Elias Keller
Elias Keller is a Philadelphia native and earned degrees in Anthropology and Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. His fiction has appeared in Every Day Fiction, APIARY, Slush Pile, Forge, Pindeldyboz, The Legendary, and elsewhere. His novel, “Strange Case of Mr. Bodkin and Father Whitechapel” (2012), a reinvention of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was named an Indie Groundbreaking Book by Independent Publisher. He currently lives in New Orleans. Visit his website.
Elsie Platzer
Elsie Platzer is a rising senior at Stanton College Preparatory School, where she is president and chief editor of the Stanton Literary Magazine. She has been published in Jacksonville Jewish News, The Devil’s Advocate, and Glass Kite Anthology, and won Honorable Mention in the international JASNA Essay contest. Most recently, she attended the Master Class in Prose at Columbia University’s High School Program in New York City, generating material for her debut novel. She lives in Jacksonville, Florida.
Karen C. Boissonneault-Gauthier
Karen is a Canadian photographer, writer and poet. Karen has shot cover art for Crack the Spine Literary Magazine, Zen Dixie Magazine, Vine Leaves Literary Journal and has been featured in Artemis Journal, Cactus Heart Press, Dactyl, Fine Flu Literary Journal, The Scarborough Big Art Book, Sand Canyon Review, The Notebook, Calliope Magazine and The Healing Muse to name a few of the creative places she dwells. Follow Karen @KBG_Tweets and discover more of her works on her website.
Sanjeev Sethi
The recently released, “This Summer and That Summer,” (Bloomsbury) is Sanjeev Sethi’s third book of poems. His work also includes well-received volumes, “Nine Summers Later” and “Suddenly For Someone.” He has, at various phases of his career, written for newspapers, magazines, and journals. He has produced radio and television programs. His poems have found a home in The London Magazine, The Fortnightly Review, Allegro Poetry Magazine, Otoliths, Solstice Literary Magazine, Off the Coast Literary Journal, Synesthesia Literary Journal, Oddball Magazine, Hamilton Stone Review, Dead Snakes, Indian Literature, Journal of the Poetry Society (India), The Hindu, The Statesman, and elsewhere. He lives in Mumbai, India. Poems are forthcoming in Sentinel Literary Quarterly, and Literary Orphans.
Michelle Donfrio
Michelle Donfrio works as an Advertising Media Supervisor in Chicago and have been published most recently in Silver Birch Press’s “The Great Gatsby Anthology.” She has also written for WGN Television and the Joliet Herald News. She is currently on the staff of Minerva Rising as a poetry reader.
James McAdams
James McAdams has published fiction in decomP, Literary Orphans, One Throne Magazine, TINGE Magazine, Carbon Culture Review, and r.kv.r.y Journal, among others. Before attending college, he worked as a social worker in the mental health industry near Philadelphia. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate in English at Lehigh University, where he also teaches and edits the university’s literary journal, Amaranth.
Bob Kalkreuter
Bob has placed fifty stories in magazines such as eFiction, The Stone Hobo, The Literary Yard, Underground Voices, Bartleby Snopes, Edgepiece, Writes For All, The Rusty Nail, and Solecisms. Two of his stories were nominated for Pushcart Prizes. One story was awarded the Herman Swafford Prize from Potpourri Magazine.