Contributors with Profiles — Page 25

Esther Mubawa is a Zimbabwe woman, single mother. She lives and works in Cape Town as a maid. When she has time, she goes for walks on the beach, reads, and writes about her life and the lives of other Shona women.

Ethan is a writer from West Virginia. He writes mostly short fiction and poetry and he has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Philosophy.

Eva Schultz lives in Aurora, Illinois, where she is a business writer by day and a fiction writer by night. Her work has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Theme of Absence, and Writer's Digest. She lives with a big orange cat named Gus and enjoys drawing, painting, and collecting typewriters.

Evan Guilford-Blake's prose and poems have appeared in numerous print and online journals, as well as in several anthologies, winning 19 awards. His plays have been produced internationally and won 42 competitions. Thirty are published. He and his wife (and inspiration) Roxanna, a healthcare writer and jewelry designer, live in the southeastern US.

Fay L. Loomis, member of the Stone Ridge Library Writers and Rats Ass Review Workshop, lives a quiet life in the woods in upstate New York.

Floyd Largent is a former archaeologist who never woke a sleeping god or unearthed an ancient evil (alas). In the past year, he has published or had accepted for publication six poems and 30 short stories.

FRED HILARY, a writer of mythic fiction and fairy tale, lives in Greece. His website can be found at Fred Hilary's Fiction Pages.

G. V. Silva was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He holds a bachelors and a masters degree in philosophy from the State University of Campinas and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the Technical University of Berlin.

Gabriel Bates is a poet living in Tiffin, Ohio. His work has appeared in several publications, online and in print.

Gabriel Mambo graduated from Emerson College's MFA program in Creative Writing in 2021. Previously, he earned his bachelor's degree in English at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. He lives in Queens, New York.

Gabriel White is a senior at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale studying to be a history educator. He is an avid horror movie watcher and a devoted Stephen King fan.

Gabriela Vannier is a writer of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and memoir. She writes for catharsis and connection, seeking a deeper understanding of herself and of the world around her.

Gail Chumbley is a retired history-educator following 33 years in the classroom. A nationally recognized instructor of American History, Gail was ready make the transition from telling the tales of the past, to trying her hand at writing those stories for a broader audience.

Galen T. Pickett has been a member of the physics faculty at Cal State Long Beach since 1999. His writing is inspired by the grandeur of the physical world and the absurdity of the academic world, in nearly equal measure.

Gary Durbin is a retired serial entrepreneur having founded four software companies. He now writes, hikes, and advises startup companies.

Geoffrey Marshall is a writer in Aurora, Canada. His education never really took to be honest, through no fault of his instructors (debatable), but he did manage to acquire a BA in English Literature from Carleton University.

Giovanni Ruffini lives in New York City. He is a Professor of Classical Studies in the Department of History at Fairfield University, specializing in the social history of Greco-Roman Egypt and Christian Nubia. His short stories combine a love of science fiction with a lifelong interest in the history and cultures of the Nile Valley and the Horn of Africa.

Glenn Dungan is currently based in Brooklyn, NYC. He exists within a Venn-diagram of urban design, sociology, and good stories. When not obsessing about one of those three, he can be found at a park drinking black coffee and listening to podcasts about murder.

H. K. G. Lowery is a writer from Newcastle upon Tyne. He graduated from Lancaster University with a MA in Creative Writing (Distinction) where he was honoured to win the 2021/2022 Portfolio Prize for his work.

Hamish McGee has a background in health care and has witnessed the healing power of the written word.

"Metalhead, Misfit, walking this earth for two decades now. Dedicating my life to turn my mess into a masterpiece, and one way I see fit for it, is writing my heart out. I believe art is not just about reflecting the society, but also about carrying the viewer, reader, or to places unknown, at times an abyss and at times, a mirror. "

Heather Sager lives in Illinois. Her most recent work appears in Borderless Journal, Setu, Otoliths, morphrog, Poetry Pacific, Bluepepper, Magma, The Fabulist, and more.

Holly Pfeiffer will study English and Creative Writing at Middle Tennessee State University. She won the Charlotte Akers Gardner Writing Scholarship for incoming students, and looks forward to giving it the old college try.

Hridi is an Indian artist and writer currently based in Belgium, working as a research intern in art conservation at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium.

Iren Petrova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1993. Her poetry is focused on topics like women, sin, religion, motherhood and asks deep psycho-social questions.