˚　.*　.　✦ Antae's Vol. 9 Issue 3 is out now! 　 ˚　.　　. ✦˚　　　　 This edition features a guest editorial by Izabela Morska, a writer, poet, essayist, and lecturer, as well as many other intriguing literary pieces. Happy reading! ₊˚⊹☆

Antae Fourth Issue // Martina G. Mifsud is a young Maltese biologist and writer. She's currently completing her Masters in Environmental and Rural Sciences at the University of Malta. A scientist at heart, she experiments with different genres, mainly science fiction and horror, but also [...]

Antae Fourth Issue // John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in New World Writing, River And South and The Alembic. Latest books, “Bittersweet” , “Subject Matters” and “Between Two Fires” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Rush, White Wall Review and Flights.

Antae Fourth Issue // Douglas Thornton is an English teacher living in France. He has published two books of poetry (The Uninitiated, Woodland Poems) and a collection of prose (Seasons Of Mind) while currently maintaining a website: www.fromapoet.com. [...]

Antae Fourth Issue // Annie ZH Sun is a Chinese Writer who grew up in Malta. She graduated with a Msc in Creative Writing with distinction from the University of Edinburgh. Her work has been published in Hex, IHRAM Press, Bag of Bones Press 'This is too Tense' anthology, 'Silk and Foxglove’ [...]

Antae Fourth Issue // Marie C. Lecrivain is a writer, and co-publisher of, Sybaritic Press, and an ordained priestess in the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, the ecclesiastical arm of O.T.O. Her work has appeared in California Quarterly, OMNI Reboot (under the pen name M. Justine Gerard), [...]

Antae Fourth Issue // Eamonn Stewart was born in 1964 in Belfast, and, while still at school, won first prize in the Irish Children’s National Poetry Competition, on two occasions. He trained in advertising photography and worked as a curator in a photographic gallery. [...]

Antae Fourth Issue // Leslie Benigni is a multidisciplinary artist and writer from Pittsburgh, PA. She received her MFA from Bowling Green State University and has been published in many publications including, but not limited to: ANMLY, LandLocked, [...]

Antae Fourth Issue // Jonathan Vidgop is a theatre director, author, screenwriter, and founder of the Am haZikaron Institute for Jewish family history in Tel Aviv. Born in Leningrad in 1955, he was expelled from university in 1974 and worked as a locksmith, loader, and White Sea sailor before [...]

Antae Fourth Issue // Sheila E. Murphy appeared in Verse Daily, Fortnightly Review, Poetry, Hanging Loose, and others. Most recent book: Escritoire (Lavender Ink, 2025). Won the Gertrude Stein Poetry Award for Letters to Unnished J. (Green Integer Press, 2003).

Antae Fourth Issue // Originally from Boston, Mickey J. Corrigan hides out in the lush ruins of South Florida. She writes pulp fiction, literary crime, and psychological thrillers. Her poems have appeared in literary journals and chapbooks.

Antae Fourth Issue // Susana H. Case is the award-winning author of nine books of poetry, most recently, If This Isn't Love, Broadstone Books, and co-editor with Margo Taft Stever of I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe, Milk & Cake Press.

Antae Fourth Issue // Fotoula Reynolds Fotoula Reynolds is a poet, born in Australia of Greek heritage. She is the author of four poetry collections and is published widely in journals, reviews and magazines. She has been anthologised multiple times in Australia and internationally.

Antae Fourth Issue // Allen Seward is a poet from the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. He is the author of multiple poetry collections including the grimy job called living and orders of magnitude. His work has appeared in Scapegoat Review, Spare Parts Lit, and Impspired, among others.

Antae Fourth Issue // Jacob R. Moses is a poet, educator, and spoken word artist from NYC. Publications featuring his work span five continents. He is the author of Grimoire (iiPublishing, 2021) and WTF: Writing Through Fascism (Bainbridge Island Press, 2024). [...]

Antae Fourth Issue // Ivars Balkits A dual citizen of Latvia and the USA since 2016, Ivars Balkits lives in a small mountain village in Crete, Greece. His poems and prose have been published in multiple anthologies and most recently in the following online and print publications:

Antae Fourth Issue // Craig Murray has been writing prose, poetry, non-fiction and fiction for a long time. He has a poetry collection Watching her Walk and several novels: Lunchtime with God, Savage Lands, Laetitia’s Woods, The Forgotten Man. He has been published in dozens [...]

