TRANSPORTERS:
ARTUSO
Toni Artuso (she/her/hers) is an emerging/aging trans female writer from Salem, Massachusetts. Recently retired, she is transitioning, as well as trying to accelerate the emerging and slow down the aging. Her verse has appeared in “Honeyguide Literary Magazine,” which nominated one of her villanelles for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Her poems have also appeared in “The Christian Science Monitor,” “VIA: Voices in Italian Americana,” “Channel,” “The Ekphrastic Review,” “Jersey Devil Press,” “Eclectica,” “Space City Underground Literary Magazine,” “samfiftyfour,” “Nixes Mate Review,” “Molecule,” and “Salamander.” X (Twitter): @TAltrina. Instagram: @tonialtrina.
AVOLEDO
Pam Avoledo‘s work can be found at pamavoledo.com
BARBELLA
Joseph Barbella attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art. Joe usually works in oil on canvas. Paintings include commissioned portraits, still-lives, landscapes and a number of different themes. His artwork has been presented in exhibitions in Philadelphia as well as DE. He has also participated in several RBWG events. Joe is also a musician and songwriter who has produced Cd’s and performs in many venues. To contact Joe call 267-939-8349 or email corebelief@aol.com. His music can be heard on all other streaming services, videos on Youtube.
BERN
Alan Bern is an editor @ Old Scratch Press, Instant Noodles magazine, and the author of Dreams of the Return Find him.
BEVERIDGE
Robert Beveridge (he/him) makes noise (xterminal.bandcamp.com) and writes poetry on unceded Mingo land (Akron, OH). He published his first poem in a non-vanity/non-school publication in November 1988, and it’s been all downhill since. Recent/upcoming appearances in The Bayou Review, Wireworm, and The Gilded Weathervane, among others.
DOYLE
Anthony Doyle is a misplaced Irishman, author of the novel Hibernaculum, the Jonah’s Map of the Whale (poetry) and two children’s books in Portuguese. He’s a member of Old Scratch Press. Find him.
FITZGERALD
Jane H. Fitzgerald is a retired middle school history teacher, who is now a writer. She has written four books of poetry including, Notes From the Undaunted. She has been featured in many print journals and online sites. A few of these are: Instant Noodles, Your Daily Poem, Isele Quarterly Magazine, Little Old Lady Comedy, and Green Ink Poetry. She hopes that her writing creates a bridge of understanding to others. She loves her family, friends, writing, and working with colors, and enjoys living in Florida. Find her.
FLEMING
Robert Fleming (b. 1963) is a visual poet and digital artist from Lewes, DE. He is an editor @ Old Scratch Press and Instant Noodles magazine. His books are White Noir, an Amazon best seller, and Con-Way in 4 in 1, #4. He is an award-winner: 2025 Massachusetts poetry Olympics silver and bronze medals; 2022 San Gabriel Valley CA-broadside, 2024/2021 Best of Mad Swirl poetry, Delaware Press: poem (third, 2 honorable mentions (HM)), graphic design: 4 HM, photography: 1 HM; nominations: 2025 best of short fiction; 2023 Blood Rag Poet, and 2 Pushcart, and 3 Best of the Net. Follow Robert.
FLORY
Meredith Flory is a community college adjunct English professor, military spouse, and mother. She has a master’s degree in literature from Kansas State University and has been freelance writing for around a decade. Her fiction and non-fiction work can be seen in magazines such as Military Families, Muse, and Paperbound. Find her online at http://www.meredithflory.com and Instagram @meredithfloryauthor.
FREY
Carl Frey retired from 41 years working in flavor and fragrance chemistry and moved to Lewes, Delaware, and then Philadelphia. He joined the Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild and published the adventure novels Caldonia Café and Formula for Disaster. Cat & Mouse Press published his short story, “Rehoboth Beach in Crisis” in their anthology Beach Pulp, and his short story “Secret Message” in their anthology Beach Secrets. He volunteers as deckhand and cook on the historic barkentine GAZELA, docked at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia.
