Meet the contributors of upcoming Issue 185
Allen C. West
Allen C. West is a retired professor of Chemistry. His book, “Beirut Again” was published in 2010 by Off The Grid Press. His chapbook, “The Time of Ripe Figs” won the White Eagle Coffee Store Press’s 2000 chapbook competition. His poetry is forthcoming or has recently appeared in Main Street Rag, The Tishman Review, The Comstock Review, Rhino, and Salamander. Allen currently resides in Lexington, MA.
Tricia Yost
Tricia Yost’s chapbook of poems, “First Things,” was published by March Street Press. Other work has appeared in journals such as Hayden’s Ferry Review, Smartish Pace, Prairie Schooner, Borderlands, Clackamas Literary Review, Syllogism, Hurricane Alice, Booglit, and Ice-Floe. She lives and works in the Seattle area.
Jeff Fleischer
Jeff Fleischer is a Chicago-based author, journalist and editor. His fiction has appeared in publications including the Chicago Tribune’s Printers Row literary journal, Shenandoah, Steam Ticket Third Coast Review, Pioneertown, Crossborder Journal, Zoetic Press Non-Binary Review, Chicago Literati, and Indiana Voice Journal. He is also the author of non-fiction books including “Rockin’ the Boat: 50 Iconic Revolutionaries” (Zest Books, 2015), “Votes of Confidence: A Young Person’s Guide to American Elections” (Zest Books, 2016), and “The Latest Craze: A Short History of Mass Hysterias” (Fall River Press, 2011). He is a veteran journalist published in Mother Jones, the New Republic, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine, Mental_Floss, National Geographic Traveler and dozens of other local, national and international publications.
Mark Antony Rossi
Mark Antony Rossi’s poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and photography have been published by The Antigonish Review, Black Heart Review, Deep South Journal, Ethical Spectacle, Flash Fiction, Japanophile, On The Rusk, The Journal of Poetry Therapy, The Magill Review, Sentiment Journal, Death Throes, Vine Leaves Literary Journal and dozens of other worthy publications. Visit his website.
Tom Whalen
Tom Whalen’s books include “Elongated Figures” (Red Dust), “Dolls” (Caketrain), “The Birth of Death and Other Comedies: The Novels of Russell H. Greenan” (Dalkey Archive) and “The President in Her Towers” (Ellipsis Press). His work has appeared in Agni, Bookforum, Chicago Review, The Hopkins Review, Film Quarterly, Georgia Review, Literary Review, New Ohio Review, Paris Review, Ploughshares, The Quarterly, and the Washington Post, as well as in various anthologies. He teaches film at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart, Germany.
R. L. Ugolini
R. L. Ugolini’s short stories have appeared in literary journals and anthologies, including, most recently, Red Rock Review and Demonic Visions Vol. 3, 4, & 5. The Summerset Review nominated her story “Falllow” for the 2011 Million Writers’ Award. Samhain Publishing released her first novel “Quakes” in 2015. You can find her at rlugolini.com, on Twitter, and on Goodreads.
G. K. Wuori
G. K. Wuori is the author of over a hundred stories published throughout the world. A Pushcart Prize winner and Illinois Arts Council Fellow, his work has appeared in such journals as The Gettysburg Review, The Missouri Review, The Barcelona Review, Shenandoah, The Kenyon Review, and Prairie Schooner. His story collection, “Nude In Tub,” was a New Voices Award Nominee by the Quality Paperback Book Club and his novel, “An American Outrage,” was Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year in fiction. He has published the novellas, “Now That I’m Ready To Tell You Everything” (Vagabondage Press), and “Infidelity” (Main Street Rag Publishing). A new novel, “HoneyLee’s Girl” (Black Rose Writing), will be published in early 2016. He is Associate Editor of the literary journal, Kippis, and currently lives in DeKalb, Illinois and online at www.gkwuori.com.