Dick Bentley has published fiction, poetry, and memoir in over 200 publications on three continents. He served on the board of the Modern Poetry Association (now called the Poetry Foundation) and was prizewinner in the International Fiction Awards sponsored by the Paris Review and the Paris Writers’ Workshop. His books, “Post-Freudian Dreaming” and “A General Theory of Desire,” are available on Amazon. Visit Dick’s website.
Katherine Gehan lives with her husband and two sons in the Midwest, but mourns the New York City bagels of her youth. She holds an MFA in fiction from Emerson College and, among other places, has had work published in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Used Furniture Review, Muddy River Poetry Review, Literary Mama, WhiskeyPaper, MetroFiction, and Literary Orphans. Visit Katherine’s website.
Alexander B. Hogan, Ph.D. is an American writer and managing editor of The Flexible Persona. An avid traveller, Alexander is passionate about experimental music and stories of people finding their place in the world. He presently resides in Houston, Texas. Visit Alexander’s website.
S.G. Childress has been published in NANO Fiction. He lives in Houston, Texas.
Bruce Douglas Reeves’ novella, “Delphine,” published by Texas Review Press, won the Clay Reynolds Novella Competition. He also has published three novels (“The Night Action,” “Man on Fire,” and “Street Smarts”) and recently has completed a new novel and a pair of novellas. Bruce has published short fiction in three dozen magazines and journals, both print and online, including: The High Plains Literary Review, Runner’s World Annual, Hawaii Review, Eclipse, The Main Street Rag, Clapboard House, South Carolina Review, The Long Story, The Blue Lake Review, China Grove, and The New Renaissance. He’s married, with a daughter, Simone Martel, who also is a writer. He and his wife have visited more than sixty countries, some several times. His blog on Red Room has more information about him, his travels, and his writing.
Jamie Lee Knight makes an art mess; poetry & paint, glue & tissue. Her glasses get crooked. Her socks don’t always match. Neon plastic dinosaurs adorn her overflowing bookshelf. Jamie is quite sure that creativity is immortal.
Gerald writes in Philadelphia and has previously published poems in American Poetry Review (1997) and American Writing (2001).
Meryl McQueen is an American poet, novelist, and linguist. Her poetry has been published in Town Creek Poetry, Dunes Review, Clearfield Review, Phoebe, RiverSedge, and Yellow Moon, among others. Meryl’s writing reflects a close affinity with nature, and the geographical dislocation of an international childhood spent in Africa and Europe. She now makes her home in Sydney, Australia with her husband and young son. Visit Meryl’s website.