Issue Twenty-Six is coming! Meet the latest contributors…
Amy Locke
Amy Locke graduated from the University of Iowa with a BA in English. Her fiction has appeared in Bewildering Stories and Monkeybicycle. She lives in North Liberty, Iowa with her husband and two silly dogs.
David S. Pointer
David S. Pointer has recent acceptances in Science Gone Mad, Mass Dissidence, Bleeding Ink and other anthologies. He is a brand new advisory panel member at “Writing for Peace.”
Jacob Ferrier
Jacob Ferrier is a writer that seeks to tackle universal issues in his work. He lives under the maxim “knowledge begets wisdom; wisdom begets freedom.” His work has appeared in the Journal Panache and the Saginaw Valley State University magazine Cardinal Sins. He is currently seeking representation for his novel and other works.
William Robinson
William Robinson has a BA in Creative Writing from Concordia University and is currently enrolled in the University of British Columbia’s Optional-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing. His work has been published in numerous print and online journals, including carte blanche, SNReview, Verbsap, The Furnace Review, CellStories, Talking Writing (featured writer Aug. 2011), Scrivener Creative Review, Poetry/Fiction in Motion, blinking cursor, Avatar Review and Blood Lotus Literary. His short story “To Whom Nothing Whatever Was to Happen” was a finalist for the AWP Intro Journals Award, and carte blanche submitted his story “Storm Chasers” to the Journey Prize for “Best of Canada” consideration. He has also created and patented his own commercial line of artistic poetry products based on the Dada movement.
Donovan Saldivar
Donovan Saldivar is a senior at Cal State Long Beach studying English Literature and Creative Writing. He would like to give a special thanks to his poetry professors: Clint Margrave and Zachary Locklin for guiding him through approaches to writing poetry. His summer plans are to read, work, and generally relax for once from the ups and downs of being a college student.
Zack Nelson-Lopiccolo
Zack Nelson-Lopiccolo is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach where he stole a B.A in Creative Writing and Literature. He is one head of the Cerberus that runs Bank-Heavy Press, known for their crazy antics and awesome books. His strangely erotic voice can be found in such fine publications as Indigo Rising, ¡Vaya!zine, Short, Fast, and Deadly, Media Virus, Pipe Dream, The Mas Tequila Review, Contemporary American Voices and Carnival. His first chapbook, “Dancing with Scissors” which is a double chapbook with Josue Mendoza’s “Dying Quietly in a Crowded Room” is out now from Bank-Heavy Press. He currently resides aboard a sailboat in Long Beach, CA pretending to be a pirate, but really works as a Drywall Hanger and Taper. He loves canned green beans.
Sandra Florence
Sandra Florence received her MA in English/Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, and has been writing and teaching in Tucson Arizona for the last thirty some years. She taught at the
I enjoyed Jake Ferrier’s story in this issue very much. Keep up the good work!