Ali Ashhar is a poet, short story writer and columnist from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is a bilingual poet writing in English and Urdu language, but primarily writes in English. He was an academically bright child during his school…
Jonathan Davis hails from the Pennines outside Manchester in the North West of England. An area that features frequently in his novels due to his immersive upbringing in the region. Having grown up playing on the Saddleworth Moors and exploring…
D. Aiken is a disabled Navy veteran, memoirist, and founder of DeltaTango Press™, an independent publishing company rooted in legacy and truth. His writing explores generational trauma, identity, and Southern Black life with brutal honesty and redemptive hope. Through Buncombe…
Meeting death changed everything. Now, I live to give back to life. Creativity is how I stay awake to what matters. And wonder, more than anything, remains the compass leading me back to the heart—the most honest place to find,…
Matilda’s fiction is steeped in the past, from rebellious Roman teens to the quiet mysteries surrounding Stonehenge. But her latest book, Alfred Wallis: Child Pauper to Artistic Luminary, takes her in a bold new direction—into biography. Long fascinated by real…
I’m a 38-year-old poet from the West Midlands and have been writing poetry since childhood. A lot of my poetry is semi-confessional, where I draw upon my own experiences to inspire my poetry. My poetry deals with themes of mental…
A Southern California native, I joined the Air Force right after high school to see the world. I saw Missouri. Returning to Orange County, I finished my B.A. and M.A. at California State University, Long Beach. Teaching high school social…
Sid Hunter is a teacher and writer now living in Hampshire (because London house prices are, frankly, criminal). He writes thrillers with heart, humour, and a few too many close calls — often featuring a laid-back teacher who finds himself…
Kevin Schumaker was educated to be a philosophy professor, became a lawyer, and made a number of good choices and a lot more bad ones. Born in Wisconsin in a new subdivision in the middle of nowhere and far from…
Elias Khalil is a horror-comedy author from Rancho Cucamonga, California, where he lives with his wife and Velcro dog. He earned his bachelor’s degree in International Business from Cal Poly Pomona and a master’s in Leadership from the University of…
Alicia Donovan was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and grew up in a small rural town called New Bedford, which lies in the northwest part of the state. She is a wife, public servant, entrepreneur, photographer, artist, blogger, and novelist…
Jeanne Mahoney, a retired therapist, moved to Bellingham at the end of 2021 and found herself looking out at the Twin Sisters. A surviving twin for fifty years this December, she is writing her first book, a memoir about rediscovering…
Peter Gooch is a painter, former art professor, and writer originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, currently living in New Mexico. He is the author of the novels SEREN and LIPS. His short fiction appears in numerous literary magazines. He holds…
Since visiting the New Jersey shore as a youth, Mark has loved compelling sea stories and has dreamed about writing them. He graduated from Drew University with a Bachelor of Arts and from Seton Hall University with a Master of…
I am a twenty-seven-year-old aspiring writer living in Bellingham, Washington. I primarily write novels and novellas in various genres. I live with my lovely partner Whitney and our feisty tuxedo cat aptly named Cleopatra. Hobbies include reading, listening to audiobooks…
Katie Estes is a high school business teacher in Western New York and a proud Millennial. By day, she teaches Gen Z students, often referencing the glory days of Tamagotchis, Napster, and AIM profiles. By night, she’s a bedtime-story-reading mom…
Keana Aguila Labra (they/she) is a Cebuana-Tagalog Fil-Am poet, writer, and playwright residing on stolen Ohlone Tamyen land, otherwise known as San José / South Bay / Bay Area, California.
After retirement, friends and family urged me to publish some things I’d written that were just sitting idle in my file cabinets, and that led to two books published with Atmosphere Press. Many of the poems included were new, but…
Nick Gibbons is a neurodivergent writer and former biomedical scientist with a PhD in pigmentation biochemistry who is ethnically English & Jamaican. He spent years working in protein modelling, structural bioinformatics and molecular dynamics research before turning to creative writing…
Silpa Kona is a South Asian children’s book author dedicated to empowering young readers through funny, adventurous stories that celebrate curiosity, courage and representation. With a PhD in engineering and a research background that sharpened her love of asking big…