CONTRIBUTORS
E.B. Axelrod lives and writes in New Jersey. Her fiction has appeared in Split Lip Magazine, Cold Creek Review, and East of the Web. Her short story “Lolly” was long-listed for the 2016 Bath Short Story Award. In 2016, 2017 and 2019, she was a writer-in-residence at L’Atelier Writers Retreat in France. In 2014, she was privileged to participate in the Sirenland Writers Conference in Positano.
Gabriella C.S. is a senior at the University of North Florida, majoring in English and double minoring in creative writing and film. Her work has been published in Élan and Wussy Magazine.
Susan L De Miller was born in Chicago Illinois and now lives in a small town in Eastern South Dakota. She is an accomplished weaver, certified yoga teacher, and avid reader. During the winter she knits for charity. Together she and her husband travel to far flung places where they watch birds, hike and drink craft beer. Susan is the mother of two accomplished young men and a grandmother. She believes she’s lucky to have family and friends who love her, and a dog to keep her company when it storms. She writes short stories, micro fiction and poetry. She is currently at work on her first novel.
Vincent Kwame Fianu is a poet and a young biomedical scientist who writes on many subjects.
Lenny Levine attended Brooklyn College, graduating in 1962 with a BA in Speech and Theater. Immediately thereafter, He forgot about all of that and became a folk singer, then a folk-rock singer and songwriter, and finally a studio singer and composer of many successful jingles, including McDonald’s, Lipton Tea, and Jeep. He has composed songs and sung backup for Billy Joel, Neil Diamond, Peggy Lee, Diana Ross, Barry Manilow, the Pointer Sisters, Carly Simon, and others. In addition, he performed for a number of years with the improvisational comedy group War Babies. Lenny's work, in addition to previously appearing in Blue Lake Review, has appeared or is forthcoming in Amarillo Bay, Bitter Oleander, Cairn, he Dirty Goat, Diverse Voices Quarterly, Eleven Eleven, Evening Street Review, Forge, The Griffin, Hobo Pancakes, The Jabberwock Review, Lowestoft Chronicle, Penmen Review, Rio Grande Review, riverSedge, Rougarou, Verdad, Westview, and Wild Violet. I received a 2011 Pushcart Prize nomination for short fiction.
Israela Margalit is a critically acclaimed playwright, TV writer, concert pianist, recording artist, and since 2016 an author of short fiction, with awards or honors in all categories. Her short fiction collection Too Much has been selected as a runner-up at the 2019 Leapfrog Press Fiction Prize.
Dean Morton is a graduate student and writer currently residing in Asheville, North Carolina. His writing seeks to reflect the cultural moment of the suburban American south.
Neil Mullin's fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Hawaii Pacific Review, Faultline, Fifth Wednesday, Limestone Journal, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Midway Journal, Linden Avenue Literary Journal, Sanskrit Literary-Arts Magazine, Sliver Of Stone, Storyscape Journal, Superstition Review, Umbrella Factory, Willow Review, and Zone 3. His short story “Anniversary” was a finalist in the 2018 Glimmer Train annual fiction open. His story “Milkweed” was a finalist in Middlesex University London’s international fiction contest. Also, his short story “Miracle of the Cow” won an annual fiction award from Willow Review. He has also published nonfiction, including an Op-Ed piece in The New York Times. A native of the Bronx, Neil drove a taxi and spent years as a sheet metal worker before he became an attorney specializing in civil rights and employment law. He has successfully argued cases in front of many juries and before appellate courts, including the United States Supreme Court. Recently, he represented Gretchen Carlson in her lawsuit against Roger Ailes of Fox News.
John D Robinson is a UK poet: hundreds of his poems have appeared in print and online: he has published several chapbook and two collections: 'Hang In There' (Uncollected Press USA 2019) 'A Hash Smoking, Codeine Swallowing, Wine Drinking Son Of A Bitch' (Alien Buddha Press USA 2019): he has three collections planned for 2020.
Cynthia Sample's stories have appeared in Summerset Review, Straylight, The Esthetic Apostle, Blue Five Notebook, On the Veranda, SLAB, Numéro Cinq, Sleet, After the Pause, and other journals. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Texas at Dallas. Find her at cynthiacsample.com.
Yash Seyedbagheri is a graduate of Colorado State University's MFA program in fiction. Yash is the recipient of two Honorable Mentions from Glimmer Train. His flash fiction piece, "Strangers," was nominated for The Best Small Fictions and his story, "Soon," was nominated for a Pushcart. His work is forthcoming or has been published in journals such as Unstamatic, Maudlin House, Door Is A Jar Magazine, and Ariel Chart.
