A defiant literary magazine.
Levi Abadilla, short story “The Goldilocks Dilemma”—published in volume 2
LEVI ABADILLA is a queer Filipino author who grew up in the Cebu province and who enjoys all things weird and uncanny. Their work has been featured in Stories After Dark, Hominum Journal, and Last Syllable.
Their short story “The Goldilocks Dilemma” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 2.
Michael Bickford, poem “Afterglow”—published in volume 1
MICHAEL BICKFORD was born in Los Angeles and escaped north. After an extensive street education, he graduated with a BA and a teaching credential from San Francisco State University. In 1990, he moved with his wife and their two children from San Francisco to the unceded land of the Wiyot people on California’s Redwood Coast. He acknowledges the American Genocide and works toward reparations and rematriation.
Mr. Bickford taught middle school for 30 years in San Francisco and Eureka, CA. He is a fellow of the Redwood Writing Project of Cal Poly Humboldt and a founding member of Lost Coast Writers Community, Inc., and writes poetry and fiction in Arcata, California. His work has appeared in Abandoned Mine, Fauxmoir, Seven Gill Shark Review, Ink People Center for the Arts, The North Coast Journal, Behind the Mask: 40 Humboldt Poets on the Pandemic, The /tƐmz/ Review, and Neologism Poetry Review.
Last year he wrote, produced, and performed the one act play, Ali, Cosell, My Dad, and Me for Exit Theater’s Short Play Festival
His dual-language chapbook, Mrs. Silva Walks to the Azores, A Story in Ten Cantos (with Portuguese translation by 2023 National Book Award winner Bruna Dantas Lobato) is forthcoming this winter from Finishing Line Press.
His poem “Afterglow” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 1 and online.
Jim Burns, poem “Summer Night”—published in volume 1
JIM BURNS was born and raised in rural Indiana and spent most of his working life as a librarian in Iowa and Florida. Retirement gifted him with free time, and he returned to a decades-old, but placed aside, interest in writing, especially poetry, several of his pieces having now appeared in Eucalyptus Lit, Skipjack Review, Ulu Review, and other online and/or print publications. He lives with his wife and dog in Jacksonville, Florida.
His poem “Summer Night” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 1 and online.
Tinamarie Cox, poem “Thoughts as I Transition to a New Calendar”—published in volume 3
TINAMARIE COX lives in Arizona with her husband, two children, and rescue felines. Her written and visual work has appeared in a number of publications under various genres. She has two chapbooks with Bottlecap Press, Self-Destruction in Small Doses (2023) and A Collection of Morning Hours (2024). Her debut full-length poetry collection Through A Sea Laced With Midnight Hues is forthcoming with Nymeria Press in 2025. You can follow her on Instagram @tinamariethinkstoomuch and find more of her work at tinamariethinkstoomuch.weebly.com
Her poem “Thoughts as I Transition to a New Calendar” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 3.
CS Crowe, poem “For Hire, A Crown of Sonnets”—published in volume 3
CS CROWE is a storyteller from the Southeastern United States with a love of nature and a passion for writing. He believes stories and poems are about getting there, not being there, and he enjoys those tales that take their time getting to the point.
His poem “For Hire, A Crown of Sonnets” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 3.
Eóin Dooley, short story “The Anamorphosis of Alfred Capel”—published in volume 3
EÓIN DOOLEY (he/him) is a writer from central Ireland. Having completed a master’s in cognitive science and philosophy, he turned to creative fiction, primarily to stave off a PhD. This appears to be working. His previous work can be found in Red Futures, Solar Press, Elegant Literature Magazine and elsewhere. His debut urban fantasy novella No Sympathy will be published with Android Press on September 17th. Find him on Bluesky, @eoindooley.bsky.social.
His short story “The Anamorphosis of Alfred Capel” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 3.
Ron L. Dowell, poems “Dijon Kizzee: An Officer Involved (Needless) Shooting” & “Giving Thanks for Jamestown Jane”—published in volume 3
RON L. DOWELL wrote Watts UpRise, a poetry collection released by World Stage Press in 2022. A very public love letter to Watts, Los Angeles, the collection honors its most notable artistic landmark, the Watts Towers, and its creator, Sabato Rodia. Watts UpRise was a finalist for the 2022 Press 53 Award for Poetry, and a featured poem, “Compton, An Energy-Fueled Dark Star,” was nominated for a 2021 Pushcart Prize. Ron’s poetry resides in Penumbra, Writers Resist, Oyster Rivers Pages, North Dakota Quarterly, The Wax Paper, Kallisto Gaia Press, The Penmen Review, Packingtown Review-Journal, and The Poeming Pigeon.
