These people have made this 'zine possible
- Darby Harn
- Sugu Althomsons
- Steve Almond
- Polly Brewster
- Daniel Dahlquist
- Amy Doherty
- Conan Doherty
- Matt Hanneman
- Aaron Harn
- Mandy Hurley
- O.L. Johnson
- Caitlin R. Kiernan
- Molly McNett
- D.A. Powell
- E. Sedia
- Paul G. Tremblay
Steve Almond
Steve Almond is the author of two story collections, My Life in Heavy Metal and The Evil B.B. Chow, and the non-fiction Candyfreak. His new book, co-written with Julianna Baggott, is the just-published Which Brings Me to You. For more on his various perversions, check out bbchow.com.
Polly Brewster
Polly Brewster is a graduate of the Brooklyn College Creative Writing Graduate School Program and an editorial assistant at O, The Oprah Magazine.
Daniel Dahlquist
Daniel Dahlquist received his Ph.D. in Speech Communication with an emphasis in Performance Studies in 1989 from Southern Illinois University. He currently teaches Interpersonal Communication, Leadership and Communication in Small Groups, and Public Speaking at UW-P. Dahlquist studied with poet and novelist James Dickey in the early 1980's, and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1984. He has published two books of poetry, Speech to the Dead People and The Highwheel Rider. In April, 2005, he was one of three Iowa poets chosen to perform at the Des Moines National Poetry Festival with Poet Laureate/Pulitzer Prize winning poets Ted Kooser and Billy Collins. A believer in the public performance of poetry, Dahlquist performs his own work in many college and university settings and for a wide range of arts and civic organizations. He is married and lives in historic Galena, Illinois.
Amy Doherty
AJ Doherty's poems have been published in small press journals and an online zine. She is currently pursuing her MA at Indiana University on contemporary Irish drama.
conan doherty
conan doherty was raised in Portland, OR and now resides in Indianapolis with his wife and Dog. He writes poetry to confront the sickness that is conformity that surrounds us; and because he loves nature. He is a graduate of the Trinity College Irish Writing Program.
Matt Hanneman
Matt Hanneman is a freelance cartoonist and illustrator in Chicago. With work ranging from single panel gag cartoons and comic strips, to animation and murals, Matt injects humor into all of his projects. Matt's cartoons have appeared in a wide range of local and national publications, and can be viewed at matthanneman.com.
Aaron Harn
Aaron Harn is an award-winning photographer and a professional framer. He is a graduate of the nationally recognized Photography program at Hawkeye Community College, and also has an Associates degree in Business Administration. Mr. Harn is an owner-operator and Creative Director of Evan-Kaiulani Fine Art & Framing.
Mandy Hurley
Mandy Hurley studied writing at the University of Iowa, Portland State University, and at Trinity College in Dublin. She tutors writing and is a volunteer writing workshop facilitator at Write Around Portland. Her writing has been published in the literary magazines Earthwords, Undressed, Stirring, Spires, and Motionsickness Magazine.
O.L. Johnson
Caitlin R. Kiernan
Caitlin R. Kiernan is the author of seven novels, including Low Red Moon and Murder of Angels. Her short fiction has been collected in Tales of Pain and Wonder, Wrong Things (with Poppy Z. Brite), From Weird and Distant Shores, To Charles Fort, With Love, and, most recently, Alabaster. She has also scripted comics for DC/Vertigo, including The Dreaming and the mini-series The Girl Who Would Be Death and Bast: Etermity Games. Caitlin now lives in Atlanta with her partner, dollmaker and photographer Kathryn A. Pollnac, and spends entirely too much of her time writing entries for Wikipedia.
Molly McNett
Molly McNett has stories forthcoming in New Letters and Crazyhorse; others have appeared in The Best American Non-Required Reading, The Missouri Review, Black Warrior, and New England Review, and Other Voices. She lives on a farm in Northern Illinois with her husband and children, chickens and dog.
D.A. Powell
D.A. Powell's most recent book, Cocktails, was a finalist for the PEN West and the National Book Critics' Circle Awards. His poems have appeared in Subtropics, American Letters & Commentary, Tin House and Chicago Review. He teaches at the University of San Francisco.
E. Sedia
E. Sedia lives with one spouse, two cats, two leopard geckos, and many fishes in Southern New Jersey. Her first novel, According To Crow, was published in May 2005 by Five Star (Thomson/Gale), and her short stories sold to Analog, Surreal Magazine, Oceans of the Mind, Fantasy Magazine and Spicy Slipstream Stories, among others. Jigsaw Nation, an anthology she co-edited with Edward J. McFadden is due from Spyre Books in May 2006. More about her can be found at www.ekaterinasedia.com.
Paul G. Tremblay
Paul G. Tremblay has sold over fifty short stories to varous publications including Razor Magazine and Last Pentacle of the Sun: Writings in Support of the West Memphis Three. In 2004, PRIME books published a trade-paperback collection of his short fiction titled Compositions for the Young and Old. In July 2005, PRIME published an expanded re-release of Compositions as a hardcover and trade paperback featuring an introduction from Stewart O'Nan. Paul currently is the fiction editor for Wildside Press's new FANTASY MAGAZINE.