The author writes under the pen name Jan Cronos and is based in New York City, USA.

Amelie is an imaginative, multifaceted word artist who is easily bored. She can hear X-rays. She is unabashedly and undeniably neurodivergent. Her work has been featured in ScribesMICRO magazine, Fevers of the Mind, One Page Poetry, and Turtle Way's literary art journal.

LindaAnn LoSchiavo, a native New Yorker and award-winner, is a member of BFS, HWA, SFPA, and DG. Her 2024 books include Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems (Wild Ink), Apprenticed to the Night (UniVerse Press), and Felones de Se: Suicide Poems (Ukiyoto). She has received the Elgin Award for A Route Obscure and Lonely and the Chrysalis BREW Project’s Award for Always Haunted.

Kathy Whitham, an active member of the Boston writing community and a Parenting Coach for non-traditional families, gives voice, through her poetry, to the myriad forms of human connection. For bedtime stories, her dad taught her about atoms and introduced her to poetry. She recently finalized a chapbook collection, “Drawing The Big Dipper.”

Robin Rich is a writer and rubbish collector, born from a mid-century romance that stood the test of time. With roots in Wales and the Black Country, Robin carries the legacy of a union between a proud Welsh lineage and an Irish beauty.

Lynda Wilde is a Canadian writer/photographer who lives between the cities of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. Her work has been published in literary journals in Canada and the U.S.A.

Dodie Ferguson is a shy quiet woman who writes poetry as a way to express herself.

John McCally is an Emmy and Grammy-nominated TV Producer and Director living in Connecticut. He’s always wanted to explore writing in more depth, and now you have the chance to read one of his first published pieces of flash fiction.

Silva is a specialist in being ordinary, working as an illustrator, writer, and teacher without standing out in any of these areas. He has published works in newspapers, magazines, and various anthologies in Brazil. Still learning English, he’s taking his first steps toward writing in the language.

From living above her parents’ hardware store in Brooklyn to living down a gravel road in Central Texas, Eva Silverfinehas meandered through urban to rural landscapes. A biologist by training, she works as a freelance copyeditor for academic presses. Her short fiction appears in various journals, and two of her novels have been published.

Isis I’Yon Toldson is a poet and recent college graduate based in Illinois, originally from Dallas, Texas.

Olivia McKenna-Stevens explores themes of loneliness, grief, and relationships with religion, inspired by a walk from the train station in August. Her writing captures the essence that life is as beautiful as it is painful.