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Editors Note:
Please read about tough topics from all of our published poets and flash writers. When I made this magazine, I hoped I could learn about the world and the topics that keep us afraid. I hoped that it could be like sharing a wilting flower with someone, or finally learning how to blink.
Thank you all for being there with me. Please be advised of content warnings, and please take a break when needed. The beauty in these pages speaks for thesmelves. I don't need to say much of anything. Thank you again!
Poetry:
Jacqueline Jules (she/her) is the author of Manna in the Morning (Kelsay Books, 2021) and Itzhak Perlman's Broken String, winner of the 2016 Helen Kay Chapbook Prize from Evening Street Press. Her poetry has appeared in over 100 publications including K’in, The Sunlight Press, Gyroscope Review, and One Art. Visit www.jacquelinejules.com
Venmo: @jacquelinejules
Lauren Ortego (she/her): Lauren sometimes writes but mostly she thinks a lot about writing. Grammar is not her strong suit. twitter @ortegolauren
Fran Moldaschl (She/They):
Fran is a full time mature archaeology student, is passionate about history, linguistics, and custard. She spends way too much time playing in the mud.
Translation of Poem: Rugbrødspose - a plastic bag which once contained Danish rye-bread, a heavily-seeded version of German 'black bread'
Det er bare praktisk - literally 'it's just practical' but with the implication that such a practicality should be self-evident.
Sarah (she/her) @poetessarah
When she’s not browsing through stacks of books or watching mysteries, Sarah Little is a poet and sometimes story-teller. Her first poetry pamphlet was "Snapshots" (Broken Sleep Books, 2019) and most recently she's been exploring fairy-tale motifs while branching out into fiction. Her most recent publications have been pieces in tattie zine, The Tide Rises and Tree and Stone, among others.
Linda Crate: Linda M. Crate (she/her) is a Pennsylvanian writer whose poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. She has eleven published chapbooks the latest being: fat & pretty (Dancing Girl Press, June 2022), and three micro-chapbooks. She is also the author of the novella Mates (Alien Buddha Publishing, March 2022).
LC Paypal Link: https://paypal.me/lindamcrate?locale.x=en_US
Laura Fowler: @spinningdove (she/her): I am a pansexual & abuse survivor who as many do fights daily to look at myself with positivity, i have always loved reading and writing and find comfort, joy and solace in them every day.
Tejaswinee Roychowdhury (she/her): Tejaswinee is an Indian lawyer and writer. Currently, an editor for The Storyteller's Refrain, her published work can be found at linktr.ee/tejaswinee.
Twitter: @TejaswineeRC
Instagram: @tejaswineeroychowdhury
PayPal: tejaswineerc@gmail.com or https://paypal.me/tejaswineerc
Eddie Malone (he/him): Eddie Malone lives far, far out in the boggy woods with his rescue dogs and his demons.
Valerie Martinez Peralta, she/her: Valerie Martinez Peralta found her way to poetry after working for twenty years as a part-time copy editor and a full-time mom, with lots of volunteer gigs along the way. She is a graduate of Fairfield University’s MFA program, an assistant editor for *Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction*, and a regular contributor to “Wind & Root” at *Reckon Review*.
Twitter: @v_m_ip
Clinton W. Waters (he/they) is an author of LGBT+ science fiction and fantasy. Their titles include "-30-" and "Invert".
@cwwwriting on IG, @cwwwritingllc on Twitter
Ren: Ren's writing centers around a desire to dissect the human condition as it relates to her experiences - from growing up on a family farm in southern Kentucky in the nineties, to being a mother and working in e-commerce in northern Alabama today.
Twitter @renelisabeth
IG @renelisabethwrites
TikTok @renelisabethwrites
Marc Isaac Potter- Marc Isaac Potter is a real person who writes for the community.
