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issue 95
issue 95, featuring:
COVER: mark wyatt
lauren bell
sharon m. carter
dah
ashley gilland
kevin armor harris
ds maolalai
natasha nsemiwe
edward michael supranowicz
laurie swinarton
christian ward
COVER: mark wyatt
lauren bell
sharon m. carter
dah
ashley gilland
kevin armor harris
ds maolalai
natasha nsemiwe
edward michael supranowicz
laurie swinarton
christian ward
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biographies - issue 95
Lauren Bell
Lauren Bell is an academic librarian by day and a word gremlin by night. Based in the UK, she enjoys capturing the magic in the everyday and often has a faraway look in her eyes. Her work has previously been published in Flash: the international short-short story magazine, Bare Fiction, Litro Online and The Fractured Nuance.
Sharon M. Carter
Sharon M. Carter is a poet and visual artist originally from Lancashire, England who lives on the coastal Salish Sea. She retired from a career in healthcare and has explored poetry ever since. Her work has been published in many anthologies. Specific journal publications include Terra Nova, Quartet, Ars Medica, Raven Chronicles and One Art. Her poetry book, "Quiver," was published in 2022. "Ekphrastic Pastiche," a fusion of original drawings and poetry, was released in 2024. More projects are in process.
www.sharonmcarter.com
DAH
DAH is a multiple Pushcart Prize and Best Of The Net nominee, and the author of twelve books of poetry. DAH lives in Berkeley, California, where he is working on his thirteenth poetry collection, while simultaneously working on his first crime noir novel.
Ashley Gilland
Ashley Gilland is a writer, musician, and multimedia artist from Missouri currently pursuing her MFA at UW Bothell. Her work is published in Dishsoap Quarterly, Haven Speculative, Quail Bell Magazine, and The Waxed Lemon, among others. When not writing poetry and philosophical flash fiction, she also loves composing music and embroidering mixed media art projects. Find her music on Spotify and Bandcamp, her art on Instagram (@pocketsnailart), and her tweets at @earlgreysnail.
Kevin Armor Harris
Kevin Armor Harris lives in England and writes short fiction characterised by a quirky combination of humour and a readiness to disturb and surprise. His work is beginning to appear in sources such as Thin Skin, Dream Catcher, Short Fiction, and Flash Fiction North.
DS Maolalai
DS Maolalai has been described by one editor as "a cosmopolitan poet" and another as "prolific, bordering on incontinent". His work has been nominated thirteen times for BOTN, ten for the Pushcart and once for the Forward Prize, and 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).
Natasha Nsemiwe
Edward Michael 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, Door Is A Jar, The Phoenix, and The Harvard Advocate. Edward is also a published poet.
Laurie Swinarton
Laurie Swinarton is a part-time writer and full-time tea addict who finds contentment buried in a book with a cup of lapsang souchong tea steeping nearby and Bach playing in the background. When not doing that, she can be found yelling out her window at loud cars. You can find her on Bluesky @laurieiswriting or on Twitter @LaurieSwin21
Christian Ward
Christian Ward is a UK-based poet, with recent work in Southword, Ragaire, Okay Donkey, and Roi Faineant. Two collections, Intermission and Zoo, available on Amazon and elsewhere.
Mark Wyatt
Mark Wyatt now lives in the UK after teaching in South and South-East Asia and the Middle East. His recent work inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses has appeared in Ink Sweat and Tears and Sontag Mag, and is forthcoming from Full Bleed, The Greyhound, and Osmosis. Several of his earlier visual poems in the shape of maps appeared in Ambit and P.E.N. New Poetry II (Arts Council/Quartet).
Lauren Bell
Lauren Bell is an academic librarian by day and a word gremlin by night. Based in the UK, she enjoys capturing the magic in the everyday and often has a faraway look in her eyes. Her work has previously been published in Flash: the international short-short story magazine, Bare Fiction, Litro Online and The Fractured Nuance.
Sharon M. Carter
Sharon M. Carter is a poet and visual artist originally from Lancashire, England who lives on the coastal Salish Sea. She retired from a career in healthcare and has explored poetry ever since. Her work has been published in many anthologies. Specific journal publications include Terra Nova, Quartet, Ars Medica, Raven Chronicles and One Art. Her poetry book, "Quiver," was published in 2022. "Ekphrastic Pastiche," a fusion of original drawings and poetry, was released in 2024. More projects are in process.
www.sharonmcarter.com
DAH
DAH is a multiple Pushcart Prize and Best Of The Net nominee, and the author of twelve books of poetry. DAH lives in Berkeley, California, where he is working on his thirteenth poetry collection, while simultaneously working on his first crime noir novel.
Ashley Gilland
Ashley Gilland is a writer, musician, and multimedia artist from Missouri currently pursuing her MFA at UW Bothell. Her work is published in Dishsoap Quarterly, Haven Speculative, Quail Bell Magazine, and The Waxed Lemon, among others. When not writing poetry and philosophical flash fiction, she also loves composing music and embroidering mixed media art projects. Find her music on Spotify and Bandcamp, her art on Instagram (@pocketsnailart), and her tweets at @earlgreysnail.
Kevin Armor Harris
Kevin Armor Harris lives in England and writes short fiction characterised by a quirky combination of humour and a readiness to disturb and surprise. His work is beginning to appear in sources such as Thin Skin, Dream Catcher, Short Fiction, and Flash Fiction North.
DS Maolalai
DS Maolalai has been described by one editor as "a cosmopolitan poet" and another as "prolific, bordering on incontinent". His work has been nominated thirteen times for BOTN, ten for the Pushcart and once for the Forward Prize, and 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).
Natasha Nsemiwe
Edward Michael 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, Door Is A Jar, The Phoenix, and The Harvard Advocate. Edward is also a published poet.
Laurie Swinarton
Laurie Swinarton is a part-time writer and full-time tea addict who finds contentment buried in a book with a cup of lapsang souchong tea steeping nearby and Bach playing in the background. When not doing that, she can be found yelling out her window at loud cars. You can find her on Bluesky @laurieiswriting or on Twitter @LaurieSwin21
Christian Ward
Christian Ward is a UK-based poet, with recent work in Southword, Ragaire, Okay Donkey, and Roi Faineant. Two collections, Intermission and Zoo, available on Amazon and elsewhere.
Mark Wyatt
Mark Wyatt now lives in the UK after teaching in South and South-East Asia and the Middle East. His recent work inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses has appeared in Ink Sweat and Tears and Sontag Mag, and is forthcoming from Full Bleed, The Greyhound, and Osmosis. Several of his earlier visual poems in the shape of maps appeared in Ambit and P.E.N. New Poetry II (Arts Council/Quartet).
