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Mark J. Mitchell studied writing at UC Santa Cruz under Raymond Carver and George Hitchcock.. His work has appeared in the several anthologies and hundreds of periodicals. Three of his chapbooks Three Visitors, Lent, 1999 , and Artifacts and Relics; and a novel Knight Prisoner, are available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Joan Juster.

Ana Prundaru is a Romanian transplant in Switzerland. Her art and writing appear in 3:AM, Gravel, DIAGRAM, Gingerbread House and others. She is the author of three chapbooks: React by GaussPDF, Free Dirt is Yours by SOd Press and Unstable Tales, forthcoming from Dancing Girl Press.

Sarah Thursday runs a poetry website called CadenceCollective.net, co-hosts a monthly reading with G. Murray Thomas, and founded Sadie Girl Press. Her first full-length poetry collection, All the Tiny Anchors, and her newest CD/chapbook, How to Unexist, is available at SadieGirlPress.com. Find and follow her on SarahThursday.com, Facebook, or Twitter.

Gray Torres is currently a student working towards an english degree with a concentration in creative writing. She can be reached at [email protected]

Alec Verse lives in the honey heat of Texas but was born in mango trees from India. She is known best from her poetry blog, xverses.tumblr.com, where she spins stories about sacrifice for strangers. Her first chapbook, A Modern Muse, will be out soon to quell your hunger.

Isaiah Vianese's poems and book reviews have appeared in Assaracus, Blue Collar Review, The Fourth River, Lambda Literary, Moon City Review, nin, and Rattle. His also author of the chapbook, Stopping on the Old Highway (Recycled Karma P, 2009) and a book for children. He lives in New York City.

A recent graduate of Ohio University, Erika Williams has a degree in English with a concentration in creative writing. For as long as she can remember she has been an avid reader and writer, and hopes to turn both of those passions into a career. Erika and her rabbit, Hazel, currently reside in Pittsburgh, PA.

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