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, Writer Space Africa magazine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal and elsewhere. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria.

James B. Nicola’s latest of eight full-length poetry collections is Natural Tendencies (2023). His nonfiction book Playing the Audience won a Choice award. His poetry and prose have received a Dana Literary Award, two Willow Review awards, one Best of Net, one Rhysling, and eleven Pushcart nominations—for which he feels both stunned and grateful.

H.L. Dowless is a thirty-year-plus veteran writer who loves traveling, writing, and living life on the edge.

H.L. Dowless is a thirty year plus writer who loves traveling, writing, and living life on the edge.

Mark Ready repairs kitchen equipment and writes in his spare time. His Book The Journey to New Edgarton is available on Amazon. He has a very understanding wife, a brilliant and beautiful daughter, and four dogs.

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, Writer Space Africa magazine, ScribesMICRO, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Borderless Journal and elsewhere. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria.

Karen FitzGerald is a genre-fluid writer whose work has appeared in e-zines and print anthologies. Her debut novel is in progress, and she expects it will grace the slush piles of the best publishers in the business before reaching the light of day. She is an undaunted, smiling, idiot savant.

Sarah Das Gupta is a retired English teacher from Cambridge, UK who also taught in India and Tanzania. She started writing last year after an accident which has limited her walking to using crutches. Her work has been published in over 150 magazines and anthologies from many different countries. She has Best of the Net ... Read more

Manoj Chenn is an engineer by training and an information technologist by profession. Hailing originally from India, Manoj lives in Germany and works as a tech major. Manoj seldom misses the chance to curl up with a good book, and some of his favourite authors are John Steinbeck, Douglas Adams and Walt Whitman.

Sam Hendrian is a lifelong storyteller striving to foster empathy and compassion through art. Originally from the Chicago suburbs, he now resides in Los Angeles, where he primarily works as an independent filmmaker and has just completed his first feature film TERRIFICMAN, a deeply personal ode to the power of human kindness.

Sarah Das Gupta is a retired English teacher from Cambridge, UK, who taught in India and Tanzania. She started writing last year after an accident which has limited her walking to using crutches. Her work has been published in over 150 magazines and anthologies from many different countries. She has Best of the Net and ... Read more