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Adrianne Kalfopoulou is the author of the poetry collections, Wild Greens (2002) and Passion Maps (2009) from Red Hen Press; she has also published two chapbooks and essays, including her prize-winning “April the Cruelest” (2009) in Room magazine. She is on the faculty of Hellenic American University, and also teaches in the Creative Writing Program at New York University. Samples of her work can be found online at www.adriannekalfopoulou.com (Issue #01)
Alaine Benard’s publishing credits include; Louisiana Literature, The Rose & Thorn Journal, The New York Quarterly, blah, blah, blah. Benard is known as the ‘silent poet,’ writes and paints from dimly lit caves (currently in Baton Rouge), away from snakes and all liars. She loves bacon. (Issue #01)
Born in 1983, Amit Parmessur is one of the editors of the poetry magazine, The Rainbow Rose. His poems have appeared in around 100 literary magazines, such as: Ann Arbor Review, Calliope Nerve, Damazine, Zouch Magazine and many others. He is nominated for the 2011 Pushcart Award and lives in Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius. As long as he gets published he knows he is on the right path. (Issue #02)
Angie Ledbetter is a publishing editor of Rose & Thorn Journal. She has been published for many years in print and online publications. Ledbetter blogs at http://angie-ledbetter.blogspot.com/ and frequents the social media watering holes. When not writing poetry, revising her novel, or dabbling in various creative exploits, she's trying to sneak in a nap. (Issue #02)
Anne Whitehouse is the author of poetry collections: The Surveyor's Hand (Compton Press), Blessings and Curses (Poetic Matrix), Bear in Mind (Finishing Line Press), and One Sunday Morning (Finishing Line Press), and the novel Fall Love, now available as a free ebook from Feedbooks and Smashwords. Her fiction and poetry have appeared recently in several anthologies, and literary journals, including Art from Art (Modernist Press), Being Human: Call of the Wild (Editions Bibliotekos), Contemporary Literary Review: India, Avanim, Jerseyworks, Scythe, and others. She was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and lives in New York City. www.annewhitehouse.com (Issue #02)
Amie McCracken is a voracious reader. Her calling in life is editing. She’s ambitious and strong, but shy and likes to sit in the background. She lives in Germany with her husband, camera, computer, and a lot of ideas floating around in her head. Most of the time you’ll catch her staring off into space. She likes to capture moments in people’s lives that are painful, exhilarating, dull, perfect, teary—basically anything—through writing and/or her camera. (Issue #01)
Amy Saia lives in Kansas where she juggles her time as a mother, writer, artist and singer-songwriter. Her first novel, The Soul Seekers, will be released in 2012 by WiDo Publishing. (Issue #01)
Angela Felsted is a musician, poet, and nature lover. Her work has appeared in issue fifteen of Drown in Your Own Fears, in Chantarelle's Notebook, and on her blog. Her chapbook, Cleave, has been published by Finishing Line Press. (Issue #01, #02)
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Belinda Dorio is a YA writer who had three short stories published by The Australian Literature Review in separate anthologies in 2011. In 2011 she also worked on an integrated short story collection with Steve Rossiter (Auslit founder), emerging author and editor Beau Hillier and debut novelist Rhiannon Hart (Blood Song, published by Random House), to be released early 2012. In 2012 Belinda will write her YA paranormal thriller debut novel entitled ‘Flesh’, which will be published in 2013. She lives on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne with her family and far too many pets. You can subscribe to Belinda’s blog at www.belindadorio.com.au, or contact her on Twitter, LinkedIn, Inkpop, Facebook and Goodreads (Issue #01)
Benjamin Atherton is a freelance writer based in Knoxille, TN. His
fiction has appeared in A Small, Good Magazine, The Vestal Review,
Dark Chaos, and the Pill Hill Press Anthology Daily Flash 2012. He is currently at work on a collection of short fiction. (Issue #1)
Ben Nardolilli: I am a twenty-six year old writer currently living in Arlington, Virginia. My work has appeared in Perigee Magazine, Red Fez, One GhanaOne Voice, Caper Literary Journal, Quail Bell Magazine, Elimae, Super Arrow, Grey Sparrow Journal, Pear Noir, Rabbit Catastrophe Review, and Yes Poetry. A chapbook of mine, Common Symptoms of an Enduring ChillExplained, has been published by Folded Word Press. I maintain a blog at mirrorsponge.blogspot.com and am looking to publish my first novel. (Issue #01)
Bobbie Troy is proud of that fact that her first poem was published at the age of 62. She continues to maintain her sanity and perspective on life by writing flash fiction, poetry, and original fairy tales with a 21st century twist. Her work appears in many online and print journals. Her poem, Dear Diane, was nominated for a 2010 Pushcart Prize (http://www.aliceshapiro.com/thechangeinterviews.html). Her fairy-tale play, Sasha and the Tree of Sorrows, was produced in March 2011. (Issue #01)
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Cassandra J. Hubrich is twenty years old and working toward one day having a degree in French-English Translation and English Creative Writing. She is currently attending the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada, and takes every opportunity to travel the globe—whether or not it is in the cards financially. Night Shift marks her poetry debut. (Issue #02)
Carrie Mumford is a writer and sometimes editor living in Alberta, Canada. She writes short stories and non-fiction articles and is chipping away at her first novel. Carrie blogs weekly at carriemumford.com/blog and tweets up a storm at @CarrieMumford. (Issue #02)
Cath Barton is a singer, writer and photographer who lives in Wales. Her stories are published here and there, notably in Fractured West, Short,Fast, and Deadly, 100 Stories for Queensland and Eighty Nine. Cath has a fondness for quirky things and loves the colour purple. She likes the idea of travelling across Russia on the Trans-Siberian Express. (Issue #01, #02)
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Australian scribe Denise Covey won her first short story competition at eleven, writing about a close encounter with a snake. She survived snakebite but was bitten by the writing bug. With degrees in Arts and Education, she taught High School English and History. She now operates her own business tutoring English and writes every chance she gets. She is currently penning her third novel, has published short stories, travel features and newspaper profiles. She will publish a collection of short stories in 2012. When parted from her laptop she’ll be reading or running. She blogs at: http://laussieswritingblog.blogspot.com. (Issue #01)
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Elizabeth Varadan: I'm a retired teacher and live in Sacramento with my husband and our loveable mutt, Cezar. My poems, short stories and flash fiction have appeared in The Rockford Review, Word Riot, Art Times, Long Story Short, Flash Me Magazine, Epiphany, Melic Review, Whim's Place, Laughter Loaf, Banyon Review, C-Oasis, and The Ophidian. (Issue #01)
Eric Nguyen is a writer from Maryland. He blogs at www.youfightlikeannerice.blogspot.com. (Issue #01)
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February Grace is a writer, artist, and poet who lives somewhere that’s much colder most of the year than she’d like. She loves science fiction, romance, letters (electronic and otherwise) and still remembers all the lyrics to “Advance Australia Fair”. (Issue #02)
Frank Allen: I am an artist diagnosed as having PDD-NOS along with ADHD. I also have a disease which affects my retina resulting in degeneration and blindness called Retinitis Pigmentosa. Since not being able to work so much due to back trouble, I have started a daily Art Blog and so far have done over 40 artworks in three months at http://www.frankart.co.uk. Most of my art work is spontaneous and unplanned and I rarely know what I am drawing even as I draw it. Often to self-enlightening results. (Issue #02)
