James Babbs
James Babbs continues to live and write from the same small Illinois town where he grew up. He has published hundreds of poems over the past thirty years and, recently, a few short stories. James is the author of “Disturbing The Light” (2013) and “The Weight of Invisible Things” (2013).
Kitty Oberly
Kitty Oberly is a current student at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, majoring in Illustration. She enjoys creating art, reading, listening to or creating music, learning about the world, wishing she could make a million graphic novels, trying to write and talking to animals. Her art can be seen anywhere from schools, art galleries and other planets.
Joseph Fonseca
Joseph Fonseca has been published in the Washington Post as well as Third Wednesday, the Waterhouse Review and many other journals. He was the winner of the 2012 Abstract Quill Short Story contest and his travelogue, “10 Cities / 10 Years,” has been featured in US News and World Report and the SeattlePI among other outlets. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York and runs the website, 10cities10years.com.
Minnie Joung
Minnie Joung is a literary fiction writer. She is at work on a collection of short stories and her work has appeared in the Atticus Review. She is also working on a novel currently titled, “The Mathematical Handbook for Scientists and Engineers.”
Strider Marcus Jones
Strider Marcus Jones is a poet, law graduate and ex civil servant from England with deep Celtic roots in Ireland and Wales. A member of The Poetry Society, his five published books of poetry are modern, traditional, mythical, sometimes erotic, surreal and metaphysical. When not writing, he can be heard playing his saxophone and clarinet (just ask his neighbours). His poetry has been published most recently in The Screech Owl, Catweazle and The Gambler magazines; Vagabonds: Anthology Of The Mad, mgv2 Publishing Anthology, Killer Whale Journal, The Huffington Post USA and Writer’s Ezine.
Fikret Pajalic
Fikret Pajalic came to Melbourne as a refugee and learnt English in his mid-twenties. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Meanjin, Overland, Westerly, Etchings, The Big Issue, Writer’s Edit, Regime, Verity La, Gargouille, Verge Annual, Seizure, Tincture, The Minnesota Review (USA), Fjords Review (USA), Bird’s Thumb (USA), The Red Line (UK), Structo (UK), and JAAM (NZ). He is working on a short story collection funded by Arts Victoria.
Samantha Barrett
Samantha Barrett graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and received her MFA in Creative Writing at Carlow University. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in 365 Tomorrows, GeekSmash.com, Voices from the Attic, 10/ten, and The Chaffey Review. She has been a guest of Strange Animals Pittsburgh reading series, MadFridays reading series, and has curated Saturday Night Stories reading series. She is also the owner and head writer of Red Murder Mysteries. Samantha loves living in Pittsburgh, and includes the city in her writing as often as possible.