ABOUT

The Words Faire was founded in Dayton, Ohio. Born of barriers to the publication industry, our Independent Press brings Print & Digital Publication Opportunities to Emerging & Established Creatives.

Established Jan. 2024

A Curated Home for The Curious & The Odd

Our Mission

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MASTHEAD

Tobi L. Brun [Founding Editor]

Michael Isham [Editorial Director]

Tobi Brun is a professional editor, writing educator, and author. They love cuddling with their two cats, putting pesto on everything, digging in the dirt. Their writing flirts with binary oppositions; of human & animal, essentialist & constructionist identity, of the rationale & the absurd. Their debut collection 'Of the Eaten' (2024) considers the human condition from the nonhuman perspective.

Their work has recently been featured in The Dead Mule Society, Fruit Slice Mag, OKOH Mag, and Grim & Gilded. Brun has been a Writer-in-Residence at Sundress Academy for the Arts & Featured Author by The Dayton Authors Symposium. Tobi is a MFA candidate in Creative Writing at Bowling Green State University, studying the overlap of creative writing and psychology. You can find more of their work at tobilbrun.com.

Fiction & Poetry Readers

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Michael Isham, a later life writer, resides in Georgia with his husband and three needy canines. Following an environmental engineering career, Michael completed undergraduate courses in creative writing at Clayton State University. Michael views his published stories as his life's legacy.

Arefa Fatima Khan hails from a simple street in India. A young lass, forever mesmerised by the ways of this world, the nature, or just ineffable pretty things. She is a published poet with a quirky yet intriguing style of writing. She is also a connoisseur of pasta, in any form, even as a pie in the sky! To read more of her quirky poems, visit https://theblueblackdiary.blogspot.com.

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Kathie-Louise Clarke lives in Oakland, California. Her work interrogates and illuminates the human condition, with a focus on love, loss and the beauty of the natural world. Her poetry appears, or is forthcoming in various journals including, Seaside Gothic; Tiny Seed; The Orchards Poetry Journal and The Orange & Bee.

Ryan Rahman is a writer based in Orlando, Florida. His works have appeared in Wingless Dreamer Publisher, The Words Faire, and Neon Origami, among others. When he’s not writing, Ryan enjoys reading, listening to music, watching movies, and traveling.

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Parker Hall is a queer writer from Hamilton, Ontario. She attended Brock University for Creative Writing. She teaches writing and reads for The Words Faire magazine and Lit Fox Books. Her work is in Phylum Press and Brock University anthologies. She also makes content on TikTok and youtube (@parkerhallwriting).

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Sara Tausendfreund is a copy editor and writer with an MA degree in English from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She volunteers for multiple creative journals, including The Word's Faire, Identity Theory, and Wild Roof Journal. Her work has been published by Every Day Fiction and Full House Literary.

Kimberly Fore is a writer whose work is grounded in her Christian faith and inspired by her life on a mountain homestead. She shares an animal-filled life with her amazing husband, and she is the proud mother of four grown children, and mother-in-law to an amazing daughter. After a career in nursing, Kimberly transitioned to the world of words and is currently preparing to graduate with her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. She is looking forward to publishing her debut novel. Along with her fiction, Kimberly has contributed to academic discourse with her published research in literary theory and is thrilled to soon share her work as a published poet.

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Laone J. Mangwa (Also, LJ Mangwa) is a Motswana creative writer, author, spoken word poet and copy and line editor fascinated with how life mimics art and vice versa. Some of his works appear in the Kalahari Review, IBUA Journal, and Petlwana Journal of Creative Literature and the Arts.

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Angeliqua S is a published poet and student of science. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, she often finds herself surrounded by a rich and diverse culture that has influenced her abilities in her practice. She aims to connect her desire to create with her passion for the stars.