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Megan Mary Moore is passionate about horror and poetry. She holds an MFA in poetry from Miami University. Her work has appeared in Rattle, Rogue Agent, Haunted are These Houses by Unnerving Press. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio where she teaches dance and talks to ghosts. This is her first collection of poetry. The latest of Jim’s 18 novels, Sarah Jane, was just published by Soho Press, who are also bringing out a new uniform edition of the six earlier, landmark novels of the Lew Griffin cycle. Other books include three of musicology, a biography of writer Chester Himes, a translation of Raymond Queneau’s novel Saint Glinglin, and the source novel for the Cannes-winning film Drive. Jim’s work appears regularly in anthologies, literary quarterlies, mystery and science fiction magazines, and is translated worldwide. He’s won a lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon, the Hammett Award for literary excellence in crime writing, and the Grand Prix de Littérature policière. Get The Book Today
Ohio-based Nancy Christie is the award-winning author of two short story collections, Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories and Peripheral Visions and Other Stories (published by Unsolicited Press), and three non-fiction books: The Gifts of Change (Atria/Beyond Words) and Rut-Busting Book for Writers and Rut-Busting Book for Authors (both by Mill City Press). Her short stories have appeared in numerous literary publications including Ariel Chart, One Person’s Trash, Two Cities Review, Talking River, Edify Fiction, Toasted Cheese, Wanderings, The Chaffin Journal and Down in the Dirt, among others, with several earning contest placements.
A member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and Florida Writers Association, Christie is the host of Living the Writing Life podcast and the founder of the annual “Celebrate Short Fiction” Day. She also teaches writing workshops at conferences, libraries and schools nationwide. For more about Christie, visit her website (https://www.nancychristie.com/). To interview her or book her for a speaking engagement, book signing or other event, contact her via email at nancy@nancychristie.com or at 330-793-3675. AWARDS AND CONTEST PLACEMENTS
InterviewsBooks by Nancy ChristieJ. Scott Walker teaches English and Creative Writing in Greensboro, NC. When he’s not doing that, he writes songs, plays, and poetry. A graduate of Appalachian State University and the University of Alaska, his poems have appeared in Town Creek Poetry, Big River Poetry, Cold Mountain Review, and Cirque. The emphasis on place in his work is the natural product of having lived in ten US states including both Carolinas, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Alaska. He has also traveled extensively outside of the US both in a physical sense and also in his imagination.
Gloria Panzera is a writer and teacher. She earned her Master of Fine Arts in Fiction writing from Florida Atlantic University. Her work has appeared in 2 Bridges Review, The Inquisitive Eater, One Forty Fiction, Gravel, and Crack the Spine, among others. With All My Love, I Wait is her first novel. She currently teaches creative writing and English in Charlotte, North Carolina where she lives with her husband and son.
Following a transient childhood, Elosham came of age in the surreal spaces of the American midwest and west coast, but soon left again. Volcano was written and edited during periods residing in the UK, China, Greece, and the USA. Elosham is a Forward Prize (Best Single Poem) nominee and has published poems in a variety of journals around the world.
 Hannah Calkin was born in South Portland, Maine and grew up alongside beaches, boats, and animals of varying sizes. She earned a BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maine at Farmington. She received the Spring 2018 Creative Writing Award for excellence and dedication from the faculty and a Wilson Scholarship for poetry in Fall 2017. She has been an intern at Alice James Books and a poetry reader for Barren Magazine.
