STACE BUDZKO has been published in Night Train, Hobart, The Collagist, Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction, Quick Fiction, Flash Fiction Forward, Brevity & Echo, and elsewhere. At present, he teaches at Emmanuel College and is writer-in-residence at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. On addiction, the author is reminded of the words of Charlie Brown: It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.
SUE WILLIAMS is an Assistant Book and Magazine Editor at Narrative. Her stories appear in numerous publications, including Narrative, Gargoyle, and Salamander. She won the Carolyn A. Clark Flash Fiction Prize and Glimmer Train’s Best Start, and is working on her novel, Prowl. She’s addicted to the singalong episode of Buffy.
SUE WILLIAMS is an Assistant Book and Magazine Editor at Narrative. Her stories appear in numerous publications, including Narrative, Gargoyle, and Salamander. She won the Carolyn A. Clark Flash Fiction Prize and Glimmer Train’s Best Start, and is working on her novel, Prowl. She’s addicted to the singalong episode of Buffy.
MICHAEL SCHIAVONE has been published in Glimmer Train, Narrative Magazine, and Crab Orchard Review, among others. His debut novel, Call Me When You Land, is forthcoming from Permanent Press in 2011. His short story collection is represented by Barbara Braun. For further information about Michael, please visit: www.michaelschiavone.com. Mike is addicted to MORE!
MARC SIMON has been a cab driver, English teacher, advertising copywriter, and comedy writer/performer. His short fiction has been published in The Naples Review, The Wilderness Review, The Shine and Flashquake. His first novel, The Leap Year Boy, is under agent representation. Born in Pittsburgh, Marc resides in Naples, Florida. Marc is addicted to the Steelers and writing that makes him say "Shit, why didn't I think of that."
CATHERINE ELCIK is a writer in Massachusetts whose work has appeared in Carve, The Free Press, and The Boston Globe. She is currently revising her first novel while battling her addictions to fresh-from-the-oven chocolate-chip cookies, goofy pop songs, and Facebook.
CATHERINE ELCIK is a writer in Massachusetts whose work has appeared in Carve, The Free Press, and The Boston Globe. She is currently revising her first novel while battling her addictions to fresh-from-the-oven chocolate-chip cookies, goofy pop songs, and Facebook.
DAVE DEMERJIAN is a copywriter and a journalist who loves being on airplanes and makes his living writing about the much-despised topic of commercial aviation. He suffers from a debilitating addiction to Cadbury Creme Eggs, and due to regional supply shortages last Easter visited nine different CVS stores in order to build an adequate stockpile.
SUZANNE JOHN has been a finalist in Glimmer Train’s Very Short Fiction Award. Currently she's the Director of Academic and Instructional Services for Suffolk University’s School of Art and Design, where she's also an adjunct faculty member in the English Department. She's taught at Mount Ida College and at Emerson College, where she earned her MFA. She is addicted to Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice--no pulp.
STEPHEN MACKINNON has received numerous award recognitions. His stories have appeared in Carve Magazine, Fiction Attic, Kennesaw Review, Ontario Review, Rosebud, Talking River, Southeast Review, Yalobusha Review, Underground Voices, Whistling Shade, and other publications. Presently he is at work on a novel set on Cape Cod: Mercy’s Wake. He is addicted to ocean storms. He waits for them and watches them; fifteen foot waves tell everything about nature’s dominance.
STEPHEN MACKINNON has received numerous award recognitions. His stories have appeared in Carve Magazine, Fiction Attic, Kennesaw Review, Ontario Review, Rosebud, Talking River, Southeast Review, Yalobusha Review, Underground Voices, Whistling Shade, and other publications. Presently he is at work on a novel set on Cape Cod: Mercy’s Wake. He is addicted to ocean storms. He waits for them and watches them; fifteen foot waves tell everything about nature’s dominance.
