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Ryan O'Toole is a writer living in Chicago. He earned an M.A. in Writing from the University of Galway. His work appears in HeartWood Literary Journal, storySouth, Two Thirds North, and elsewhere. He can be found online at realtowersrealbridges.substack.com
Jason Telese is a writer and MFA candidate in Creative Writing at The University of Alabama, where he is an assistant fiction editor at Black Warrior Review. His stories often explore varying portraits of masculinity, addiction, and existential discomfort. His work can be found under large rocks or sometimes—if you don’t floss daily—between your teeth, causing serious decay.
Alexa Levitt is a 14 year old writer based in New York hoping to one day become an author. Her poems have appeared in The Fib Review, "Beautiful Truth- Echoes of The Mind," and "A Celebration of Poets." She has not (at the time of writing) published a work of fiction.
Ruth Zwald When an astrologer told her she had no “earth” in her birth sign, Ruth set about finding ways to ground. On her farm in West Michigan, Ruth starts every day with good coffee, tends large gardens, and lives close to the earth through her lifestyle and spiritual practices. Upon retirement, she also started to unearth words. In 2024, Ruth was named winner of the Michigan Writers Cooperative Press Chapbook Contest for her collection entitled, “Bones And Breath.” She has also been published in several periodicals, most recently in Farmer-ish Journal, Poetry For Mental Health, The Guilded Weathervane, The Bluebird Word, and Tangled Locks.
Jenny McBride’s writing has appeared in Grub Street Literary Magazine, Common Ground Review, DASH Literary Journal, The California Quarterly, Streetwise, 300 Days of Sun, Rockford Review, Inscape, and elsewhere. She makes her home in the rainforest of southeast Alaska.
Edward Johnson is a civil rights attorney who has spent the past 30 years representing people living on and over the edge of homelessness. One of his cases involving the fundamental rights of people forced to live outside, Johnson v. Grants Pass went to the Supreme Court of the United States in 2024. He is currently living in a cabin in the North Cascades working on poems, old and new. He has work recently out or forthcoming from Eclectica Magazine, Down in the Dirt, Beatnik Cowboy, Indefinite Space, Main Street Rag, Ginosko Literary Journal, Packingtown Review, cc&d , The Dissident Voice, Evergreen Review, Double Dutch and Whisk(ey) Tit.
Delilah James has spent the first seventeen years of her life in western New York before shipping up to Vermont for school. Delilah is currently in her second year of a Champlain College filmmaking BFA at the moment, specializing in screenwriting.
Steven Downer Jr. is a guy from Tunbridge, Vermont, who wants to make a name for himself. More than just making a name, through his writing he wants to make an impact on the readers. He wants his poetry to be thought about years from now, something that makes the reader think
A. X. is an emerging mixed-race poet from Texas. Having simple roots from the homegrown suburbia of The Colony, they have been writing poetry since the age of 12. They enjoy playing guitar and lounging at home with their cat.
Jessica Reyes is a graduate of Kennesaw State University, holding a BA in English and a Professional Editing and Publishing Certificate. Her work focuses on editing and creative writing, with interests in gender and women’s studies and queer theory. When not writing, she explores visual storytelling through post-production filmmaking and engages in her other hobbies such as music, gaming, and other narrative-driven media.
Cassady O’Reilly-Hahn is a poet with an MA from Claremont Graduate University. He is an editor for Foothill: A Poetry Journal that highlights graduate student voices. He works for Deluxe, a company that localizes TV and Film for a global audience. In his free time, Cassady writes Haiku for his personal blog, orhawrites and his Instagram @cassady_orha. Cassady currently lives in Redlands, California, with his wife, Anabelle, and their two pugs, Wyatt and Jasper.
Lynn D. Gilbert's poems, twice nominated for Pushcart Prizes, have appeared in such journals as After Happy Hour Review, Blue Unicorn, carte blanche, The MacGuffin, Ponder Review, Sheepshead Review, and Southwestern American Literature. Her poetry volume has been a finalist in the Gerald Cable and Off the Grid Press book contests. A founding editor of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, she lives in an Austin suburb and reviews poetry submissions for Third Wednesday journal.Lynn D. Gilbert
Cady Wu is a poet, writer, and artist of all sorts based in the Seattle area. She is a seventeen-time Scholastic Art & Writing Awards winner, and her work has similarly been recognized by Saints & Fleurs and the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, among others. She ultimately aspires to use her works to express the sentiment of being humanly beautiful. In her free time, she enjoys stargazing, baking, and hugging her tabby cat.