Frank Sloan: Former beat cop/dirt farmer/drifter and current idle lay-about, Frank Sloan lives and writes at the Dead Rabbit Ranch. (Issue #01)
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Gale Acuff: I have had poetry published in Ascent, Ohio Journal, Descant, Adirondack Review, Worcester Review, Verse Wisconsin, Maryland Poetry Review, Florida Review, South Carolina Review, Carolina Quarterly, Poem, Amarillo Bay, South Dakota Review, Santa Barbara Review, Sequential Art Narrative in Education, and many other journals. I have authored three books of poetry: Buffalo Nickel (BrickHouse Press, 2004), The Weight of the World (BrickHouse, 2006), and The Story of My Lives (BrickHouse, 2008). I have taught university English in the US, China, and the Palestinian West Bank. (Issue #01)
Glynis Smy: The long hours of nursing finished in 2005 when I left my home shores of England and emigrated to Cyprus, along with my husband, our dog and a container of belongings. I spend my days writing in the sun. My articles have been published in magazines in the UK and Cyprus. I have completed two novels and am hoping to see them published in the near future. A Poet’s Word and Glynis Smy –Writer are my personal blogs. New Book Blogger is a blog I run to promote books free of charge for writers. (Issue #01, #02)
Greg Belliveau is a 2008 Christopher Isherwood Grant Recipient. He received his MFA in Fiction from Pacific University where he worked with Ben Percy, Kellie Wells, and Brady Udall. He is the 2002 Christy Award finalist for Best First Novel Go Down To Silence (Multnomah: A Division of Random House, 2001). He is currently working on more LG poems, finishing his latest novel Sons and Brothers, and collaborating on a screenplay. He lives with is wife and two daughters in Ohio. (Issue #02)
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H. Edgar Hix grew up in a small city, then in the country, in the American South. While not a working farm, they had pigs, goats, sheep, chickens and, once, even a cow. Hix has spent most of his adulthood in the North, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has held a variety of jobs: warehouseman, library clerk, legal secretary, call center representative, and system analyst. He has been publishing poetry, and other types of writing, for some 40 years, and he finally got a college degree in his late 40s. (Issue #01, #02)
Born in Edmonton, AB, Halli Dee Lilburn was a writer from the beginning, but didn’t take notice until her journals overflowed her shelves. She now resides in southern Alberta with her husband and three children and works at the local library. Her first YA fiction novel, Shifters will be released in 2012. You can find her at www.hallililburn.blogspot.com (Issue #01)
Howie Good, a journalism professor at SUNY New Paltz, is the author of the full-length poetry collections Lovesick (Press Americana, 2009), Heart With a Dirty Windshield (BeWrite Books, 2010), and Everything Reminds Me of Me (Desperanto, 2011), as well as numerous print and digital poetry chapbooks, including most recently Love Dagger from Right Hand Pointing. (Issue #01)
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Ian Anderson is a teacher, blogger, and a yet-to-be-published novelist. He spends his days attempting to motivate his 13-year-old students to read good books—or just read in general! Some of the best times of his life have come reading to his children, and his wife and two sons are a constant source of inspiration for him. His writing goals are centered on telling stories that move people toward joy, and toward godly living. His blog, where he writes as Man O' Clay, is called, Reflection on things fantastic. Go to: http://fantasticreflection.blogspot.com/ (Issue #01)
Isa Lenor is a sixteen-year-old with a fly-away imagination. Seriously, it takes her for rides sometimes. When she is not trying to write what she hopes will one day be insightful gothic novels, she can usually be found keeping her family up all night with her eccentric cooking. She lives in Alberta, Canada, with her family and too much snow. (Issue #01)
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J.R.McRae’s short stories appear in anthologies like Basics of Life [ALR Anthology], 100 Stories for Queensland, Stories for Sendai, Road Trip, The Spirit of Poe, Tribute to the Stars, Pot Luck, etc, and journals Wired Ruby and Rose &Thorn. Her award winning poetry/haiku are published in numerous journals/anthologies including Quadrant, Long and Winding Road, Antipodes and Divan. Artwork / Photography by JR features on covers of Ripples, on ABC Pool and in The Mozzie. Under the name J.R.Poulter, she has published twelve books for children and education, including major award winner, Mending Lucille. She once worked in a circus! Websites: http://www.jrmcrae_subversive.weebly.com; http://www.jenniferrpoulter.weebly.com (Issue #01, #02)
Jake Uitti is sitting in Princeton, NJ, his childhood home, and thinking how different it is compared to Seattle, WA, where he lives most of the year now. For starters, there is a girl talking at the adjacent table about her husband and Uitti bets he doesn't have a beard. He bets the husband is clean shaven and is riding a dead-end train. Also, Jake Uitti just got four cavities filled. It is the eve of the solstice. Onward! (Issue #01)
Jamie Provencal is finding out creativity comes with empty nest syndrome.(Although she's starting to believe the empty nest part is pure myth). Needing to prove something to herself a few years back, she acquired a certificate in Interior Design. Photography is her newest challenge, one she's quite taken with. Writing comes by fits and starts as it is, to her, a labour intensive process, yet the words beg to be put on paper. She enjoys writing a blog where she shares her writings and photography. All this sandwiched between a busy life with two amazing adult daughters, a beautiful granddaughter and her husband, whom she's spent the last 30 years of her life with, and is no doubt responsible for a few of his white hairs. (Issue #01, #02)
Janîce Leotti loves art in all its forms. Her favorite mediums are watercolor paint, polymer clay and words. Her sculptures have appeared in American Miniaturist, Dollhouse Miniatures, and Contemporary Doll Collector. Her 2D images are currently licensed with Heaven & Earth Designs, Creative Design Outlet, and Kat’s Magical Patches. In 2000 and 2002, two of her short stories appeared in literary journals, Peregrine and Primavera, respectively. After the attacks on 9/11, she’d stopped writing, trying to decide what really mattered, and what she wanted to do with her time on earth. What she decided was, that art in all its forms, must stay. She is currently revising her novel while selling her art on eBay and to private collectors. (Issue #01)
Janice Phelps Williams is a book designer, children's book illustrator, and the author of Open Your Heart with Pets. Current work includes a children's book for spring 2012 and a middle-grade fantasy novel in progress. Learn more at www.janicephelps.com. (Issue #01)
Jim Murdoch is a Scottish writer living just outside Glasgow. His poetry appeared regularly in small press magazines during the seventies and eighties. In the nineties he turned to prose-writing and has published three novels, Living with the Truth, Stranger than Fiction and, most recently, Milligan and Murphy along with a collection of poetry, This Is Not About What You Think. You can find out more about him on his blog, The Truth About Lies. (Issue #01)
Joan McNerney’s poetry has been included in numerous literary magazines such as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Blueline, 63 channels, Spectrum, and three Bright Spring Press Anthologies. She has been nominated twice for Best of the Net in 2011. Four of her books have been published by fine small literary presses. (Issue #02)
Jodi Cleghorn is a writer, editor and publisher releasing dark, twisted tales into the world from her leafy suburban enclave in Brisbane, Australia. Winner of the Kris Hembury Encouragement Award in 2011, Jodi is the creative muscle behind the anthology series Chinese Whisperings and Literary Mix Tapes. (Issue #02)
