Maria Anderson is a young writer
about to start year two at Brown University. She had a pet snake named Trask
but he is dead now.
Alex Burford lives and writes in
a giant eagle's nest in Ashland, Oregon. He has been published at Listenlight,
NOÖ Journal, and has work forthcoming in Lamination Colony. In his leisure
hours he cracks eggs and co-edits PinchPinchPress
and blogs at pandapandapandaalex.blogspot.com.
Juliet Cook is a poet and the
editor of Blood Pudding Press. A few of her recent publication credits include
‘DIAGRAM’, ‘OCTOPUS’, ‘diode’,‘Spooky Boyfriend’, ‘Sein Und Werden’ and ‘Prick
of the Spindle’. Her dog has a hyphenated last name and his head resembles that
of a very small stuffed panda bear.
Katrina Kymberly NGUYEN currently lives in
the city of Denver where she spends a lot of her time drinking coffee and
spraying her cat with 'punishment water.' She has recently decided that she is
not a writer anymore and can now dedicate all her time to being a full-time
coffee-drinker and cat-punishment-water-sprayer. Her hobbies include long walks
on the beach, talking over exotic teas, heroin, and prostitution. She also
enjoys writing strangers handwritten letters, so if you would like one, email
her at [email protected].
Jen Gann lives in Montana, where
there are many bears. Her work has
previously appeared in StringTown Magazine and is forthcoming in WordRiot.
Colin Bassett is the editor of
the online fiction journal bearcreekfeed. he has published in the mississippi
review, 3am, and dicey brown, and has two chapbooks available at his blog there
is enough time for this.
Peter Schwartz has been
practicing the craft of poetry for over 20 years.
His work has appeared in over 100
print and online journals. His published
chapbooks are 'my novena' and
'the nowhere glow'. See more at:
Bradley Sands wrote a novel
called It Came from Below the Belt. He edits a literary journal called Bust
Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens. He blogs at a URL called
lawngnomesinspace.blogspot.com.
Audra Kerr Brown lives in
Summerville, South Carolina with a husband, a daughter, a dog, a cat, and two
guinea pigs. She met a bear once, but, disappointingly, it turned out to be a
very hairy man.
Lisa Ladehoff went to college for
three years before she realized it was a waste of money because she was
studying something she didn't like. Lisa lives in Chicago. She enjoys small
almost meaningless gestures. She admittedly has extreme anxiety and worries too
much, often about insignificant things. Lisa's writings can be found on her
blog, currently titled Whiskey Walls and Windows. Lisa is an only child.
Eric Johnson is the first and
only born son of a gypsy and a clown, whom was part of
"the best show on
earth".
Paige Taggart lives in Brooklyn,
NY, preferring nutria to bears but if she had to chose a bear it'd be the
grizzly because she's originally from California and that's the flag's emblem.
She's an MFA graduate of The New
School.
Drew Kalbach lives in
Philadelphia. He believes that the farmers are our future, not the children.
Kevin Wilson has stories in or
forthcoming in DIAGRAM, Thieves Jargon, Wigleaf, Pindeldyboz, and
elsewhere. He has a book of
stories coming out in 2009 with Ecco/HarperCollins.
Beautifully fishy artwork by Matthew Savoca.