James Ducat’s poetry has appeared in Penn Review, Carve, Bellingham Review, CutBank, Apogee, and elsewhere, has been featured on Verse Daily, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His chapbook A Field of Nopes is from Bamboo Dart Press. His full-length collection Debris Orbits was a 2025 semi-finalist for both the Ashland Poetry Press Richard Snyder Memorial Prize and the 2025 Word Works Washington Prize. James holds an MFA from Antioch University Los Angeles and is professor of English and creative writing at Riverside City College, where he advises the literary journal MUSE. Find him at jamesducat.com.
Helena Wang (she/her) is a high school junior from Connecticut, USA. Though she's a previously unpublished writer, her work has been commended by Scholastic Writing and has made Finalist for DePaul's Blue Book: Best American High School Writing. Her hobbies include playing the viola, listening to indie-rock, and drinking overpriced lattes.
David Lavenda is a poet and physical therapist from Islandia, New York, with thirty years of experience working closely with patients through pain, recovery, and resilience. Drawing from both personal experience and a career spent witnessing the quiet courage of the human body and spirit, his poetry explores bullying, complicated love, legacy, and parenting. His work has been published in Academy of the Heart and Mind.
Tamara Pantović is the author of the poetry collection "Shadows of our Shadows". Her iconic essay "I am not my hair" was published on the Montenegrina.net portal.
James B. Nicola is the author of eight collections of poetry, the latest three being Fires of Heaven: Poems of Faith and Sense, Turns & Twists, and Natural Tendencies. His nonfiction book Playing the Audience: The Practical Actor’s Guide to Live Performance won a Choice magazine award.
Bella Melardi is a poet and author. She writes about the political and personal. She attends OCADU.
Emelia Delaporte is a recent graduate of Virginia Tech, where she studied English. In her time at the university, she served as editor-in-chief of Silhouette Literary & Art Magazine. Her work has been published in the Silhouette, the Shenandoah Avalon and the Floyd County Moonshine. She has work upcoming in Saw Palm, Mantis, Strip Mall and Nova Magazines. She currently lives, works and creates in Virginia.
Krysha Santiaguel is a sixteen-year-old aspiring writer based in New York City. Her work has been recognized nationally by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. She enjoys writing poetry and experimenting with bold formatting. You can find more of her work on Instagram, by the username @kreeshei.
Alex Rogers is a satirical fiction writer whose words range from goofy to grotesque to unexpectedly grounded. His stories have appeared in The Write Launch, Santa Barbara Literary Journal, Starlite Pulp, Grub Street Online, Bizarro Circus of Madness, Foofaraw Press, Internet Angelz, and A Thin Slice of Anxiety. He lives in Los Angeles with his two cats, Merlin and Osha (the Tuxedo Twins).
Nora Curtis is a former teacher and library desk clerk. She lives in Ypsilanti, MI with her husband, two young kids, affection dog, and capricious cat. Follow her @noraelisabethc
Margaret Vihnly is a Toronto native and an up-and-coming writer of her own making. 'Own making' in the sense that all of her writing comes in the dark of night, under a veil of sleep, so that she may be left unbothered for a few hours until life comes back online. It is a sanctuary that lives only in her mind and within a hard drive, gathering dust, and hopefully, now for the world to read.
Kripa Nidhi has lived in Houston, TX for the past 20+ years, and when not writing, Nidhi works as an engineer.
Elysse Ladjevic is a retired neuroscientist and writer of magical realism, literary, and Gothic stories. Marooned in Boston, she often writes about her Californian upbringing as a way to go back home.
Florence Murry is the author of Last Run Before Sunset, Finishing Line Press. Her poems have appeared in Pinch, Atlanta Review, Slipstream Press, Magazine, Off the Coast, Black Fox Literary and others. Florence lives in Southern California with her husband and two cats.
Chris Stanton is a creative writer and artist in Los Angeles. His first novel Kings of the Earth, the story of a haunted surfing town on Lake Michigan, was published in 2019. His short stories have appeared in more than a dozen literary magazines and his “novel in stories” Dandelion Crossing arrived in 2025. Kirkus Reviews called it “a heartfelt and deeply human collective portrait set in a palace of consumerism.”