Joe Dolce was born in Painesville, Ohio, USA, in 1947. He moved to Australia in 1979 becoming a citizen in 2004. He is popularly known internationally for the most successful Australian song in history, Shaddap You Face, Number One on the pop charts in 15 countries. Over the past twenty years he has achieved award-winning recognition as a songwriter, serious composer and poet. He currently lives in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. (Issue #02)
John Grey: Australian born poet, works as financial systems analyst. Recently published in Poem, Caveat Lector, Prism International and the horror anthology, What Fears Become with work upcoming in Big Muddy, Prism International and Pinyon. (Issue #02)
Judy Croome lives and writes in Johannesburg, South Africa. Shortlisted in the African Writing Flash Fiction 2011 competition, Judy has other short stories and poems published in journals and anthologies. Her independently published novel, Dancing in the Shadows of Love, is available from Amazon.com and Loot.co.za. Join Judy on Twitter (Issue #02)
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Karen Bass is the author of three novels for teens, as well as a few short stories and articles in various publications. Though, her short stories have a tendency to become novels. Will her vignettes, she wonders, have the same inclination? She lives in western Canada, but loves to travel and take an embarrassing number of pictures wherever she goes. More information about Karen and her novels can be found at: www.karenbass.ca (Issue #02)
Kevin Ridgeway's work has most recently appeared in Golden Sparrow Literary Review, Quantum Poetry Magazine, Thunderclap! Press and Underground Voices. He resides in Southern California in a shady bungalow with his girlfriend and their one-eyed cat. (Issue #01)
Kyle Hemmings lives in New Jersey. His work has been published by TenPagePress, Gold Wake Review, Nano Fiction, Wigleaf, NAP, and elsewhere. He blogs at http://upatberggasse19.blogspot.com/ (Issue #01)
Kyle W. Kerr has been writing since the age of 15 when he started his first novel. Since then, he's honed his craft under the tutelage of some of today's best writers, including NYT bestselling author, Steve Berry, and currently has several projects in motion. Right now he is working on a supernatural thriller, as well as his first movie script. (Issue #01)
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Laurel Garver is a writer and magazine editor whose work has appeared in Flashquake, Motley Press, Rubber Lemon, Drown in my Own Fears and is forthcoming in Joyful! An indie film enthusiast and incurable Anglophile, she lives in Philadelphia with her husband and daughter. You can visit her blog at http://laurelgarver.blogspot.com. (Issue #01)
Linda Cassidy Lewis is a lover of words, drinker of wine, and liar by necessity. She writes life as fiction and blogs about the experience. Indiana born and raised, she now lives with her husband in California where she writes versions of the stories she held in her head during the years their four sons were growing up. The Brevity of Roses is her debut novel. Visit her online at http://lindacassidylewis.com (Issue #01, #02)
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Madeline Sharples: I studied journalism in high school and college and wrote for the high school newspaper, but I just began to fulfill my dream to work as a creative writer and journalist. My memoir, Leaving the Hall Light On: A Mother’s Memoir of Living with Her Son’s Bipolar Disorder and Surviving His Suicide, was released by Lucky Press LLC in 2011. I also co-authored Blue-Collar Women: Trailblazing Women Take on Men-Only Jobs (New Horizon Press, 1994). I co-edited the poetry anthology, The Great American Poetry Show, Volumes 1 and 2, and I wrote the poems for two photography books, The Emerging Goddess and Intimacy (Paul Blieden, photographer). My poems have appeared online and in print magazines. My articles appear regularly in the Huffington Post, Naturally Savvy, and PsychAlive. (Issue #01)
Mallory Peak was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, spending many rainy childhood days scribbling musings in tattered notebooks. When her parents eventually found these musings they were horrified, exclaiming "Does she mean ticket scalping or murder by scalping?" Her work presently is a celebration in duality, constructing characters that are at once grating, accidentally funny, bizarre and compelling. She currently lives in Brisbane, Australia where she is working on her Masters degree at the University of Queensland while writing her first novel. You can read more of Mallory's work at: http://2facedblog.tumblr.com (Issue #01)
Mark Van Aken Williams grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He received a Master of Education and a Bachelor of Arts from Cleveland State University. Circus by Moonlight, 121 poems written between 1990 and 2007, was published by Lucky Press in 2009. The Prophet of Sorrow, a novel was published by Lucky Press in 2010. It was a finalist for the following awards—2010 Book of the Year (Foreword Magazine, Historical Fiction), 2010 International Book Award, and The National “Best Books 2010” Book Awards (Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction). He lives in Athens, Ohio. (Issue #01)
Matthew MacNish is the father of two beautiful young ladies, three lazy cats and one adorable German Shepherd. Together they live in the mountains of north Georgia amidst his endless collection of vinyl records. He writes fantasy novels for young adults, and has published short stories covering everything from memoir to horror. You can find him handing out query advice, and writing about his publication journey at his blog: The QQQE (The Quintessentially Questionable Query Experiment). (Issue #01)
Melissa Hudler finds the body a fascinating read. Accordingly, her poems usually feature dancers and dancing, not always human. She is equally enamored with the cosmos—the music of the spheres and the cosmic dance—and thus finds herself traveling through drawings of Renaissance cosmology. Melissa turned her love for the textual body, dance, and all things Renaissance into a PhD thesis that explores the various forms of corporeal rhetoric in Renaissance literature. Her poems have appeared in Pulse Magazine, Concho River Review, and Southwestern Review. Melissa directs the Writing Center and teaches freshman composition and literature at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX. (Issue #02)
Melissa Sarno: I am a writer and producer working in children's media. When I'm not writing elegant prose for preschoolers, you can find me writing fiction for an older audience. I love ice cream, movie musicals, books, and biking in Brooklyn. Find my blog at http://melissasarno.com (Issue #01)
Michael Keenan received his MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University. His first chapbook, Two Girls, was published by Say No Press in 2009. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Poetry International, Fence, The New York Quarterly, Paul Revere’s Horse, Arsenic Lobster, Caketrain, A-Minor Magazine, inter|rupture, Umbrella Factory Magazine, Leaf Garden Press, Negative Suck, The Stolen Island Review, Ad-Hominem Art-Review, and They Are Flying Planes. He currently works in a waffle truck in Northern Florida. (Issue #01)
Michael Neal Morris has published short stories, poems, and essays in a number of print and online venues. Collections of his work are listed at Smashwords. He lives with his family just outside the Dallas area, and teaches Eastfield College. Find him on the web: At Times…Wrestling: http://mnm44.wordpress.com/; Monk Notes (blog): http://mnmwrite.blogspot.com/; Micro Lit: http://twitter.com/bluemonk63. (Issue #01)
Michelle Davidson Argyle is a mother, artist, and writer who lives in the Rocky Mountains with her sword-wielding husband and energetic daughter. She writes contemporary, literary, and fantasy fiction. You can find out more on her site: http://michelledavidsonargyle.com (Issue #01)
Most often Michelle Kennedy is a playwright and freelance director from Edmonton, Alberta. Her literary career is mythological and gigantic (in her mind) and she has high hopes … Michelle loves to write short, sweet little ditties! (Issue #01)
