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C O N T R I B U T O R S

Kim Silva lives in Rhode Island with her musician husband and their dog, Zelda. She loves nature and is vegan for the animals

Claire Massey's prose and poetry have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Green Ink Poetry Press, Halfway Down the Stairs, Snapdragon Journal, Literally Stories, Tales of the Strange, Lucky Jefferson, Saw Palm Journal, and the Bronze Bird Review. She is a former prose editor for The Emerald Coast Review and current poetry editor for The Pen Woman magazine. She is the author of Driver Side Window: Poems & Prose and co- author of the forthcoming Awake in the Sacred Night.

Daphnée is an emerging writer from Canada. She holds a BA in English literature from the University of British Columbia. Her work has appeared previously in Spadina Literary Review and Ricepaper Magazine, among others. When she isn’t writing or traveling around Europe, you can find her petting Golden Retrievers, listening to Taylor Swift, or eating all shapes of pasta.

Garrett Mostowski’s (Insta/Threads: @gmostowski) work has recently appeared in or is forthcoming from haikuniverse, BULL, Barren, The Porch, Unstamatic, Spurned, The Galway Review, and others. He is a member of the Order of the Rocking Chair, a group of artists and activists committed to transformative storytelling. His debut book of poems Lunations is available wherever books are sold.

Karen Laugel is a physician and emerging writer. She lives on the Delaware coast with her kayaks. Her poetry has appeared in Pen in Hand and will soon be featured in the Tipton Poetry Journal. If accepted, this will be her first short story publication. She is a member of the Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild and the Eastern Shore Writers Association.

Simon A. Smith is a Chicago teacher and writer. His stories have appeared in many journals and media outlets, including Hobart, Lit Magazine, Whiskey Island, Chicago Public Radio, and NewCity. He is the author of two novels, Son of Soothsayer and Wellton County Hunters. He lives in Rogers Park with his wife and son. You can find more of his work at his website: simonasmith.com

Glen Delpit Born in New Orleans raised in California, Attended Allan Hancock college. Been a professional musician for the last 45+ years (singer/songwriter, band leader). Last published poems in Ginosko Literary Journal #33.

Therése Halscheid holds an MA in Education and MFA in Creative Writing. Her lateset poetry collection is Frozen Latitudes. She has taught writing workshops in varied settings in the US and abroad. For more than two decades I have lived simply to write, by way of house-sitting. She draw inspiration from rural areas. Her photography chronicles my journeys, and has been in juried exhibitions.

Salvatore Folisi has been enchanted by the spell of words since high school. Over the years he has jotted down his thoughts as a way to fathom the mystery of the world we live in. He also loves to bang on drums, walk quietly through nature, and engage in

deep conversations that wind down dusky pathways into the midnight of the soul. His writings have appeared in Adbusters Magazine, The American Dissident, Gorko Gazette, The Field Guide Poetry Magazine and will appear in upcoming issues of Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine and Witcraft. He is a ghostwriter at Xander Stone Ink. xanderstoneink.com

Daniel Bliss is an English professor and world-traveling poet originally from Anchorage, Alaska. His poems have been published or are forthcoming in Pinhole Poetry, The Bicoastal Review, League of Canadian Poets, Blood and Bourbon, BarBar, and many others.

Sarah Harley is originally from the UK. She works at Milwaukee High School of the Arts where she supports her refugee students in telling their own stories. Sarah holds a BA in Comparative Literature and French, as well as an MA in Foreign Language and Literature. Her essays have appeared in Halfway Down the Stairs, Idle Ink, Glassworks Magazine, West Trade Review, and elsewhere. You can find her online here: https://www.sarahharley888.com

Andy Oram is a writer and editor in the computer field. His editorial projects have ranged from a legal guide covering intellectual property to a graphic novel about teenage hackers. Print publications where his writings have appeared include The Economist, the Journal of Information Technology & Politics, and Vanguardia Dossier. He has lived in the Boston, Massachusetts area for 50 years. His poems have appeared in more than 60 journals and anthologies.

D Walsh Gilbert A dual citizen of Ireland and the United States, D. Walsh Gilbert lives in Connecticut on a former sheep farm at the foot of the Talcott Mountain, the previous homelands of the Tunxis peoples. Most recently, she published two verse-stories, “Finches in Kilmainham” and “Misneach: A Story of Kidnap, Enslavement, and Colonialism” (Grayson Books, 2024). She serves with Riverwood Poetry Series and is co-editor of Connecticut River Review.

