Contributors with Profiles — Page 24

David Blitch is a disabled Pastor and author living in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania. He loves concerts and skydiving.

David Henson and his wife have lived in Brussels and Hong Kong and now reside in Illinois. His work has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes, Best of the Net and two Best Small Fictions and has appeared in various journals.

David Newkirk is a retired attorney living in Kansas City, Missouri. After thirty years of writing boring legal documents, he decided to try writing things that people might actually enjoy reading.

David Sebek was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and spent his early childhood traveling between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres before settling in Houston, Texas. As a writer, he explores the darker edges of imagination in short stories that blend realism with the uncanny.

David Simmons was born in Washington, D.C. during the crack epidemic. David is a multi-instrumentalist who has made several contributions to many major hip hop albums.

David William Jurgenson got his English writing minor at the University of San Francisco. He was an exchange student at Oxford University, England, where he studied fiction writing. David plays drums in a rock band in Northern California and lives in Novato with his puppy Honey Whiskey.

David Wright is a writer and teacher living on Canada's majestic west coast. He has a lovely wife, two sparkling daughters and more than 50 published short stories. His work has appeared in Neo-opsis, Aiofe's Kiss, Forgotten Worlds and many other cool magazines.

Devin’s job as a night watchman comprises sitting at a desk monitoring a county building, which allows him eight uninterrupted hours of reading and writing (best job ever).

Devon Field lives in Vancouver, BC, where he writes and podcasts. He hosts the medieval history podcast 'Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieval World.'

Dominy Clements studied composition and flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1983 to 1987. After graduating he came to The Netherlands in 1987 to study composition with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatoire, also studying with Gilius van Bergeijk and Frederic Rzewski.

Donna Gum wrote nonfiction including several published articles and ghostwriting. Unable to resist the call of fiction, she enjoys writing flash fiction in the Appalachian Mountains.

E.B. Sommer has been writing her whole life, but as with many writers she has only recently been willing to submit her work. She’s an insurance agent by trade and a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, having served for 27 months in Rwanda. She likes to invent stories on her porch, especially if there is a caffeinated beverage at hand.

Author of the debut novel Twelfth House (Seaburn Classics), and Shaded Pergola (Tropaeum Press), a collection of haiku and short poetry featuring her original illustrations, E.C. Traganas enjoys a professional career as a Juilliard-trained concert pianist and composer, and has held over 40 national exhibitions of her artwork.

E.P. Lande was born in Montreal, but has lived most of his life in the south of France and Vermont, where he now lives with his partner, writing and caring for more than 100 animals, many of which are rescues.

Ed Nobody is an up and coming writer from Ireland who wants to break the barriers of fiction and write engaging stories not constricted by genre convention. He has written two full novels, one of which may see light next year, pending the grace of Xenu.

Returning to writing after having spent most of a lifetime doing other things. Original wife, two children, five grandchildren. Have matriculated through almost all of my earlier vices and sins (if it's other than hard drugs, I've probably attempted it). A pleasantly haphazard life.

Dr. Elizabeth V.Koshy is a Professor in English Literature at Dr.A.B.Telang Senior College, Pune, India.

Ella Torres is a Brazilian writer and translator and a graduate of Barnard College, where she earned a degree in English and Creative Writing. She writes editorials, fiction, and poetry, and is currently pursuing an MFA in fiction at The New School.

Luis Borges dreamed that he was an ineffective storyteller named Emile Ansers: a Colombian socialist enamored with Emersonian ethics and Nietzschean humor. The real Emile Ansers was born on June 6th, 1996, and since the age of twelve, he has been chasing after his original dreamer without success.

Emily McQuiggan is a writer, artist, and librarian living in Pennsylvania with her family.

Emma Burnett is a researcher and writer. She has had stories in Utopia Magazine, MetaStellar, Milk Candy Review, Elegant Literature, The Stygian Lepus, Roi Fainéant, and others.

Emma Louise Gill (she/her) is a British-Australian speculative fiction writer and consumer of vast amounts of coffee. Scientist, educator, and cat mum. Brought up on a diet of English lit, she rebelled and now spends her time writing explosive space opera and other fantastical things in beach cafes.

Eric Roberson is an emerging writer. He is an alumnus of the Writers Guild Foundation - Veterans Writing Project in Los Angeles and he earned an MFA in creative writing from Augsburg University in 2020. He and his wife and old hound dog, Blue, live in Southern Nevada near their four grown children, and a crazy and eclectic family of friends and creatives.

Eric Wampler lives in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He writes dark fantasy and science fiction.

Erik Buchanan is a writer based in Pennsylvania. He works night shift security which gives him plenty of time to scribble up stories.