Meet the contributors of upcoming Issue 242
Ana Vidosavljevic
Ana Vidosavljevic from Serbia currently living in Indonesia. She has her work published or forthcoming in Down in the Dirt (Scar Publications), Literary Yard, RYL (Refresh Your Life), The Caterpillar, The Curlew, Eskimo Pie, Coldnoon, Perspectives, Indiana Voice Journal, The Raven Chronicles, Setu Bilingual Journal, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Quail Bell Magazine, Madcap Review, The Bookends Review, Gimmick Press, (mac)ro(mic), Scarlet Leaf Review, Adelaide Literary Magazine, A New Ulster. She worked on a GIEE 2011 project: Gender and Interdisciplinary Education for Engineers 2011 as a member of the Institute Mihailo Pupin team. She also attended the International Conference “Bullying and Abuse of Power” in November, 2010, in Prague, Czech Republic, where she presented her paper: “Cultural intolerance”.
Rose Maria Woodson
Rose Maria Woodson holds an MA in Creative Writing from Northwestern University and an MA In Community Development from North Park University. Her chapbook, “Skin Gin,” was the 2017 winner in the QuillsEdge Press chapbook contest. Her poems have been published in numerous journals including Kettle Blue Review, Clarion, Gravel, Wicked Alice, OVS Magazine, Magnolia: A Journal of Women’s Socially Engaged Literature, Volume II, Jet Fuel Review, Stirring, Scape Goat Review and the Mojave River Review.
Cathy Adams
Cathy Adams’ second novel, “A Body’s Just as Dead,” is scheduled for release from SFK Press in August, 2018. Her debut novel, “This Is What It Smells Like,” was published by New Libri Press, Washington. She is a Pushcart Prize nominated short story writer with stories published in Utne, AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review, Barely South, A River and Sound Review, Upstreet, Southern Pacific Review, and 41 other journals from around the world. She earned her M.F.A. at Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University, Washington. She lives and writes in Liaoning, China, with her husband, photographer, Julian Jackson.
Nancy Jorgensen
As a musician and writer, Nancy Jorgensen has published two choral music education books, “Things They Never Taught You In Choral Methods” (Hal Leonard) and “From the Trenches: Real Insights from Real Choral Educators” (Lorenz Corporation). She participates in the book writer’s workshop at AllWriters’ Workplace & Workshop where she is completing a memoir about her daughter’s successful journey to 2016 Olympic gold. In May 2018, she won first place in Prime Number Magazine’s 53-word story contest. She also won Smith Magazine’s #SixWordPinnacleMoment contest. Her flash fiction appears twice at With Painted Words.
Erik Fuhrer
Erik Fuhrer holds an MFA from the University of Notre Dame. His work has appeared in BlazeVox, Dream Pop Press, Crab Fat Magazine, Noble/Gas Qrtrly, and various other venues.
Margaret Karmazin
Margaret Karmazin’s credits include stories published in literary and national magazines, including Rosebud, Chrysalis Reader, North Atlantic Review, Mobius, Confrontation, Pennsylvania Review, The Speculative Edge and Another Realm. Her stories in The MacGuffin, Eureka Literary Magazine, Licking River Review and Mobius were nominated for Pushcart awards. Her story, “The Manly Thing,” was nominated for the 2010 Million Writers Award. She has stories included in several anthologies, including “Still Going Strong,” “Ten Twisted Tales,” “Pieces of Eight (Autism Acceptance),” “Zero Gravity,” “Daughters of Icarus,” and “Space Between Stars. She has also published a YA novel, “Replacing Fiona” and a collection of short stories, “Risk.”
Amy Crosby
Amy Crosby currently lives on the south coast of England with her family and, despite a perfectly happy upbringing, has always enjoyed focusing on darker themes in her work. Her short fiction has been published in MUSED – The BellaOnline Literary Review, Prole, Bunbury and Litro Magazines as well as featured on the Freedom Fiction, Cease, Cows, Ink Sweat & Tears and Fixional websites.
Mehesh Raman
Mahesh Raman is a scientist and writer living in San Francisco. His work has appeared previously in Necessary Fiction, Corium Magazine, and Jersey Devil Press.
Karen Boissonneault-Gauthier
Karen Boissonneault-Gauthier is a writer and visual artist. She loves to layer imagery. She has been a Wild Musette, Existere Journal of Art and Literature, Vine Leaves Literary Journal, Gigantic Sequins, Crack the Spine and Gateway Review cover artist and featured in New York’s Calliope Magazine and WebSafe2k16, Toronto’s The Scarborough Big Arts Book, New South Wales’ Long Exposure Magazine, Los Angeles The Lunch Ticket and Dek Unu. Recently she contributed images to Ottawa’s A Caged Mind. She also designs for San Francisco’s VIDA, supporting literacy.