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

poet, visual artist. BS in Art, MFA in Sculpture and Masters degree in Organizational Development Published poetry and photograph in Rattle and Visual Verse.

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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.

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).

Kevin Sampsell is a publisher (Future Tense Books), Bookseller (Powell's), collage artist, & author of books such as I Made an Accident and Sean the Stick. New novel, Baby in the Night, just came out! He writes the substack, Susan's Eyebrows.

Alex Miller is the author of the novel "White People on Vacation" (Malarkey Books, 2022) and the story collection "How to Write an Emotionally Resonant Werewolf Novel" (Unsolicited Press, 2019). Alex lives in Denver.

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

Poems from the heartland.

Reading and performing arts series in Philly

Author of the novel PEPPERLEAF, out now from Thirty West, and a story collection, BELOW THE FALLS (Thirty West, 2024). Writing in Virginia Quarterly Review, Literary Hub, Shenandoah, Vol.1 Brooklyn, and elsewhere. PNW.

Alex Carrigan (he/him) is a Pushcart-nominated editor, poet, and critic from Alexandria, VA. He is the author of Now Let’s Get Brunch (Querencia Press, 2023) and May All Our Pain Be Champagne (Alien Buddha Press, 2022).

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) .

Jade Hidle is a Vietnamese-Irish-Norwegian writer and teacher. Her books include Hair: A Lai Mỹ Memoir (2025) and The Return to Việt Nam (2016). You can read more of her work at @jade_hai_do.

Writer & musician. Runs Lost, Long Gone, Forgotten Records.

Kara Knickerbocker is an internationally published writer & solo world traveler. The author of two poetry chapbooks, she can often be found wandering the world but always at Instagram @fromthissideofthesun + www.karaknickerbocker.com.

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.

Writer in Chicago

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.