@marcisaacpotter
Adora Williams- Adora Williams has degrees in Journalism and Languages and has written poetry for 14 years. She lives in a historic region of Brazil. Her poetry anthology, Mulher Poesia, in Portuguese is being published in Brazil and Portugal in December 2022.
@adoralwilliams (twitter) @adorawilliamspoetry (instagram) thecreativecatalyst.substack.com
Cristina Gálvez Martos (she/her) (Caracas, Venezuela, 1987). Has a degree in literature and has published the following poetry books in Spanish: Psicopompa (2015), Bicorne (2016), Fauna de cal (2020) and Animal más oscuro (anthological plaquette, 2022). She teaches English as a Foreign Language and has a deep interest in poetry translation.
Twitter: @cgalvezmartos
Samari Zysk (They/them/theirs) is a queer Jewish poet with a Masters degree in poetry from Mills College. You can find their work in Ghost City Review, Fifth Wheel Press, and Giallo Lit, among others. You can also visit them online at rosepetalface.com.
Twitter: @gliblii and Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/samariz
Joan Drescher Cooper (she/her)- (Twitter@BirdsLikeMe1 or @WordGin Website joandcooper.com) Writer and teacher, Joan Drescher Cooper published Birds Like Me, a poetry collection with Finishing Line Press in 2019. Her poetry, book reviews, and fiction have appeared in The Write Launch, The Delmarva Review, River Babble, Doorknobs & Body Paint, Sand Dune Anthology and The Bay to Ocean Anthology. Joan published the Lilac Hill trilogy with Salt Water Media. More at @BirdsLikeMe1
Ms. Cooper maintains membership in the Eastern Shore Writers Association and serves as a Berlin chapter treasurer for The Maryland Writers Association. Joan has sponsored creative writing for students through workshops, Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, slam poetry events, the Dodge Poetry Festival Student Days, NaNoWriMo, and school magazines.
Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo (he/him): teaches at the Department of Humanities of the University of the Philippines Los Baños. His poems recently appeared in Pananaw XV, Cold Moon, and Scarlet Dragonfly. He is the author of Shift of Eyes and Bukod sa maliliit na hayop, stories and poems respectively.
Alex Price (he/him) is a Primary Teacher and father of two, living in St Helens, England. He has a degree in creative writing from LJMU and writes poetry inspired by the world around him.
@AlexPriceWriter
Dee G. Moray (She/her) : Dee is a British writer and poet. She loves the natural world, country walks, travelling and inventing new dishes. She often dreams about being an author and recording a studio album.
@Dee_G_Moray (Twitter)
Fairley Lloyd (she/her) is a Black and bisexual writer from North Carolina passionate about mental health and equity. She earned a BFA in creative writing with a publishing certificate from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her writing appears in Spoonie Press, Ripe Literary Journal, Chasing Shadows Magazine, and elsewhere. You can find her sporadically on Twitter @fairleylloyd.
Randi Pichardo, She/Her: Randi received her BA in English Education from SUNY Fredonia and has spent her summers working on her MA at the Bread Loaf School of English.
Sam Calhoun (he/him): is a writer and photographer living in Elkmont, AL. He is the author of one chapbook, “Follow This Creek” (Foothills Publishing). His poems have appeared in Pregnant Moon Review, Westward Quarterly, Offerings, Waterways, and other journals. Follow him on Twitter or Instagram @weatherman_sam
Pavel Frolof (he/him) : Pavel's CNF short story "The Appetite Zone or Penny Dreadful for a Marxist" was published in MIXED MAG Issue 13 this year.
Carolyn Evans (she/her): Carolyn Evans is a teacher, writer and traveler. She currently calls Alanya, Türkiye home but is originally from the Pacific Northwest. She collects her work on social media @carolynaaevans
Jerome Berglund (he/him/his):Jerome Berglund graduated from the University of Southern California’s Cinema-Television Production program and spent a picaresque decade in the entertainment industry before returning to the midwest where he was born and raised. He has exhibited many haiku, senryu and haiga online and in print, most recently in the Asahi Shimbun, Failed Haiku, Scarlet Dragonfly, Cold Moon Journal, Bear Creek Haiku, the Zen Space and Daily Haiga. Jerome is furthermore an established, award-winning fine art photographer, whose black and white pictures have been shown in New York, Minneapolis, and Santa Monica galleries.