Hannah is a contemporary poet with a deep appreciation for the classics. Her writing is interested in transformations, gardens, mythology, fairy tales, evolution, and femininity. Her work can be found in the Sandy River Review, The River, Barren Magazine, Persephone’s Daughters, Rhythm & Bones, and Riggwelter Press. In August 2019, her first book of poetry, Pomegranate Odyssey, will be published by Unsolicited Press. She currently works as a reading tutor and teaching assistant at Aucocisco School and Learning Center. Charles D. Brown is a writer and filmmaker from New Orleans. He currently lives in Los Angeles, recently receiving his Masters in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California. He has made two feature films: “Angels Die Slowly” and “Never A Dull Moment: 20 Years of the Rebirth Brass Band;” and published two novels: “Looking Back On Sodom” (Black Rose Writing) and as C.D. Brown “Vamp City” (Gryphonwood Press). His fiction has appeared in Conium Review, Oddville Press, Writing Disorder, Jersey Devil Press, The Menacing Hedge, Aethlon, and in the anthologies “Dimensional Abscesses” and “Nocturnal Natures.” He teaches composition, production, and journalism at a variety of colleges. More information and writing can be found at charliebrownwriter.com. Richard Luftig is a former professor of educational psychology and special education at Miami University in Ohio and now resides in California. His poems have appeared in numerous literary journals in the United States and internationally in Canada, Australia, Europe, and Asia. Two of his poems recently appeared in Realms of the Mothers: The First Decade of Dos Madres Press. His poems and blogs may be found at richardluftig.com.
Grace Marie Grafton is the author of six books of poetry. Jester (2013) was published by Hip Pocket Press. Author Mary Mackey writes that this collection of poems “links us to a communal imagination which transcends the conventional limits of both poetry and fine arts.” Whimsy, Reticence and Laud (2012) was published by Poetic Matrix Press. Poet/novelist Tobey Hiller writes of this book, “In these lush sonnets.....the wild and the cultivated often collide.” Other Clues (2010), composed of experimental prose poems, was published by Latitude Press. Of this collection, poet Melissa Kwasny writes, “There is wisdom amidst the chaos. Eros. Nature. There are tutelary spirits of the plants and the nouns.” Ms. Grafton's chapbook, Zero, (1999) won the Poetic Matrix Press contest. Her poetry has won honors from “Bellingham Review”, San Francisco PEN Women's Soul Making contests, “Sycamore Review” and “Anderbo.” Her poems have recently appeared in “Fifth Wednesday”, “Cortland Review”, “Ambush Review”, “Askew'”, “The Offending Adam”, “Sin Fronteras”, and “basalt”, among others.
For over three decades, Ms. Grafton taught children to write poetry through the CA Poets in the Schools program, winning twelve Artist In Residence grants from the CA Arts Council for her teaching. She was awarded Teacher of the Year by the River Of Words Youth Poetry Contest, sponsored by Robert Hass, US Poet Laureate. E.A. Johnson can often be found chasing after one of those diabolically bipedal entities we often refer to with the innocuous moniker of “Toddler” or waking in the wee hours of the morning to quiet the nightly cries of the littlest member of my family. Otherwise, he’s directing a play, correcting papers, planning lessons, climbing trees, remodeling my home in the woods, reading in the groggy wastes of the middle of the night (since those aforementioned entities don’t sleep), or drinking black dark roast (or something with a little more bite). Oh yeah, sometimes he even gets a little writing in there too. You can find some of his poetry in The Chaffey Review (Spring 2010), The Battered Suitcase (Winter 2010), and Writing Tomorrow (February 2012).
Matt Daly in the author of the chapbook Red State, a Rane Arroyo Chapbook Series selection by Seven Kitchens Press. Matt teaches reflective and creative writing to people of many ages and professions. He collaborates regularly with visual, performing, and literary artists on indoor and outdoor exhibitions of text-based work. Matt has received a Neltje Blanchan Award for writing inspired by the natural world and a Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry from the Wyoming Arts Council. He is a resident faculty member at the Jackson Hole Writers Conference. He lives in Wyoming with his wife and son.
