ninth issue :: June / July
Miriam N. Kotzin and Bill Turner
Miriam and Bill have both been published in rumble previously. This is the first appearance of one of their co-authored works. The collaborative work of Miriam N. Kotzin and Bill Turner have appeared or are forthcoming at Admit Two, Amarillo Bay, Ducts, Blue Mag, Dogwood Journal, Thieves Jargon, Monkey Bicycle, Somewhat, the Beat and Hobart. Their collab website can be found at www.kotzinturner.com.
Dorothee Lang
Dorothee Lang is a German writer and net artist. She is author of
Masala Moments, a travel novel about India, and editor of the BluePrintReview, an online journal of unintended prose and poetry. Her work has recently appeared in CautionaryTale, juked, Word Riot and Pindeldyboz, among others. To see some of her latest pieces, visit her virtual gallery at blueprint21.de.
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.
Jocelyn Johnson
Jocelyn's fiction and essays have appeared in Salomemagazine.com and Rumble. Her short story "The Darkroom" placed 1st in the University of Virginia's Bayly's art museum 19th annual Writer's Eye Competition in 2004. Her recent short story "Psuedocyesis" recieved honorable mention in the E.M Koeppel fiction competition. She lives and teaches in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Ruk Sak
The author grew up in a small town in England and has spent adulthood living in
big cities. World-travelled from Russia to the Middle East, to Korea, a professional foreigner, an amateur writer. He's just trying to stamp what he sees and has seen into the keys. You can visit his website at http://ruksak.blogspot.com/
Scott Fraser
Scott is an entrepreneurial Scots exile living in the Middle East. He loves to write and devotes more and more of his time to a series of contemporary meditations that he hopes to complete by the end of the 2005. This is Scott's first appearance in rumble.
Ginny Eggleston
A writer, Montessori teacher, and member of the 25th Army Band living in Kuna, Idaho, Ginny is also a wife and the mother of two beautiful children.
Hardy Wilson
Our art editor Justynn Tyme brought this artist to my attention. His photo portraits are intriguing and varied, cutting across social classes and international boundaries. Further examples of his work can be viewed online at his fotopic web page.