Contributing Authors C
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.
Yola M. Caecenary was born, raised and still lives in Jakarta. Telling stories is an opportunity to linearise words in her mind and to express herself. Her English-language work has been published in The Bosphorus Review of Books and Failed Haiku, and she is currently working on her first children's storybook.
Dan A. Cardoza is the author of two chapbooks: Nature’s Front Door and Expectation of Stars. His work has been published in The California Quarterly, Chaleur Magazine, Cleaver Magazine, Curlew, Entropy, Esthetic Apostle, Friday Flash Fiction, Oddball, Poetry Northwest, The Quail Bell, Skylight 47, Spelk, and Vita Brevis. He lives in Sacramento, California.
Simeon Care is a writer of sci-fi, fantasy, comedy and horror from Norfolk, England. He has work forthcoming in the 25th-anniversary edition of Black Petals, and his debut novel about a philosophy student who sees demons is currently on submission. He is married with two children.
Angela Carlton lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Her fiction has been published in EWR, Every Day Fiction, Camroc Press Review, Pedestal Magazine, Long Story Short, 6S, Pindeldyboz and High Noon. In 2018, her story The Roommates was adapted into a short film.
Susan Carpenter lives in Calgary, Alberta. Her fiction has been published in numerous journals and been nominated for many competitions; she won The Fringe Contest at the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival. The Writers Guild of Alberta is assisting her YA novel Theia, and she is currently working on a female noir novel.
When she is not writing flash fiction, Haley Carter writes emotional YA speculative fiction books for those who love the unexpected. She is from Indiana where she received her Masters in Audiology from Purdue University and currently raises her seven children. You can connect her at hmcarter.com.
Diane Chattaway is a short story writer, diving into the bottomless pits of ourselves, and exposing the darkness we harbor inside. She lives in North Carolina.
Pennsylvania scientist Sankar Chatterjee has travelled widely, researching other cultures, customs and forgotten history. Recent essays have appeared in The Missing Slate, Scarlet Leaf Review and Quail Bell Magazine, and many other publications.
Indra Chopra is a freelance travel blogger with over 20 years' experience as reporter, copy editor, and researcher. At present she lives in Pune, Maharashtra, and enjoys moving leisurely among people and places they inhabit. Her travel blog is her present obsession.
Susan Church was born in Brooklyn but now lives in Queens. An omnivorous reader and writer, she loves history, occult studies, cats and huge cups of hot tea. She writes children's fiction, poetry and now has discovered a passion for flash fiction! Currently, she's working on a book of poetry, a children's book about Poe, and a funny look at dating.
Diane Clark hails from Memphis, TN, but now lives in Traverse City, MI. A retired university music professor, she continues to perform, teach, and compose. She co-authored So You Want to Sing Barbershop – more details on her website – and published The Poet’s Eye as a benefit for the Memphis Literacy Council.
A C Clarke lives in Glasgow. Her fifth full poetry collection, A Troubling Woman centred on the Medieval visionary Margery Kempe, appeared in 2017, and she was a joint winner of the Cinnamon Press 2017 poetry pamphlet competition with War Baby. More about her at the Scottish Book Trust. She is also the current editor of the Federation of Writers (Scotland) newsletter.
D. M. Clarke is an author of Young Adult and Adult novels and short stories. His self-introspective writing revolves around a kind of hangdog stoicism and take place within a variety of settings and themes. He resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Sue Clayton lives on a rural property in New South Wales with two dogs and a few sheep. Discovereing a love of creative writing many years ago, she has written innumerable short stories, and is currently editing the second draft of her first novel. She loves nothing more than letting her own words flow, or losing herself in the words of other writers.
Colette Coen lives in Glasgow with her husband and their two teenagers; her oldest child's former bedroom is now the office where she writes and runs - Beech Editorial (Proofreading) Services. Her work has been published in Postbox, Pushing out the Boat and Laldy. Her novel All the Places I’ve Ever Been and short story collections are available on Amazon.
Check her website for posts of new fiction. 
Susan Condon, a native of Dublin, is currently working on her second novel while her first searches for a home. Her short stories have won numerous awards including first prize in the Jonathan Swift Creative Writing Award. Publications include My Weekly, Ireland’s Own, Flash Flood Journal, Spelk and Flash Fiction Magazine. Follow Susan’s writing on @SusanCondon or her own website.
Russell Conover, living in Cullowhee, North Carolina, works at a community college. He is a Learning Consultant, helping walk-in computer lab students and completing department tasks, and a Student Tutor of Spanish, English, and Reading.
Writer and editor Jenise Cook's works reside in various literary journals. A crime novel draft hopes to see life one day. A chapbook of haiku seeks a small press home. Originally from California, she currently lives in the snowy northern part of Arizona, with her fine artist husband.
Carrie Cooperider’s writing has been widely published in American magazines. She attended Queens College, NY (where she gained an MFA in visual art); the Whitney Independent Studio Program in NY; and is currently an MFA candidate in the low-residency writing program at Bennington College, Vermont. She lives in New York City.
Chris Cottom lives near Macclesfield, UK. His stories have been published by Apricot Press, Bournemouth Writing Prize, Cranked Anvil, Ellipsis Zine, Flash 500, Hysteria, LoveReading, NFFD, One Wild Ride, Parracombe Prize, Retreat West, Shooter Flash, Streetcake, The Centifictionist, The Phare, and others.
Tony Covatta is a retired lawyer and retired English Literature teacher trying his hand at writing fiction, both flash and longer. He lives in Cincinnati and spends as much time as he can in the North Woods of Michigan.
Born in Bristol in the South West of England, Ella Craig now lives on a farm in Bulgaria with her husband, three dogs, two cats and a flock of feral chickens. She published her first novel, Sunday Girl, a romantic comedy, in March 2019. Find Ella’s author page on Goodreads.
Monique Cummings is a young, hispanic writer living in Washington D.C. She enjoys writing fiction and poetry particularly. When she is not writing or studying, she dances ballet intensively. Monique combined her love of ballet and writing in her winning 2018 Christmas Competition story The Snow Scene.
Glo Curl took up writing lighthearted poetry in retirement and her first publication acceptance in 2020 sparked an interest in getting her little creations, both light and dark, out there. Flash fiction was a welcome discovery for this inherently lazy wordsmith. She lives in a beautiful part of Cornwall.
Mary K. Curran writes for fun. She has been published in Pleasant Living Magazine, Thrice Fiction, Every Day Fiction and has self-published Wicked Good Short Stories. Originally from Massachusetts, she now lives with her husband in the northern Shenandoah Valley.
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