Daniel has wanted to be a writer ever since he was in elementary school. He has published stories and articles in such magazines as Slipstream, Black Petals, Ken*Again, Aphelion, Spindrift, Zygote in …
Jemil Metti was born in Long Island, New York to an Iraqi father and a Hungarian mother who passed away when he was two months old. After two years of American boarding school commencing in 1954, he w…
Stefania Lucchetti is an award-winning Italian poet and essayist. Lucchetti is currently the best-selling Italian contemporary poet worldwide as she is bilingual (Italian-English) and writes directly …
Erica-Lynn Huberty is the author of the literary Gothic novel The Crewel Wing (Briar Press 2025), and Dog Boy and Other Harrowing Tales (Rising Star, 2010), which was shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer A…
Leland James is the winner of the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award and the Conclave Character Prize in fiction. In addition to fiction, Leland has published poetry worldwide, authoring eight poetry c…
MY LIFE AS A DUST DEVIL (2025) A young girl's hardscrabble with humor coming-of-age story (for grown-ups). Star Garza somehow makes it through, with her feral mother, across the desert and hills of New…
Scott Johni is a seasoned trial attorney and legal thriller author who turns real courtroom battles into edge-of-your-seat fiction. With over three decades in the trenches of the American justice syst…
Karen grew up in Indiana, annoying her family with endless questions, and would spend all her time on research if she could. The daughter of a WWII veteran, she is the author of non-fiction Waiting fo…
Chris von Halle has had many different lives in many different worlds—the near and distant future Earth, other planets, and even other dimensions—and his books recreate his childhood memories of such …
Mae Bunseng Taing is a survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. His story and that of his family inspired the documentary Ghost Mountain, released in 2019 and directed by his son, James, and …
Cathleen Beerkens, a dedicated health professional, holds degrees from the University of Maryland and Georgetown University, with over 12 years of diverse experience at Georgetown University Medical C…
Kimberly Gillespie is medically retired and currently on a path of healing after surviving domestic abuse and violence. Writing a book was never something she planned to do, but as she began to unpack…
Jane Vawer lives in Paris with her husband and their son. An eternal romantic at heart, she writes out of pure passion, stories that blend friendship, heartbreak, and healing. When she’s not at her de…