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Nicole Ducleroir is a short story author, aspiring novelist, and world traveler who has penned fiction from homes on three different continents. She currently lives with her husband and two children in the Atlanta, GA area. When she finds herself less inspired by her Southern locale, she has only to rifle through memories of adventures abroad until colorful characters or thrilling plots come forth. And on the rare occasion that none arises ... she’s been known to finagle a flight out of there. Read more from Nicole at: http://nicoleducleroir.blogspot.com. (Issue #01)
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Patricia Ranzoni and her husband tend a pair of grape vines they found to survive the deep Maine valley winters. She makes desserts, juice, wine, and preserves from the fruit; and uses the leaves in pickles and for wrapping baked dishes. From now on, thanks to vine leaves literary journal, and the definition of vignette, she will imagine writing on them. Her work has been published across the country and abroad. Her most recent chapbook is WHEREing, Poems of Location & Adornment (Red Ochre Press) and her 8th book, BEDDING VOWS, Love Poems from Outback Maine is forthcoming (North Country Press). To read more about Patricia, please go to www.pw.org/content/patricia_ranzoni_1 (Issue #01)
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Richard Merrill does not submit. Much. He has wandered around the poetry pool self-teaching for years now. His work has appeared in Story garden 7, Nighttrain, Blue Collar Review, and a forthcoming Verse Wisconsin. He lives in Kenosha with his wife Melissa and a Brussels Griffon. (Issue #01, #02)
Rick Hartwell is a retired middle school teacher language arts living in Southern California with his wife of thirty-five years (poor soul; her, not him), their disabled daughter, one of their sons and his ex-wife and their two children, and eleven cats. Yes, eleven! When not writing he wishes he were still pushing plywood in Coquille, Oregon. (Issue #01)
Rick Sapp: What the Old Man Knew about Time won the BACOPA Literary Review prize for short stories and was published in April 2010. Larry’s New Shirt was published in Foliate Oak in October 2010. Having sloughed-off the world of academia, government and corporations (and pay checks), he is otherwise busy making a living as a full-time freelance writer. (Issue #02)
Robert Scotellaro’s flash fiction pieces have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. He is the author of five literary chapbooks. His most recent collections are Rhapsody of Fallen Objects (Flutter Press 2010) and The Night Sings A Cappella (Big Table Press 2011). A full-length collection of his flash fiction is scheduled to be published in 2012 by Blue Light Press. He is the recipient of Zone 3's Rainmaker Award. He currently lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter. (Issue #01, #02)
Roslyn Ross: I am a journalist by profession and I now work as a manuscript editor ... a portable profession which suits my peripatetic lifestyle perfectly. I am Australian, but for the past twenty-five years I have spent much of my time living overseas in Africa, India, Europe, North America and England. I have completed five novels and one work of non-fiction based on my four years in Angola during the civil war. I am currently writing a non-fiction book tracing my Greek great-grandfather, a biography of my mother, and a book on spirituality as well as a sixth novel. I write a blog on my time in Malawi, where I now live. I believe life is a spiritual journey, and an adventure, and that we are called to become all that we may be. (Issue #02)
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S. D. Stewart reads and writes in a cramped city, often escaping to walk in the woods. Sometimes he works as a librarian. New fiction is forthcoming in Subtle Fiction. New poems recently appeared in Stone Highway Review and are forthcoming in Gone Lawn, Avatar Review, and Umbrella Factory. For more information, visit www.thoughtworm.com. (Issue #02)
Salena Casha's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Static Movement, The Medulla Review, Silver Blade, Ethereal Tales, Foundling Review, Halfway Down the Stairs, The Shine Journal, and others. She enjoys eating chocolate chips whilst rewriting the future. (Issue #01)
Sheri Larsen: Published freelance and short story writer; author of young adult, middle grade, and picture books. Lover of all paranormal and the not-so-average teen/tween. Hair-raising mom to four humanoids, lover of dance, sports, jamming to rock music in the car, the rain, anything chocolate ... and a romantic wink from my favorite werewolf. My friends call me Sheri. You can find me at: http://writersally.blogspot.com/ (Issue #01)
Stephen Parrish is the author of The Tavernier Stones and The Feasts of Lesser Men. He lives in Germany and blogs at http://www.stephenparrish.blogspot.com (Issue #01)
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Tamim Sadikali: After taking a wrong turn as a writer by getting a degree in maths, he's now busy playing catch-up. He came runner-up in Chapter One Promotion's 2008 International Short Story Competition, and plays a mean riff on a photo, such as Notes From The Underground. He's hungry for more but he works like a dog and has to steal writing time from the wife and kid...which ain't always pretty. (Issue #01, #02)
Tiggy Johnson is a Brisbane writer whose stories and poems have appeared in various literary magazines and on Melbourne trains. She was awarded 2nd prize in the Herald-Sun Short Story Competition 2004. Her short story collection Svetlana or otherwise was published in 2008
and her poetry collection First taste in 2010. (Issue #01)
Tina Barton’s poetry has appeared in WestWard Quarterly Magazine, Requiem Magazine, San Diego Writer’s, Ink, A Year in Ink: Anthology IV, Every Reason ’Zine #6, and the anthology Bound by the Secrets We Trust (Desperanto.com/Kanev Books, 2011). San Diego Magazine and ConnotationPress.com have published Barton’s short stories. She lives in Pacific Beach, California with her husband, Tom, and their African Grey Parrot, Elvis. (Issue #02)
Theresa Milstein writes mostly YA contemporary fantasy. She has two short stories published: “Daisy” in 100 Stories for Queensland and “Allured” in Fangtales. This year, “My Moment” will appear in Tiny Dancer and the flash fiction piece “Violet’s Hill” will be included in 100 RPM: 100 Stories Inspired by Music. She lives with her husband, two children, and a dog-like tuxedo cat. Theresa works as a professional aide while she attends school part time for a second M.A. in Special Education. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States. Theresa’s blog: http://www.theresamilstein.blogspot.com/ (Issue #02)
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Valentina Cano is a student of classical singing who spends whatever free time she has either reading or writing. She also takes care of a veritable army of pets, including her six, very spoiled, snakes. Her works have appeared in such magazines as Popshot, Golden Sparrow Literary Review, and Stone Telling. You can find her here: http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com (Issue #01)
Vaughan Chapman lives, writes, and sings in Surrey, BC, and her work has appeared in StepAway Magazine, dandelion, Fractured West, The Antigonish Review, and other places, both online and in print. She is currently a member of Haiku Canada and of the Creative Nonfiction Collective. Find her at: www.vaughanchapman.com. (Issue #02)
Vicky Ellis was born in Blackpool, England in 1977. She is a prize-winning performance poet and novelist who works across Lancashire, leading writing workshops, poetry events and taking part in literary festivals. The Colonel and the Phallus of Incomplete Mortality is her first novel. She is currently working on a follow up to The Colonel alongside research for a storytelling project. Her first poetry collection, Blood and Sand, is slated for publication in 2012. (Issue #01)
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William Haas lives in Portland, Oregon, and teaches at Western Oregon University. His work has appeared in River Teeth, Dark Mountain, Appalachian Heritage, Glasschord, Bull, and elsewhere. He blogs at hemlockreport.blogspot.com. (Issue #01)
