Heather M. Browne is a faith-based psychotherapist, recently nominated for the Pushcart Award, published in the Orange Room, Boston Literary Review, Page & Spine, Eunoia Review, Poetry Quarterly, Red Fez, Electric Windmill, Apeiron, The Lake, Knot, mad swirl. Red Dashboard published two collections: Directions of Folding and Altar Call of Trumpets.
Silver Fish, Wriggle…Stumble…Breathless, and Uncontained Thunderstorm, Volume 6, Issue 1
John Raffetto is a lifelong resident of Chicago. Some of his poetry has been published in print and various online magazine such as Gloom Cupboard, Wilderness House, BlazeVox, Literary Orphans, Olentangy Review & Exact Change. Raffetto was nominated for Pushcart Prize 2017. His book Human Botany is scheduled to be released in 2020. He holds degrees from the University of Illinois and Northeastern Illinois University. Raffetto worked as a horticulturalist and landscape designer for many years at the Chicago Park District which was a rich environment for drawing inspiration for poems concerning nature, people and the city. He is currently an adjunct professor at Triton College.
Beach 1958, Diagnosis C, My Dearest, Glass Vertigo, Mom’s Last Ride, and Jerusalem Heat, Volume 6, Issue 1
Robin Ray, formerly from Trinidad & Tobago, resides in Port Townsend, WA. Educated in English Composition at Iowa State University, his works have appeared at Aphelion, Flash Fiction World, Scarlet Leaf Review, Neologism Poetry Journal, Red Fez, and elsewhere. His interests also include playing guitar and keyboards, writing songs, video editing, producing music with Cubase, and maintaining his online blog, The Writings of an American Author.
Passage to Stormville, Ghost the Moon, Across the Blue Divide, Saltfish, and A Pause in Time, Volume 6, Issue 1
Julia Hatch self-identifies as a bookworm and once took a literature class instructed by Maya Angelou. When she’s not reading or writing, she plays an impressive game of fetch with her cat while her other cat feigns disinterest. She resides with her family in Maryland after trying out several other locations. Her poetry has appeared or will appear in Quail Bell, Sonder Midwest, Steam Ticket, and Gravitas.
The Day After A Diagnosis and Unspoken, Volume 6, Issue 1
Zigzagging back and forth across the Canadian/US border, Adrian Slonaker works as a copywriter and copy editor. Adrian’s work has been nominated for Best of the Net and has appeared in Pangolin Review, Aerodrome, WINK: Writers in the Know and others.
Architectural Secrets, LOL, Sniffling in St. John’s, Foot Rubs, Conversations, and Unit 105, Volume 6, Issue 1
Marianthi Papadim A 21 year-old dreamer, student at the English Language and Literature Department, who loves writing poetry under the tranquility of the stars.
Promise, Untitled, Myself, and Eulogy, Volume 6, Issue 1
The Rotten Poets: “Rotten” is a collaborative poem written by Dr. Summer Qabazard’s Writing 102 class at Pima Community College, Northwest in Tucson, Arizona. We are “The Rotten Poets”: Alfred Betancourt, Victoria Combs, Talia Delgado, Kate Funk, Alexis Lopez, Abbey McGowan, Neo Northington, Summer Qabazard, Grace Stone, Gus Vazquez, and Taylor Williams. When we collaborated on this poem, one person started us off with the first line, then another person followed. After that, we stopped going in order and people started to contribute randomly. It was fun to build off other people’s ideas. It bonded us as a group. It also made it easier to write, since we could bounce ideas off everybody. Since we weren’t on our own, we didn’t ever stay stuck. Each person contributed at least a line. As we built and revised the poem, everyone had a say. We all listened to one another and respected our differences of opinion. We disagreed on some points but were able to reach a consensus peacefully every time.
Rotten, Volume 6, Issue 1
Wylie Strout has previously published her short stories and poetry with Gold Dust Magazine, Literally Stories, Ordinary Madness, and Literary Yard. Her short film, “Forgive Me, Suzy Parker,” premiered at the Kansas City Film Festival in 2018. She enjoys all types of restaurants for good food and conversation along with her travels. In her spare time, Wylie enjoys theater, film, writing, and running by the ocean.
Red, Volume 6, Issue 1
Deborah Guzzi writes full time. Her third book, The Hurricane, is available through Prolific Press. Her poetry appears in Allegro, Shooter, Amethyst Review & Foxglove Journal in the UK-Existere, Ekphrastic Review, Scarlet Leaf Review & Subterranean Blue Poetry, Canada – Tincture, Australia – mgv2>publishing, France – Cha: Asian Review, Hong Kong, China – Vine Leaves Journal, Australia – Scarlet Leaf Review – Greece, pioneertown, Sounding Review, Bacopa Literary Review, The Aurorean, Liquid Imagination, The Tishman Review, & others in the USA.
Steam Trained, The Pin-Up Man, BEING, Karmic Three’s, and All Dolled-Up, Volume 6, Issue 1
Melanie Petrandis has been writing poems since she was a child, and over the past 10 years has been inspired to write about her process of finding peace within her life and self-acceptance. This will be her first publication. She lives in Florida and recently joined the Tallahassee Writer’s Association and is looking forward to sharing her work and receiving feedback. She has her Masters in Psychology and works as a counselor.
Within, Toxic, In the Wild, Where Heaven Meets the Earth, and Beautiful You, Volume 6, Issue 1
The Magnolia Review 