Greg Kosmicki's most recent book, The dog has no answers was published September 2024 by Main Street Rag Publications. He is the author of 15 other books and chapbooks of poems. His poems have been published in Paris Review, New Letters, New York Quarterly, Cortland Review, and many others. He founded The Backwaters Press and edited and managed it for twenty years, passing it along to The University of Nebraska Press as an imprint in 2017. He and his wife are retired and live in Omaha, NE.

Walter Heineman A native Texan and longtime Houstonian, Walter Heineman has been writing poetry since his teens. His interests are varied and he enjoys pastimes such as chess and guitar and of course, writing poetry. Themes in his poetry include history, art, literature, music, dreams, myths, fairytales, ritual, symbolism, depth psychology, science, architecture, electronics, geology, perception and consciousness. Walter's career afforded him extensive travel, both national and international, which allowed him to visit many of the world's great museums.

Casey Killingsworth has been published in numerous journals including The American Journal of Poetry, Better Than Starbucks, The Moth, and 3rd Wednesday. He is the author of A

handbook for water (Cranberry Press, 1995), A nest blew down (Kelsay Books, 2021), and a new collection, Freak show (Fernwood Press), arrived in June 2024.

D Walsh Gilbert A dual citizen of Ireland and the United States, D. Walsh Gilbert lives in Connecticut on a former sheep farm at the foot of the Talcott Mountain, the previous homelands of the Tunxis peoples. Most recently, she published two verse-stories, “Finches in Kilmainham” and “Misneach: A Story of Kidnap, Enslavement, and Colonialism” (Grayson Books, 2024). She serves with Riverwood Poetry Series and is co-editor of Connecticut River Review.

Susanna Solomon I've been writing stories inspired by actual sheriff's calls in the West Marin newspaper The Point Reyes Light. They offer me a starting off point, and I never know where I am going to go.

VA Wiswell lives outside Seattle, WA, with her human and animal family. Her work has appeared in The Lake, 34th Parallel Magazine, Ignatian Literary Magazine, Five on the Fifth, Lumina Journal, Panoplyzine Magazine as the Editors’ Poem of Choice, The Basilisk Tree, and Figwort. She has work forthcoming in Crab Creek Review, Courtship of The Winds, and Remington Review, along with a poetry collection through Kelsay Books.

Wendy Brown-Báez is the creator of Writing Circles for Healing. She is the author of the poetry collections Threading the Gold and Ceremonies of the Spirit. Wendy’s poetry and prose appear in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including Poets & Writers, Tiferet, Comstock Review, Mizna, Mom Egg Review, and Talking Writing. Wendy facilitates creative writing in community spaces such as state prisons, spiritual and healing centers, and arts and human service organizations. She was the 2023-2024 Artist-in-residence at Westminster Presbyterian Church. www.wendybrownbaez.com.

Simon A. Smith is a Chicago teacher and writer. His stories have appeared in many journals and media outlets, including Hobart, Lit Magazine, Whiskey Island, Chicago Public Radio, and NewCity. He is the author of two novels, Son of Soothsayer and Wellton County Hunters. He lives in Rogers Park with his wife and son. You can find more of his work at his website: simonasmith.com

Richard Weems My latest publications are North American Review, 1922 Review and Ignatian Literary Magazine. I live in New York and I just recently retired from teaching.

Greg Kosmicki's most recent book, The dog has no answers was published September 2024 by Main Street Rag Publications. He is the author of 15 other books and chapbooks of poems. His poems have been published in Paris Review, New Letters, New York Quarterly, Cortland Review, and many others. He founded The Backwaters Press and edited and managed it for twenty years, passing it along to The University of Nebraska Press as an imprint in 2017. He and his wife are retired and live in Omaha, NE.

Gillian Clark is an educator, poet and storyteller, she works and plays on Nyoongar Boodjar and has connections to the Storytellers Guild WA and WA Poets Inc, and has performed at festivals, appeared in WA anthologies, and had residencies in Perth and in Albany and at KSP. Her mission is to bring story and poetry to a wider audience.

