Marlene Molinoff
Marlene Molinoff completed her bachelor’s degree in English literature at Barnard College and received her master’s degree from Tufts University. She continued her education at George Washington University, where she earned her PhD in English literature. She received a certificate in business administration from the Wharton School. She studied with Rick Hillis, John Dalton, Andrew Porter, Amber Dermont, and Will Allison, among others, and have attended the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Rittenhouse Writers Group, and the One Story Summer Workshop. She is a former university literature teacher and is currently the president of MSM, LLC, a marketing and creative strategy consulting group to the pharmaceutical industry. She is an avid traveler and has trekked to Everest Base Camp, dived with sharks off the coast of Australia, and photographed animals in Kenya and the Galapagos. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Alembic, Amarillo Bay, and Forge.
Daniel J. Newcomer
Daniel J. Newcomer and his brother used to strike fear in the babysitter by repeatedly riding their tricycles into the closed garage door of their Monroe, Wisconsin home. He hasn’t changed much in recent years, and instead uses words and books as opposed to a little red trike. Daniel has worked as an English teacher and freelance journalist in Indonesia, where he wrote on everything from volcanoes to palm civets that poop coffee. His work on the 2013 Tunisia revolutions was published in 34th Parallel Magazine. He now lives in Southern Italy working on a novel and doing other things. He said his writing inspirations come from Holly Golightly and The Marlin from The Old Man and the Sea.
Faye Turner-Johnson
Faye Turner-Johnson is a retired elementary school teacher, who has a passion for theatre and writing. She is currently a freelance theatre director. Recent published works include “If Cancer Were A Monster” and “Things Southern,” published in Digital Papercut Literary Journal. She is a native of Memphis, Tennessee and now lives in Flint, Michigan, with her husband, Joseph. They have one son, Joseph H. Johnson, Jr., an actor living in West Hollywood, California.
Mark Belair
Mark Belair’s poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Alabama Literary Review, Atlanta Review, Harvard Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Poetry East and The South Carolina Review. 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). A new collection, “Breathing Room,” is to be published by Aldrich Press this year. For more information, please visit www.markbelair.com
Kristen MacKenzie
Kristen MacKenzie lives on Vashon Island in a quiet cabin where the shelves are filled with herbs for medicine-making, the floor is open for dancing, and the table faces the ocean, waiting for a writer to pick up the pen. Her work has appeared in Brevity, Rawboned Journal, GALA Magazine, and Extract(s) Daily Dose of Lit.
Hannah Mescon
Hannah Mescon is a writer and producer based in Los Angeles. Her work includes short and feature length screenplays. She is the lead writer for LA Lark and a contributor for Thought Catalog.
John Grabski
John Grabski is a distance runner that writes fiction from a farm in New York. His work has appeared or is forthcoming at Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Eclectica Magazine and Cyclamens and Swords. He is hard at work on his first collection titled Into the “Vertex.” Excerpts of his work can be found at grabskiworks.com and you can find him on Twitter at @GrabskiJohn.