Anne Hays (“Us and Them”) is the editor of Storyscape Journal and has her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College.  She works in publishing in Manhattan and lives in Brooklyn.  She is working on a book-length memoir about her prior work as a portrait photographer.

Jennifer Henderson (“Anatomy of a Wednesday”) writes and teaches in Southwest Virginia. She is currently working on a nonfiction book about storms called Machine in the Sky: A Biography of the Tornado. Her work has appeared in journals such as Brevity, River Teeth, Flint Hills Review, and Under the Sun. Two of her recent essays have been finalists for the Fourth Genre Editors’ Prize.

Lynn Jorden (“Suffocation”) spent the first eleven years of her life in Pennsylvania, and the next seven in Illinois before returning to Pennsylvania to attend Gettysburg College, where she is currently a sophomore. A political science major and writing minor, she is the fiction editor of Gettysburg's literary magazine. This is her first published piece.

Jordan Lemke (“Threnody for Fuller Farm”) is a fictional writer from Columbus, Ohio, where he is completing his BFA in graphic design with a minor in creative writing. He is currently working on collecting a series of short stories into a novel and works as a freelance designer/illustrator.

Henry Marchand (“Gone Stay Gone”) teaches creative writing and world literature at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he lives with his wife and children. His short stories have appeared in The Seattle Review, The Willow Review, Rosebud, The Laurel Review and elsewhere; his novella, "The Abyss Looks Back," will appear in an upcoming edition of The King's English.

Calvin Mills (“Surviving Vortices”) teaches English Composition and American Literature at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Washington.  His stories and essays have appeared in Short Story, Weird Tales, The Caribbean Writer, Tales from the South Vol. 1, Timber Creek Review, Southern Indiana Review, and other journals and magazines.

Matt Palka is an author and singer-songwriter who tours the country in a VW bus, sharing his music. His first novel Moment in the Sun chronicles a young man’s journey across the country, echoing his own adventures. He travels endlessly and is currently working on a feature film called VW Bus Tour.

Anida Pobric (“Distorted Dictionary”) was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia.  In the early nineties, she immigrated to the United States with her family. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a degree in Creative Writing. She currently resides in Queens, New York.

Shoshana Sumrall (“John’s Germs”) grew up on a farm in western Nebraska. Currently studying in the Creative Writing program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she also enjoys a career as a technical writer. Her work has appeared in publications such as Deviant Minds, Plains Song Review, Fine Lines Journal, and LITnIMAGE. She lives in Lincoln with her partner, Todd, and their two cats, Misery and Granger."

Ann Walters (“She Always Wears Blue”) lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest. Her poetry has appeared in Poet Lore, Poetry International, Carousel, The Pedestal Magazine, and many others. She has poems forthcoming in the anthologies "Eating Her Wedding Dress" and "In the Telling."

Rose Maria Woodson (“Dancin’”) is a student in the MFA program at Northwestern University.  A Chicago writer, some of her other poems have appeared in wicked alice, African American Review, Ariel, The Lucid Stone  and The Green Hills Literary Lantern.