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Adrianne Kalfopoulou is the author of the poetry collections, Wild Greens (2002) and Passion Maps (2009) from Red Hen Press; she has also published two chapbooks and essays, including her prize-winning “April the Cruelest” (2009) in Room magazine. She is on the faculty of Hellenic American University, and also teaches in the Creative Writing Program at New York University. Samples of her work can be found online at www.adriannekalfopoulou.com (Issue #01)
Alaine Benard’s publishing credits include; Louisiana Literature, The Rose & Thorn Journal, The New York Quarterly, blah, blah, blah. Benard is known as the ‘silent poet,’ writes and paints from dimly lit caves (currently in Baton Rouge), away from snakes and all liars. She loves bacon. (Issue #01)
Born in 1983, Amit Parmessur is one of the editors of the poetry magazine, The Rainbow Rose. His poems have appeared in around 100 literary magazines, such as: Ann Arbor Review, Calliope Nerve, Damazine, Zouch Magazine and many others. He is nominated for the 2011 Pushcart Award and lives in Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius. As long as he gets published he knows he is on the right path. (Issue #02)
Angie Ledbetter is a publishing editor of Rose & Thorn Journal. She has been published for many years in print and online publications. Ledbetter blogs at http://angie-ledbetter.blogspot.com/ and frequents the social media watering holes. When not writing poetry, revising her novel, or dabbling in various creative exploits, she's trying to sneak in a nap. (Issue #02)
Anne Whitehouse is the author of poetry collections: The Surveyor's Hand (Compton Press), Blessings and Curses (Poetic Matrix), Bear in Mind (Finishing Line Press), and One Sunday Morning (Finishing Line Press), and the novel Fall Love, now available as a free ebook from Feedbooks and Smashwords. Her fiction and poetry have appeared recently in several anthologies, and literary journals, including Art from Art (Modernist Press), Being Human: Call of the Wild (Editions Bibliotekos), Contemporary Literary Review: India, Avanim, Jerseyworks, Scythe, and others. She was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and lives in New York City. www.annewhitehouse.com (Issue #02)
Amie McCracken is a voracious reader. Her calling in life is editing. She’s ambitious and strong, but shy and likes to sit in the background. She lives in Germany with her husband, camera, computer, and a lot of ideas floating around in her head. Most of the time you’ll catch her staring off into space. She likes to capture moments in people’s lives that are painful, exhilarating, dull, perfect, teary—basically anything—through writing and/or her camera. (Issue #01)
Amy Saia lives in Kansas where she juggles her time as a mother, writer, artist and singer-songwriter. Her first novel, The Soul Seekers, will be released in 2012 by WiDo Publishing. (Issue #01)
Angela Felsted is a musician, poet, and nature lover. Her work has appeared in issue fifteen of Drown in Your Own Fears, in Chantarelle's Notebook, and on her blog. Her chapbook, Cleave, has been published by Finishing Line Press. (Issue #01, #02)
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Belinda Dorio is a YA writer who had three short stories published by The Australian Literature Review in separate anthologies in 2011. In 2011 she also worked on an integrated short story collection with Steve Rossiter (Auslit founder), emerging author and editor Beau Hillier and debut novelist Rhiannon Hart (Blood Song, published by Random House), to be released early 2012. In 2012 Belinda will write her YA paranormal thriller debut novel entitled ‘Flesh’, which will be published in 2013. She lives on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne with her family and far too many pets. You can subscribe to Belinda’s blog at www.belindadorio.com.au, or contact her on Twitter, LinkedIn, Inkpop, Facebook and Goodreads (Issue #01)
Benjamin Atherton is a freelance writer based in Knoxille, TN. His
fiction has appeared in A Small, Good Magazine, The Vestal Review,
Dark Chaos, and the Pill Hill Press Anthology Daily Flash 2012. He is currently at work on a collection of short fiction. (Issue #1)
Ben Nardolilli: I am a twenty-six year old writer currently living in Arlington, Virginia. My work has appeared in Perigee Magazine, Red Fez, One GhanaOne Voice, Caper Literary Journal, Quail Bell Magazine, Elimae, Super Arrow, Grey Sparrow Journal, Pear Noir, Rabbit Catastrophe Review, and Yes Poetry. A chapbook of mine, Common Symptoms of an Enduring ChillExplained, has been published by Folded Word Press. I maintain a blog at mirrorsponge.blogspot.com and am looking to publish my first novel. (Issue #01)
Bobbie Troy is proud of that fact that her first poem was published at the age of 62. She continues to maintain her sanity and perspective on life by writing flash fiction, poetry, and original fairy tales with a 21st century twist. Her work appears in many online and print journals. Her poem, Dear Diane, was nominated for a 2010 Pushcart Prize (http://www.aliceshapiro.com/thechangeinterviews.html). Her fairy-tale play, Sasha and the Tree of Sorrows, was produced in March 2011. (Issue #01)
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Cassandra J. Hubrich is twenty years old and working toward one day having a degree in French-English Translation and English Creative Writing. She is currently attending the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada, and takes every opportunity to travel the globe—whether or not it is in the cards financially. Night Shift marks her poetry debut. (Issue #02)
Carrie Mumford is a writer and sometimes editor living in Alberta, Canada. She writes short stories and non-fiction articles and is chipping away at her first novel. Carrie blogs weekly at carriemumford.com/blog and tweets up a storm at @CarrieMumford. (Issue #02)
Cath Barton is a singer, writer and photographer who lives in Wales. Her stories are published here and there, notably in Fractured West, Short,Fast, and Deadly, 100 Stories for Queensland and Eighty Nine. Cath has a fondness for quirky things and loves the colour purple. She likes the idea of travelling across Russia on the Trans-Siberian Express. (Issue #01, #02)
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Australian scribe Denise Covey won her first short story competition at eleven, writing about a close encounter with a snake. She survived snakebite but was bitten by the writing bug. With degrees in Arts and Education, she taught High School English and History. She now operates her own business tutoring English and writes every chance she gets. She is currently penning her third novel, has published short stories, travel features and newspaper profiles. She will publish a collection of short stories in 2012. When parted from her laptop she’ll be reading or running. She blogs at: http://laussieswritingblog.blogspot.com. (Issue #01)
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Elizabeth Varadan: I'm a retired teacher and live in Sacramento with my husband and our loveable mutt, Cezar. My poems, short stories and flash fiction have appeared in The Rockford Review, Word Riot, Art Times, Long Story Short, Flash Me Magazine, Epiphany, Melic Review, Whim's Place, Laughter Loaf, Banyon Review, C-Oasis, and The Ophidian. (Issue #01)
Eric Nguyen is a writer from Maryland. He blogs at www.youfightlikeannerice.blogspot.com. (Issue #01)
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February Grace is a writer, artist, and poet who lives somewhere that’s much colder most of the year than she’d like. She loves science fiction, romance, letters (electronic and otherwise) and still remembers all the lyrics to “Advance Australia Fair”. (Issue #02)
Frank Allen: I am an artist diagnosed as having PDD-NOS along with ADHD. I also have a disease which affects my retina resulting in degeneration and blindness called Retinitis Pigmentosa. Since not being able to work so much due to back trouble, I have started a daily Art Blog and so far have done over 40 artworks in three months at http://www.frankart.co.uk. Most of my art work is spontaneous and unplanned and I rarely know what I am drawing even as I draw it. Often to self-enlightening results. (Issue #02)