Antae Fourth Issue // Mark Keane has taught for many years in universities in North America and the UK. Recent short story fiction has appeared in The Interpreter’s House, Paris Lit Up, For Page & Screen, Midsummer Dream House, Zero Readers, [...]

⊹ ࣪ ˖ Antae's Vol. 9 Issue 2 is out now! ˖ ࣪ ⊹ Peruse a selection of poetry and prose picked for you, featuring a guest editorial by Abigail Ardelle Zammit, a Maltese writer, editor and educator. We thank everyone who submitted their work and continues to help our journal grow! ❀

Antae Fourth Issue // Ħaley Xuereb (2006) is a Gozitan poet, book reviewer and law student with a deep passion for literature, language, and culture. Her work explores themes of identity, embodiment, and memory, often weaving personal and historical narratives. [...]

Antae Fourth Issue // Matthew Ellis (he/him) is a queer poet living in Columbus, Ohio. His first collection, Little Heresies, is due out late 2026 by Wayfarer Books. With a background in chemistry, he spends his time teaching yoga and following creative pursuits in music and writing. [...]

Antae Fourth Issue/Lisa Kouroupis is an American poet. She is currently pursuing her MFA at the University of Montana, and is a poetry editor for CutBank Magazine. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Hyacinth Review, West Trade Review, Funicular Review, Lavender Review, and elsewhere.

Antae Fourth Issue // J.W. Wood Most recently, his work has appeared in Short Story Substack (Los Angeles) and Pulp Literature (USA). His first collection of satires, Captcha This!, was published by AN Editions. [...]

Antae Fourth Issue//Katie Beswick is a writer from south east London. Recent poems have appeared in Narrative Magazine, Ink Sweat & Tears, Modern Haiku, New Verse Review and Rattle. Her poetry chapbook is Plumstead Pram Pushers (Red Ogre Review 2025), her hybrid book of [...]

Antae Fourth Issue // Jonathan Taylor Jonathan Taylor is an author, editor, lecturer and critic. His most recent books are the short story collection Scablands and Other Stories (Salt, 2023) and the memoir A Physical Education: On Bullying, Discipline & Other Lessons (Goldsmiths, 2024). [...]

Antae Third Issue // Eleni Karagianni is a philologist. She teaches history, ancient Greek language, and literature to high school students, and coordinates creative writing workshops for teenagers. She is the editor-in-chief of the online literary magazine GRAFEIN.

Antae Third Issue // Ed Walsh is a writer of short fiction who lives in the north-east of England.

Antae Third Issue // Maudie Bryant (she/her) is a Pushcart-nominated poet, multidisciplinary artist, and educator based in Shreveport, Louisiana. A graduate of the University of Louisiana Monroe (M.A. in English), she surveys the complexities of memory and identity through her work. [...]

Antae Third Issue // Rowan Tate is a Romanian creative and curator of beauty. Her writing appears in the Stinging Fly, Josephine Quarterly, Meniscus Literary Journal, and Stanford University’s Mantis among others. She reads nonfiction nature books, the backs of shampoo bottles, and sometimes minds.

Antae Third Issue // Cody Stetzel is a Seattle resident working within arts organizing. They are a literary critic in journals like Tupelo Quarterly and The Colorado Review, offering insights on contemporary queer poetry and poetry-in-translation. [...]

Antae Third Issue // Bobbi Sinha-Morey's poetry has appeared in a wide variety of places such as Plainsongs, Pirene's Fountain, The Wayfarer, Helix Magazine, Miller's Pond, The Tau, Vita Brevis, Cascadia Rising Review, Old Red Kimono, and Woods Reader. [...]

Antae Third Issue // Luca Angius aka Dhyano, Italian Multidisciplinary Artist and Poet Performer based in St.Ives Cornwall, UK. Background in experimental theatre, developed a unique style of Poetry Performance combining sound art, spoken word and ambient music. Over the past forty years, [...]

