Edition #1 – September 2020
The Quiet Reader is a brand new international literary magazine, born in a town called Solitaire, in the state of Quarantine in the country of 2020. Here is the line-up…
Pre(r)amble – Ramon Stoppelenburg
It was in the spring of 2020 that the idea sprouted for new a international literary magazine. I was sitting in a comfortable extended window frame of an old colonial…
The Milliner’s Daughter – Zannier Alejandra
Zannier Alejandra is a Bolivian writer, living in the United Kingdom. In a past life she was a credit analyst for an international bank but traded in her spreadsheets for…
Absolution – Michael Anthony
Michael Anthony is a writer and artist living in New Jersey in the United States of America. He has published fiction, poetry, illustrations, and photographs in literary journals and…
Coalesce – Aarushi Shetty
Aarushi Shetty was born and brought up in India and now resides in the United Kingdkom. She is a graduate with a Master of Arts in Professional Creative Writing. Her…
There’s No Right Way to Say This – Yen Radecki
Yen Radecki were raised across three continents and are now based in Japan, where they teach English and write poetry and fiction in their spare time. Their writing has…
The Blood Test – John Walters
John Walters is an American writer who spent 35 years abroad in Greece, Italy, India, Bangladesh, and other countries. He currently lives in Seattle, Washington, USA, with two of his…
Anniversary – Alec Hutchinson
Alec Hutchinson is the author of three indie novels: The Bell, The Last Resort (under pseudonym Josh Caverton), and The Vectors of Herbert Fish, as well as a collection of…
The Black Pen – Matias Travieso-Diaz
Matias Travieso-Diaz was born in Cuba and migrated to the United States as a young man, escaping persecution by the Castro regime. He became an engineer and lawyer and practiced…
Because It’s Poetry – Ron Healy
Ron Healy lives in the woods near Sleeping Bear Dunes (Empire, Michigan, USA) near Lake Michigan. He is retired, having worked at a variety of jobs ranging from pulpwood cutter…
Renaissance – Margery Bayne
Margery Bayne is a librarian by day and a writer by night. She is a published short story writer and an aspiring novelist from Baltimore, Maryland, USA. In 2012, she…
My Autumn – Elizabeth Guilt
Elizabeth Guilt reads and writes stories to make her daily commute on the London Underground in the United Kingdom more enjoyable. She has fiction published, or upcoming, in Luna Station…