(Editors & Contributors)
MIKE ZONE is the Chief-Operator of BIONIK PU$$Y. The former Editor in Chief of DUMPSTER FIRE PRESS. The author of over a dozen books of poetry and fiction: SKULL MY DAISY, FUCK YOU: A FUCKING POETRY CHAP, SHEDDING DARK PLACES (almost), & THE EARTH WAS SHAKING FOR DAYS along with co-authoring RAZORVILLE with fellow poet/publisher SHANNON LYNETTE. His work has been published hundred of times being featured in: MAD SWIRL, FEVERS OF THE MIND, PUNK NOIR, BLACK SHAMROCK, HORROR SLEAZE TRASH,THE RYE WHISKEY REVIEW, OUTLAW POETRY, A THIN SLICE OF ANXIETY and CULT CULTURE MAGAZINE He scrapes by in Grand Rapids, Mi.
SHANNON LYNETTE- ASSISTANT EDITOR, or as some of you know her as Lady on a Wire, is a poetess who resides in Albany, New York. Her poetry is edgy, razor sharp, and sprinkled with some feminine flair. Shannon is the author of the titles A Place with No Name (2003), Lady on a Wire (2012), Awkward Years (2022) and I’m Not Dead (2024). She co-authored, co-edited, and published Skeletons (2013), an anthology by her publishing press, Lady Chaos Press. Shannon is also the editor and publisher of four other anthologies, Old Hollywood (2013), Twenty Seven Signs (2014), Headlines and Tragedies (2017), and Other Side of August (2024). Shannon co-authored Razorville (2023), with writer and poet friend Mike Zone, which was the result of a poem battle on TikTok. She reworked and released a second edition of her first book, A Place with No Name, and titled it A Place with No Name, Re/Versed (2023). Through the years, Shannon’s poetry has appeared in several anthologies. Among them are The Universe inside (Poehemian Press, 2012), Bedroom Anatomy Lessons (Dumpster Fire Press, 2022), Evening, Wine, and Poetry (Wingless Dreamer, 2022), Rhapsodies of Rhyme (Wingless Dreamer, 2023), Whispers Of a Wildflower (Collected Poems by Lizzie Bex, 2023), Ovation (Collected Poems by Jimmy Broccoli, 2024), and Lilith (Collected Poems by Jimmy Broccoli, 2024).
(Shannon also wants you to know Mike Zone is an ass for not shortening her bio)
JIMMY BROCCOLI -CONTRIBUTOR ,a narrative poet, a librarian, a Straight Edge bodybuilder, a vegan animal rights and welfare advocate, and an outspoken anarchist. He is the author of 5 poetry collections, the editor of 7 anthologies, and has been interviewed by and on the cover of Opal Magazine (2023) and Contemporary Anarchist Magazine (2024). Jimmy lives in Atlanta, Georgia and enjoys playing with puppies.
CHRIS DEAN- ASSOICATE EDITOR, Indiana Beat Poet Laureate (2025-2027) is a storyteller, graphic designer and Magpie Poet who writes from the heart of Indiana where they live with their husband and too many cats to mention. Along with Wendy Cartwright, Chris is co-founder of Keeping the Flame Alive Press. Their work has been featured online, in multiple print anthologies and they are the author of “tales from a broken girl,” “we’re all stories in the end,” and “pyre” from Keeping the Flame Alive Press.
R.M. ENGELHARDT- ASSOICATE EDITOR, is an American Poet, Writer & Author who over 30 years has published several books of poetry including Coffee Ass Blues & Other Poems, The Last Cigarette: The Collected Poems of R.M. Engelhardt, The Resurrection Waltz, Dark Lands and others. His work has been published by such journals as Retort, Red Fez, Rusty Truck, Sure! The Charles Bukowski Newsletter, Thunder Sandwich, Fashion For Collapse, 2nd Avenue, The Angry Poet, Black Noise, Winedrunk Sidewalk, Full of Crow, The Outlaw Poetry Network, The Rye Whiskey Review, Fishbowl Poetry Press, The Black Shamrock, Trailer Park Quarterly, Spillwords, Dumpster Fire Press, Punk Noir Magazine, The Literary Underground, BeatLife & in many others. The original founder of the group Albany Poets.Org (Now a part of The HVWG) and the creator of The Albany WordFest he currently lives in Upstate NY . Look For His New Book ” NO KINGS ” Poems, 2025 from DEAD MAN’S PRESS INK ALBANY NY
WENDY CARTWRIGHT-CONTRIBUTOR is a poet, author, photographer, and freelance journalist who lives in Columbus, Indiana. Her travels have taken her as far as Mayan Ruins and as near as the filling station. Her undiscerning tastes allow her to find creative fodder regardless of location. She has been published in various magazines, newspapers, print anthologies and featured in online publications. She has also published five books. With Chris Dean, Wendy is a co-founder of Keeping the Flame Alive Press. The only creative issue facing the two is one’s love of raccoons and the other’s disdain. As of yet, they have not let this come between them.