FUNSTON
Diane Funston writes poetry of nature and human nature. She co-founded a women’s poetry salon in San Diego, created a weekly poetry gathering in the high desert town of Tehachapi, CA and most recently has been the Yuba-Sutter Arts and Culture Poet-in-Residence for the past two years. It is in this role she created Poetry Square, a monthly online venue that features poets from all the world reading their work and discussing creative process. Her first chapbook, “Over the Falls”, was published in 2022 by Foothills Publishing. Diane is also a visual artist in mosaic, wool felting, and collage.
GARDNER
Jonathan Daniel Gardner is a writer from the American South living in Brooklyn, New York. His work often focuses on conversation, social dynamics, and the pressures of ordinary situations. He spends a lot of time thinking about tone, overthinking recent interactions, and trying to leave the house. His writing has appeared in Change Seven Magazine, Maudlin House, and Avalon Literature and Arts Magazine, with work forthcoming in Blood+Honey and The Disappointed Housewife. He holds a degree in Creative Writing from The New School and is currently completing his first novel, In Moon I Keep You.
Find him at: Instagram.com/jonathandanielgardner
GORDON
Andy Gordon is a photographer.
Find him @ https://www.andygordon.photo/p/cv
HILLIARD
Joe Hilliard is a Writer. Luddite. Teller of Tales. Grew up as a teen in Los Angeles on a diet of Blue Demon, Doc Savage, Philip K. Dick, the Circle Jerks, Mildred Pierce, Judge Dredd, and 50s science fiction films, on the fringe of 80s Hollywood. Graduate of the University of Michigan, which only added Kawabata, Krazy Kat, and William S. Burroughs to the mix. Marks time as a paralegal in sunny California.
HUMBLES
Katelynn Humbles is a writer whose work appears in Broken Antler Quarterly, Black Hare Press, Flash Fiction Magazine, Eunoia Review, Five on the Fifth, Welter, Literally Stories, Wingless Dreamer, and Tiny Molecules. In 2025, she was awarded the Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Raymond W. Ford Award in Poetry for “Emmaus Community Garden” and the Bennett Harris Humorous Writing Award for “Can Vending Machines be Nihilistic?” She is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art, specializing in ceramics.
JAMES
Don James is a photographer who finds inspiration in natural, industrial, and urban environments, being drawn to subjects that are readily accessible, but usually go unnoticed. His images of human-made structures and objects found in nature blur the boundary between representational art and abstraction. Don’s photographs have appeared in dozens of solo and group exhibitions in galleries, museums, and public spaces.
Don is the recipient of the Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship for his architectural photography. His recent photos have been exhibited at the Biggs Museum of American Art and the Washington Project for the Arts.
JAMIESON
Erin Jamieson (she/her) holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Miami University. Her writing has been published in over eighty literary magazines, including two Pushcart Prize nominations. Her poetry chapbook, Fairytales, was published by Bottlecap Press and her most recent chapbook, Remnants, came out in 2024. . Her debut novel (Sky of Ashes, Land of Dreams) came out November 2023. She resides in Loveland, Ohio. Twitter: @erin_simmer
Johnson
Merilee Johnson is a New York City–based writer who is involved with several global online open mic communities and enjoys performing. Her children’s book “The Boy Who Caught the Moon” was published by Mayari Literature, and her poems, flash fiction, and comedy have been included in such anthologies as “What Is in John’s Basement?,” “Blotters’ Jotters,” and “The Alien Buddha Loves You Too.” She earned an MFA at The New School.
Richard Eric Johnson lives and writes poetry in Arlington, Virginia. He has authored five full-length poetry collections and his poetry has appeared in numerous online and print journals. Eric is also a Pushcart nominee. He most recently was honored to be archived at La Salle University’s Connelly Library. He is a graduate of Indiana University with a B.A. in Germanic Languages and an M.S. in Education. After a tour in Viet Nam and West Berlin, he embarked on a career as a public servant and is now very happily retired.
KELLY
Hana Kelly lives in Atlanta and recently graduated from Georgia State University with a B.A. in English. When she is not writing speculative or surreal fiction, she’s reading it. Catch up with her on Instagram @hanamkelly.
