Contributors with Profiles — Page 13

Joel Bush reads things. He also writes things. Well, sometimes he reads the things he writes. That tends to help.

John Maurer is a 27-year-old writer from Pittsburgh that writes fiction, poetry, and everything in-between, but their work always strives to portray that what is true is beautiful.

M. Benjamin Thorne is an Associate Professor of Modern European History at Wingate University. Possessed of a lifelong love of history and poetry, he is interested in exploring the synergy between the two.

Mahmoud Maher Eltrawy (Titoxz) is an Egyptian physician and writer who knows the body can be healed, but the soul rarely survives.

Mark Lyons has published stories in several literary magazines, including Whetstone (JP McGrath Memorial Award), Bucks County Writer, Sensations, and the Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts.

Mather Schneider was a taxi driver for many years in Tucson and finally escaped. He now lives in Mexico, barely scraping by and writing poems and stories. He has 4 books of poetry available and his first book of prose, "6 to 6," which was recently published.

Mihaela Melnic lives and writes in Rome, Italy where her prose and poetry evolve and take different shapes with every new life experience

Navratra is a young artist from Jaipur, India. Her passion for writing began when she was in school. She loves to pen down her musings at random moments.

Patricia Saunders teaches Vedic philosophy at Maharishi International University in Iowa. She has published many poems in online journals, an interview with her was published in the Summer 2022 edition of Mulberry Review, and a poem of hers is included in the Remington Review 2022 Anthology. Patricia’s nonfiction book, "An Antidote to Violence: Evaluating the Evidence", was published in 2020 and is a bestselling book for Changemakers Books.

Paul has lived all over the country before settling in Appalachia over fifteen years ago with his wife Leslie and their son. He also has two adult children living in his native Pennsylvania. He is the author of two horror comedy novels, with a third one on the way from Madness Heart Press.

Paulette Calasibetta, a retired interior designer has been writing poetry for seven years. Living in a pastoral village in New Jersey, inspired by the landscape, reflecting on extraordinary places and extraordinary people that shape ordinary life.

Peter is currently working towards an MFA in Creative Writing, having journeyed across the country to do so. He has work forthcoming in Writers' Bloc.

Born and brought up in Kolkata, Raja Chakraborty is a bilingual poet. He has published four books of Bengali rhymes and two books of English poems. His forte is humor and punning. He also sketches and doodles.

Robert Bires writes in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has published most recently in Sky Island Journal, The Centrifictionist, Third Wednesday, and JAKE.

Robert’s short stories have been published widely in magazines, and he writes a humorous newspaper column in the Herald Express. He performs comedy poetry all over the UK at fringes, festivals and TV, and had one of the funniest one-liners of the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe.

Rocio Iglesias is a queer Cuban-American poet. Her work has appeared in various print and electronic publications and can most recently be found in Firmament Magazine and Brave Voices Magazine. She lives, breathes, and works in Minneapolis, MN.

It wasn't until 2003 that Sandra Widner Burch picked up a pen to write poetry. For her, writing poetry was a means to release a whirlwind of emotions, immeasurable heartache, and to shed light on the often misunderstood Battered Spouse Syndrome.

Sanket Mhatre has been featured at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Jaipur Literature Festival and Glass House Poetry Festival. His first book of cross-translated poems, "The Coordinates Of Us" won the prestigious Raza Foundation Grant after been shortlisted at iWrite2020 at Jaipur Literature Festival.

Shamik Banerjee is a poet from Assam, India where he lives with his parents. His home is surrounded by a beautiful hill.

Sheikha A. is from Pakistan and United Arab Emirates. Her poems have appeared in over 80 literary venues so far, both print and online including several anthologies by various presses.

Shelly Norris ripened in the wild west on a farm in Wyoming. She hails from a long line of post-Civil War migrants, pioneers, scofflaws, and illegitimates; wherever there is a "bastard" break in the lineage, that's her line of people.

Sreelekha Chatterjee’s short stories have been published in various magazines and journals. She lives in New Delhi, India.

Steve Hood is an attorney and political activist. His work won an award from the Pacific Northwest Writers' Association and has been published in many places including Crack the Spine, Maudlin House, and the anthology Noisy Water. His chapbook From Here To Astronomy was published by Pudding House.

Terence Kuch is a consultant, avid hiker, and world traveler. His publications and acceptances include Ante Review, Clockwise Cat, Colored Chalk, Foliate Oak, Foundling Review, Marginalia, North American Review, and many others. He has studied at the Writers Center, Bethesda, Maryland, and the Mid-American Review Summer Fiction Workshop.

Tim Frank is an upcoming writer specialising in the comic and the surreal. He has written a semi-autobiographical novel, 'Devil in my Veins,' and is currently writing a sci-fi thriller novel.