tongues, To Touch The Sky And Never Know The Ground Again and The Heart As Dust Lost In The Wind. He also makes musical noise under the names Ayahuasca Collective, Orson Carroll, Lego Figures Fighting, and Pale Blond Boy. His blog/website can be found at https://edwardmlee.wordpress.com

Eileen Patterson lives in Cudahy, Wisconsin. Along with fellow poets she has read her poetry at the local library. Her poetryshe has appeared in Underwood, Bombfire, Medusa’s Kitchen and she has a short story in Darkwinter.

Eileen Tull (she/her) is a writer, performer, and teacher based in Chicago. Her writing has been published online by Grim & Gilded, Empty Mirror, First Literary Review (East), Literature Today Journal and Scout & Birdie, among others. Eileen’s poetry has been included in the following books: The Art of Being Human Vol. 9, The Art of Being Human Vol. 10, and Veils, Halos & Shackles: International Poetry on the Oppression and Empowerment of Women. She recently self-published her first poetry collection, 33 Poems About Peanut Butter, on Amazon. As a storyteller and theatre artist, her work has been seen across the country in San Francisco, New York City, Cincinnati, Dallas, and all over Chicago. www.eileentull.com, Instagram: @Eileen.Tull, Twitter: @tullie23

Elaine McCluskey writes about the people you might find in the corners of life: boxers, bouncers, and dreamers. She has published four short-story collections and three novels. The Gift Child, a novel, was released in March 2024. Rafael Has Pretty Eyes won the 2023 Alistair MacLeod prize for short fiction. Her stories have appeared in literary journals including Room, subTerrain, and The Antigonish Review. One story was a Journey Prize finalist, another placed second in the Fish international contest in Ireland. She won the Pottersfield Portfolio Compact Fiction contest and the Other Voices Short Story Contest. She has been on both the CBC longlist and the ReLit awards longlist three times. She lives in Dartmouth, N.S. She has worked as a journalist, a book editor, and a university lecturer.

Elisha Oluyemi won the 2022 Lagos-HCAF Writing Contest (Prose) and came 1st runner-up in both the Shuzia 2021 Short Story Contest (2nd Ed.) and 2022 Flash Fiction Contest. He co-edited the PROFWIC Crime Fiction Anthology, Vol 1. Elisha has writing published/forthcoming in journals, including Mystery Tribune, Brittle Paper, Entropy, The Hooghly Review, Iris Youth Mag, Hotpot Mag, African Writer, Salamander Ink, Erato, Neurological, Kalahari, Nymphs, Shallow Tales Review, Sledgehammer, Arts Lounge, and elsewhere. He writes in the psychological and literary genres.

Elizabeth Mercurio is the author of the books Doll and Words in a Night Jar. She is an Assistant Editor at Lily Poetry Review. She earned an MFA in poetry from The Solstice Low-Residency Program. Her work has appeared in Ample Remains, The Wild Word, Thimble Magazine, Vox Populi, and elsewhere. She was the 2016 recipient of The Sharon Olds Fellowship for Poetry and was named a finalist in the Cordella Press Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize. You can find her at: https://www.elizabethmercurio.com/

Labrador Inuk Ella Nathanael Alkiewicz (she/hers) is a self-taught poet. She is a dual citizen and loves visiting her family in Toronto when her schedule permits. Ella teaches online poetry for Indigenous students at the North American Indian Center of Boston. She’s been published in Lucky Jefferson and other magazines. She can be reached on Facebook @ellanathanaelalkiewicz or on Twitter @ellaalk or on Instagram @ella_alk.

Elliot Wilner is a retired neurologist, living in Bethesda, MD

Émanuel Dubbeldam is a queer and trans artist of Dutch-immigrant and Acadian-settler descent based in Edmonton, Alberta. His work is mainly focused in theatre, film, and television as an actor and writer; he co-hosted the children’s TV show ONIVA! (Radio-Canada) from 2020–2024 and lends his voice to a handful of characters in animated shorts and series. In the literary arts, Émanuel works as a freelance story and copy editor, translator, and fiction writer. His short story “Viande hachée, à feu moyen” was published in À ciel ouvert, the prairies’ francophone literary magazine. Recently, Émanuel has had the pleasure of editing interactive choose-your-own-adventure stories for Story City in Edmonton and Calgary.

Bio: Emil is an American currently living in South Korea. He is enjoys reading and writing horror and sci-fi. He believes that writing is powerful art form that allows one to tell incredible, emotional and impactful stories from different perspectives.