Joe Clifford

Joe Clifford earned his MFA degree from Florida International University in 2008. His work has appeared in Bathhouse, Big Bridge, Bryant Literary Review, the Connecticut Review; Dos Passos Review, Hobart, and Thuglit, among others.
His noir novel, The Lone Palm, is currently being shopped to agents.
Joe has been to jail but never prison.

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Siel Ju
Siel Ju writes 17 blocks from the beach in Santa Monica, Calif. Her poems and stories have been published in Gargoyle, ZYZZYVA, Hobart, How2, So to Speak, The Mad Hatters' Review, Shampoo, and other journals. She just received her Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. While trying to figure out what to do with said degree, Siel blogs at greenlagirl.com.

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Michael K. Meyers
Michael K. Meyers has had work in Fiction, Chelsea, Chicago Noir and The New Yorker. He earns his living as art professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Besides writing, he has recently been making audio flash fictions and just finished a CD of them. "Once Again Doctor Freud's Horse Has Gone Missing" is on Amazon.

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Francine Rubin
Francine Rubin is a graduate student at Columbia University, working towards becoming a certified high school English teacher. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College and a BA in Theater from Dartmouth College. When not studying or writing, Ms. Rubin may be found in a dance studio. She recently performed in site-specific work at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and for the last five years has taught ballet to children and adults throughout the Northeast. Her poetry has previously appeared in the Long Island Pulse.

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Chuck Taylor
Chuck Taylor has published one novel, Drifter's Story, and two collections of stories, Lights of the City: Stories from Austin, and Somebody to Love. He has been married three times and has three children. He lives in College Station and teaches at Texas A&M University.

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Brent van Staalduinen
Brent van Staalduinen is a journalism, film, and English teacher. He is a regular contributor to various creative and journalistic publications in Kuwait such as bazaar, The Kuwait Times, and Al-Watan Daily, and has published his work in various smaller publications in North America such as Cadenza and Minstrel.

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Christopher A. Williams
Christopher A. Williams is a Minneapolis-based artist whose current defining mediums are unlimited. He considers himself an experimenting artist always ready to make the next discovery and to produce something new. His inspiration comes from the subconscious mind and the belief that the purpose of creation and beauty isn't about how things are perfect, but rather how being human making mistakes and living life separates us from the divine purity of God, or the static perfection of math and machines. See more of his work at www.sufiz.com.

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Joel Wright
Joel Wright has been writing for about 10 years. He attended the soon to be defunct Interdisciplinary Studies Program at Miami (OH) University. Originally from Cincinnati, he now lives in the Twin Cities. He is influenced by a wide range of authors from HP Lovecraft to Richard Braughtigan and points in between. He writes mostly short fiction. He does not enjoy writing about himself.

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