Gary Carter was born in San Diego, California in 1938 and graduated from Sweetwater Union High School (National City, CA) in June of 1956. After serving three years in the United States Marine Corps he attended college as a science major at Grossmont Community College, continuing his education at San Diego State University as a Botany major. His poems have appeared in the Port Orford News as well as the Las Vegas Sun and many poetry journals and magazines. He is the author of Jump Start, an apocalyptic science fiction thriller (2003), For the Good of the Many, a National Award winning military/political thriller (2007), Mystic Summer, a multi-cultural love story (2010), My City by the Sea, Poems for All Ages (2006), Imagery, Poems to Make You Laugh, Cry, Wonder, Doubt and Argue About (2013), The Cedars of Lebanon, a science fiction, time travel thriller (2018), and Songs from the Southern Oregon Coast (2018), a compilation of short stories and poems, by fifty-six authors, telling what they love about living along the Southern Oregon Coast, one of the world's most beautiful places. Gary lives in Port Orford, Oregon, where he operates a small nursery in the summer and works on his writing in the winter. He is the father of four, the grandfather of thirteen and the great-grandfather of fourteen. Books by Gary CarterJennifer Clark is the author of two previous full-length poetry collections: Johnny Appleseed: The Slice & Times of John Chapman and Necessary Clearings (both published by Shabda Press). She is also the co-editor of the anthology, Immigration & Justice For Our Neighbors (Celery City Books). Her poems, essays, and fiction have appeared in Women’s Studies Quarterly, Fiction Fix, Columbia Journal, Concho River Review, Ecotone, and Flyway, among others. She lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan with her husband John and son Tom. A Beginner’s Guide to Heaven is not so much concerned with moving earth towards heaven, as it is with yanking heaven to earth. Even amidst our haste, failures, distractions, and worries, it’s all within reach. The poems invite us to see the mystery in the every day, and revel in the wonders of such things as moths, dandelions, dogs, and beer. These poems serve as a gateway to the inner journey. They remind us we are one holy family cut from the same cloth, spiritual explorers of this beautiful, broken world. This collection urges us to pay attention and get to work, “while we still have time to build.” Details Genre: Poetry ISBN:978-1-947021-44-0 Publication Date: June 4, 2019 Availability: Wherever Books Are Sold  Matt Daly in the author of the chapbook Red State, a Rane Arroyo Chapbook Series selection by Seven Kitchens Press. Matt teaches reflective and creative writing to people of many ages and professions. He collaborates regularly with visual, performing, and literary artists on indoor and outdoor exhibitions of text-based work. Matt has received a Neltje Blanchan Award for writing inspired by the natural world and a Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry from the Wyoming Arts Council. He is a resident faculty member at the Jackson Hole Writers Conference. He lives in Wyoming with his wife and son.
 Suzanne S. Rancourt is Abenaki/Huron decent, born and raised in the mountains of West Central Maine currently residing in the Adirondack Mountains, NY. A multi-modal artist, she has work appearing in Bright Hill Press 25th Anniversary Anthology, Dawnland Voices 2.0 #4, Northern New England Review, Bear Review, Three Drops Press, Snapdragon Journal, mgversion2>datura, Sirsee, Slipstream, Muddy River Poetry Review, Ginosko, Journal of Military Experience, Cimarron Review, Callaloo, numerous anthologies, translations, and text books. Her book, Billboard in the Clouds was the winner of the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas First Book Award.
Suzanne S. Rancourt holds a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from Vermont College; Master of Science degree in Educational Psychology from SUNY, Albany, NY; a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Expressive Arts: therapy, education, and consulting from the European Graduate School, Switzerland. Rancourt is a Certified Facilitator and Affiliate of the Amherst Writers and Artists. She is a NY Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor. She holds rank in both Aikido and Iaido reflecting her 18 years of practice and training. She is a veteran of both the USMC and US Army. Suzanne S. Rancourt continues to serve through the Saratoga County (NY) Veterans Peer to Peer Mentoring program. Read a great interview with Suzanne here.
John W. Bateman lives in the Deep South, chasing words and finding stories. Influences include comedian and writer Bob Smith, photographer Duane Michals, his fairy godparents, and coffee. His work has appeared in OneNewEngland, The Huffington Post, Glitterwolf Magazine, Nately's, the SFWP Quarterly, and lots of notebooks stacked in a bookcase somewhere. He has won a few awards for screenwriting and received a 2018 Emerging Filmmaker grant from the Mississippi Film Alliance. Who Killed Buster Sparkle? is his first novel.
The Florida Writer Podcast Interview Rick E. George writes suspense with substance. Vengeance Burns Hot is his debut novel Another novel, Cooper's Loot, is forthcoming by The Wild Rose Press. He has been a sports writer, a wildland firefighter, and an educator. He lives with his wife April in the Cascade Mountains of Washington state.