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Sarah Crane is a lifelong reader and writer, unpublished unless you count college papers or medical journals. She is a youngish old person who has spent 35 years as a physician and parent living in Boston. She reads two novels at any given time, The New Yorker, and two papers delivered daily although she knows that is archaic but can't stop as it links her to her childhood at the table with her parents.
John C. Krieg is a retired landscape architect and land planner who formerly practiced in Arizona, California, and Nevada. He is also retired as an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certified arborist and currently holds seven active categories of California state contracting licenses, including the highest category of Class A General Engineering. He has written a college textbook entitled Desert Landscape Architecture (1999, CRC Press). In conjunction with filmmaker/photographer Charles Sappington, Mr. Krieg has completed a two-part documentary film entitled Landscape Architecture: The Next Generation (2010).
Jane Dill is an emerging writer from Mississippi. She has an MFA in Creative Writing, an MA in French, and a BA in Fine Arts. She travels often to Paris.
Charlotte Burnett is dyslexic and a high-functioning autistic. She lives in Scotland, and has had short stories published in literary journals such as The Write Launch and Coffin Bell. She also has a Bachelor’s in Science from the Open University, focusing on Psychology and Sociology.
Anna Oberg is a professional photographer based in Estes Park, Colorado. When she's not arranging family portraits with the perfect view of Long's Peak as backdrop, she focuses on writing tiny memories and small stories. She has been published in Hunger Mountain Review, The South Dakota Review, Mud Season Review, Pidgeonholes, Causeway Lit, The Maine Review, decomp Journal, The Festival Review, and Split Rock Review, among others.
Esabeau Harrington is a senior creative writing student at Rocky Mountain College in Billings Montana. Her work often involves the relationships in her life and also includes themes surrounding mental and physical health.
Rodney Crisp is an Australian author and freethinker who lives and writes in Paris near Montmartre, the favorite haunt of the 19th-century impressionist painters, between the modest lodgings in which Suzanne Valadon gave birth to her son, Maurice Utrillo, and the elegant bourgeois apartment of Paul Cézanne.
Andrew Sarewitz has published more than 60 short stories (website: www.andrewsarewitz.com) along with several scripts. Mr. Sarewitz is a recipient of the 2021 City Artists Corp Grant. His play, Alias Madame Andrèe, garnered First Prize from Stage to Screen New Playwrights in San Jose, CA.
The Inaugural Edition of TWF Quarterly Publication.
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Emily Alston-FollansbeeCerys PughAubrey LynchMichael IshamHeather NeidlingerPaul PottsJon HoglandGage BaldwinKatya MillsGale FabrikantAngelena AciernoJoe BisicchiaMackenzie LandmanLamont NealEllen-Anna LombardoElle Jay Snyderhenry 7. reneau, jr.Christopher StollePete RieblingHenry Vinicio Valerio MadriCarrie CantalupoKiera FisherT. AhzioTheodoor GrimesJoe KarlovecGrace SleemanRichard HanusLawrence BridgesTaylor NoeCarston AndersonDiana WillandLily Starling EldridgeMichael F. BemisSara Maria GreeneEm C. M. Eilertsen
A (satirical) compilation of commentary on the state of society, interpersonal communication, post-capitalism, mental health, and over-consumption.
Contributors:
Maggie Dillow
Gabrielle Munslow
John M. Davis
Isabelle Nygren
Sasha Nickels
Donna Faulkner
Jason Bleijerveld
Kirby Michael Wright
Dylana Stoppel
Rachel Beal
Jeff Schneekloth
Gentry Heflin
Ihor Pidhainy
Aulic Anamika
Jordan Freytag
Brian Bare
Jill Bemis
Yolanda McMahon
Annelise Freeze
Donna Faulkner
Karin Reimondos
Pia Quintano
Elizabeth Agre
Antoine Liu
Francis Fish
Amalia Vossoughian
Jack Bord
Shenaya B
Christine Stoddard
Chance Dibben
Rumaisa Reza
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Guest Judge: Adelia Jupiter
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A Gothic Anthology Of Man-Made Horrors
Contributing Tale Spinners:
A. Max Traphagan
Sam Smith
AJ Miller
MG Turner
Hollis Black
Isabelle Nygren
Michael Isham
Dorit d'Scarlett
Adam Southers
Justin Alcala
Christopher M. Frew
Jack Cortez
Adam J. Galanski-De León
Daniel Arthur
Amanda Draznin
Johnny Byutorie
Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman
Callum Haire
A Gothic Anthology Of Man-Made Horrors
Contributing Tale Spinners:
A. Max Traphagan
Sam Smith
AJ Miller
MG Turner
Hollis Black
Isabelle Nygren
Michael Isham
Dorit d'Scarlett
Adam Southers
Justin Alcala
Christopher M. Frew
Jack Cortez
Adam J. Galanski-De León
Daniel Arthur
Amanda Draznin
Johnny Byutorie
Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman
Callum Haire
Grey Matter invites you to explore the complexities of perception, nuance, and the spaces between extremes. Not everything is black and white—how can you see beyond the spectrum? Grey Matter is a collection of of poetry, fiction, photography, art and experimental work
Grey Matter invites you to explore the complexities of perception, nuance, and the spaces between extremes. Not everything is black and white—how can you see beyond the spectrum? Grey Matter is a collection of of poetry, fiction, photography, art and experimental work.