KENNEDY
Emma C Kennedy is a former teacher and writer as well as a mother to Lucy, 16, who I love very much.
KRASNER
Barbara Krasner is a New Jersey-based poet and historian. She serves as co-editor of Kelsey Review, the literary magazine of Mercer County Community College, where she teaches in the Liberal Arts division and is director of the Mercer County Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center. Her latest poetry collections include The Night Watch: Poems (Kelsay Books, 2025) and Insomnia: Poems after Lee Krasner (dancing girl press, 2026).
LEE / KARABETSOS
Tamara-Lee Brereton-Karabetsos is a fiction writer whose work focus on the intricate relationship between place, memory, and identity. With a strong interest in character psychology and atmospheric storytelling, she develops narratives that explore emotional depth and personal transformation. Alongside her responsibilities as a stay-at-home Mother, she maintains an active working practise, delving into human complexities.
MARIL
Nadja Maril writes prose and poetry that has been published in literary magazines that include, Lunch Ticket, Spry Literary Review and Across the Margin. Her chapbook of poems and memoir, Recipes from My Garden, was published by Old Scratch Press (September 2024) and was a Midwest Review California Book Watch Reviewer’s Choice. She recently published a children’s book—Who IS Santa? A former journalist and editor, Nadja has an MFA from Stonecoast at the University of Southern Maine. To read more of her work and follow her weekly blog posts, visit her, and get a copy of her new book!
MAOLALAI
DS Maolalai has been described by one editor as “a cosmopolitan poet” and another as “prolific, bordering on incontinent”. His work has nominated fourteen times for Best of the Net, eleven for the Pushcart and once for the Forward Prize, and has been released in three collections; “Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden” (Encircle Press, 2016), “Sad Havoc Among the Birds” (Turas Press, 2019) and “Noble Rot” (Turas Press, 2022)
MCAFEE
Bob McAfee is a retired software consultant who lives with his wife near Boston. He has written nine books of poetry, mostly on Love, Aging, and the Natural World. For the last several years he has hosted a Wednesday night Zoom poetry workshop. Since 2019, he has had 157 poems selected by 63 different publications. Two poems Nominated for Best of the Net. His website, http://www.bobmcafee.com, contains links to all his published poetry.
MCMILLAN
Pam McMillan started drawing in school and in adulthood she began studying watercolor with artists such as Hank Meier, James Toogood, and Sarah Yeoman. Her interests also extend to acrylic and pastel painting and photography. She draws upon her travels and her imagination for artistic inspiration. She has won many awards at the Delaware State Fair and belongs to several local art leagues, and Pam also teaches watercolor painting.
MONEY
Kristy Money is a psychologist but writing will always be her first love. She specializes in exploring the intersection of science, the written word, and spirituality. Her writing and interviews have been published in The New York Times, The Salt Lake Tribune, Little Old Ladies Comedy, Inscape, and The Exponent II. She lives in Austin Texas with her husband, their five kids, and their chihuahuas Dolly and Elvis.
MOOKKEN
Sunitha Mary Mookken has always enjoyed writing but it took a back-seat with work and kids. Now that she is in-between jobs, she has turned once more to the things that comfort her, among which is writing for the sheer joy of it. Storyhouse has published Sunitha here:
https://www.storyhouse.org/sunitham.html
MURASHIGE
Kelly Murashige is born and raised in Hawaii. She is the author of the award-winning YA novel THE LOST SOULS OF BENZAITEN and Adam Silvera’s July 2025 Allstora Book Club Pick, THE YOMIGAERI TUNNEL. Her 2025 short fiction has been nominated for Best Small Fictions.
NICOLA
James B. Nicola‘s nonfiction book Playing the Audience won a Choice magazine award. Recent nonfiction can be found on-line at Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, Unlikely Stories and Lowestoft Chronicle; fiction, at Neither Fish Nor Foul, The GroundUp, and Sine Qua Non. The latest of his eight full-length poetry collections (2014-23) are Fires of Heaven, Turns & Twists, and Natural Tendencies. A graduate of Yale, he has received a Dana Literary Award, two Willow Review awards, Storyteller’s People’s Choice award, a Best of Net and a Rhysling Award nomination, and eleven Pushcart nominations—for which he feels both stunned and grateful.
