Contributors with Profiles — Page 7

Think of me as a life-long daydreamer, a photo-illustrator/writer, recently retired from the San Francisco Human Services Agency. Or as someone searching for the meaning of life while trying to discover the identity of Batman and the hiding place for the Holy Grail.

Grochalski currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where the garbage can smell like roses if you wish on it hard enough.

Linda M. Crate's works have been published widely in magazines and anthologies both online and in print.

Mark J. Mitchell has been a working poet for 50 years. He lives in San Francisco where he points out pretty things.

Milton P. Ehrlich Ph.D. is a 90-year-old psychologist and a veteran of the Korean War. He has published many poems in periodicals such as the London Grip, Arc Poetry Magazine, Descant Literary Magazine, Wisconsin Review, Red Wheelbarrow, Christian Science Monitor, and the New York Times.

Tanner earns minimum wage and writes about it. Help. Help him, for ffs.

R.M. Engelhardt is an American poet and writer who is the author of several books over the last two decades. He is the Editor of Dead Man's Press Ink and currently lives and writes in Upstate NY.

Salvatore Difalco is a Sicilian Canadian poet and short story writer.

Strider Marcus Jones is a poet, law graduate and ex-civil servant from Salford, England with proud Celtic roots in Ireland and Wales. A member of The Poetry Society, his five published books of poetry reveal a maverick, moving between cities, playing his saxophone in smoky rooms.

A few years ago, I retired from a thirty-five year career in hospice counseling, when I began writing poetry. My poems are influenced by my patients’ journeys, the compelling beauty of nature, and the human condition.

Tohm Bakelas is a social worker in a psychiatric hospital. He was born in New Jersey, resides there, and will die there.

Van Lee studied history at the University of Southern MS and has spent the last seven years doing independent research on military history. He's currently working on his second book.

Amanda Niamh Dawson was raised in London, Boston, and Washington, DC. She worked in art and publishing in New York and now lives in Northern California.

David Painter is a Northeast Ohio poet and photographer. His aim is to capture his point of view on the world through nature, culture, architecture and history.

Donna Pucciani, a Chicago-based writer, was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in the New York City area. She earned a Ph.D. in Humanities, with a specialty in Music, from New York University, and taught in secondary schools and colleges in the East and Midwest for several decades before retiring to write full-time.

This author lives in northern Minnesota with her husband alongside the wolves, bears, and bobcats. When not writing she enjoys painting, walking, and volunteering at local thrift store.

Paweł Markiewicz was born 1983 in Siemiatycze in Poland. He is poet who lives in Bielsk Podlaski and writes tender poems, haiku as well as long poems. Paweł has published his poetries in many magazines. He writes in English and German.

Pete Barbour has been writing stories for over 30 years. He is a retired physician and now full-time author and illustrator.

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

Steve Carr lived in Richmond, Va., and began his writing career as a military journalist. He had over 220 short stories published internationally in print and online magazines, literary journals and anthologies since June, 2016.

Timothy B. Barner grew up in upstate NY and now lives in Southwest Ohio with his two sons. He publishes novels when he can, but more often writes short stories, plays, and musings from an interesting life. He hopes, of course, that others find his life interesting as well.

Chris Miller is editor of the Cold Lake Sun, a print newspaper. He has a degree in journalism and writes short fiction for a number of publications.

Dessy Tsvetkova (born 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria), has worked as a reporter for Darik Radio, newspapers Woman, News, Women kingdom and has published poetry in Mother tongue speech, Literary Academy and Flame and Sea magazines.

Gregory Smith is a retired medical social worker. He is active on social media, including Instagram, Facebook, X and Blue Sky. Greg enjoys oldies music ( especially The Beatles), classic movies, Baseball and Football ( Go Phillies & Eagles), and reading. He is married (Holly) and has two adorable dogs ( Katie & Cocoa).

Jay Passer's poetry and prose has appeared in print and online magazines, periodicals and anthologies since 1988. He is the author of 12 collections, most recently "The Cineaste," from Alien Buddha Press, 2021.