We are grateful to our members for their contributions, support, and participation to make this community stronger. We sincerely appreciate the time, effort, and generosity of every member listed here.
C. Richard Beavers
C. Richard Beavers an Iowan writer who retired to the great outdoors of Michigan to be closer to family. He was a journalism major at the University of Iowa and have written feature stories, travel articles and restaurant reviews. His poetry has been published in the Kirkwood College review where he took classes from University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop grads. He writes short fiction and memoir and loves studying the craft of writing.
Rehana
Dr. Rehana is a reader, reviewer, and writer who turns to creative writing as a means of reflection and renewal beyond her professional life as a surgeon. Her short stories have been published in multiple anthologies by Readomania, Mean Pepper Vine, and other online literary journals. She was shortlisted for the Deodar Prize 2024 for her short story Before the Candle March. Her work A Handful of Respect received the Jury Prize at the Mumbai Literature Festival 2025. Additionally, her translation of a Sahitya Akademi Award–winning short story by Latshmihar has been selected for publication in Quillmark Journal by the Ink and Quill Collective.
Kataru Yahya
Kataru Yahya is a Ghanaian writer and have been writing since she was fourteen. She writes both poetry and prose, and has published a YA novel, Home Is A Silhouette. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Ta Adesa, The Disappointed Housewife, Eunoia Review, Mouthful of Salt and elsewhere. She writes to make sense of the world and also, to create a body of live that will outlive me.
Britton Edwin Theurer
Britton Edwin Theurer is retired music professor (trumpet/composition) who wrote articles and music for many years. He enjoyed creative writing as a student and, in retirement, have rediscovered poetry, finding it very similar creatively to composition. He has written ten poems in the last year for the St. Marys (ON) Poetry Circle, and wish to establish a disciplined rigor toward a daily practice. He is currently writing music for a 35 minute film by artist, Eugene Florin Zamfirescu. He loves reading for open mic events in Stratford, ON, and also want to write poems for music. My recent submission for The Hemlock Journal, “I’m Not Mad at You”, is set to music. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yRd_LzyaPD8
Sonali Bawa
Sonali Bawa is a writer and photographer with a background in social science teaching and research. A geographer by training, most of her work has strong environmental themes; questioning the everyday understanding of time and space. As her roots are in the ever transforming landscape of Uttarakhand, her work is nostalgic, evoking a wistful remembering of the past and an impossible desire to return to what was.
Shalini Singh
Shalini Singh is a 53 years old writer from India, having been writing poetry for some time now
Tanusha
A solo traveller and an avid reader, there’s little that pleases Tanusha more than a good read or the thrill of a new adventure. She doesn’t accept change, she seeks it. When not amusing herself with a delicious rom-com, she could be found engrossed in other literary pursuits. Whether immersed in an Agatha Christie whodunnit or engaging with Rajiv Malhotra’s arguments on the East–West encounter, she remains firmly tethered to the literary world.
Aditi Dasgupta
An ordinary feminist, a storyteller, and a researcher at heart, Aditi Dasgupta is an MPhil scholar in English literature. She is an Institute for World Literatures, Harvard University, alumnus and completed a residential program at Yale to understand the nuances of modern storytelling. In addition, she has authored Language Has No Homeland, a poetry collection that captures the fluidity of languages and identity across India. Aditi also won an award at the prestigious poetry competition organised by Prakriti Foundation and Hindu Lit For Life in Chennai. Some of her works have been published in Borderless Journal, MUSE India, The Wise Owl Literary Magazine, The Hooghly Review, The Chakkar, WritingWomenCo and elsewhere. When not writing, she is busy parenting two small monkeys and is a professional plant whisperer. When she is snacking, she prefers to read everything from Bosch toolkit manuals to shampoo bottles, oh, and books too.
Debi Mukherjee
Debi (Debarati) Mukherjee writes fiction, essays, and poetry exploring identity, resilience, and the complexities of human relationships. Her work has appeared in magazines such as Usawa Literary Magazine (2025) and Kitaab (2026), and in the anthology The Hours of the Sun (2024). Her short story In the Pursuit of Earths was among the top Eco-fiction stories and is featured in a special issue of The Hemlock Journal and Remington Review (2026) and her speculative fiction story, The Sea And A Woman has been featured in the April 2026 issue of Mean Pepper Vine. After eighteen years in the corporate world, she embraced her literary path and committed herself to the craft of storytelling. When she’s not writing, she loves to swim and spend time in nature.
Hashmi-al-Haseeb Faisal
Hashmi-al-Haseeb Faisal (@denizaydinbey) is a poet and multidisciplinary artist of Arab-Persian descent, born and raised in Multan. An undergraduate student of Human Nutrition and Dietetics at Bahauddin Zakariya University, he has won multiple national literary competitions in many universities across Pakistan including GCUL, UET, UMT, COMSATS, UOG, KE, FMH, FJMU, and UAF. He’s the winner of the Michael Round Prize 2025 by Croydon Writers (UK). His work has been featured in The Hemlock Journal, New Lyre Magazine, Silk and Ink Magazine and Under the Bashō.
Sumax Irungbam
Sumax Irungbam is a writer based in Manipur, India. He is also a Touretter. His work often explores themes where life and death intersect. And to explore these themes, he frequently employs magical realism and fantasy. But he is also comfortable writing in other genres. He is also a travel writer, who captures stories from places he visits, with a focus on culture, memory, and everyday life.