Frank Sloan: Former beat cop/dirt farmer/drifter and current idle lay-about, Frank Sloan lives and writes at the Dead Rabbit Ranch. (Issue #01)
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Gale Acuff: I have had poetry published in Ascent, Ohio Journal, Descant, Adirondack Review, Worcester Review, Verse Wisconsin, Maryland Poetry Review, Florida Review, South Carolina Review, Carolina Quarterly, Poem, Amarillo Bay, South Dakota Review, Santa Barbara Review, Sequential Art Narrative in Education, and many other journals. I have authored three books of poetry: Buffalo Nickel (BrickHouse Press, 2004), The Weight of the World (BrickHouse, 2006), and The Story of My Lives (BrickHouse, 2008). I have taught university English in the US, China, and the Palestinian West Bank. (Issue #01)
Glynis Smy: The long hours of nursing finished in 2005 when I left my home shores of England and emigrated to Cyprus, along with my husband, our dog and a container of belongings. I spend my days writing in the sun. My articles have been published in magazines in the UK and Cyprus. I have completed two novels and am hoping to see them published in the near future. A Poet’s Word and Glynis Smy –Writer are my personal blogs. New Book Blogger is a blog I run to promote books free of charge for writers. (Issue #01, #02)
Greg Belliveau is a 2008 Christopher Isherwood Grant Recipient. He received his MFA in Fiction from Pacific University where he worked with Ben Percy, Kellie Wells, and Brady Udall. He is the 2002 Christy Award finalist for Best First Novel Go Down To Silence (Multnomah: A Division of Random House, 2001). He is currently working on more LG poems, finishing his latest novel Sons and Brothers, and collaborating on a screenplay. He lives with is wife and two daughters in Ohio. (Issue #02)
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H. Edgar Hix grew up in a small city, then in the country, in the American South. While not a working farm, they had pigs, goats, sheep, chickens and, once, even a cow. Hix has spent most of his adulthood in the North, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has held a variety of jobs: warehouseman, library clerk, legal secretary, call center representative, and system analyst. He has been publishing poetry, and other types of writing, for some 40 years, and he finally got a college degree in his late 40s. (Issue #01, #02)
Born in Edmonton, AB, Halli Dee Lilburn was a writer from the beginning, but didn’t take notice until her journals overflowed her shelves. She now resides in southern Alberta with her husband and three children and works at the local library. Her first YA fiction novel, Shifters will be released in 2012. You can find her at www.hallililburn.blogspot.com (Issue #01)
Howie Good, a journalism professor at SUNY New Paltz, is the author of the full-length poetry collections Lovesick (Press Americana, 2009), Heart With a Dirty Windshield (BeWrite Books, 2010), and Everything Reminds Me of Me (Desperanto, 2011), as well as numerous print and digital poetry chapbooks, including most recently Love Dagger from Right Hand Pointing. (Issue #01)
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Ian Anderson is a teacher, blogger, and a yet-to-be-published novelist. He spends his days attempting to motivate his 13-year-old students to read good books—or just read in general! Some of the best times of his life have come reading to his children, and his wife and two sons are a constant source of inspiration for him. His writing goals are centered on telling stories that move people toward joy, and toward godly living. His blog, where he writes as Man O' Clay, is called, Reflection on things fantastic. Go to: http://fantasticreflection.blogspot.com/ (Issue #01)
Isa Lenor is a sixteen-year-old with a fly-away imagination. Seriously, it takes her for rides sometimes. When she is not trying to write what she hopes will one day be insightful gothic novels, she can usually be found keeping her family up all night with her eccentric cooking. She lives in Alberta, Canada, with her family and too much snow. (Issue #01)
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J.R.McRae’s short stories appear in anthologies like Basics of Life [ALR Anthology], 100 Stories for Queensland, Stories for Sendai, Road Trip, The Spirit of Poe, Tribute to the Stars, Pot Luck, etc, and journals Wired Ruby and Rose &Thorn. Her award winning poetry/haiku are published in numerous journals/anthologies including Quadrant, Long and Winding Road, Antipodes and Divan. Artwork / Photography by JR features on covers of Ripples, on ABC Pool and in The Mozzie. Under the name J.R.Poulter, she has published twelve books for children and education, including major award winner, Mending Lucille. She once worked in a circus! Websites: http://www.jrmcrae_subversive.weebly.com; http://www.jenniferrpoulter.weebly.com (Issue #01, #02)
Jake Uitti is sitting in Princeton, NJ, his childhood home, and thinking how different it is compared to Seattle, WA, where he lives most of the year now. For starters, there is a girl talking at the adjacent table about her husband and Uitti bets he doesn't have a beard. He bets the husband is clean shaven and is riding a dead-end train. Also, Jake Uitti just got four cavities filled. It is the eve of the solstice. Onward! (Issue #01)
Jamie Provencal is finding out creativity comes with empty nest syndrome.(Although she's starting to believe the empty nest part is pure myth). Needing to prove something to herself a few years back, she acquired a certificate in Interior Design. Photography is her newest challenge, one she's quite taken with. Writing comes by fits and starts as it is, to her, a labour intensive process, yet the words beg to be put on paper. She enjoys writing a blog where she shares her writings and photography. All this sandwiched between a busy life with two amazing adult daughters, a beautiful granddaughter and her husband, whom she's spent the last 30 years of her life with, and is no doubt responsible for a few of his white hairs. (Issue #01, #02)
Janîce Leotti loves art in all its forms. Her favorite mediums are watercolor paint, polymer clay and words. Her sculptures have appeared in American Miniaturist, Dollhouse Miniatures, and Contemporary Doll Collector. Her 2D images are currently licensed with Heaven & Earth Designs, Creative Design Outlet, and Kat’s Magical Patches. In 2000 and 2002, two of her short stories appeared in literary journals, Peregrine and Primavera, respectively. After the attacks on 9/11, she’d stopped writing, trying to decide what really mattered, and what she wanted to do with her time on earth. What she decided was, that art in all its forms, must stay. She is currently revising her novel while selling her art on eBay and to private collectors. (Issue #01)
Janice Phelps Williams is a book designer, children's book illustrator, and the author of Open Your Heart with Pets. Current work includes a children's book for spring 2012 and a middle-grade fantasy novel in progress. Learn more at www.janicephelps.com. (Issue #01)
Jim Murdoch is a Scottish writer living just outside Glasgow. His poetry appeared regularly in small press magazines during the seventies and eighties. In the nineties he turned to prose-writing and has published three novels, Living with the Truth, Stranger than Fiction and, most recently, Milligan and Murphy along with a collection of poetry, This Is Not About What You Think. You can find out more about him on his blog, The Truth About Lies. (Issue #01)
Joan McNerney’s poetry has been included in numerous literary magazines such as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Blueline, 63 channels, Spectrum, and three Bright Spring Press Anthologies. She has been nominated twice for Best of the Net in 2011. Four of her books have been published by fine small literary presses. (Issue #02)
Jodi Cleghorn is a writer, editor and publisher releasing dark, twisted tales into the world from her leafy suburban enclave in Brisbane, Australia. Winner of the Kris Hembury Encouragement Award in 2011, Jodi is the creative muscle behind the anthology series Chinese Whisperings and Literary Mix Tapes. (Issue #02)
