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"Last" by Matt Ferraz in case you missed it. Matt is a Brazilian writer with works released in English, Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish. His middle-grade books are very successful in Bolivia.

"Luminescence" by Elliott Fielding, who writes for the love of words and the challenge of remembering xyr own life with empathy.

October reader Joan Sosin lives, learns & writes in Northeast Florida. Recent work in The Sun, Bending Genres, Shot Glass Journal, and Quotidian Bagatelle. She's enrolled in University of North Florida’s program, Learning for a Lifetime, and has adopted that moniker as her personal goal.

"Post-Beighton" by M.G. Shirk, a recent college grad who got a hEDS diagnosis and joined a hockey class anyway, battling despair with hope. (Well, trying to.)

"The Crossing" by Arthur Neong in case you missed it. Arthur hails from Malaysia and taught for eleven years before doing his MA. He finds poetry and short prose capture essence like nothing else.

October Reader Sara Siegel is a writer & arts admin. based in Western Massachusetts. Her short stories & poems have been published in Wild Violet, Vantage Point, Toasted Cheese Literary Journal, Cleaver Magazine, Bright Sleep Magazine, Fairlight Books, Quail Bell Magazine & The Palisades Review.

October reader Lee Reilly writes about women, identity, & care in flash & essay. Credits include Fourth Genre, Hippocampus, and Five Minutes, and recognition from Barbara Deming Fund, Ragdale & other organizations. The author of 2 nonfiction books, she hosts Shannaghe, a residency in Maine.

"HR Manager" by Tatiana Samokhina, who works in the bustling City of Sydney. She is an English teacher and fiction translator, in love with literature.

"Yeller" by Ann-Christine Vevera, in case you missed it. Ann-Christine is a Swedish-American writer who lives with her husband, Matt, and two dogs, Breeze and Zuzu, in a small coastal town in Florida.

"Five Minutes" by Naya Torrecampo for The Hallway, in case you missed it. Naya enjoys playing piano covers in her spare time. When she's not reading stories, she's writing her own.

Retired from the US Forest Service, Sarah Flick lives in northern Colorado. She has previously published in The New York Times, High Country News, The Free Press, and multiple journals including 101 Words, 50-Word Stories, McSweeney's Internet Tendency. She has a special love for micro essays.

"End Credits" by Will Neuenfeldt in case you missed it. Will studied English at Gustavus Adolphus College. His poems are published in Capsule Stories, Months to Years, and Red Flag Poetry.

"Breakthrough" by Alana Moore in case you missed it. Alana is a junior at George Washington University.

Welcome Youseef Elias, a recently retired Alameda County Public Defender. After taking a writing class at City College of San Francisco, he joined a writing group with classmates. He also enjoys theatrical storytelling, painting, and is a volunteer on the San Francisco Juvenile Justice Commission.

"That Fall" by Kyra Anderson, a writer and artist who lives in Western Massachusetts where her every move is carefully monitored by her small, elderly dog.