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A little about some of our contributors. Please feel free to send us a small (45-50 words) biography (including roughly where you live) - and a photo - of yourself! Please use the Contact Form to send details.
Daniel Aceituna has a Ph.D. in software engineering and has published flash fiction in various online publications, along with five collections of stories in e-books available on KDP. His stories often center around the humorous aspects of artificial intelligence and speculative science. He lives in North Dakota.
Julie Achilles, who lives in Essex, England, writes to share her emotions: sorrow or happiness, words are therapy for the soul. Her poetry and short stories have been published at Short-Story-Me and elsewhere. She writes in many genres including crime, justice and retribution, but mostly about love, the glue that binds everything in the world.
William P. Adams lives near Seattle in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. In 2022, after a long career in the aerospace industry, he began writing stories inspired by his childhood in the 1960s. Recently, he has discovered the joy of writing micro flash fiction.
Riham Adly is a mother, ex-dentist and a full time writer/blogger. Her short stories have appeared in literary journals such Connotation Press, Spelk, Carpe Arte, Soft Cartel, Vestal Review and Page&Spine. Her story The Darker Side of the Moon won the MAKAN Award in 2013 and was published in an anthology with the same name. She lives in Giza, Egypt.
Swati Moheet Agrawal lives in Mumbai, India. Her work has appeared in Ariel Chart, Café Dissensus, Friday Flash Fiction, Indian Periodical, ActiveMuse, Setu, Kitaab, Storizen and elsewhere. When not buried in books, she dabbles in decoupage art. Follow her on Instagram @swatiwhowrites
Wilson Ajima lives in Nigeria, with his dog and cat. All he does is write (short stories and poems and stuff...) You can contact him at his email address.
Christopher Alden currently lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When he is not writing micro and flash fiction, he attempts home improvement projects or takes lessons from his rescue dog on how to be a better human. You can track him on Twitter or Instagram.
Linda K Allison lives among the trees in The Woodlands, Texas. Her writing has appeared in Moon Park Review, The Bluebird Word, Bright Flash Literary Review, two anthologies, and more. Her photography has appeared in Burningword Literary Journal, Persimmon Tree, and elsewhere.
Abdallah Altaiyeb is a novelist, short story writer, poet, and translator. Born and raised in Medina, Saudi Arabia, he studied chemical engineering and worked as a manager for an oil company. He has translated and published two anthologies and a novel and also published his own novel and several articles. Visit Abdallah's website.
S. Anand is a researcher with a PhD in engineering. He enjoys reading and occasionally dabbles with writing short poems and stories and digital art. Currently residing in Mumbai, India.
Latino-American Claudia Andrélez currently lives in La Paz, Bolivia. She works as a socio-cultural Anthropologist and writes occasionally because her crazy life finally gets some sense while doing it. The goal is to capture the simple beauty of life in words.
Alanah Andrews is an English teacher, mother and writer in Victoria, Australia. Mainly writing speculative fiction, she has won awards for her short stories which have been published in several anthologies. She studied creative writing at Monash University and also has a Teaching Masters from Deakin University. Check out her books at her website.
Brooklyn Anderson is a new writer from Minnesota. She loves theater, storytelling, and performing of any kind - especially with children for an audience. She is working on her first children’s books.
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Anne Anthony credits her steady diet of comic books for her ardent belief in superpowers. Her microfiction, It’s a Mother Thing, was nominated by Cleaver Magazine for the Best Microfiction 2024 anthology. She live in Carrboro, North Carolina. Find more of her writing here: linktr.ee/anchalastudio.
After a lifetime in public sector finance, Sally Arkinstall is beginning an encore career in writing. She now enjoys an economy of words in creating short fiction. The highlight so far is the excitement of seeing her debut flash, Sibling Rivalry, longlisted in the 2020 Edinburgh International Flash Fiction Awards.
Hope Arlen lives in Arizona, USA. She's a former English teacher and school librarian who is transitioning to the other side of the printed page. As a newbie, she's love to have new Twitter followers https://twitter.com/hopearlen1.
Erin Armstrong lives in Seattle, Washington. received her MFA from The University of Arizona in 2011. Her work has appeared in The Blue Guitar, FoundPolariods, Marco Polo Magazine, The Museum of Americana: a literary review, InkinThirds Magazine, Harmony Magazine, Fiction Southeast and Black Heart Magazine. She also writes a weekly poetry series for Channillo.
Louise Arnott moved from land-locked Calgary, Alberta to Victoria, British Columbia to enjoy ocean views. Instead she spends hours in her play-space contemplating the uncommon in the commonplace. Old in body, young in spirit and seeking new experiences, she is exploring the scary notion of having her words published.
Virginia Ashberry started writing in 2001. Her short fiction and non-fiction stories have been published in The Globe and Mail newspapers, and several literary journals and anthologies. She moved to Hamilton Ontario ten years ago, and has landed happily in the midst of a dynamic arts community.
Quenntis Ashby is a leap year aquarian rabbit from South Africa who lives in Taiwan. He loves jumping off the page, onto the stage, and into your imagination as a body of words. He writes stories with a twist of lemon; poetry with a pinch of salt, and green tea-fueled nonfiction. Check out Instagram, his Website, or Substack for more details.
Meredith Chiwenkpe Asuru is a Nigerian Writer. He lives in a castle of scenes somewhere in Port Harcourt Metropolis and spends most of his time trying to paint it with words. His works have appeared in Brittle Paper, The Kalahari Review, and elsewhere. Find him on Twitter @meredith_asuru
David Atkinson is an Australian poet living in Sydney. His poems have been published widely in magazines and anthologies in Australia, the USA and the UK. David is a poet of memory, the human condition and the natural world.
Sara-lee Austrie recently left the nine-to-five lifestyle and is attempting to make a smooth transition from business to freelance writing. She would describe it as a Barnacle gosling's cliff dive. She writes on the tropical island of Dominica where she was born and raised and hopes to leave soon.
Sheila Ash is a global Scot, having lived on 4 continents, travelling widely there and beyond. Retired and based in Suffolk, she continues to travel in Garfunkel, her campervan. An avid reader, more recently a poet, Sheila has her own blog and also contributes to a local WriteTypes writing group.
Born and raised in India, Nidhi Arora currently resides in Singapore with her family. A business consultant by training and a writer by passion, she writes short fiction, poetry, essays and reviews. Her work has been published in an anthology of fiction in Singapore, Open Road Review, Mothers Always Write and Thrice Fiction.
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