Joe Dolce was born in Painesville, Ohio, USA, in 1947. He moved to Australia in 1979 becoming a citizen in 2004. He is popularly known internationally for the most successful Australian song in history, Shaddap You Face, Number One on the pop charts in 15 countries. Over the past twenty years he has achieved award-winning recognition as a songwriter, serious composer and poet. He currently lives in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. (Issue #02)
John Grey: Australian born poet, works as financial systems analyst. Recently published in Poem, Caveat Lector, Prism International and the horror anthology, What Fears Become with work upcoming in Big Muddy, Prism International and Pinyon. (Issue #02)
Judy Croome lives and writes in Johannesburg, South Africa. Shortlisted in the African Writing Flash Fiction 2011 competition, Judy has other short stories and poems published in journals and anthologies. Her independently published novel, Dancing in the Shadows of Love, is available from Amazon.com and Loot.co.za. Join Judy on Twitter (Issue #02)
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Karen Bass is the author of three novels for teens, as well as a few short stories and articles in various publications. Though, her short stories have a tendency to become novels. Will her vignettes, she wonders, have the same inclination? She lives in western Canada, but loves to travel and take an embarrassing number of pictures wherever she goes. More information about Karen and her novels can be found at: www.karenbass.ca (Issue #02)
Kevin Ridgeway's work has most recently appeared in Golden Sparrow Literary Review, Quantum Poetry Magazine, Thunderclap! Press and Underground Voices. He resides in Southern California in a shady bungalow with his girlfriend and their one-eyed cat. (Issue #01)
Kyle Hemmings lives in New Jersey. His work has been published by TenPagePress, Gold Wake Review, Nano Fiction, Wigleaf, NAP, and elsewhere. He blogs at http://upatberggasse19.blogspot.com/ (Issue #01)
Kyle W. Kerr has been writing since the age of 15 when he started his first novel. Since then, he's honed his craft under the tutelage of some of today's best writers, including NYT bestselling author, Steve Berry, and currently has several projects in motion. Right now he is working on a supernatural thriller, as well as his first movie script. (Issue #01)
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Laurel Garver is a writer and magazine editor whose work has appeared in Flashquake, Motley Press, Rubber Lemon, Drown in my Own Fears and is forthcoming in Joyful! An indie film enthusiast and incurable Anglophile, she lives in Philadelphia with her husband and daughter. You can visit her blog at http://laurelgarver.blogspot.com. (Issue #01)
Linda Cassidy Lewis is a lover of words, drinker of wine, and liar by necessity. She writes life as fiction and blogs about the experience. Indiana born and raised, she now lives with her husband in California where she writes versions of the stories she held in her head during the years their four sons were growing up. The Brevity of Roses is her debut novel. Visit her online at http://lindacassidylewis.com (Issue #01, #02)
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Madeline Sharples: I studied journalism in high school and college and wrote for the high school newspaper, but I just began to fulfill my dream to work as a creative writer and journalist. My memoir, Leaving the Hall Light On: A Mother’s Memoir of Living with Her Son’s Bipolar Disorder and Surviving His Suicide, was released by Lucky Press LLC in 2011. I also co-authored Blue-Collar Women: Trailblazing Women Take on Men-Only Jobs (New Horizon Press, 1994). I co-edited the poetry anthology, The Great American Poetry Show, Volumes 1 and 2, and I wrote the poems for two photography books, The Emerging Goddess and Intimacy (Paul Blieden, photographer). My poems have appeared online and in print magazines. My articles appear regularly in the Huffington Post, Naturally Savvy, and PsychAlive. (Issue #01)
Mallory Peak was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, spending many rainy childhood days scribbling musings in tattered notebooks. When her parents eventually found these musings they were horrified, exclaiming "Does she mean ticket scalping or murder by scalping?" Her work presently is a celebration in duality, constructing characters that are at once grating, accidentally funny, bizarre and compelling. She currently lives in Brisbane, Australia where she is working on her Masters degree at the University of Queensland while writing her first novel. You can read more of Mallory's work at: http://2facedblog.tumblr.com (Issue #01)
Mark Van Aken Williams grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He received a Master of Education and a Bachelor of Arts from Cleveland State University. Circus by Moonlight, 121 poems written between 1990 and 2007, was published by Lucky Press in 2009. The Prophet of Sorrow, a novel was published by Lucky Press in 2010. It was a finalist for the following awards—2010 Book of the Year (Foreword Magazine, Historical Fiction), 2010 International Book Award, and The National “Best Books 2010” Book Awards (Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction). He lives in Athens, Ohio. (Issue #01)
Matthew MacNish is the father of two beautiful young ladies, three lazy cats and one adorable German Shepherd. Together they live in the mountains of north Georgia amidst his endless collection of vinyl records. He writes fantasy novels for young adults, and has published short stories covering everything from memoir to horror. You can find him handing out query advice, and writing about his publication journey at his blog: The QQQE (The Quintessentially Questionable Query Experiment). (Issue #01)
Melissa Hudler finds the body a fascinating read. Accordingly, her poems usually feature dancers and dancing, not always human. She is equally enamored with the cosmos—the music of the spheres and the cosmic dance—and thus finds herself traveling through drawings of Renaissance cosmology. Melissa turned her love for the textual body, dance, and all things Renaissance into a PhD thesis that explores the various forms of corporeal rhetoric in Renaissance literature. Her poems have appeared in Pulse Magazine, Concho River Review, and Southwestern Review. Melissa directs the Writing Center and teaches freshman composition and literature at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX. (Issue #02)
Melissa Sarno: I am a writer and producer working in children's media. When I'm not writing elegant prose for preschoolers, you can find me writing fiction for an older audience. I love ice cream, movie musicals, books, and biking in Brooklyn. Find my blog at http://melissasarno.com (Issue #01)
Michael Keenan received his MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University. His first chapbook, Two Girls, was published by Say No Press in 2009. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Poetry International, Fence, The New York Quarterly, Paul Revere’s Horse, Arsenic Lobster, Caketrain, A-Minor Magazine, inter|rupture, Umbrella Factory Magazine, Leaf Garden Press, Negative Suck, The Stolen Island Review, Ad-Hominem Art-Review, and They Are Flying Planes. He currently works in a waffle truck in Northern Florida. (Issue #01)
Michael Neal Morris has published short stories, poems, and essays in a number of print and online venues. Collections of his work are listed at Smashwords. He lives with his family just outside the Dallas area, and teaches Eastfield College. Find him on the web: At Times…Wrestling: http://mnm44.wordpress.com/; Monk Notes (blog): http://mnmwrite.blogspot.com/; Micro Lit: http://twitter.com/bluemonk63. (Issue #01)
Michelle Davidson Argyle is a mother, artist, and writer who lives in the Rocky Mountains with her sword-wielding husband and energetic daughter. She writes contemporary, literary, and fantasy fiction. You can find out more on her site: http://michelledavidsonargyle.com (Issue #01)
Most often Michelle Kennedy is a playwright and freelance director from Edmonton, Alberta. Her literary career is mythological and gigantic (in her mind) and she has high hopes … Michelle loves to write short, sweet little ditties! (Issue #01)
