Issue 113 Contributors

Steven Fortune
Steven Fortune began writing creatively in 1997 and obtained a Bachelor Of Arts in English Literature and History in 2001. While at university, he served on the editing staff of several publications, including News Editor for the campus newspaper, and Editor-In-Chief of the school’s creative arts journal. Since then, he has appeared in several literary journals, and is currently a Poetry Editor for Miracle Magazine.

Gilmore Tamny
GIlmore Tamny spends a great deal of time writing, drawing and playing guitar in Somerville, MA. Her stories, essays, artwork, interviews and short stories have appeared in Chickfactor, Petrichor Review, Foliate Oak, Turk’s Head Review, 3Elements, Pithead Chapel and Meat for Tea. Her novel, “My Days with Millicent,” is being serialized online at Ohioedit and has this handy quiz to see if it might interest the reader:  Her drawings can be seen online

Mike Mulvey
Mike Mulvey, the illegitimate offspring of a gin-addled Dorothy Parker and a Guinness-stained Brendan Behan, is an instructor of English at Central Connecticut State University. He holds degrees in English and an MFA in Creative Writing. He’s been published in over a dozen or more literary magazines and journals, print and electronic, based in the US and the UK, some of which you’ve probably never heard of and a couple that are now belly up. But last year he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by The Umbrella Factory Magazine.

Kaitlin Bartlett
Kaitlin Bartlett is a short story writer, coffee addict, and frequent visitor of bookstores. She is currently pursuing her MFA in fiction at Chatham University. 

Mark Belair
Mark Belair’s poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Atlanta Review, Fulcrum, Harvard Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Poetry East, The South Carolina Review, and The Sun. His books include the collection “While We’re Waiting” (Aldrich Press, 2013) and two chapbook collections: “Night Watch” (Finishing Line Press, 2013) and “Walk With Me” (Parallel Press of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2012). For more information, please visit Mark’s website

Sandra L. Campbell
Ms. Campbell is a native Houstonian and a graduate of the University of Houston with a degree in psychology and a minor in political science. After graduation, she embarked upon a four and half year journey working with men, women, and children at the local mental health agency in Houston. Since 2004, she has worked as a corporate language trainer providing private ESL lessons. During this time, Sandra parlayed her passion in writing and acting in an array of venues. In 2009, Ms. Campbell starred in “The Vagina Monologues” at the Ensemble Theater and was awarded a poetry fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center. She also received an honorable mention from the Fort Bend Writer’s Guild for her feature film script, “Hyde Park.” In 2010, Sandra self-published “A Practical Guide to Learning American English: Useful Tips for High Beginners, Intermediate, and Advanced English Students,” which is based on her teaching techniques in ESL.

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is a poet and visual artist. Born in Santa Rosa, CA, he now lives on the East Coast, where he earned a Master of Music at The Juilliard School in New York City. He is an art and design contributor to Connecticut River Review, and his poetry appears or is forthcoming in Off the Coast, San Pedro River Review, Mouse Tales Press, and Connecticut River Review. 

Russell Buker
Russell Buker recently retired from Shead High School where he taught English and Creative Writing. He has also coached for many years: football, baseball, basketball and tennis. Russell has had numerous poems accepted in many publications in the U.S. and in Canada: The Antigonish Review, The Windrow Anthology, The Cape Breton Collection, Pottersfield Press, Goose River Anthology, Germ Magazine, Portland Press Poetry Section, The Aurorean, Felt Sun, The Aputamkan Review, Germ Magazine River Muse, Page & Spine, Maine Writes Anthology. Russell has also served on the board of editors and written book reviews for Off the Coast Review.

Karen Boissonneault-Gauthier
Writer and photographer Karen Boissonneault-Gauthier is a French Canadian Métis who’s works have been published in national and regional papers, literary and vocational journals as well as heritage museums. She’s written and photographed everything from news, fashion, music, lifestyles and business to sporting events. Never without her camera, she likes to find the unusual within the mundane and ordinary. To see more of Karen’s work, visit Synaesthesia Magazine, Dactyl, Vagabonds Anthology, Fine Flu Literary Journal and Zen Dixie Magazine to name but a few of the places her work is featured. You can follow her on Twitter.