Halfway Down the Stairs is a quarterly literary magazine established in 2005 to publish cutting-edge fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by talented writers.  New issues are published every March, June, September, and December.

If you would like to contact us, feel free to drop us a line at halfway · stairs @ gmail · com. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter for regular updates. We are an entirely not-for-profit publication and our talented team of editors are all volunteers. This allows us to keep this website advertisement-free.

Most of our photography or art is sourced from open access repositories. We’re particularly grateful to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open access archive and to Unsplash. Any photos taken by our editors, or submitted to us, are credited.

POETRY EDITORS

Jeannie E. Roberts writes poetry and prose influenced by intuition, the human experience, and the natural world. A visual artist and the author of nine books, her latest full-length poetry collection is titled On a Clear Night, I Can Hear My Body Sing (Kelsay Books, 2025). An award-winning artist and poet as well as an Eric Hoffer and a two-time Best of the Net award nominee, she finds joy spending time outdoors and with loved ones.

Phillip Watts Brown lives in northern Utah and works as a graphic designer. He is the author of the chapbook Boy with Flowers in His Mouth (Gold Line Press, 2025). He earned his MFA in poetry from Oregon State University, and his poems have appeared in various journals and anthologies. In his spare time, he enjoys movies, podcasts, and drawing. He also loves almost every kind of tea.

FICTION EDITORS

Alison Stedman lives in New Zealand and works in the public sector. She has grown accustomed to earthquakes and enjoys playing music and escaping to the mountains. She has a cat named Hermione. Alison is also a photography/web editor for HDtS.

Carrie Bachler has a Bachelor’s degree in English from Case Western Reserve University and lives in Michigan, where she works in academic services. She enjoys spending as much time as she can with her husband and her two boys. Her hobbies include traveling, listening to music and going to concerts, spending all day cooking, and reading.

 
Sherri Miller is the founder and senior editor of  A Golden Place.  She is the former editor of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Jude Bridge newsletter, and the Cincinnati, Ohio, United Italian Society La Voce II newsletter.  As a classically trained musician, Sherri performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra between the ages of ten and seventeen, and attended college at the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.  Sherri resides in sunny Southeast Florida.

NONFICTION EDITORS

Ellen Herbert is the author of The Last Government Girl, which won a Maryland Writer’s Award for Best Novel and was published by AH, Loyola Press. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Sonora Review, and other publications. Her YA novel, Don’t Hide from the Night, will be published by Melange Books in June 2025. Her website is http://ellenherbert.info.