D.G. Geis

D.G. Geis has an undergraduate degree in English literature from the University of Houston and a graduate degree in philosophy from California State University. He is the author of Fire Sale (Tupelo Press/Leapfolio) and Mockumentary (Main Street Rag). Most recently, his poetry has appeared in The Irish Times, Fjords, Skylight 47 (Ireland), A New Ulster Review (N. Ireland), Crannog Magazine (Ireland), The Moth, (Ireland), Into the Void (Ireland), Poetry Scotland (Open Mouse),  Ink and Letters, Crab Creek Review,  Cleaver, and Under the Radar (Nine Arches Press UK). He was the winner of the 2017 Firman Houghton Prize and was shortlisted for both the 2017 Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize (Ireland) and the 2017 Percy French Prize (Strokestown International Poetry Prize, Ireland).  He divides his time (unequally) between Houston, Galveston, Dublin, and the Hill Country of Central Texas.

Free Survival Guide; Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals; Weatherman; On this date in the year 410, Rome was sacked by the Visigoths;  and Ars poetica; Volume 4, Issue 1
Interview

Barbara Daniels

Barbara Daniels’ book Rose Fever was published by WordTech Press and her chapbooks Black Sails, Quinn & Marie, and Moon Kitchen by Casa de Cinco Hermanas Press. Her poetry has appeared in Prairie Schooner, WomenArts, Mid-American Review, The Literary Review, and many other journals. She received three Individual Artist Fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Inside a Song, a Sea, Volume 4, Issue 1
Interview

Tony Concannon

Tony Concannon grew up in Massachusetts. After graduating from college with a degree in English and American Literature, he taught for 18 years in Japan, where much of his fiction is set. Since returning to the United States, he has been working in human services. Stories of his have appeared in Columbia Journal, Litro, On the Premises, Thema, The Taproot Literary Review, Origins Journal, and HCE Review.

A Fire in the Neighborhood, Volume 4, Issue 1
Interview

Mara Cohen

Mara Cohen, Ph.D. is a writer, public speaker, civic activist and mother working on a memoir about family and resilience. Her personal essays have appeared in an eclectic mix of publications, from The Nervous Breakdown (2017) to Chicken Soup for the Soul (forthcoming), from Jewrotica (2015) to Mothers Always Write (2015) and a dozen others. She has also written articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals and general news outlets. Her greatest joy is spending time with friends and family. Read more of her work at maracohen.com.

Fire Pit, Volume 4, Issue 1
Interview

Adam Levon Brown

Adam Levon Brown is an internationally published poet and author in 14 countries. He has had his work translated in Spanish, Albanian, Arabic, and Afrikaans. Boasting over 300 published pieces, you can find his writing at such publications as Burningword Literary Journal, Firefly Magazine, Zany Zygote Review, Epigraph, Angel City Review, and Ariel Chart. He was long-listed in the 2016 Erbacce Prize poetry competition and received a special mention in the Pangolin Prize 2018 competition. He has recently taken up painting for fun. 

Perforated Stars Speak of Serendipity, Volume 4, Issue 1
Interview
Book Release, Embedded Memories of a Shooting Star

Anxiety, Volume 5, Issue 2

Susan P. Blevins

Susan P. Blevins was born in England, lived 26 years in Italy, and has now resided in the USA for the past 25 years, first in Taos, NM, and currently in Houston, TX. While living in Rome, she had a weekly column in an international, English-language newspaper, writing about food and restaurant reviews primarily, though not exclusively. Since living in the USA, she has written pieces on gardens and gardening for N. American and European publications, and she is now writing stories of her life and travels, and poetry, and gaining traction in various literary publications such as New Verse News, Feminine Collective, Mused Bellaonline, Write Place at the Write Time, Scarlet Leaf, to mention just a few. She loves reading, writing, cats, classical music, and stimulating conversation.

Murphy’s Law, Volume 4, Issue 1
Beware, The Handyman Cometh, Heavenly Bites, The Joy of Fishing, The Extraction, and Mother’s Toast, Volume 4, Issue 2
Interview
A Marriage of Convenience, Reverie, Decisions, A Wing and a Prayer, and Yellow does not have a season, Volume 5, Issue 1

The Smallness of It and My Refrigerator, Volume 6, Issue 1

Larry D. Thacker

Larry D. Thacker’s poetry can be found or is forthcoming in more than ninety publications including The Still Journal, Poetry South, Tower Poetry Society, Mad River Review, Spillway, The Southern Poetry Anthology, Mojave River Review, Mannequin Haus, Ghost City Press, Jazz Cigarette, and Appalachian Heritage. His books include Mountain Mysteries: The Mystic Traditions of Appalachia and the poetry books, Voice Hunting and Memory Train, as well as the forthcoming, Drifting in Awe. He’s presently working on his MFA in both poetry and fiction. Visit his website at: www.larrydthacker.com.

Project:_______, Volume 3, Issue 2
Interview

Ruth Sabath Rosenthal

Ruth Sabath Rosenthal is a New York poet, well-published in literary journals and poetry anthologies throughout the U.S. and also in Canada, France, India, Israel, Italy, Romania, and the U.K. In 2006, Ruth’s poem “on yet another birthday” was nominated for a Pushcart prize. Ruth has authored five books of poetry: Facing Home (a chapbook), Facing Home and Beyond, little, but by no means small, Food: Nature vs Nurture, and Gone, but Not Easily Forgotten. These books can be purchased on Amazon.com. For more about Ruth, please feel free to visit her websites www.newyorkcitypoet.com, http://bigapplepoet.com, and her blog site http://poetrybyruthsabathrosenthal.com

Deflating Farce & Fancy, Volume 3, Issue 2
Interview