His poems “Dijon Kizzee: An Officer Involved (Needless) Shooting” and “Giving Thanks for Jamestown Jane” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 3.
Linda Meg Frith, poem “After the Flood”—published in volume 3
LINDA MEG FRITH is retired Social Worker and long-time member of Green River Writers. She credits them with most of her growth and development as a poet. The rest of her growth and development is attributed to learning from her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She has published poetry in Calliope, Women Who Write, and the Dallas Rainbow NOW newsletter. Linda Meg lives with her Chihuahua in Louisville, KY.
Her poem “After the Flood” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 3.
Keiraj M. Gillis, poems “hot chocolate” (volume 1), “Stitched Up and Full of Fluff” (volume 2)
KEIRAJ M. GILLIS is a gothic and spiritual poet whose works explore the mind and the esoteric. His poetry collections include St. Sagittarius, The Gentleman Vagrant, and Handsome for One More Day, which are projects that have allowed him to document his spiritual journey. He enjoys his work as a publisher and spends his time immersing himself in the culture of the American South and Southwest.
His poem “hot chocolate” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 1 and online. His poem “Stitched Up and Full of Fluff” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 2.
Larry Hodges, short story “Mad Molly and the Nuclear Bomb”—published in volume 3
LARRY HODGES of Germantown, MD, is an active member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, with over 200 short story sales and four SF novels. He’s a graduate of the Odyssey and Taos Toolbox Writers Workshops, a member of Codexwriters, and a ping-pong aficionado. As a professional writer, he has 22 books and over 2,300 published articles in over 200 different publications. He’s also a member of the USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame, and claims to be the best table tennis player in SFWA, and the best science fiction writer in USA Table Tennis!!! Visit him at www.larryhodges.org.
His short story “Mad Molly and the Nuclear Bomb” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 3.
Rik Hoskin, short story “I’ve Missed You”—published in volume 2
RIK HOSKIN is a multi-award winning writer of novels, graphic novels, video games and animation. He’s written comics for Star Wars, Doctor Who and various other properties, and won the Dragon Award for Best Graphic Novel 2018 for White Sand (with Brandon Sanderson), which also made the New York Times Bestseller list. He writes SF and horror novels and short stories under his own name and as “James Axler.” He also writes video games, where he has served as head writer, and has written animation for BBC television in the UK.
His short story “I’ve Missed You” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 2.
Toshiya Kamei, short stories “Broken Strings” (volume 2), “I’m Not Your Polly” (volume 3)
TOSHIYA KAMEI (she/they) is a queer Asian writer who takes inspiration from fairy tales, folklore, and mythology. Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Cutleaf, Mount Hope, and New Croton Review. Her piece “Hungry Moon” won Apex Magazine’s October 2022 Microfiction Contest.
Her short story “Broken Strings” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 2. Her short story “I’m Not Your Polly” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 3
Caroline Misner, short story “This Won’t Hurt a Bit”—published in volume 2
CAROLINE MISNER was nominated in 2009 for the prestigious Writers’ Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Anthology Prize as well a Pushcart Prize in 2010 and 2011. In 2004 her novella received Honorable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. A short story was also a finalist in the same contest. A novel, The Glass Cocoon was a semi-finalist for the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Award the following year. Her novella The Watchmaker was published in November 2011 by Vagabondage Press and is selling well in e-book format. Her YA fantasy novel “The Daughters of Eldox: Book I: The Alicorn” has been released by Whiskey Creek Press to positive reviews and the sequel entitled “The Daughters of Eldox, Book II: The Other” was released in the spring of 2016. Her historical novel entitled “The Spoon Asylum” was released by Thistledown Press in May 2018 and has been nominated for numerous awards, including the Governor General’s Award. Another novel entitled SEEDs of the Inside Straight was published in April 2024 by Austin Macauley.
Her short story “This Won’t Hurt a Bit” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 2.
William Oliveira, short story “Studio Shinto”—published in volume 3
WILLIAM OLIVEIRA is a British-Brazilian writer based in Scotland, Edinburgh. His fiction has been published by Rainy Weather Days, and his plays, M.A.D: Mutually Assured Destruction and Time Bends, have been put on the Bedlam Theatre Company in Edinburgh.
His short story “Studio Shinto” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 3.
Läilä Örken, short story “The Retreat”—published in volume 3
LÄILÄ ÖRKEN has a PhD in law and works in the field of international relations. In the evenings, she writes fiction and is working on a novel. Her stories appear in Eunoia Review, Hobart, Bright Flash Literary Review, BULL, Grim & Gilded, and elsewhere.
