In the last few years, whether it was with our Artists-In-Residence program, Spark, the FFTW, BBAST, or the tribute to Arley McNeney, I’ve had the privilege & pleasure to work with many talented writers who were starting out on their publishing career.

2024 has been quite a challenge with health situations involving myself & my family, so we’re hoping that as we enter 2025 it’s going to be more about my own creative work here on VMH, but I wanted to make sure the work of our writers was available in one place for you to enjoy.

As our budget increases, I hope we can publish & work with a lot more of other people, but for now, please take a look at a sample of some of the work of our fabulous artists.

A Quick Word

As I’m wure you’ve seen elsewhere on the site (specifically at Emergency Fundraiser for Salim — VMH) for the past year, my brother Salim has been dealing with Stage 4 Liver Cirrhosis. Without a liver transplant soon, he will die.

His work has now moved him to long-term disability and that affects his benefits as well for very expensive medication. The financial strain on him is only exacerbating his condition.

We’ve been running a fundraiser for him, but it’s going pretty slow lately. We’ve also set up a campaign to help find him a living liver donor, but there are layers of bureaucracy that make it challenging to receive a transplant from a living donor in this country

The fundraiser is for his rent, food & medication but more, it’s to buy us enough time to find him that living liver donor to save his life.

I know it’s hard out there. I know it’s the holidays, I know of the financial uncertainty of things. But if everyone reading this donated $25 or more to him, it buys him that time for me to find him that living liver donor and we save his life.

If you’re willing to help us, you can visit this link - Emergency Fundraiser for Salim — VMH or simply click on the ‘Donate’ button below (& if you do, on behalf of my brother & my family, thank you)

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