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Gloria Ogo

Gloria Ogo is an American-based Nigerian writer with several published novels and poetry collections. Her work has appeared in Eye to the Telescope, Brittle Paper, Spillwords Press, Metastellar, Gypsophila Magazine, Harpy Hybrid Review, Allegro Poetry Magazine, among others. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and serves as a reader for Reckoning Magazine. She is the winner of the 2024 Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize and a finalist for the 2024 Jerri Dickseski Fiction Prize, the 2025 ODU Poetry Prize, and the 2025 Rhonda Gail Williford Poetry Prize, earning honorable mentions. She is also a finalist for Lucky Jefferson's 2025 Poetry Contest. Her work was longlisted for the 2025 American Short(er) Fiction Prize.

The Rightsizing Ruse by Mary Heeran White

The boxes were packed and stacked, taped firmly, with an indelible ink scrawl chronicling a lifetime of cherished possessions. Every taped bundle spoke of moments, memories – each a carefully curated piece in the vivid mosaic of our lives. In those hectic days, as the nesting instinct kicked in, our home expanded, one choreographed and colour-graded piece of content at a time. Packing each thought-out and integrated part of our shared story, I found myself overwhelmed with gratitude for this space – a love so profound for the life we built together. ...

Features

Microdosing at Cornet Café

My Perspective

Interview Q&A With Gloria Ogo

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Pamela Ebel

Interview Q&A With Gloria Ogo

Spotlight On Writers – Tony Ashenden

My Perspective

Old Men Make Sad Lovers

Orville Baumgardner and Young Goodman Brown

Anatomy Of A Pause

Dog’s Tale

If Not For Love

Maxwell

Christmas Secret

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Mary Had a Stalker

Those Who Mourn

My Perspective

Low-End Notes

Hail to The Bus Driver

Mama’s Thoughts on Aging

Microdosing at Cornet Café

Old Men Make Sad Lovers

Every Spring Is A Shared History

The Drifting Years

Butterfly House

Spring