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Peter Marra
Peter Marra lived in the East Village, New York from 1979-1993 at the height of the punk – no wave rebellion. Peter has had a lifelong fascination with Surrealism, Dadaism, and Symbolism, some of his favorite writers being Paul Eluard, Arthur Rimbaud, Tristan Tzara, Edgar Allan Poe, and Henry Miller. His favorite artists are Salvador Dali, Felicien Rops, Dante Rossetti and Amedeo Modigliani. Peter also cites Roger Corman and Russ Meyer as influences. He has had approximately 100 poems published either in print or online. His earliest recollection of the writing process is, when as a 1st grader, constructing a children’s book with illustrations. The only memory he has of this project is a page that contained an illustration of an airplane, caught in a storm, drawn in crayon. The caption read: “The people are on a plane. It is going to crash. They are very scared.” His parents were always disturbed by his love for writing and by that 1st book in particular. His poems explore alienation, addiction, love, the havoc that secrets can wreak and obsessions, often recounted in an oneiric filmic haze. He wishes to find new methods of description and language manipulation spun and wrapped in a frenzy. His work has appeared in over 25 journals and he is currently working on his 1st collection of poems. He dreams while awake. His published work may be viewed at http://www.angelferox.com/.
Jimmy Neenan
Jimmy Neenan educates the masses of irate seventeen year olds with the likes of comic books, video clips, and a short story here and there. He holds a bachelor’s in English Literature from University of Colorado at Boulder and a secondary language arts teaching license in Colorado. His work has appeared recently in the Piker Press, Pig in a Poke Magazine, The Tomfoolery Review, and the Dog Oil Press, to name a few.
Anand Prakash
Anand Prakash is a Microbiology Graduate student at Miami University, Oxford Ohio. A couple of his fictions have been published in online magazines.
Linda Crate
Linda Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh and raised in the rural town of Conneautville. She has a Bachelors in English Literature from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Her poetry has appeared in Magic Cat Press, Black-Listed Magazine, Bigger Stones, Vintage Poetry, The Stellar Showcase Journal, The Blinking Cursor, The Diversified Arts Project, The Railroad Poetry Project, Skive, The Scarlet Sound, Itasca Illinois & Willowtree Dreams, and Dead Snakes. Her short stories have appeared in Carnage Conservatory and Daily Love. When not writing Linda is likely reading, working, spending time with friends or family, swimming, or spending time in nature.
Scott Bartlett
Scott Bartlett lives in a suburb of Boston. He has written dozens of stories and his first published work of fiction, The Elgin, will appear in issue six of Crack the Spine Literary Magazine.
Sarah Gamutan
Sarah Gamutan’s poems have been published in many online literary journals including Carty’s Poetry Journal, Western Australia Poets Inc., The Beat, Literary Kicks, Haggard and Halloo Publications, The Camel Saloon, Rainbow Rose, Voxpoetica and The Sound of Poetry Review. She lives in Philippines where she works as a Customer Support Associate by night and a poet at heart by day.
Michael Constantine McConnell
Michael Constantine McConnell’s poems, palindromes, and short stories have been published or are forthcoming in such magazines and anthologies as Father Grimm’s Storybook and Electric Velocipede. His personal essay, “Alleys,” from the anthology Solace in So Many Words, has been nominated for a 2011 Pushcart Prize. A retired furniture mover and former Experimental Word Forms Editor for Farrago’s Wainscot, he currently teaches various levels of college writing and sings in raucous Scotch/Irish bands after sundown.