Her short story “The Retreat” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 3.
Kate Lunn-Pigula, short story “This Is My Voice”—published in volume 1
KATE LUNN-PIGULA has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Nottingham. Her work has been published by Litro, Clover and White, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Idle Ink, The Honest Ulsterman, Other People’s Flowers, Bunbury Magazine, and Thresholds, amongst others. You can find her at her website at https://katelunnpigula.wordpress.com and on Instagram @katelunnpigula.
Her short story “This Is My Voice” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 1 and online.
Diana Raab, poem “Need a Poem”—published in volume 1
DIANA RAAB, MFA, PhD, is a memoirist, poet, workshop leader, thought-leader and award-winning author of fourteen books. Her work has been widely published and anthologized. She frequently speaks and writes on writing for healing and transformation. Her latest memoir is Hummingbird: Messages from My Ancestors, A memoir with reflection and writing prompts (Modern History Press, 2024).
Raab writes for Psychology Today, The Wisdom Daily, The Good Men Project, Thrive Global, and is a guest blogger for many others. Raab lives in Southern California. Visit her at: https:/www.dianaraab.com.
Her poem “Need a Poem” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 1 and online.
Casey Clifford Rock, short story “The Country of Mr. Sad”—published in volume 3
CASEY CLIFFORD ROCK lives in Toronto. She once was a librarian, and a yoga teacher. Now she is faithful to meditation, to baseball, and to writing. She has had personal essays broadcast on CBC radio.
Her short story “The Country of Mr. Sad” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 3.
Carol J. Scamman, poem “It’s a Great Day to be Crocodiles in Kenya”—published in volume 3
CAROL J. SCAMMAN is a Massachusetts native who lives in Nacogdoches, TX with two Siberian Forest cats. She’s a retired academic librarian and earned a BA from Grove City College and an MLS from UAlbany. Her work has appeared in Trolley: the online journal of the NYS Writers Institute, and she has poems forthcoming in rhizomag and the Writing Ukraine Global Anthology. She won second place in her public library’s 2022 National Poetry Month Contest and has also published creative nonfiction. Her grandfather, Henry W. Scamman, the town poet of Strong and Phillips, ME, inspired her to write.
Her poem “It’s a Great Day to be Crocodiles in Kenya” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 3.
Sherry Shahan, short stories “Ginia and Vitti” (volume 2), “Dancing on the Roof of a Fleabag Motel” (volume 3)
SHERRY SHAHAN is a teal-haired septuagenarian who writes in a small beach town in California. Her stories live in Hippocampus, Critical Read, december, F(r)iction, Progenitor, Antitheses, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize in Poetry.
Her short story “Ginia and Vitti” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 2 and online. Her short story “Dancing on the Roof of a Fleabag Motel” is forthcoming in rainy weather days, volume 3.
Lucretia Stanhope, short story “Fur’tive”—published in volume 2
LUCRETIA STANHOPE, a neurodiverse, relentlessly optimistic chronic illness warrior with less grace than determination, navigates her crone stage in a quaint Midwest town surrounded by cornfields. Amidst enduring medical trials that could rival horror stories, her pen never rests. When not lost in the wonderful lands of her imagination, she finds solace in doting on her three chihuahuas and her endlessly patient husband.
Her short story “Fur’tive” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 2 and online.
Jeremy Stelzner, short story “The Birthday Dinner”—published in volume 1
JEREMY STELZNER’s stories have appeared in the 2024 Coolest American Stories Anthology, Across the Margin Magazine, Half and One Magazine, The Jewish Literary Journal, the 2023 Stories that Need to be Told anthology, The After Happy Hour Journal of Literature and Art, and he was recently named runner-up for the 2024 Prime Number Magazine Award for Short Fiction. He is a graduate of the Creative Writing program at the Harvard Extension School and teaches literature and journalism in Maryland. You can reach him by email at [email protected]
His short story “The Birthday Dinner” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 1 and online.
Marcelle Thiébaux, short story “The Twelve Dancing Fairies”—published in volume 2
Marcelle Thiébaux has published stories in many literary magazines, The MacGuffin, DecomP, Delmarva Review and elsewhere. Her books on medieval themes include The Stag of Love: The Chase in Medieval Literature, The Writings of Medieval Women, and Unruly Princess, a novel. An award-winning writer, she has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She lives in New York City.
Her short story “The Twelve Dancing Fairies” appeared in rainy weather days, volume 2.