Anne Mikusinski has always been in love with words. She’s been writing poems and short stories since she was seven. Her influences range from Robert Frost and Dylan Thomas to David Byrne and Nick Cave. She hopes that one day, some of her writing will impress others the way these writers have had an impact ... Read more
An award-winning writer, Karen Pierce Gonzalez’s writing has appeared in numerous traditional and online platforms. Her chapbooks: Coyote in the Basket of My Ribs (Kelsay Books), Sightings from a Star Wheel (Origami Poems Project), Down River with Li Po (Black Cat Poetry Press), RavenSong (Four Feathers Press).
Frank Diamond's poem "Labor Day" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His short stories have appeared in RavensPerch, The Examined Life Journal, Nzuri Journal of Coastline College, The Fredericksburg Literary & Art Review, and The Fictional Cafe, among many other publications. His poetry has also been widely published. Frank lives in Langhorne, PA.
E Kraft is a poet who enjoys creating origami art and coding for a non-profit organization. Her poems have been published by The Inlandia Institute, The Hanging Loose Press, The National Poetry Quarterly, and others.
Gurupreet K. Khalsa, a current resident of Alabama, considers connections, space, time, reality, illusion, and possibility. She holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Design and is a part-time instructor in graduate education programs. Her work has appeared in multiple journals; many poems have received awards.
Jim has four memoirs, At the Lake, Cretin Boy, Dirty Shirt and The Portland House. He also has six poetry collections, Tea in the Pacific Northwest, Thoughts from a Line at the DMV, Genetically Speaking, On a Road, Written Life and Reciting from Memory. He lives in Waukesha, WI with his wife, Donna.
Marley Mckenzie is a writer and college student attending Georgia Southern University, where they are pursuing a degree in English. With over ten years of writing experience, Marley hopes readers will enjoy their work.
Under another professional name, Tomas Zandir is a full-time ghostwriter of books for private clients. They’ve written over fifty full-length novels and (mostly) non-fiction books that have collectively sold over 500,000 copies. Their short stories have been published in literary magazines, including The Missouri Review, Armchair Aesthete, & others.
Gabrielle Esposito, a graduate of SUNY Geneseo's Creative Writing program, has been published in The Manhattanville Review, Gandy Dancer, 34th Parallel, and more. Her short story "The Way Home," recently earned second place in Hypertext Magazine’s Doro Boehme Fiction Editor’s Contest. Esposito currently works as a librarian in Millbrook.
Herrmann, is an award winning, internationally published poet and historian – despite an abusive childhood with dyslexia, ADHD; now compounded by cyclothymia, an anxiety disorder, PTSD. Growing up on the farm, he’s grown fond of grass waving under wind, trees, and moonlight.
Jean Janicke writes, dances, and works in Washington, DC. Her work has appeared in Paddler Press, Yellow Arrow Journal, and Instant Noodles.
Thomas Harrison Humphreys, with a BS from the University of Lynchburg, is a history teacher in a small village who loves to talk to his students of literature. Thomas has been published in Westward Quarterly, Poetry Quarterly, Writers and Readers Magazine, Copperfield Review Quarterly, Written Tales and Mystic Publishers.