A New Literary Anthology in the Tune of Everyday Magic and the Extraordinary in the Ordinary!
PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024
Authors;
Grace Gibbons, Eliza Scudder, Isabella Bromberg, Adam Southers, Sejal Spicely, Michael Schoeffel, Matt Hanson, Ping Yi Yee, Daniel Mosakewicz, Yuri Ringomon, Scott Holleran, Amy Logan, John Tynes, Emma Wells, Riley Willsey, Tyler Lynch, Caridad Cole, Rachel Racette.
"Across Worlds: A Meet-Cute Anthology," a print collection of stories that celebrate the magic of first encounters in unique genres and settings. A new collection of original fiction that brings to life the serendipity and charm of a "meet-cute" moment, whether it unfolds in a fantastical realm, a distant future, or a world never before seen.
Tales of Love from our Authors;
Jacque Margaux, Riley Willsey, Morgan Rose, Emma Wells, Alicia Rose, Peter C. Conrad, Juliana Zalon, Lindsay Lennox, Casper Reynolds, Keba Ghardt, Ken Hogarty.
"Across Worlds: A Meet-Cute Anthology," a print collection of stories that celebrate the magic of first encounters in unique genres and settings. A new collection of original fiction that brings to life the serendipity and charm of a "meet-cute" moment, whether it unfolds in a fantastical realm, a distant future, or a world never before seen.
Tales of Love from our Authors;
Jacque Margaux, Riley Willsey, Morgan Rose, Emma Wells, Alicia Rose, Peter C. Conrad, Juliana Zalon, Lindsay Lennox, Casper Reynolds, Keba Ghardt, Ken Hogarty.
An Absurdist anthology of the bizarre, fantastical, and grotesque. From King Beetles to Squirrel Husbands to Nightmare Pufflings to the trial-of-the-century- 'That's Absurd!' shines a light on all that is crawling and transfiguring underneath the rock that is modern literature. Contributors: M.C. Schmidt, Nick Seifert, Adam Southers, Deryn Pittar, Adam J Galanski-De León, Yuyi He, Luke Docherty, Jamie Good, Froshie Evans, Joshua D Taylor, A.C. Perri, Alice Baburek, Dylan Webster, Percy Fey, and Kelly Karsner-Clarke.
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"Of the Eaten" is a genre-bending poetry and prose book that defies conventional standards in poetry. The book follows the life cycle of every life, as the mysterious narrator is cursed to live out humanity, and slowly become it. The book plays with themes of human nature, evolution, self-cannibalism, identity, and mythology. The reading experience is layered, as the book's formatting allows the reader to experience the life cycle in both directions, for a different experience each time. As the reader progresses, they are acquainted with the narrator, who is both the protagonist and the antagonist, the human and the other. The book sheds light on the outside perspective of the human experience and leaves the reader with a haunting expression of love, age, and growth.
Tobi Brun is chronically obsessed with the human condition, loves their cats, and is probably up past their bedtime. Tobi is a creative writing adjunct, barista, and a burnt-out 20-something looking for the meaning of life. They write fiction, poetry, and prose. Tobi is a Dayton native writer, educator, and founder of the Indie Publishing Press ‘The Word’s Faire’. Tobi is a Wright State grad with a BA in English and writes experimental short fiction and prose. They enjoy listening to horror podcasts while sipping a strong cup of tea and cuddling their two cats Ronny and Ravi. One could find them lying in the sun, or peeking around corners.
