Issue Thirty-Eight Contributors

 

Issue Thirty-Eight promises some talented new writers.  Let’s meet them…

C.T. Schram is a writer from the suburbs of Washington, DC. She is currently studying and travelling as much as she can. The next time you hear from her, her bio may or may not have more details than this one, but that’s part of her charm.

Gregory Zorko is a poet and history student. He recently graduated from Plattsburgh State University. He likes to travel when he can and enjoys studying foreign languages. He loves Lorca, Joyce, The Quran, and Khlebnikov.

Dave Elsensohn has been a sales representative for a toy store, a plumber’s apprentice, a web designer, a Flash engineer, a spotlight operator, a pizza maker, and a student, but enjoys coaxing language into pleasing arrangements more than any of these. He does make fairly good sandwiches, however, and his chili recipe gets appreciative nods from his friends. He lives with an astoundingly inspirational wife and a curmudgeonly black cat.

Tayler Heuston, California native, lives in Santa Barbara where she spends much of her time reading The Habit of Being and falling in love with Flannery O’Connor. Her favorite activities include drinking cucumber gin rickeys, spending too much money on Anthropologie dresses, and studying Literature at UCSB in the College of Creative Studies. After graduation Tayler hopes to live in Savannah and raise a whimsically named small (but sturdy) dog. Her work has appeared on the RiverLit Literary Journal website.

S.R. Buckley divides his time between Liverpool and Leicester, England. In between studying and working he writes, sketches and acquires hordes of books and music. He has had work published in several magazines, and expects work to be published in the Eunoia Review and Smashed Cat Magazine this autumn.

James P. Reynolds lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with his partner and a couple of bossy cats. He has written two works of disability rights literature, both published by Spectrum Press. James loves to read and collect modern literary fiction, and he hosts a book collecting website at www.jamespreynolds.com. He has been writing fiction for many years now, but only recently started sharing it with the outside world. The New Guy is James’ second work of fiction to be published in Crack the Spine.

Aaron Saylor lives with his wife Leslie in Mt. Washington, KY, a suburb of Louisville.  He spends way too much money on movies and Marvel Comics hardcover editions.  His first novel, “Sewerville,” is an Appalachian crime drama, set in a violent world of methamphetamine and prescription-drug abuse, and will be released in in Fall 2012.

Carolyn Adams has been active in the art and literary communities of Houston, Austin, and other parts of Texas since the 1980’s.  Her poetry, collage art and photography have appeared in Caveat Lector, The Alembic, Clare Literary Journal, The Weight of Addition: An Anthology of Texas Poetry, and Common Ground Review, among others.  She has authored the chapbooks “Beautiful Strangers” (Lily Press, 2006), “What Do You See?” (Right Hand Pointing, 2007), and “An Ocean of Names” (Red Shoe Press, 2011).