SAMIR KARIMO- CONTRIBUTOR a splatter Punk writer responsible”The Zombrios Saga” half zombiros, half vampire from Sin Planeta has three own anthologies: Okulto, a Sobrenatural (translated into English, in Alien Buddha Press and Portuguese), and Macabruo as well as participating in other projects such as Ouija Infernal 1 and 2, Sangre más allá del matadero (Blood Beyond the Slaughterhouse), and Reflexiones (Reflections) included in Orquídeas para Perséfone (Orchids for Perséfone) alongside his literary colleagues. He participates in literary anthologies from the American publisher ALIEN BUDDHA Press, Dumpster Fire Press, and Editorial Solaris in Uruguay. In addition to being a writer, he also is a comic book writer: Valkiria 1, 2, 3, Yo, Zombiro (Me, Zombiro), and Chocozombi Apocaliptico (Apocalyptic Chocozombi). Chocozombi Apocalyptic is also translated into Portuguese, and Valkiira 1 is published by Dumpster Fire Press. He contributes to several magazines: Demencia, Minatura, The Wax, Cabina de Nemo, Letras y Demonios (Letters and Demons), Axioma, Curandero, and Reveuse. Winner of the runner-up award in the third OSCAR WILDE SHORT STORY competition with the story BABEL. Finalist for the Ignotus Awards with CHOCOZOMBI APOCALÍPTICO, Yo, ZOMBIRO, and PUSSY PUNK in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Finalist for the Portuguese Adamastor Award with CHOCOZOMBI APOCALÍPTICO in 2023. Guest jury member for the Alien Buddha Press Horror Anthology back in 2021 A fan of horror and terror, he also favors philosophical texts. He also claims to hail from “Sin Planet”
ROBERT J.W.- CONTRIBUTOR is a poet and writer from Morgantown, WV that is known for his work about mental health and memory. He has been writing poetry for 20 years now. He has frequently published collections with Alien Buddha Press (including Dusty Video Game Cartridges, Taste The Third Eye, and The Line Breaks Between Lives) as well as being featured in several of their zines and anthologies. He has also been featured in Other Side Of August, Ovation, FromOneLine Volume 2, A Thin Slice Of Anxiety, Rye Whiskey Review, Literary Revelations Journal, Back Room Poetry, Threadlit Mag, The Scumrag, and Roi Fainéant. He enjoys listening to music, meditating, reading, and hanging with friends. You can find him on Facebook @robertjwwriter as well as Instagram and Tumblr @robertjw468
PAUL WARREN- CONTRIBUTOR, is an Artist and illustrator with an interest in Surrealism , Dada, Abstract and Punk art . He works in a variety of different mediums including collage and more recently digital collage and photomontage. His work has appeared on book covers and in various anthologies. Paul lives in Daventry U.K .
JEREMY VOID- CONTRIBUTOR, is the author of several books such as The Years Were Unkind, Fiction, Entropy, and Lost Words. He writes about his experiences in a chaotic, no-holds-bar manner, from living on the mean, grotesque streets of Boston to the hippy-dippy, PC world of Vermont and finally settling down in the New Hampshire suburbs with his wife Michelle…and he likes long walks in Hell’s glorious flames.
STEPHEN MICHAEL WHITTER- CONTRIBUTOR, is a 62-year old writer from England who has been writing intermittently for over forty years. His work deals with the human condition, the stranger side of life, the routine side of living. From Punk to the present day. Stephen has been published in a myriad of publications over the years. His latest book of poetry and short stories Famous When Dead is illustrated by Paul Warren. Stephen now lives on the Isle of Wight. A quiet life, the oldest standing client at the Methadone Clinic.
SHANE ALLISON-CONTRIBUTOR, is a writer, poet and artist who was living in butt-fuck Tallahassee Florida. Who knows where the fuck he is now but he is working on a new collection of poems and is always at work on new art. Check out his work on sdallison01. His Instagram tag.
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