A New Literary Anthology in the Tune of Everyday Magic and the Extraordinary in the Ordinary!
PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024
Authors;
Grace Gibbons, Eliza Scudder, Isabella Bromberg, Adam Southers, Sejal Spicely, Michael Schoeffel, Matt Hanson, Ping Yi Yee, Daniel Mosakewicz, Yuri Ringomon, Scott Holleran, Amy Logan, John Tynes, Emma Wells, Riley Willsey, Tyler Lynch, Caridad Cole, Rachel Racette.
An Absurdist anthology of the bizarre, fantastical, and grotesque. From King Beetles to Squirrel Husbands, Nightmare Pufflings to the trial-of-the-century, 'That's Absurd!' shines a light on all that is crawling and transfiguring underneath the rock that is modern literature. Contributors: M.C. Schmidt, Nick Seifert, Adam Southers, Deryn Pittar, Adam J Galanski-De León, Yuyi He, Luke Docherty, Jamie Good, Froshie Evans, Joshua D Taylor, A.C. Perri, Alice Baburek, Dylan Webster, Percy Fey, and Kelly Karsner-Clarke.
"Of the Eaten" is a genre-bending poetry and prose book that defies conventional standards in poetry. The book follows the life cycle of every life, as the mysterious narrator is cursed to live out humanity, and slowly become it. The book plays with themes of human nature, evolution, self-cannibalism, identity, and mythology. The reading experience is layered, as the book's formatting allows the reader to experience the life cycle in both directions, for a different experience each time. As the reader progresses, they are acquainted with the narrator, who is both the protagonist and the antagonist, the human and the other. The book sheds light on the outside perspective of the human experience and leaves the reader with a haunting expression of love, age, and growth.
Tobi Brun is chronically obsessed with the human condition, loves their cats, and is probably up past their bedtime. Tobi is a creative writing adjunct, barista, and a burnt-out 20-something looking for the meaning of life. They write fiction, poetry, and prose. Tobi is a Dayton native writer, educator, and founder of the Indie Publishing Press ‘The Word’s Faire’. Tobi is a Wright State grad with a BA in English and writes experimental short fiction and prose. They enjoy listening to horror podcasts while sipping a strong cup of tea and cuddling their two cats Ronny and Ravi. One could find them lying in the sun, or peeking around corners.
The Word's Faire proudly presents, 'SUNWASH' The Curated Literary Collection. Between these pages are pieces of art, writing, prose, and creative nonfiction curated to the sun-washed theme. The creatives explore themes of warmth, exploration, divination, rebirth, and inspiration through poetry, prose, visual art, and literary fiction.
Featured Artist: Andie Dale
Contributors: Kol Garber, Perseverance Fey, Bea Perkins, Joy Myers, Nancy Ripley, Richard Metz, Vic Harvey, Robyn Hager, Sandrine, Rebecca Wright, Beth Cole, Jasmine Kasper, Marc Bramble, Chloe de Lullington, Maria Whisnat and Emily Mancuso.
The Luminescent Curated Collection of literary and artistic genius, SUNWASH is the light shining through the shelves of creative collections. From handpainted wildflower fields in the dusk of Pennslyvania to the sunlit Greek seaside as two lovers embrace, SUNWASH tells the stories of life in the sun and the raw hunger and beauty it provides us.
The Word's Faire is proud to present, 'SUNWASH' The Curated Literary Collection. Between these pages are pieces of art, writing, prose, and creative nonfiction that are curated to the theme of sunwashed. The creatives explore themes of warmth, exploration, divination, rebirth, and inspiration through poetry, prose, visual art, and literary fiction.
Featured Artist: Andie Dale
Contributors: Kol Garber, Perseverance Fey, Bea Perkins, Joy Myers, Nancy Ripley, Richard Metz, Vic Harvey, Robyn Hager, Sandrine, Rebecca Wright, Beth Cole, Jasmine Kasper, Marc Bramble, Chloe de Lullington, Maria Whisnat and Emily Mancuso.
The Luminescent Curated Collection of literary and artistic genius, SUNWASH is the light shining through the shelves of creative collections. From handpainted wildflower fields in the dusk of Pennslyvania to the sunlit Greek seaside as two lovers embrace, SUNWASH tells the stories of life in the sun and the raw hunger and beauty it provides us.
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