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BerglundJerome
Tinamarie Cox lives in Northern Arizona with her husband and two children. She writes to escape her head and explore the universe. Tinamarie's poems have appeared in Nevermore Journal, The Elevation Review, Grim & Gilded, and others. You can follow her on Instagram @tinamariethinkstoomuch.
Prose: Fizza Abbas is a writer based in Karachi, Pakistan. She is fond of poetry and music. Her work has appeared in more than 90 journals, both online and in print. Her work has also been nominated for Best of The Net and shortlisted for Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition 2021. She has also authored two books, Ool Jalool (Fahmidan Publishing) and Bakho (Ethel Press). Aside from writing, she runs a YouTube channel where she interviews poets and zine editors. She tweets @fizzawrites.
Annie she/her:
Annie is a writer and journalist who is not super familiar with poetry, but enjoys it from time to time.
Alexandre Harrison- alexandre is a retired street punk, husband, gardener, and suburban dad. He earns his living as a carpenter joiner and sneaks in time to write poetry when the opportunity arises.
Yukta Muniraj-Twitter -@yuktamuniraj
Yukta Muniraj is from Bangalore, India. She is currently pursuing law and side by side writing poetry and short fiction. Writing has always been her hobby and also a way of expressing herself. She is 21 years old and has published a few of her poetries in reputed Indian publications. she is learning and trying to make her work reach a wider audience.
Winifred Òdúnóku (she/her): is a writer who sees writing as an art of self-expression. She loves listening to music and blogs at winifredodunoku.wordpress.com
Alyssa Steward (she/her):
She’s a sophomore in college, and has dreams of becoming a screenwriter and director. And maybe even a rockstar if she finds the time. When she’s not working on a new project, you can find her sleeping next to her two cats.
instagram: al.yssas
Bud Sturguess (he/him) was born in 1986 in the small cotton-and-oil town of Seminole, Texas. He has self-published several books, his latest being the novel "Sick Things." He lives on disability benefits and collects neckties.
Twitter: @SturgesVerses
Iyel (she/her)’s Bio: Marielle Therese Cabrera, 19, is a freshman at the University of the Philippines Los Baños.@heymarielle___ on Instagram and Twitter!
Kelly Hornung (She/her) is a writer and video game designer in Montreal, QC. Her work mostly focuses on scriptwriting, but she enjoys sneaking off to write short prose. Her most recent collection of flash fiction stories is available in a new chapbook, called 'Bad Ghost Stories'. When not scribbling out story ideas, she can be found planning theme parties or swing dancing.
Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos (she/her) is a multi-genre writer, teacher, mother, music and nature lover, foodie, dreamer. She writes Flash Fiction to avoid editing her novels. Her words are published or forthcoming in Funny Pearls, Pure Slush, Every Day Fiction, Sweetycat Press and Story Nook. She’s Breton and lives in Athens, Greece. Find her on Twitter at @DelGeo14.
Kelas Lloyd is a queer, disabled person doing their best to survive Texas. They write, make jewelry, and try to pet every cat they see.
Cleo Loi (she/her): Cleo can be often found dreaming and singing along raw-throated to Taylor Swift songs. She loves beautiful words and the sky and sipping ice-cold tea. Her room is her haven amidst a world of madness.
fairrryprose.tumblr.com ; paypal.com/cleeeo
Spotlight Poet (first to submit):
Brian Michael Barbeito is a Canadian poet, writer and photographer. Recent work
appears at The Notre Dame Review and was chosen as the showcase feature on-line
for the university's anniversary edition. He was chosen as cover artist at the Lotus Eater Literary Magazine Summer 2022 issue.