Antae Third Issue // Christina Brannon (she/her) is a nonprofit professional from New York City. Christina received her Master’s from The New School in Nonprofit Management. She moonlights as a Little Free Librarian and senior dog enthusiast.

Antae Writing Advice// C.S Lewis on Writing C.S Lewis (1898-1963) was a profoundly influential British writer and scholar, known for his ability to translate complex theological and philosophical arguments into accessible, imaginative forms.

Antae Third Issue // David McVey lectures at New College Lanarkshire in Scotland. He has published over 150 short stories and a great deal of non-fiction that focuses on history and the outdoors.

Antae Third Issue // Shannon Frost Greenstein (she/they) is the author of Through the Lens of Time (2026), a fiction collection with Thirty West Publishing, and These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things (2022), a book of poetry from Really Serious Lit. Shannon is a former Ph.D. candidate in [...]

Antae Writing Advice// W.B Yeats on Writing W.B Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright widely considered one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature, whose early work was deeply influenced by Irish myths and folklore. [...]

Antae Third Issue // Roshni Marath Jairaj is a Non-Resident Indian poet and writer currently based in the UK. Her work reflects her experiences growing up in Dubai, Singapore, and Kerala, exploring themes of identity, family, and belonging. She is a PhD student at the University of Leeds, [...]

Antae Third Issue // Steven Fortune is a resident of Sydney, Nova Scotia (Canada) and a graduate of Acadia University (English Literature/History). He has released five poetry collections to date, edited several works for others, and has also appeared on CBC Radio, [...]

Antae Writing Advice// Junot Diaz on Becoming a Writer Junot Diaz is a critically acclaimed Dominican-American author. Known for his fiction that explores the immigrant experience, identity, and diaspora, his major works include the short story collection 'Drown' and [...]

Antae Third Issue // Srinjay Chakravarti is a writer, editor, and translator based in Salt Lake City, Calcutta, India. He was educated at St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, and at universities based in Calcutta and New Delhi. University degrees: BSc (Economics honours) and MA (English). A former [...]

Antae Third Issue // Crafting short fiction that moves the reader is Rory Doherty’s passion. In addition to being a writer, Rory is and has been many things: son, brother, student, athlete, soldier, bartender, teacher, husband, father, business owner, pet lover, etc.

It's that time of year again! Vol. 9, Issue 1 is out now, with poetry, prose, a special guest editorial on "relatability" in writing, and more! ANTAE is completely free to browse, so, like those biscuits they give you at cafés, our featured pieces match excellently with a cup of afternoon coffee.

Antae Third Issue // Susana H Case Susana H. Case is the award-winning author of nine books of poetry, most recently, If This Isn't Love (Broadstone Books) and co editor with Margo Taft Stever of I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe (Milk & Cake Press). The first of her five [...]

Antae Third Issue // Claudia Wysocky, a Polish writer and poet based in New York, is known for her diverse literary creations, including fiction and poetry. Her poems, such as ‘Stargazing Love’ and ‘Heaven and Hell’, reflect her ability to capture the beauty of life through rich descriptions. [...]

Antae Third Issue // Jennifer Choi is a passionate high school student. Her love for poetry began at an early age, and she finds inspiration in exploring themes of identity, love, and the complexities of the human experience through her writing.

Antae Third Issue // Iliria Osum is an interdisciplinary artist who lives and works on unceded Kumeyaay land in Southern California. Prose and poetry have most recently been published in Glint, Welter, and OFIC, while dramatic and interactive work has been produced in La Jolla, [...]

Antae Third Issue // Abdullahi Buba was born in Hambagda, Gwoza, Borno State, Nigeria. He has a B.A English Language from University of Maiduguri. He lectures in the Department of Remedial and General Studies, Mohammed Goni College of Legal Islamic and Educational Studies. He resides in Maiduguri.

Antae Third Issue // Roger B. Rueda moves with ease between the rigor of grammar and the lyricism of poetry. His books, A Plain & Practically Lucid English Grammar and Vines and Verges: Short Stories, reflect his fascination with language—its rhythms, its subtleties, its power. [...]

Antae Third Issue // Joshua St. Claire is an accountant from a small town in Pennsylvania works as a financial director for a non-profit. His haiku and related poetry have been published broadly including in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, and Mayfly. He has received recognition in [...]