Barbara Daniels’ most recent book, Talk to the Lioness, was published by Casa de Cinco Hermanas Press. Her poetry has appeared in Main Street Rag, Free State Review, Philadelphia Stories, and many other journals. She received four fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

LB Sedlacek is the author of several collections of poetry. Her most recent books are Organic Soup published by Bottlecap Press and Unresponsive Sky published by Purple Unicorn Press. Her other poetry books include Words and Bones (Finishing Line Press), The Architect of French Fries (Presa Press), and The Poet Next Door (Cyberwit Press). She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has also been nominated for Best of the Net in poetry. She has had several short stories and poems published in the college literary magazine, "Branches," winning 1st Place Prose awards for her stories "Sight Unseen" and "Backwards Wink." She also enjoys swimming and reading.

Gene Twaronite is a Tucson poet and the author of five poetry collections. His first poetry book, Trash Picker on Mars, was the winner of the 2017 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award. His latest poetry collection is Death at the Mall (Kelsay Books). A former Writer-in-Residence for Pima County Public Library, he leads a poetry workshop for University of Arizona OLLI. Follow more of Gene’s writing at: genetwaronitepoet.com & genetwaronite.bsky.social

Catherine McGuire is a writer and artist with a deep concern for our planet's future, with five decades of published poetry, six poetry chapbooks, a full-length poetry book, Elegy for the 21st Century, a SF novel, Lifeline and book of short stories, The Dream Hunt and Other Tales. Find her at

http://www.cathymcguire.com

Vaidhy Mahalingam I have been a San Francisco Bay Area tech worker for over twenty-five years. During this time I have also been wandering in the back alleys of my “model minority” community, picking up stories of struggle from its trash cans. Now, as a retiree, I am ready to tell these stories to the world. My short fiction piece “Glass Doors” was published in the literary journal Arkana last year, and two other stories are slated for publication in Pembroke Journal and Umbrella Factory Magazine.

Ken Wuetcher lives in Louisville, KY. He is a graduate of Bellarmine University with a BA in English Literature and holds a MA in English Literature from DePaul University in Chicago. His writing has been published in the monthly online newsletter Long Distance Project.

Vónbjørt Vang is a Faroese writer and visual artist from Klaksvík. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from the University of the Faroe Islands and an MA in Comparative Literature from the University of Copenhagen. She is the author of three poetry collections and one book of craft essays. Vang’s most recent poetry collection, Svørt orkidé (Black Orchid, 2023), won the national book award of the Faroe Islands in 2024. Black Orchid is nominated for the 2025 Nordic Council Literature Prize.

Randi Ward is a poet, translator, lyricist, and photographer from West Virginia. She earned her MA in Cultural Studies from the University of the Faroe Islands and has twice won the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Nadia Christensen Prize. She is a recipient of Shepherd University’s Appalachian Photography Award, and Cornell University Library established the Randi Ward Collection in its Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections in 2015. The government of the Faroe Islands honored Ward with Heiðursgáva Landsins, a national award for distinguished service to Faroese culture, in 2024. To learn more about Ward’s work, visit randiward.com.

R M Cooper Dozens of my short stories have appeared in and received awards from American Short Fiction, Best American Experimental Writing, The Best Small Fictions, Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner, and many state and city Reviews. I am the managing editor of Sequestrum and am represented by Yona Levin at UTA.

Fiona Sinclair has had several collections of poetry published by small presses in the UK. She has been writing short stories for about 2 years now. Fiona is a reader for Black Fox magazine. She lives with her husband in a village in Kent UK . Her interests include a feral cottage garden and riding pillion on the back of her husband's Yamaha.

Seth Brady Tucker’s third book, The Cruelty Virtues will be published by 3:A Taos Press in late 2025. He is the executive director of the Longleaf Writers’ Conference and he teaches creative writing at the Lighthouse Writers' Workshop and at the Colorado School of Mines near Denver. He is the author of the award-winning poetry books Mormon Boy and We Deserve the Gods We Ask For, and his poetry, fiction, and essays have recently appeared in the Los Angeles Review, LitMag, Driftwood, Copper Nickel, the Birmingham Poetry Review, and others. He is originally from Wyoming and once served as an Army Paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne in Iraq.

Michael Catherwood’s books are Dare, If You Turned Around Quickly, Projector, from Stephen F. Austin Press, and Near Misses from WSC Press. He’s a former editor at The Backwaters Press and has been Associate Editor at Plainsongs since 1995. Recent poems have appeared in As It Ought to Be Magazine, The Common, The Corpus Callosum, The Misfit Magazine, The Opiate, Pennsylvania English, and Slipstream. He’s a cancer survivor, retired, and lives in Omaha with his wife, Cindy.

Shiela Pardee I am a historical fiction writer, but this story is based on events within my own experience in the Pacific Northwest. Previous publications Copperfield Review and Embark: A Literary Journal.

