Contributors with Profiles — Page 18
Vicki Iorio is the author of "Poems from the Dirty Couch," Local Gems Press and the chapbooks "Send Me a Letter," dancinggirlpress and "Something Fishy," Finishing Line Press. Her poetry has appeared in numerous print and on-line journals including The Painted Bride Quarterly, Rattle, poets respond on line, and The Fem Lit Magazine., The American Journal of Poetry.
When not working on her essays, short stories, and novel-in-progress, Victoria and her husband are riding their Vespas, exploring the wine regions of California, befriending dogs, and raising insect assassins -- also known as praying mantises.
Wayne Russell is or has been many things in his time upon this planet; he has been a creative writer, world traveler, graphic designer, former soldier, and former sailor.
Wendy Taylor lives in rural New Zealand with her family and a variety of animals.
William Taylor Jr. lives and writes in San Francisco. He is the author of numerous books of poetry, and a volume of fiction. His work has been published widely in journals across the globe, including Rattle, The New York Quarterly, and The Chiron Review.
Andrew A. Chibi is a Canadian historian, author, and educator whose work explores the complex religious and political dynamics of Tudor England and the European Reformation. He currently lives in Windsor, Ontario.
A. Frank Bower took early retirement from mental health work in 2006 to write, study writing and spend time with his wife Carol. He workshopped with Dan Pope and Sari Rosenblatt at CT Wesleyan, but credits his local writers group Poplar Writers -- Geof Fowler, Carol Parker and Lynn Wilcox -- with helping him most. He has published 16 short stories, 4 memoirs and 4 poems to date.
Adam Stone muses gently on the human condition from Annapolis, Maryland.
Shaikh started writing at the age of eight and has since written over two hundred poems. He writes in English and Urdu, and his poems have been featured in international publications.
Akintoye Akinsola is an Accountant and Poet from Nigeria who loves movies and music and appreciates the simple things of life. He also enjoys writing on and reading different genres of books.
Alberto Quero, poet and narrator, holds a BA in Literature and Linguistics, a Masters in Venezuelan literature and a Doctorate in Humanities by the University of Zulia, Venezuela.
Alice Baburek is an avid reader, determined writer and animal lover. She lives with her female partner and four canine companions. Retired, she challenges herself to become an unforgettable emerging voice.
Twenty three year old English writer currently studying film in Cornwall, the South of England. Mainly interested in short stories and poetry. Influences (lots of Americans) : Charles Bukowski, Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote, Raymond Carver, Jack Kerouac
Amanda is a married mother of three girls and resides near Charleston, WV. She enjoys writing horror, thriller and satire and loves all work by Daphne du Maurier.
Andrea Tillmanns lives in Germany and works full-time as a university lecturer. She has been writing poetry, short stories and novels in various genres for many years.
Anne Eyries left the UK last century to work in France, lives in Arles and is a member of the Poetry Society’s Stanza in France.
Anthony David Vernon is an adjunct professor of philosophy residing in South Florida. He has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Antony King is an internationally published writer/ poet from Eastern Kentucky. His love of the classics guided him to poetry and fueled his passion for writing.
Arshi Mortuza is a Bangladeshi poet based in Toronto. Her confessional, satirical work often explores themes of identity and loss. Her second book of poetry, "Pressed Flower," is forthcoming in early 2026.
Arthur Davis is a management consultant who has been quoted in The New York Times and in Crain’s New York Business, taught at The New School and interviewed on New York TV News Channel 1.
Author/Attorney B Shawn Clark now devotes most of his time to creative authorship, and his spare time, such that it is, to practicing law, rather than the other way around.
B. Jeyamohan is a Tamil writer and literary critic based in Nagercoil, India. One of India's finest authors writing today, he has traveled the length and breadth of the Indian subcontinent, and his work examines and reinterprets India’s rich literary and classical traditions.
Ben wrote his first poems in Texas where he grew up. He then moved to Berkeley, Boston, Philadelphia and finally Northeast Ohio.
Bernard Pearson's poems appear in over one hundred and fifty publications worldwide, including Aesthetica Magazine, The Edinburgh Review. He is also a published novelist, biographer and prize winning short story writer.
Caitlin Sinead Jennings has a master's degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband and tweets about writing, reading, and whatnot at @CaitlinSineadJ.