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

H.L. Dowles, a seasoned writer with three decades of experience, brings a passion for travel and adventure to the literary world. Known for crafting narratives that blend insight with intensity, Dowles’s work reflects a life spent exploring the edges of experience.

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.

L.E. Duchin, a scientist with a passion for prose, has published stories in Eucalyptus and Rose, Everyday Fiction, Small Leaf Press, Medical Literary Messenger, and The Mantelpiece. She is also the author of a children's book, My Name Is Chaac, inspired by her research on monkeys. An avid traveler, Duchin finds joy in hiking and ... Read more

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.

David Andersen is a retired computer systems design engineer. He was the lead designer of the first automated catalog ordering system in Europe, the first commercially successful voice-mail system, and many military and air traffic control projects. His previous chapbook story, A Little Kid Remembers WW2, appeared in Written Tales Chapbook XI Nostalgia.

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.

Daniel P. Stokes has published poetry widely in literary magazines in Ireland, Britain, the U.S.A, Canada and Asia, and has won several poetry prizes. He has written three stage plays which have been professionally produced in Dublin, London and at the Edinburgh Festival.

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.

Daniel Suter lives and writes in Beirut, Lebanon, where he has established several poetry initiatives and a regular poetry open mic event. His poetry has been published or is forthcoming in The Pomegranate London, New Pop Lit, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Love is Moving, and Luxury Literature Magazine.

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.