E.B. Axelrod lives and writes in New Jersey. Her fiction has appeared in Split Lip Magazine, Cold Creek Review, and East of the Web. Her short story “Lolly” was long-listed for the 2016 Bath Short Story Award. In 2016, 2017 and 2019, she was a writer-in-residence at L’Atelier Writers Retreat in France. In 2014, she was privileged to participate in the Sirenland Writers Conference in Positano.
Gabriella C.S. is a senior at the University of North Florida, majoring in English and double minoring in creative writing and film. Her work has been published in Élan and Wussy Magazine.
Susan L De Miller was born in Chicago Illinois and now lives in a small town in Eastern South Dakota. She is an accomplished weaver, certified yoga teacher, and avid reader. During the winter she knits for charity. Together she and her husband travel to far flung places where they watch birds, hike and drink craft beer. Susan is the mother of two accomplished young men and a grandmother. She believes she’s lucky to have family and friends who love her, and a dog to keep her company when it storms. She writes short stories, micro fiction and poetry. She is currently at work on her first novel.
Vincent Kwame Fianu is a poet and a young biomedical scientist who writes on many subjects.
Lenny Levine attended Brooklyn College, graduating in 1962 with a BA in Speech and Theater. Immediately thereafter, He forgot about all of that and became a folk singer, then a folk-rock singer and songwriter, and finally a studio singer and composer of many successful jingles, including McDonald’s, Lipton Tea, and Jeep. He has composed songs and sung backup for Billy Joel, Neil Diamond, Peggy Lee, Diana Ross, Barry Manilow, the Pointer Sisters, Carly Simon, and others. In addition, he performed for a number of years with the improvisational comedy group War Babies. Lenny's work, in addition to previously appearing in Blue Lake Review, has appeared or is forthcoming in Amarillo Bay, Bitter Oleander, Cairn, he Dirty Goat, Diverse Voices Quarterly, Eleven Eleven, Evening Street Review, Forge, The Griffin, Hobo Pancakes, The Jabberwock Review, Lowestoft Chronicle, Penmen Review, Rio Grande Review, riverSedge, Rougarou, Verdad, Westview, and Wild Violet. I received a 2011 Pushcart Prize nomination for short fiction.
Israela Margalit is a critically acclaimed playwright, TV writer, concert pianist, recording artist, and since 2016 an author of short fiction, with awards or honors in all categories. Her short fiction collection Too Much has been selected as a runner-up at the 2019 Leapfrog Press Fiction Prize.
Dean Morton is a graduate student and writer currently residing in Asheville, North Carolina. His writing seeks to reflect the cultural moment of the suburban American south.
Neil Mullin's fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Hawaii Pacific Review, Faultline, Fifth Wednesday, Limestone Journal, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Midway Journal, Linden Avenue Literary Journal, Sanskrit Literary-Arts Magazine, Sliver Of Stone, Storyscape Journal, Superstition Review, Umbrella Factory, Willow Review, and Zone 3. His short story “Anniversary” was a finalist in the 2018 Glimmer Train annual fiction open. His story “Milkweed” was a finalist in Middlesex University London’s international fiction contest. Also, his short story “Miracle of the Cow” won an annual fiction award from Willow Review. He has also published nonfiction, including an Op-Ed piece in The New York Times. A native of the Bronx, Neil drove a taxi and spent years as a sheet metal worker before he became an attorney specializing in civil rights and employment law. He has successfully argued cases in front of many juries and before appellate courts, including the United States Supreme Court. Recently, he represented Gretchen Carlson in her lawsuit against Roger Ailes of Fox News.
John D Robinson is a UK poet: hundreds of his poems have appeared in print and online: he has published several chapbook and two collections: 'Hang In There' (Uncollected Press USA 2019) 'A Hash Smoking, Codeine Swallowing, Wine Drinking Son Of A Bitch' (Alien Buddha Press USA 2019): he has three collections planned for 2020.
Cynthia Sample's stories have appeared in Summerset Review, Straylight, The Esthetic Apostle, Blue Five Notebook, On the Veranda, SLAB, Numéro Cinq, Sleet, After the Pause, and other journals. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Texas at Dallas. Find her at cynthiacsample.com.
Yash Seyedbagheri is a graduate of Colorado State University's MFA program in fiction. Yash is the recipient of two Honorable Mentions from Glimmer Train. His flash fiction piece, "Strangers," was nominated for The Best Small Fictions and his story, "Soon," was nominated for a Pushcart. His work is forthcoming or has been published in journals such as Unstamatic, Maudlin House, Door Is A Jar Magazine, and Ariel Chart.