Ken Wuetcher lives in Louisville, KY. He is a graduate of Bellarmine University with a BA in English Literature and holds a MA in English Literature from DePaul University in Chicago. His writing has been published in the monthly online newsletter Long Distance Project.

Mark Belair My poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Alabama Literary Review, Harvard Review, and Michigan Quarterly Review. Author of eight collections of poems —most recently Settling In (Kelsay Books, 2024)—I’ve also published two works of fiction: Stonehaven (Turning Point, 2020) and its sequel, Edgewood (Turning Point, 2022). I have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize multiple times, as well as for a Best of the Net Award. Please visit www.markbelair.com

Catherine Strisik poet; publisher & editor of Taos Journal of Poetry; former poet laureate of Taos, New Mexico; writing coach for poets & essayists; author of: The Mistress; Thousand- Cricket Song; Insectum Gravitis; forthcoming: Goat, Goddess, Moon, with over 30 years of publications with poems translated into Greek, Persian, and Bulgarian.

Vaidhy Mahalingam I have been a San Francisco Bay Area tech worker for over twenty-five years. During this time I have also been wandering in the back alleys of my “model minority” community, picking up stories of struggle from its trash cans. Now, as a retiree, I am ready to tell these stories to the world. My short fiction piece “Glass Doors” was published in the literary journal Arkana last year, and two other stories are slated for publication in Pembroke Journal and Umbrella Factory Magazine.

Daniel Coshnear is author of Jobs & Other Preoccupations (Helicon Nine 2001) winner of the Willa Cather Fiction Award and Occupy & Other Love Stories (Kelly's Cove Press 2012) and winner of the Novella Prize for Homesick, Redux (Flock 2015), recipient of a Missouri Review Editor's Prize and a Christopher Isherwood Fellowship. His newest story collection, Separation Anxiety was released in 10/21 by Unsolicited Press.

Peter Newall was born in Sydney, Australia, where he worked in a Navy dockyard, as a lawyer and as a musician. He has since lived in Japan, in Germany and now in Odesa, Ukraine, where he fronts a local r’n’b band. He has been published in England, America, Europe, Hong Kong and Australia.

Catherine McGuire is a writer and artist with a deep concern for our planet's future, with five decades of published poetry, six poetry chapbooks, a full-length poetry book, Elegy for the 21st Century, a SF novel, Lifeline and book of short stories, The Dream Hunt and Other Tales. Find her at www.cathymcquire.com

Gene Twaronite is a Tucson poet and the author of five poetry collections. His first poetry book, Trash Picker on Mars, was the winner of the 2017 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award. His latest poetry collection is Death at the Mall (Kelsay Books). A former Writer-in-Residence for Pima County Public Library, he leads a poetry workshop for University of Arizona OLLI. Follow more of Gene’s writing at: genetwaronitepoet.com & genetwaronite.bsky.social

Judith Pacht’s book Summer Hunger, won the 2011 PEN Southwest Book Award for Poetry. Her new book, Precarious, New & Selected Poems (Giant Claw Press), will be published in 2025. A three-time Pushcart nominee, Pacht was first place winner in the Georgia Poetry Society’s Edgar Bowers competition. Her work appears in journals that include Ploughshares, Runes, Nimrod and Phoebe, and her poems have been translated into Russian where they were published in Foreign Literature (Moscow, Russia). She has work in numerous anthologies. Pacht reads at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, at Charleston’s Piccolo Spoleto Festival and has read and taught Political Poetry at Denver’s annual LitFest at the Lighthouse. www.judithpacht.com

Lisa Delan’s poetry and prose have been featured in a broad range of literary publications, and she has received two Pushcart Prize nominations. When she is not writing, you can find the soprano, an international performer who records for the Pentatone label, singing songs on texts by some of her favorite poets.

Gret Rutherford graduated from Grinnell College and studied at the International Center of Photography. Her writing led her to MFA studies at Sarah Lawrence, where she worked with poets Thomas Lux and Brooks Haxton. Her most recent poetry appears in New Orleans Review, Salt Hill, Confrontation Magazine, The Awakenings Review, Up the Staircase Quarterly, and The Santa Fe Review. Her artist book of poetry and prints, Budapest Stories, exhibited in twenty nonprofit galleries across the United States and Canada. She lives with her husband John in Gallup, NM, where they raised their two sons.

Kit Bliss Jones