John RC Potter is an author and international educator
When in high school John had the opportunity to interview the Nobel Prize winning author, Alice Munro, who resided in his hometown. It inspired John to begin creative writing, and was the subject of his story, “In Search of Alice Munro” (Bosphorus Review of Books, 2022).
His poems and stories have been published (or are slated for publication) in: The Montreal Review, Blank Spaces, The Write Launch, Plentitude Magazine, Strangers and Karma Journal, Suspended Magazine, Wayward Literature, The Stray Branch, The Pike Review, The Expressionist Literary Magazine, Juste Literary Journal, The Seraphic Review, Memoirist, Fragmented Voices, Dark Winter Literary Magazine, Literary Yard, The Hooghly Review, The Serulian Journal, Yellow Mama, Bristol Noir, Freedom Fiction, The Stygian Lepus Magazine, Creatopia, Bosphorus Review of Books, Fireworks Story Magazine, Fiction on the Web, The Globe Review, Down in the Dirt, Riddlebird, The National Library of Poetry & Jabberwocky.
John RC Potter (he/him/his) is an international educator and gay man from Canada who lives in Istanbul. He has experienced a revolution (Indonesia), air strikes (Israel), earthquakes (Turkey), boredom (UAE), and blinding snow blizzards (Canada), the last being the subject of his story, 'Snowbound in the House of God' (Memoirist). The author's poems, stories, essays, articles, and reviews have been published in various magazines and journals. His story, “Ruth's World” was a Pushcart Prize nominee, and his poem, “Tomato Heart” was nominated for the Best of the Net Award. The author has a gay-themed children's picture book that is scheduled for publication. He is a member of the League of Canadian Poets. Recent Publications: “Heimat” in Overgrowth Press (Poetry) & “Clara Von Clapp's Secret Admirer” in The Lemonwood Quarterly (Prose).
