Cast
John Grey – John Grey is an Australian poet, and a US resident, who recently published in New World Writing, North Dakota Quarterly, and Lost Pilots. His latest books, ”Between Two Fires”, “Covert” and “Memory Outside The Head” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in California Quarterly, Birmingham Arts Journal, La Presa, and Shot Glass Journal.
Daniele Minns & Yolande Brener – Brener and Minns (FKA Imara) first worked simultaneously across the Atlantic in 2014 when they revised and self-published their memoirs, Minns’s CRACK, and Brener’s Holy Candy). In 2019, they co-created the short film Y&I, conceived from opposite sides of the Atlantic, and performed in London in December. Together, Brener and Minns combine words, choreography, domestic landscapes, and sound to examine the patterns in our everyday routines, habits, and hopes. https://brenimara.com/
Roopa Raveendran-Menon – Roopa lives in Dubai, U.A.E. but was raised in Kochi, India where swatting mosquitoes at dusk is considered a life skill, to be honed and perfected. When not writing, you will find her buried in her Kindle, staring into space, or reading tarot cards (not necessarily in that order). Some of her short stories have been published in Corium magazine, Nunum, Bright Flash Literary Review, Tiny Molecules, and Crow & Cross Keys (forthcoming). She has been nominated for Best of the Net and Best of Microfiction. Her debut middle-grade fiction, Chandu and the Super Set of Parents has been published by Fitzroy Books. She tweets erratically @RoopaMenon1
Michael Lee Johnson – Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada during the Vietnam era. Today he is a poet in the greater Chicago-land area, IL. He has 323 plus YouTube poetry videos. Michael Lee Johnson is an internationally published poet in 46 countries, a song lyricist, has several published poetry books, has been nominated for 7 Pushcart Prize awards, and 6 Best of the Net nominations. He is editor-in-chief of 3 poetry anthologies, all available on Amazon, and has several poetry books and chapbooks. He has over 653 published poems. Michael is the administrator of 6 Facebook Poetry groups. Member Illinois State Poetry Society: http://www.
Rhonda Parrish – When she is not tumbling rocks, playing D&D, or cheering on the Edmonton Oilers, Rhonda Parrish is creating shiny new poems and stories. She hoards them, like a magpie dragon, at https://www.patreon.com/
Pawel Markiewicz – Paweł Markiewicz was born 1983 in Siemiatycze in Poland. He is a poet who lives in Bielsk Podlaski, writing both haiku and long-form poetry. His poetry has been published in a variety of magazines. He writes in English and German.
Richard LeDue – Richard LeDue (he/him) lives in Norway House, Manitoba, Canada. He has been published both online and in print. He is the author of eleven books of poetry. His latest full length book, “Sometimes, It Isn’t Much,” was released from Alien Buddha Press in February 2024, and his latest chapbook, “Mourning for the Petals,” was self-published online for Kindle in November 2024.
Diana Raab – Diana Raab, MFA, PhD, is a memoirist, poet, workshop leader, thought leader, and award-winning author of fourteen books. Her work has been widely published and anthologized. She frequently speaks and writes on writing for healing and transformation. Her latest book is Hummingbird: Messages from My Ancestors, A memoir with reflection and writing prompts (Modern History Press, 2024). Raab writes for Psychology Today, The Wisdom Daily, The Good Men Project, Thrive Global, and is a guest writer for many others. Visit her at: https:/www.dianaraab.com.
Alex Phuong – Alex Andy Phuong earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University—Los Angeles in 2015. He was a former Statement Magazine editor. Emma Stone inspired him to write passionately after hearing the song, “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from the “Best Picture” nominee La La Land (2016). Currently residing in Alhambra, California, he writes with the sincerest hope to inspire readers while fully supporting the ones who dare to pursue their dreams. https://www.amazon.com/
Jack D. Harvey – Jack D. Harvey’s poetry has appeared in Scrivener, The Comstock Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Typishly Literary Magazine, Brown Bag, The Antioch Review, The Piedmont Poetry Journal and elsewhere. The author has been a Pushcart nominee and over the years has been published in a few anthologies. He has been writing poetry since he was sixteen and lives in a small town near Albany, New York.
*A La Fin was previously published in Zombie Logic Review
Sophia Carroll – Sophia Carroll (she/they) is an analytical chemist and writer. Her work has appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly, Rust & Moth, Tiny Frights, The Metaworker, and elsewhere. Find her on Substack at Torpor Chamber and on Twitter @torpor_chamber.
Doug Hawley – Doug Hawley is a little old man who lives in Oregon USA with editor Sharon. After years of math work (teacher and actuary), he turned to words. He had written stories in the 1990s but didn’t know what to do with them. In 2014 he began to be published. At this time he has hundreds of stories published in all of the usual genres and appearing in four continents. His story collections “Vernonia Trilogy” and “Weird Science” were published in 2023. When not writing he is probably volunteering (book store, park steward), sleeping, eating, or drinking. Website https://sites.google.com/site/
mk zariel – mk zariel (it/its) is a transmasculine poet, theater artist, movement journalist, & insurrectionary anarchist. it is fueled by folk-punk, Emma Goldman, and existential dread. it can be found online at https://linktr.ee/mkzariel, creating conflictually queer-anarchic spaces, and being mildly feral in the Great Lakes region. it is kinda gay ngl.
*(doom)scrolls was previously self-published on https://mkzariel.itch.io/untimezone
Cheryl Snell – Cheryl Snell’s books include several poetry collections and novels. Her most recent writing has appeared in Anti Heroin Chic, 100 Word Story, Tiny Molecule, Switch, BULL, Ink Sweat & Tears, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and other journals. Her work has been nominated twelve times for inclusion in Best Microfictions, Best Small Fictions, the Pushcart, and BOTN anthologies. A classical pianist, she lives in Maryland with her husband, a mathematical engineer.