You can learn more and stay connected with Rick E. George at www.rickegeorge.com. Mark Fleckenstein was born in Chicago, and grew up in Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut, North Carolina, and New Hampshire. He graduated from University of North Carolina in Charlotte with a B.A. in English, Vermont College of Fine Arts and received an MFA in Writing. He’s became very involved in the poetry community in and around Boston, for over 30 years. He was an assistant editor for (BLuR), the Boston Literary Review, founder/coordinator of two bi-weekly poetry reading series in Boston and a workshop leader, He’s given poetry readings with famous poets (Charles Simic, Linda Gregg, Mark Doty, Mark Cox and Carl Phillips) and not so famous poets. Six states and dozens of moves later, he settled in Massachusetts. He is also a painter. He has two amazing daughters and an large, eccentric, long-haired black cat named Ariadne.
His other publications: Making Up the World (Editions Dedicaces, 2018) God Box (Clare Songbird Publishing) Forthcoming in November 2018 Lowercase God (Finishing Line Press) forthcoming December 2018 Failed Stars (Cervena Barva Press) forthcoming in October 2018 I Was I, Drowning Knee Deep (Sticks Press online chapbook , 2007). The Memory of Stars (Sticks Press chapbook, 1995) Frances was raised in Queens, New York and Suburban New Jersey, but she now lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and son. Her work can be found at Mutha Magazine, Hip Mama, Longreads, Vol.1 Brooklyn and forthcoming in The Believer Magazine. I Don’t Blame You is her debut novel. She is currently working on another book. Learn more at francesbadalamenti.com David Coyle is a author from Wellington, New Zealand. His grandmother was an avid reader of Shakespeare and English literature and she shared her love of the written word with him from a young age. David’s writing career started when he wrote an award winning short film, Poppy, which played the international film festival circuit in 2009. Whether writing for the screen or for the page, he’s guided by the simple rule that “story comes first”.
Nigel Baldacchino (b. 1989) is an architect by profession, who also actively produces music, writes poetry, designs books and works with photography. As an architect, Baldacchino notably occupied main roles in design teams for two major museum projects, namely MUŻA (The Malta National Community Art Museum) and St. John's Co-Cathedral Museum. Other architectural works include the setup for NISĠA: Storja Kontemporanja (2018, Valletta), a collective exhibition curated to portray a series of narratives tying modernist and contemporary Maltese art.
Bekah Stogner is an assistant editor and she recently graduated from Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee with a BA in Writing and a BFA in Acting, where she co-created Poetry Night. Bekah remains active in the Nashville theatre, improv, and poetry communities and hopes to continue to pursue both editing and acting. Better to have lost is her first collection of poetry. You can connect with her on Instagram: @heyoitsbekah and Twitter: @heyoitsbekah .  Poet, short story writer, and novelist Shann Ray grew up in Montana and Alaska and spent part of his childhood on the Northern Cheyenne reservation. His work has been featured in Poetry, Esquire, McSweeney's, Prairie Schooner, Big Sky Journal, Narrative, and Salon. A National Endowment for the Arts Fellow and winner of the American Book Award and the High Plains Book Award, he is the author of American Masculine, American Copper, Atomic Theory 432, Balefire, Sweetclover, and Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity. A clinical psychologist specializing in the psychology of men, he teaches leadership and forgiveness studies at Gonzaga University. Because of his wife and three daughters, he believes in love.
 Jeremy Jusek grew up in Garrettsville, Ohio where he learned to nurture nature's sensory stimuli. He graduated Marietta College with a BS in chemistry and BA in theatre. Later he earned his MFA in creative writing from the University of Arcadia. Now Jeremy works as a freelance writer and in his spare time facilitates a poetry workshop through the Cuyahoga County Public Library.
The difference between trees and concrete is quite large and, seven years after moving to Cleveland with his wife and two kids, Jeremy is still struggling to acclimate to his suburban biome. From this conflict sprouts some of his writing. The rest is inspired by the bowls of alphabet soup he chucks at the kitchen wall. To follow up on his various publications and projects visit www.jeremyjusek.com |