Est. 2015 in Pennsylvania. Read indie lit. www.thirtywestph.com

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Josh Dale is the author of Duality Lies Beneath, The Light to Never Be Snuffed, and RAGE: Stories. He is the publisher of Thirty West Publishing House. Support indie lit. www.joshdale.co www.thirtywestph.com

Author of WHAT SHINES FROM IT: STORIES and XO. Words lately in Afterimages, Vast Chasm, & Cutleaf. Poetry Program Coordinator/Teacher at The Care Center. Book in hand. Pencil & paper enthusiast. Living on coffee & a prayer.

Joseph Edwin Haeger is the author of the disjointed crime novella BARDO (Thirty West Publishing House) and the experimental memoir LEARN TO SWIM (University of Hell Press). He lives in Spokane, WA.

THE FINISH LINE (Sand and Gravel Press) • novel & memoir forthcoming • Anti-AI

Swetha is a writer/author in California with an MRA from USFMFA who writes mostly flash fiction and now working on 2 novels. https://swethaamit.com).

philly

Brief Bio: Reader, Flash Writer, Beach Walker, Cat Lover, Educator. Substack: A Lizard's Tale Website: https://www.ldebeerwriter.com

Editor of Doric Literary: doric-literary.com & Fiction Editor at Exposition Review: expositionreview.com (For the moment, I'm using this Substack to reprint all my published work that, for whatever reason, is no longer available online.)

Reading and performing arts series in Philly

Writer limping around Chicago. Find my work in Citron Review, The Pinch, Maudlin House, New World Writing and Little Engines, or crumpled lists in trash cans at the grocery store. Assistant fiction editor at Pithead Chapel.

Stephanie is a writer & editor living in NYC. Her poetry & fiction appears in Midway Journal, Pine Hills Review, The Santa Fe Literary Review, Hollow & Sky, Nulla & elsewhere. She is a 2025 Rhysling Award Finalist in the long poem category.

Allison Whittenberg's novels are Sweet Thang, Hollywood and Maine, Life is Fine, Tutored (Random House 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010). She is the author of the full-length short story collection, Carnival of Reality (Loyola University Press, 2022) .

Poet, essayist, and literary scholar!

MG Allan spent nearly two decades publishing horror and suspense under a different name, but now he has shifted focus to work of a more personal nature. He is a queer writer who wants to tell queer stories.

Ashton Morgan is currently a Creative Writing BFA holder from BGSU. They’ve previously been published in The Liar; The Wingless Dreamer; Moonstone Arts Center; 30 North; and have two novels, most recently including The Kiss List (2025).

David is a writer from the UK. He graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Kent at Canterbury. He lives and teaches in Georgia.

Yuna Kang is a queer, half-deaf, Korean-American writer based in Northern California. She loves postcards, crows, God(x), and cats.