Barbara Brooks, author of The Catbird Sang (Finishing Line Press, 2004) and A Shell to Return to the Sea (Finishing Line Press, 2013) chapbooks, is a member of Poet Fools. Her work has been accepted in Avalon Literary Review, Chagrin River Review, The Foundling Review, Blue Lake Review, Granny Smith Magazine, Third Wednesday, Shadow Road Quarterly, Indigo Mosaic Muddy River Poetry Review, Boston Literary Magazine and online at Southern Women’s Review, Poetry Quarterly, and Big River Poetry, among others. She currently lives in North Carolina with her dog.

Thoughts, Volume 1, Issue 2

Katarina Boudreaux is a writer, musician, composer, tango dancer, and teacher—a shaper of word, sound, and mind. She recently returned to New Orleans after residing in Texas, Connecticut, and New York. She has been published in The Bacon Review, PANK, SNReview, Blueline, New Jersey Underground, and Calliope. New work is forthcoming in Corvus and YAY!LA.

Subway Stops, Volume 1, Issue 2

Mark Blickley is a widely published author of fiction, nonfiction, drama and poetry. His most recent book is the story collection Sacred Misfits (Red Hen Press, 2004), and his play, Bed Bugs & Beyond, is currently running in NYC.

Excavating Dream From Nightmare with Amy Bassin, Volume 1, Issue 2

Roy Bentley has earned fellowships from the NEA, the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Ohio Arts Council. He has published four books: Boy in a Boat (University of Alabama Press, 1986), Any One Man (Bottom Dog Books, 1992), The Trouble with a Short Horse in Montana (White Pine, 2006), and his latest, Starlight Taxi (Lynx House Press, 2013).

Cult of the Star-spangled Bottle Tree and The Country of Not-knowing, Volume 1, Issue 2
It Takes Exactly One Lifetime to Adjust to the Darkness, and Whatever Small Form of Joy Likeness Equals, Volume 3, Issue 2