Courtney Glover is originally from Fulton County, Georgia. She is a writer, published author, editor and amateur photographer. She is the editor of all three of the Sacred Feminine anthologies, as well as the various Open Skies Poetry anthologies including Somewhere Down The Yellow Brick Road. She’s also the editor of Pearls of Poetry and Part of My Life: A Collection of Poetry. Her work has been included in the following anthologies: The Sacred Feminine volumes 1-3, Shards,

Joe Couture is a writer living in rural Nova Scotia. He writes for his health. If you want to connect with him, try here: @ rjcouture.bsky.social Home for the Holidays Her tiny hometown keeps getting smaller Blame rural brain-drain beer, God, outmigration. Leaving folks who know lingering with answers to Life’s greatest questions. So, you can imagine their confusion— A recurring occurrence To the one question that lingers in the absence of her visits: Why won’t she come home

Leonie Jarrett lives in Melbourne, Australia with her Husband of more than 3 decades, 2 of her 4 adult children and her 2 Golden Retrievers. She is also a very proud Grandma to baby Vienna! Leonie has just published her first book, a child’s first reader called “When Harry Got Lost.” My Odyssey “How do I get on that?” “Don’t worry, be happy,” says the guide. “Just relax, keep your arms straight and lean back.” I am petrified. My palms are sweating so much that I fear they wil

I was born in Clones Co. Monaghan in 1962. At 19 years old I joined DUNNES STORES as a management trainee in Dublin and five years later I ended up in Belfast as a Branch Manager where I met my wife Carole Robinson from Portrush, where we now live. I worked in most areas east of Northern Ireland and as an adult student I achieved an MSc in management change communication from Queen’s University in 2001. I have ran 10 marathons and I have a passion for Darts. I have three gro

Connie Johnson is a California-based writer with four Pushcart Prize nominations for poetry. Her publishing credits include The Iconoclast, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, San Pedro River Review, Cholla Needles, The Muleskinner Journal, Sophon Lit, Voicemail Poems, Toasted Cheese Literary Journal, Mudfish, Shot Glass Journal, Gargoyle, Oddball Magazine, Glint Literary Journal, Exit 13, Sport Literate, and Sheila-Na-Gig. She has authored two poetry collections: Everything i

Elaine is a native of Athens, Georgia, USA, and is a graduate of The University of Georgia with an Honors degree in Journalism. She served as Project Manager on the debut edition of Literary Imagination, The Review of Literary Scholars and Critics. In addition to short stories, Elaine writes poetry and is currently finishing her first novel. Pure Hearts She pulled her black Volvo SUV into the angled space outside the quant French American restaurant in her small suburban town

Haz Joyce is an Englishman living in rural County Down. His writing explores our fragility and fallibility, but also how we manage to muddle through life all the same. Haz is a musician and folk singer, and is drawn to songs with similar themes. Haz’s studies have taken him to Cambridge and the South-West, whilst his work in the legal profession has taken him to London, Belfast and Dublin. Note This is how my mum tells it. I don’t think it’s how it happened. You’ll never gue

Mark Tarren is a poet who lives on remote Norfolk Island in the South Pacific. His work has been published in literary journals and magazines in New York, Los Angeles, Dublin, the UK, Indonesia and Europe. Referred to in Italy as “la voce dei Mari del Sud” (“The voice of the South Seas”), Mark’s poems have been translated into Italian and published in Critica Impura, L’Atrove, Pangea and Puntoacapo. A Pushcart Prize nominee, he is currently a member of the judging panel for

Tony Dawson, an Englishman living in Seville since 1989, took up writing during the pandemic. He has published widely in the USA, UK, Canada and Australia. He has also published three small collections of poetry: Afterthoughts ISBN 9788119 228348, reviewed: https://londongrip.co.uk/2023/06/london-grip-poetry-review-tony-dawson/ Musings reviewed: https://londongrip.co.uk/2023/12/london-grip-poetry-review-tony-dawson-2/ and Reflections in a Dirty Mirror reviewed: https://lo