Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Contributors with Profiles — Page 11

Matthew Johnson is the author of Shadow Folks and Soul Songs”(Kelsay Books) and Far from New York State (NYQ Press). His work has appeared in Front Porch Review, Roanoke Review, Northern New England Review, Third Wednesday, and elsewhere. Recipient of Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominations, he’s the managing editor of The Portrait of New England and poetry editor of The Twin Bill. Website: matthewjohnsonpoetry.com

Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in magazines including "The Gravity of the Thing," "Mud Season Review," "The Pettigru Review," "Still: The Journal," and in Mike’s book, "Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic," political poetry for a post-truth world.

Mikel K is a poet and memoirist living in Mableton, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, with his photographer-artist partner Just Joan, and their three dogs, two cats, two turtles, and bird.

Mitali Chakravarty rests on a cloud where can be found borderlessjournal.com. She has three books of poems. Her writings have been published widely online and in anthologies.

Mykyta Ryzhykh is winner of the international competition Art Against Drugs and Ukrainian contests. Nominated for Pushcart Prize.

As an author and scholar, P. S. Perkins is published in several prose/poetry anthologies, as well as published professional works on Human Communication. Her motto is: Be true to your word because it will always be true to you!

Paul Marshall has co-written two plays broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and been short-listed for the BBC Opening Lines short story competition. His work has been published widely in literary magazines and anthologies.

Peter Kaczmarczyk was raised in New England and has lived the last 30 years in Southern Indiana. His works are inspired by his life, loves, travels, and experiences. He is co-creator of the Captain Janeway Statue in Bloomington, Indiana.

Peycho Kanev is the author of 12 poetry collections and three chapbooks, published in the USA and Europe.

Phillip Larrea is the author of We the People (Cold River Press) and Our Patch (Writing Knights Press). Since 2012, his poems have appeared in over 60 journals, anthologies and magazines in the U.S., Ireland, Canada and Asia. He is the winner of the 2013 New Frontier Prize for poetry, and has been nominated twice for the 2014 Pushcart Prize.

Robert Bach is a Doctor Emeritus, retired Palliative Care Physician at Northern Light, Eastern Maine Medical Center, previously a general and thoracic surgeon. He received a Masters of Divinity degree from Bangor Theological Seminary in 2007.

Roger Mayer is a 60-year-old pilot and abstract artist who draws inspiration from his global travels. With a passion for exploring the world and capturing its essence through dynamic techniques, Roger transforms his experiences into vibrant, thought-provoking abstract art.

Saadatu Uzairu is a Nigerian writer, poet, leather worker, and farmer from Adamawa State, Nigeria. Saadatu currently resides in Minna, Niger State, where she continues to nurture her creative pursuits, exploring the intersections of art, tech, literature, and agriculture.

Dr. Santosh Bakaya is a poet, novelist, essayist, biographer ,TEDx speaker, internationally acclaimed for her poetic biography of Mahtama Gandhi, "Ballad of Bapu," and runs a weekly column, Morning Meanderings in Learning and Creativity. Com.

Two-time NaNo winner Schizophrenic Chick writes short stories and poems for the Press.

Scott Waters is a poet and singer-songwriter living in Oakland, California. He graduated with a Master's Degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.

Shailja Sharma (Ph.D.), USA, is a mental health provider and a multilingual author.

Sparsh Paul is a poet, writer and bedroom musician based in New Delhi, India. He actively immerses himself in the practice of shinrin-yoku, and is a hobbyist bird photographer.

Stephen Jarrell Williams writes at night, enthused, and waiting for the Coming Good Dawn. He can be found on Twitter at papapoet.

Susan Shea is a retired school psychologist who was raised in New York City, and is now living in a forest in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.

Tabish teaches Environmental Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay. He has published a short-story collection Opening Clouds, Fermented Rain (Hawakal, 2020).

Tali Cohen Shabtai, is a poet, she was born in Jerusalem, Israel. She began writing poetry at the age of six, she has been an excellent student of literature.

Tejaswinee Roychowdhury is a Bengali-Indian lawyer, writer, and poet. She currently edits fiction for The Storyteller's Refrain and tweets at @TejaswineeRC.

Tim Heerdink's poems appear in various journals and anthologies. He is the President of Midwest Writers Guild of Evansville, Indiana.

Thomas Koperwas is a retired teacher living in Windsor, Ontario, Canada who writes short stories of horror, crime, fantasy, and science fiction.