Theresa Williams

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Theresa Williams lives and teaches in Northwest Ohio. Her current project is a Sketchbook novel called The Diary of Lea Knight. It traces the inner life of Lea Knight, who has recently lost a baby. Theresa twice received Individual Excellence Grants from The Ohio Arts Council and has been published in numerous journals, including Gargoyle, Hunger Mountain, and The Sun.

From The Diary of Lea Knight, Volume 4, Issue 2
Winner of The Magnolia Review Ink Award, selected by Dom Fonce
The year is strangely quiet, Volume 5, Issue 1

Michael Whelan

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Michael Whelan is the author of the poetry collection After God. He is the winner of Leitrim Guardian’s 2012 Literary Awards and his work has appeared in The Best American Poetry Blog, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, The Galway Review, Little Patuxent Review and many other journals. https://www.michaelwhelanpoetry.com/

Tid Bit and Three Words, Volume 4, Issue 2

Maryfrances Wagner

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Maryfrances Wagner’s books include Salvatore’s Daughter, Light Subtracts Itself, Red Silk (Thorpe Menn Book Award for Literary Excellence), Dioramas, Pouf, and The Silence of Red Glass. Her poems have appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies. She co-edits the I-70 Review, served as Co-president of The Writers Place, and for fun and relaxation, she enjoys creating collages and jewelry. Check out her latest book of poems, The Silence of Red Glass, and check out her website here.

The Sophomores Study Julius Caesar: A Found Poem and The Sophomores Study Grammar: A Found Poem, Volume 4, Issue 2
Interview

Bess Vanrenen

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Bess Vanrenen is a writer, editor, and mostly armchair traveler. She lives in Denver with her family. Vanrenen has an MA degree in English from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MFA degree in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. Her personal essays are published in a variety of print and digital publications, including Role Reboot and The Manifest-Station. Vanrenen’s short story “Missed Connection” won a Stories on Stage contest and was performed live, and her short story “Unexpected Gifts” was published by The Sand Hill Review.

The Land of Lakes and Volcanoes, Volume 4, Issue 2

Dennis Trujillo

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Dennis Trujillo is a former US Army soldier and middle/high school math teacher from Pueblo, Colorado. In 2010 he spontaneously began writing poetry, not knowing where the spark came from—since then he has published more than seventy poems in various magazines, journals, and anthologies. He enjoys running and yoga and currently lives in Dongducheon, South Korea.

Do We Need Superheroes, Really?, Volume 4, Issue 2

Chuck Thompson

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Chuck Thompson has a MA in English from the University of Massachusetts, and his published works include Busy and Blessed: 10 Simple Steps for Parents Seeking Peace (Insight Press, 2014). He’s also a secondary school administrator and avid reader here in Chicago, Illinois.

Morning Swim Camping, Midwives, Spirited Away, Baby Tunes, and Bare Hands, Volume 4, Issue 2

David Spicer

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

David Spicer has poems in Tipton Poetry Journal, Reed Magazine, Chiron Review, Alcatraz, Gargoyle, unbroken, Raw, Third Wednesday, Ploughshares, The American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. He has been nominated for a Best of the Net three times and a Pushcart, and is the author of one full-length collection of poems, Everybody Has a Story (St. Luke’s Press, 1987), and five chapbooks, with the latest, From the Wings of a Pear Tree, available from Flutter Press.

In My Younger Years I Loved the Oboe, Volume 4, Issue 2

William L. Spencer

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

William L. Spencer has published fiction and non-fiction in the San Diego Reader and West Coast Review (Simon Fraser University). His short story “In the System” was published online by Uprising Review in 2017 (pen name Carlos Dunning). Short story “What I Done” is in the Spring 2018 issue of Furtive Dalliance Literary Review available on Amazon, and a piece of experimental fiction “The Bastard Died On Me” is online at SoftCartel.com. Two stories were published in The Magnolia Review Volume 4, Issue 2. Spencer can be found on Scribophile.com as “Carlos Dunning” and an author interview is at:

https://verysherryterry.wordpress.com/2018/04/02/author-interview-william-l-spencer/

Schoolboy and That Which More Often Than Not is Left Unsaid, Volume 4, Issue 2
Interview
Crossing Copper River, Volume 5, Issue 1

Steven B. Rosenfeld

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Steven B. Rosenfeld is a retired New York lawyer who has been writing for 40 years and began writing short fiction in 2015. His stories have been published in The City Key, Inigo Online, Jewish Fiction.net, Reflex Fiction, Good Works Review, and Flatbush Review. An earlier version of “Amy’s Story,” the piece published by Jewish Fiction.net in September 2017, received an Honorable Mention in the 2016 Short Story America Prize contest.

Risky, Volume 4, Issue 2

Interview

TJ Neathery

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Though the two places don’t often go hand in hand, TJ Neathery spent his childhood between Texas and Albania. He writes fiction and received his MFA from Oregon State University. Among his recent publications are stories in Front Porch Review and Amarillo Bay. He also writes a weekly Artist of the Week feature for oncoloradosprings.com. Currently, he writes in Colorado Springs, CO and works in nonprofit communications. Check out his website: www.tjneathery.com/author.

Ravi S. and the Tiger, Volume 4, Issue 2