Alfredo Franco’s short stories have appeared in Blackbird, Euphony Journal (University of Chicago), Prick of the Spindle, The Tower Journal, Gulf Stream, Permafrost, Midway Journal, Pembroke Magazine, Eclectica, and other journals. He teaches creative writing at Rutgers University.
Lillian Kerr-Haversat’s writing has appeared in several regional newspapers, including Burlington Free Press, Portland Press Herald, and The Lewiston Sun Journal. She won the National League of American Pen Women Leadership Award and attended their workshops from 1981 to 1986, as well as many other conferences during the last 20 years. She began writing in earnest when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001. She was an American Red Cross volunteer on location during three hurricane disasters. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Southern Maine and bachelor’s degree in English from Trinity College.
Erin Wilcox is a writer, poet, musician, and editor. Her creative work has been recently featured or is forthcoming in Praxis: Gender and Cultural Critiques, Cirque, A Literary Field Guide to the Sonoran Desert (University of Arizona Press, 2014), Spiral Orb, Soundzine, Stoneboat, Veil: Journal of Darker Musings, Short and Twisted, Cold Flashes: Literary Snapshots of Alaska (University of Alaska Press), and in radio broadcasts in Alaska and Arizona. The nonfiction editor of Drunken Boat: An Online Journal of Art and Literature and former copyeditor for Alaska Quarterly Review, Erin maintains a vigorous freelance editorial practice and writes for various trade and scholarly publications including Copyediting, The Freelancer, and TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses. She holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Alaska, Anchorage.
Thomas Piekarski is a former editor of the California State Poetry Quarterly. His poetry and interviews have appeared in Nimrod, Portland Review, Kestrel, Cream City Review, Poetry Salzburg, Boston Poetry Magazine, Gertrude, The Bacon Review, and many others. He has published a travel guide, Best Choices In Northern California, and Time Lines, a book of poems. He lives in Marina, California.
Joe Love teaches writing and literature in St. Louis on both sides of the Arch. His work has appeared in or is forthcoming from Bangalore Review, From the Depths, Drunk Monkeys, Bellowing Ark, and other journals.
Brian Cooney is originally from New York but now lives in Spokane, WA, where he teaches literature at Gonzaga University. He received his Ph.D from University of South Carolina. His poems have appeared in or are forthcoming from Pacifica, Literary Review, Floating Bridge Review, The Bicycle Review, and others.