THE EXHIBITION
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‘It's Different Now’
Ludivine M. was born and raised in Paris, France, and has been living for the past ten years in Berlin, Germany, where she works and raises her two daughters. She mostly writes nonfiction essays about motherhood and addictions. Her work has appeared in The Word’s Faire, Black Horse Review and Tint Journal. You can follow her here: https://www.instagram.com/ludivine_bodymind
‘The Man Who Hates Himself’
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. Find him on Instagram: ryanrahmanwriter.
‘Invasive’
Laura McDermott Matheric's first book of poetry, Visions on Alligator Alley was published by Lominy Books in 2015. A Professor of English, Laura regularly teaches writing workshops and literature courses at Broward College and throughout the community. Recent publications include The Closed Eye Open, The Sad Girl Diaries, Purple Ink Press, and Chameleon Chimera. She was appointed the first Poet Laureate of the City of Coconut Creek in 2022, first of any municipality in Broward County Florida, furthering her efforts to support growth in education, the arts, and the community. She holds an M.F.A in Creative Writing from Florida International University, and currently, Laura is pursuing her Ph.D. in Higher Educational Leadership and Research Methodology at Florida Atlantic University.
‘The Green Giant’
C. S. Crowe is three crows in a trench coat that gained sentience after eating a magic bean. He spends his days writing stories on a stolen laptop and trading human teeth for peanuts. A poet and storyteller from the Southeastern United States, he believes stories and poems are about the journey, not the destination, and he loves those stories that wander in the wilderness for forty years before finding their way to the promised land.
‘Per Haps’
James B. Nicola is the author of eight collections of poetry, the latest three being Fires of Heaven: Poems of Faith and Sense, Turns & Twists, and Natural Tendencies. His nonfiction book Playing the Audience: The Practical Actor’s Guide to Live Performance won a Choice magazine award.
‘Ilsa, 1985’
Pia Quintano is a New York based writer/painter who often writes about characters who have a hard time coming to grips with adulthood. Her stories have recently appeared in Atlas and Alice, Lunch Ticket and The Tulsa Review.
‘Stretch Marks’
Isabella Walker is a poet and author from a small town in Missouri. She graduated from Stephens College with a Bachelors in Creative Writing and was Editor-in-Chief of the school magazine Harbinger. She has been published in Mid Rivers Review magazine and self publishes all of her work on Vocal.
‘HELL IS REAL’
Patrick M. Hare’s works have appeared in Gordon Square Review, Bookends Review, The Metaworker, Vestal Review, and Photochemistry and Photobiology. They are mostly good words and only a few are made up. He lives near Cincinnati, OH, USA but can be found online at pmhare.wordpress.com.
‘To Rest The Soul of A Hummingbird’
Jerrice J. Baptiste is a poet, author of nine books. Her most recent book titled, Coral in The Diaspora is published by Abode Press. She’s been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize by Jerry Jazz Musician 2024 & Abode Press 2025. Her writing has been published or is forthcoming in One Art: Poetry Journal, Neologism Poetry, The Write Launch, The Banyan Review, Mantis, The Yale Review, Artemis Journal and hundreds of others.
‘US-400 E/US-54 E’
Ashlyn Velasquez is a nurse and poet from a small Kansas town. She currently lives in New York, writing poetry and self publishing chapbooks with her friends. She takes inspiration from the dream-like state that rural communities are enveloped in, and the discomfort they produce.
‘Higher’
Robert Eugene Rubino believes he might've been the model for the 98-pound weakling in the Charles Atlas bodybuilding ads from the 1950s.
‘Enri the Useful Idiot’
Mark Putzi received an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee in 1990. He has published fiction and poetry, both in print and online, in the US and in many other countries. His work can be found in Rougarou, The Abstract Elephant Magazine, Griffel and Meniscus among others. He lives in Milwaukee.
‘Jupiter Whiplash’
Gregory O’Neill lives in Washington state and writes, in hope, that readers may feel less alone in their ambiguity, more whole in their partial truths. His poetry appears or is forthcoming in, Cathexis NW Press, Closed Eye Open, Half And One, and Relief Quarterly & others.
‘Cherry Knot’ & ‘Pinned Wings’
Savannah Smyth is a 22-year-old poet from Northern Ireland. Her work was published in the Nocturne Ash Dark Poetry anthology and was given an honorable mention in a competition by The Dark Poets Club.
‘AMERICA GIVES ME THE BENDS’
Lucile Barker is an unhoused Toronto poet, writer and activist. Since 1994, she has been the co-ordinator of the Joy of Writing, a weekly workshop at the Ralph Thornton Centre which is sponsored by the Ralph Thornton Center and the Queen Saulter Branch of the Toronto Public Library. Her prose and poetry have been published in print, on-line and broadcast. She is viewing her current situation as an adventure and material for future work.
‘Love's Ways’
M.D. Smith of Huntsville, Alabama, writer of over 350 flash stories, has published digitally in Frontier Times, Flash Fiction Magazine, Bewilderingstories.com, and many more. Retired from running a television station, he lives with his wife of 64 years and three cats. https://mdsmithiv.com/