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Nicole Ducleroir is a short story author, aspiring novelist, and world traveler who has penned fiction from homes on three different continents. She currently lives with her husband and two children in the Atlanta, GA area. When she finds herself less inspired by her Southern locale, she has only to rifle through memories of adventures abroad until colorful characters or thrilling plots come forth. And on the rare occasion that none arises ... she’s been known to finagle a flight out of there. Read more from Nicole at: http://nicoleducleroir.blogspot.com. (Issue #01)
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Patricia Ranzoni and her husband tend a pair of grape vines they found to survive the deep Maine valley winters. She makes desserts, juice, wine, and preserves from the fruit; and uses the leaves in pickles and for wrapping baked dishes. From now on, thanks to vine leaves literary journal, and the definition of vignette, she will imagine writing on them. Her work has been published across the country and abroad. Her most recent chapbook is WHEREing, Poems of Location & Adornment (Red Ochre Press) and her 8th book, BEDDING VOWS, Love Poems from Outback Maine is forthcoming (North Country Press). To read more about Patricia, please go to www.pw.org/content/patricia_ranzoni_1 (Issue #01)
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Richard Merrill does not submit. Much. He has wandered around the poetry pool self-teaching for years now. His work has appeared in Story garden 7, Nighttrain, Blue Collar Review, and a forthcoming Verse Wisconsin. He lives in Kenosha with his wife Melissa and a Brussels Griffon. (Issue #01, #02)
Rick Hartwell is a retired middle school teacher language arts living in Southern California with his wife of thirty-five years (poor soul; her, not him), their disabled daughter, one of their sons and his ex-wife and their two children, and eleven cats. Yes, eleven! When not writing he wishes he were still pushing plywood in Coquille, Oregon. (Issue #01)
Rick Sapp: What the Old Man Knew about Time won the BACOPA Literary Review prize for short stories and was published in April 2010. Larry’s New Shirt was published in Foliate Oak in October 2010. Having sloughed-off the world of academia, government and corporations (and pay checks), he is otherwise busy making a living as a full-time freelance writer. (Issue #02)
Robert Scotellaro’s flash fiction pieces have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. He is the author of five literary chapbooks. His most recent collections are Rhapsody of Fallen Objects (Flutter Press 2010) and The Night Sings A Cappella (Big Table Press 2011). A full-length collection of his flash fiction is scheduled to be published in 2012 by Blue Light Press. He is the recipient of Zone 3's Rainmaker Award. He currently lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter. (Issue #01, #02)
Roslyn Ross: I am a journalist by profession and I now work as a manuscript editor ... a portable profession which suits my peripatetic lifestyle perfectly. I am Australian, but for the past twenty-five years I have spent much of my time living overseas in Africa, India, Europe, North America and England. I have completed five novels and one work of non-fiction based on my four years in Angola during the civil war. I am currently writing a non-fiction book tracing my Greek great-grandfather, a biography of my mother, and a book on spirituality as well as a sixth novel. I write a blog on my time in Malawi, where I now live. I believe life is a spiritual journey, and an adventure, and that we are called to become all that we may be. (Issue #02)
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S. D. Stewart reads and writes in a cramped city, often escaping to walk in the woods. Sometimes he works as a librarian. New fiction is forthcoming in Subtle Fiction. New poems recently appeared in Stone Highway Review and are forthcoming in Gone Lawn, Avatar Review, and Umbrella Factory. For more information, visit www.thoughtworm.com. (Issue #02)
Salena Casha's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Static Movement, The Medulla Review, Silver Blade, Ethereal Tales, Foundling Review, Halfway Down the Stairs, The Shine Journal, and others. She enjoys eating chocolate chips whilst rewriting the future. (Issue #01)
Sheri Larsen: Published freelance and short story writer; author of young adult, middle grade, and picture books. Lover of all paranormal and the not-so-average teen/tween. Hair-raising mom to four humanoids, lover of dance, sports, jamming to rock music in the car, the rain, anything chocolate ... and a romantic wink from my favorite werewolf. My friends call me Sheri. You can find me at: http://writersally.blogspot.com/ (Issue #01)
Stephen Parrish is the author of The Tavernier Stones and The Feasts of Lesser Men. He lives in Germany and blogs at http://www.stephenparrish.blogspot.com (Issue #01)
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Tamim Sadikali: After taking a wrong turn as a writer by getting a degree in maths, he's now busy playing catch-up. He came runner-up in Chapter One Promotion's 2008 International Short Story Competition, and plays a mean riff on a photo, such as Notes From The Underground. He's hungry for more but he works like a dog and has to steal writing time from the wife and kid...which ain't always pretty. (Issue #01, #02)
Tiggy Johnson is a Brisbane writer whose stories and poems have appeared in various literary magazines and on Melbourne trains. She was awarded 2nd prize in the Herald-Sun Short Story Competition 2004. Her short story collection Svetlana or otherwise was published in 2008
and her poetry collection First taste in 2010. (Issue #01)
Tina Barton’s poetry has appeared in WestWard Quarterly Magazine, Requiem Magazine, San Diego Writer’s, Ink, A Year in Ink: Anthology IV, Every Reason ’Zine #6, and the anthology Bound by the Secrets We Trust (Desperanto.com/Kanev Books, 2011). San Diego Magazine and ConnotationPress.com have published Barton’s short stories. She lives in Pacific Beach, California with her husband, Tom, and their African Grey Parrot, Elvis. (Issue #02)
Theresa Milstein writes mostly YA contemporary fantasy. She has two short stories published: “Daisy” in 100 Stories for Queensland and “Allured” in Fangtales. This year, “My Moment” will appear in Tiny Dancer and the flash fiction piece “Violet’s Hill” will be included in 100 RPM: 100 Stories Inspired by Music. She lives with her husband, two children, and a dog-like tuxedo cat. Theresa works as a professional aide while she attends school part time for a second M.A. in Special Education. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States. Theresa’s blog: http://www.theresamilstein.blogspot.com/ (Issue #02)
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Valentina Cano is a student of classical singing who spends whatever free time she has either reading or writing. She also takes care of a veritable army of pets, including her six, very spoiled, snakes. Her works have appeared in such magazines as Popshot, Golden Sparrow Literary Review, and Stone Telling. You can find her here: http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com (Issue #01)
Vaughan Chapman lives, writes, and sings in Surrey, BC, and her work has appeared in StepAway Magazine, dandelion, Fractured West, The Antigonish Review, and other places, both online and in print. She is currently a member of Haiku Canada and of the Creative Nonfiction Collective. Find her at: www.vaughanchapman.com. (Issue #02)
Vicky Ellis was born in Blackpool, England in 1977. She is a prize-winning performance poet and novelist who works across Lancashire, leading writing workshops, poetry events and taking part in literary festivals. The Colonel and the Phallus of Incomplete Mortality is her first novel. She is currently working on a follow up to The Colonel alongside research for a storytelling project. Her first poetry collection, Blood and Sand, is slated for publication in 2012. (Issue #01)
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William Haas lives in Portland, Oregon, and teaches at Western Oregon University. His work has appeared in River Teeth, Dark Mountain, Appalachian Heritage, Glasschord, Bull, and elsewhere. He blogs at hemlockreport.blogspot.com. (Issue #01)
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