Contributor Notes
Eileen Arthurs’ novel, “Sweetie-pie,” won writer’s billboard First Chapter Contest, May 2014. Her first novel, Lorelei’s Family, is available for Kindle. “Investing in Plastic” appears in Sixfold Fall 2013. “Just Enough” is included in Carlow University’s “Ten” anthology, available through Amazon. Eileen teaches writing at the Community College of Allegheny County. She earned her MFA from Carlow University and is a member of the Madwomen in the Attic and the Liars’ Club.
Chris Belden is the author of the novels Shriver (2013) and Carry-on (2012), and the short story collection The Floating Lady of Lake Tawaba (2014), winner of the Fairfield/New Rivers Book Prize. He holds an MFA from Fairfield University, and teaches writing at the Westport Writers Workshop and Garner Correctional Institution, a maximum security prison.
Daniel C. Bryant lives in Maine, in a community not unlike the one portrayed in his story. His poetry and stories have appeared in a variety of medical and literary magazines over the years; his novels have not fared as well.
Brent DeLanoy received his MFA from New Mexico State University in 2006. He’s currently teaching at Hartwick College in upstate New York. His stories have appeared in Thieves Jargon, decomP, and Chrysalis, and his novella, Benediction, won the A.E. Coppard Prize in 2008. His book of nonfiction, Airhead, about a 10,000 mile, 30-day motorcycle trip, is currently looking for a publisher. He can be found on Twitter @brentdelanoy, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Zac Hill is the Chief Operating Officer of The Future Project, a columnist for the Huffington Post, and a former Lead Game Designer of the card game Magic: The Gathering. His work has appeared in numerous journals and literary reviews, including The Believer and The Monarch Review, and he has taught at MIT, The University of Washington, and Richard Hugo House. A 2008-2009 Henry Luce Scholar, Hill currently lives and works in Manhattan.
Amberle L. Husbands is a writer, sheetmetal mechanic, and native-daughter of the Okefenokee. Her short stories have appeared in Shock Totem, the Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes, and on Underground Voices, along with other magazines and websites. Her first novel, See Eads City, is currently available for order through Amazon.com, as well as from Barnes & Noble. When she isn’t writing, Amberle spends her time throwing knives and teaching the English language to houseplants.
KC Kirkley is a teacher, writer, and editor from Mendocino, California. His publications include a forthcoming short story in The Los Angeles Review and previous publications in upstreet number nine and Curbside Splendor (web). He is a contributor to and editor of Curbside Splendor eMagazine and holds an MFA degree from Spalding University.
Robert Martin is the executive assistant for the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and a contributing editor for Rain Taxi Review of Books. He studied writing at the University of Montana and earned his MA in English from the writing program at UW-Milwaukee. His work has recently appeared in Rain Taxi, The Great Lakes Review, and Revolver. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife, son, and tiny dog.
Gibson Monk was born in China and raised in Libya and the American South. He received his Master’s degree from Boston University after studying abroad in Vienna and Jerusalem. His short stories have appeared in Zahir and The Arkansas Literary Forum. He currently resides near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
John Mort is the author of the novels Goat Boy of the Ozarks, The Illegal, and Soldier in Paradise, as well as DONT MEAN NOTHIN: Vietnam War Stories. He reviews for Booklist and the Vietnam Veterans Association. In 2013 he won a Western Writers of America Spur for his short story, “The Hog Whisperer.” He lives in Missouri.
Nancy Nguyen grew up in Orange County. She is a recent graduate of UCLA with a BA in English. Her work has appeared in Every Day Fiction, Westwind, and Livewire. This fall she will be attending the MA in Creative Writing program at UC Davis. In the meantime, she works as an online salesperson and will start another draft of her middle grade contemporary novel.
Haley Norris I love to write and this is the first time I have ever tried to put my story out there for others to read. I am absolutely delighted to have it published. When I’m not writing, I’m reading or spending time with my husband and three beautiful kids.
Katharine O’Flynn lives in Montreal. Her work has appeared online in CommuterLit, Persimmon Tree, and Circa, and in print journals and anthologies such as The Nashwaak Review, Canadian Tales of the Heart, and In Other Words, New English Writing from Quebec.
Bill Pippin is a writing instructor with Long Ridge Writers Group and the author of Wood Hick, Pigs-Ear & Murphy. His short stories, articles, and essays have appeared in the literary anthology Tattoos, The MacGuffin, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Newsweek, Field & Stream, Writer’s Digest, Philadelphia Magazine, Delaware Today, New Mexico Magazine, and many other publications. He lives near Silver City, NM, with his wife Zona.
Melissa Ragsly lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.
J.S. Simmons was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He left for New York at the tender age of 21, stayed there, marrying, divorcing, and generally behaving as though a magical combination of booze, blow, and hateful women were the cure for all human ailments, until his heart and soul were thoroughly blackened. Now he lives in Oregon, teaching and writing.
Kyle Valenta received his MFA from Columbia University in 2013. He was a finalist for the 2013 Arts & Letters prize and his work can be seen at thethepoetry.com and forthcoming in Secret Behavior. He’s an avid traveler who works in publishing and is currently completing his first manuscript: a story of travels in Argentina and India, chronicling encounters with Brazilian escorts, false holy men, wayward musicians, drug addicts, and Tibetan lamas in the Himalayas.
B. Yvette Yun’s work has appeared in Lost Magazine, Poetic Couture, 3 Elements Review, and Connotation Press, among others. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College and is in her final year of a PhD program in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University in England. She enjoys surfing and traveling. Visit her website at https://www.byvette.com
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