Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many mounds of snow.  His work can be found both in print and online in such places as: Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly, Kavya Kishor Magazine, GloMag, Himalaya Diary, Red Fez, and The Oklahoma Review.Continue Reading

Red Rose By Hassan Al-Dhafiri (Iraq) Writer & Literary Critic Biography Hassan Al-Dhafiri, born in Basra in 1950, is a prominent short story writer and literary critic. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Arabic Language with a specialization in Modern Literature from the University of Basra. Hassan also receivedContinue Reading

Burden Sayani Mukherjee   There’s burden in the smiling Like raindrops it flinches Like yesterday the ghosts come true My flickering plastic summer days The yellow bird is near me The shortness of the very minute The roses of short summer afternoon Afterwards it was the darling summer The garlandsContinue Reading

Favorite Places Gazi Abdulla-hel Baqui Favorite places are where embryos bloomed And brought up, and thoughts were strange, Where they started the rains of imperfect nature, Everyday bound them with its changing shackles. Favorite places are societies and environments Where calculations and Tenses loom large around all, Favorite places areContinue Reading

The Ascent Calls By Michael Hislop Troubles call Upon Golden Heart Amidst Blessings thrall Bewitching befall Attempting to drown sodden Fertile grounds of Faith Sprouting doubts uglyfaced Damning in accusations Tempting to fall Teasing with the precipice Abyss to Vista Behold the View Truly a distance Too far by farContinue Reading