eighth issue :: April / May
Sara Bailey
Sara is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at Texas Tech University. She is also a recent graduate from the Plan I Honors Program at the University of Texas. Her work has previously appeared in Echo, a literary journal at the University of Texas, as well as online at A Dark Thread where her Hypertext entitled
Factography is online now.
Alby Heredia
Alby is a Cuban-American writer, currently working as a real estate appraiser in Portland, Oregon. Formerly he served at the managing editor for a trade magazine with a monthly circulation of 80,000.
Phil Vas
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Phil Vas is the author of the novel Coney Island Avenue as well as numerous short stories which have appeared in Ludlow Street, Cherry Bleeds and Somewhat. He holds an MA in English from Brooklyn College and teaches writing in Seattle, Washington, where he is at work on his second novel. His website is PhilVas.Com and it's all about Phil Vas.
Kelli Dunlap
Residing in Wisconsin with her husband and two children, Kelli spends her free time writing and behind the scenes of Horror-Web. Her work has been published at Nocturnal Ooze, The Harrow, Decompositions, Yellow Bat: Contemporary Poetry, and Blood Cookies - as well as appeared in the contest anthology Dead in Thirteen Flashes 2.
Memphis Saltos
Memphis was born and raised in rural southeastern Louisiana by unconventional immigrant parents. Her father was a genius Atheist, her mother suffered from narcissistic personality disorder, and her neighbors were all Southern Baptists. Life was odd.
She now lives in Berkeley, CA and life is still odd. Only now she writes on a computer instead of bathroom walls. Her website is called Humminggirl.
Minhal Baig
Minhal goes by the nickname "Minnie B". She's a fifteen year old student at Northside College Preparatory High school and passes away the precious hours of her life writing academically as well as creatively. Minnie is currently a ninth grader with many dreams and aspirations to become recognized in the literary field.
Gordon Moyer
Gordon is a painter, poet, and aphorist from Baltimore, Maryland. He has published work in Snakeskin, The Baltimore Review, The Adirondack Review, Babel, Xanadu, and many other literary journals. Some of his scientific and mathematical articles have appeared in Sky and Telescope, Scientific American, and Quantum Magazine. His latest aphorism is this: "Only when the ocean-liner of life grinds against the iceberg of the mind do we glimpse at all the grave volume of the subconscious." His artwork was featured in Tin Lustre Mobile.
Don Kidd
Donald Edward Kidd is a pharmacist in Jupiter, Florida. He writes music, creates digital art and writes poetry and prose in his free time. He has published three chapbooks of poetry and writes regular columns at Monkeyspit.com, Whim's Place, and RealSexEdFacts. His web site is www.edwardkidd.com.