OAKWOOD
Hallie Oakwood is an art teacher and writer. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Flash Fiction Magazine, The Haiku Shack Magazine, Hotch Potch Literature and Art, Fairfield Scribes, Micromance Magazine and others. Her stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio.
OHAGAN
Rebecca O’Hagan is a writer and artist from Edinburgh. Her work has appeared in Poetry Scotland, samfiftyfour, Frazzled Lit, The Basilisk Tree, Wrong Directions, Cathexis Northwest Press, and elsewhere. She is the author and illustrator of zines Spa Pool, The Best Supermarket in Edinburgh, and Cherry Print.
PATER
Daniel C Pater writing is etched like a jailhouse tattoo. In his misspent youth, he worked on a dairy farm and on a traveling carnival for two summers as a teenager in New England and upstate New York. Then later in the mid 1970’s he took several journeys, mostly hitchhiking and camping across North America. His working career has been mostly as a nurse, caring for psychiatric clients and their families.
POBO
Kenneth Pobo is the author of twenty-one chapbooks and nine full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), Loplop in a Red City (Circling Rivers), and Uneven Steven (Assure Press). Opening is forthcoming from Rectos Y Versos Editions. Lavender Fire, Lavender Rose is forthcoming from Brick/House Books.
SUPRANOWICZ
Edward Michael Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Russian/Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia. He has a grad background in painting and printmaking. Some of his artwork has recently or will soon appear in Fish Food, Streetlight, Another Chicago Magazine, The Door Is a Jar, The Phoenix, and other journals. Edward is also a published poet who has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize multiple times.
TELFER
Sylvia Telfer is an international award‑winning Scottish poet, playwright, and short‑story writer whose work appears widely in magazines and anthologies. Her recent publications include erbacce poetry journals 80 and 81 (UK, 2025), the King’s English Society website as winner of the 2025 Summer Poetry Competition, and The Causeway (Aberdeen University Press, October 2025). She lives in an old coalminer’s row in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, surrounded by the ghosts of the industrial past that whisper of historic social injustice. Her writing is recognized for its lyrical precision, political and environmental depth, and its engagement with landscapes, histories, and mythic traditions.
TURES
John A. Tures began writing for the El Paso Herald-Post in high school. He wrote for his college paper at Trinity University in San Antonio and at Marquette University. He earned his doctorate at Florida State University, analyzed data in Washington DC, is now a Professor at LaGrange College, He writes a weekly column for newspapers and magazines. He has published a number of short story mysteries and thrillers. His book Branded will come out later this year with Huntsville Independent Press (Huntsville Independent Press). He thanks family and friends for listening to his stories.
TUTTLE
Alan B Tuttle is a visual artist.
Find him @ https://delawarescene.com/artist/alan-b-tuttle
https://www.facebook.com/abtuttle/
UKAH
Jonathan Chibuike Ukah is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet from the UK with his family. His poems have been featured in the Atticus Review, San Antonio Review, The Ephemeral Literary Review, Strange Horizons, The Pierian, The Unleash Lit and elsewhere. He is the winner of the Alexander Pope Poetry Award 2023 and the second runner-up of the Wingless Dreamer Publishing Poetry Prize 2023.
WEIGEL
Jennifer Weigel (she/her/they/them) lives in Kansas and is a multi-disciplinary mixed media artist. She collects board and role-playing games, junk store thrifting, and mail art. Her kindred animal is the deer and favorite foods are unagi don, broiled calamari steak and frosting with/without cake. She is a repeat contributor to Haunted MTL. Author of Witch Hayzelle’s Recipes for Disaster. Find her.
WOOD
Annie Wood is a Hollywood-born, neurodiverse writer, actor, Internationally exhibited artist and poet. Her work has been published in several places, including The Huffington Post, Tiny Buddha, El Portal Literary Journal, P.S. I Love You, Beyond Words, Sad Girl Diaries, Radar Poetry, and Smith and Kraus publishing.
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