premiere issue :: July 2004
John Lawson
John Edward Lawson is an author, editor, and
publisher living in Maryland, USA. He was born in 1974
and enjoys traveling. Past releases include The Scars
are Complimentary and Angelina Jolie Ate My Left
Testicle. Editorial projects include the Of Flesh and
Hunger and Sick anthologies. Forthcoming books of his
include the novella Last Burn In Hell, and the limited
edition chapbook of art-based fiction Psych Noir. For
news, free downloads, and much more, visit
johnlawson.org or click over to Raw Dog Screaming Press.
Clinton Green
Clinton Green has been writing short fiction from his home in
Melbourne, Australia, for over a decade, with numerous stories published in
various publications. His writing ranges from historical horror to satire to
stories about modern day relationships. His debut novel, The Percival Tyler
Files, is scheduled to be published in late 2004 by Rainfall books. Read more of Clinton's stories on his homepage.
Perry McGee
Perry's work can be found damn near everywhere on the internet: Darkhalf, House of Pain, Strange Minds, Dream People, The New Absurdist, Horror Masters, Buried.com, Bewildering Stories, The Murder Hole, Weird Crap, Horrorfind, and others.
His stuff also appears (or will appear) in several anthologies (on-line and/or print) such as John Lawson's Of Flesh and Hunger anthology, Kelly Burton's The Other Side of Madness, Rick Olney's Blood Harvest, Kevin Donihe's antho about walruses, Dream People's Things That Sing With Salty Wings, and the John Lawson/Abel Diaz antho Dangerous Orgasms.
Print magazines in which his stories appear include Thirteen Stories, Cthulhu Sex, Lullaby Hearse, and Fantasies (a trade paperback from India). Visit Perry's personal website Seek Therapy.
Trevor Barton
Trevor lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. This young author seems to like marmalade much more than is strictly necessary to sustain human life on this planet, and has been one of the long-time contributors to The New Absurdist.
Read more Trevor Barton stories here.
Jeffrey S. Callico
Jeffrey S. Callico recently published his first collection of short
fiction, Fighting Off The Sun: Stories, Tales, and Other Matters of Opinion, available at various booksellers worldwide. He began writing poetry at the age of 18 and spent many years finding his voice. Much of his fiction appears on The New Absurdist website, and his his prose and poetry has been published in online literary journals including Dreamvirus, Insolent Rudder, The New Dodsley Pages, TFU Magazine and Eyeshot.
Jennifer Barnes
Jennifer graduated from the University of Maryland with an English degree and a concentration in Poetry/Creative Writing. She has had poems and articles published both in print and online, and is also co-author of the e-book Skin for the Bloodless. Most recently her work was published in A Little Poetry, Ascent, and sidereality.
By day she is a graphic designer with over five years of web and print design experience. In 2003 she co-founded Raw Dog Screaming Press which publishes cross-genre fringe fiction. She is also webmaster and editor at The Dream People, an online literary magazine. Her recent editorial projects include the chapbook Unknown Pleasures and the In the Back of the Closet anthology to be released by Ghost Edizioni in Italy and Ubooks in Germany.
Jürgen Rötzsch
Born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1953, Jürgen is an artist, autodidact and world traveler who draws, paints, and composes computer images, animations, and music. He currently lives in the small town of Wolnzach, Germany near Munich and works under the name JuRo.