Pete Able focused on Creative Writing while at Rutgers University. He has published a travel story on the Interac website and a short story in tsuki Magazine. He is 31 years old.
Dennis Braden holds a Master’s Degree in Literature from the Colorado University at Boulder. A first chapbook collection of poems, In Things Completed, has been published by Konglomerati Press. His work has appeared in anthologies as well as the Bellingham Review, Dacotah Territory, Caveat Lector, Confrontation, Star*Line, The Chattahoochee Review, Forum, and others. He has been awarded a writing residency by the Edward F. Albee Foundation. He has worked as a playwright, and is presently completing a novel and another collection of poems.
Randall Brown teaches at Rosemont College’s MFA Program. He’s the author of the award-winning collection Mad to Live, and his work appears in The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Flash Fiction and Norton Anthology of Hint Fiction. He blogs regularly at FlashFiction.Net and is the founder of Matter Press.
Alexander Carver is a produced playwright and published writer, recently in 'Zyzzyva'.
The character Stephanie Worthington is a metaphor, a person with the desire of escape, a representative of the Stateway Gardens Projects which were constructed on the southeast side of Chicago in early 1955 and demolished toward the end of 2007, clearing the path for “urban renewal.” Jasmon Drain would like to dedicate this story to the people who lived there.
Ryan Frisinger is a singer-songwriter, whose music has been featured in such television shows as America’s Next Top Model and The Real World. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Writing from Lindenwood University. He lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with his more-talented wife and couldn’t-care-less cat.
Dave Gregg resides in the state of Missouri, is well over 50 and keeps house with a dog who reads Simic, Bukowski and on occasion, depending on the mood, Neruda.
Matt Hlinak is the author of 'DoG' (Rooster Republic 2012) and several works of short fiction. He is a teacher and administrator at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. He holds an MFA from Northwestern University, as well as a JD from the University of Illinois. He is currently writing a fantasy novel.
Andrew Hogan received his doctorate in development studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before retirement, he was a faculty member at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, where he taught medical ethics, health policy and the social organization of medicine in the College of Human Medicine. Dr. Hogan published more than five-dozen professional articles on health services research and health policy. He has published twenty-three works of fiction in the OASIS Journal, Hobo Pancakes, Twisted Dreams, Thick Jam, Grim Corps, Long Story Short, Defenestration, The Blue Guitar Magazine, Fabula Argentea, The Lorelei Signal, SANDSCRIPT, and the Copperfield Review.
Adam Hughes is the author of Petrichor (NYQ Books, 2010) and Uttering the Holy (NYQ Books, 2012). He was born in 1982 in Lancaster, Ohio. He still resides there with his wife and daughter, working as a pastor.
Kaye Linden has an MFA in fiction writing, is past editor and short fiction editor of the Bacopa Literary Review, current assistant editor for Soundings Review and short fiction teacher at Santa Fe College in Gainesville. Her forty tale magic realism collection about Australia, "Tales from Ma's Watering Hole," is for sale on all store fronts.
Kaye was nominated in 2011 for a Pushcart prize. Her many stories have been published in multiple journals including, but not limited to, The Raven Chronicles, Six Minute Stories, The Linnets Wings, Soundings Review, Bacopa Literary Review, the spring 2012 editions of the Feathered Flounder, Shangri-La Shack and Drunk Monkeys anthology #2. Currently, Kaye is studying the difficult art of haiku and writing her second story collection. Visit her website.
G. D. McFetridge writes from his wilderness home in Montana's Sapphire Mountains. His fiction and essays are published across America, in Canada, Ireland and the U.K. -- The Lampeter Review at the Univ. of Wales, and last June my story "Ruby Lake" was published by Confrontation at the Univ. of Long Island, NY. And in March 2014 my story "Little Man" comes out in The Long Story, in Massachusetts.
A middle school language arts teacher, Benjamin Ludwig live in Barrington, New Hampshire. His published work includes many pieces of short fiction published in small literary magazines, and a spelling text for students. Also, a collection of his short stories was a semifinalist for the 2012 Iowa Short Fiction Award. That same collection has since been requested by University of Alaska Press.
Richard Ong's painted artwork, stories, poetry and photos have appeared in several issues of bewilderingstories.com, yesterdaysmagazette.com and The Blotter Magazine. One of these stories has been republished in print as part of an anthology titled, “Toys Remembered.” (compiled and edited by Madonna Dries Christensen). He is also an executive producer of a promotional movie short, “A.R.C. Angel: Kalina,” nominated for Best Guerilla Film Short at the 2013 Action on Film Festival at Monrovia, California.
Louis Phillips' work has appeared in many publications –including Rialto, English Journal, Paterson Literary Review, Northwest Review, etc. For Random House, he edited The Random House Treasury Of Light Verse and Best Loved Poems Of The American People. His books include: Krazy Kat Rag (Light Imprints), R.I.P. (Livingston Press), Bulkington (Hollow Spring Press), The Time,The Hour, The Solitariness Of The Place (Livingston Press), and many others.
Mike Pinches was born and raised in New Jersey. A graduate of Emerson College, Mike now works for an agency that provides services to disabled children and adults. His previous short works have been published in The Rusty Nail Literary Magazine.
Ian Sands lives in northern California where he works in special education. He used to be a journalist at the Boston Phoenix, but now he only writes in his spare time when his wife is away. So, for him, writing is a little like a mistress, you could say. As a lover, though, his wife is far superior.
Wayne Scheer, a past contributor to Foliate Oak, has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes and a Best of the Net. He's published numerous stories, poems and essays in print and online, including Revealing Moments, a collection of flash stories, available here. A short film has also been produced based on his short story, "Zen and the Art of House Painting." Wayne lives in Atlanta with his wife.
Manik Sharma is not really an photographer. He prefers to thread words and has appeared in The Bitter Oleander,Splash of Red,The Camel Saloon, and South by Southeast. However, he does like to hold the lens once in a while.
Mary Ellen Shaughan is a native Iowan who now calls Western Massachusetts home. She admits that she often views life through a kaleidoscope, which results in unusual observations. Her poetry has appeared in Foliate Oak, Long Story Short, Still Crazy, and other journals.
Jake Sheff is a captain in the USAF currently training as a pediatrics physician. He's married with a baby daughter and several rescue pets. His poems have been published widely online and in print, including at Pirene's Fountain and Danse Macabre. His first chapbook, Looting Versailles, was recently released by Alabaster Leaves Publishing.
Lita Sorensen is photographer and writer who has spent the last ten years living in the high desert region of Northern Arizona. Sorensen's photographic images have been purchased by collectors and business in both the Phoenix and Sedona, Arizona areas. More of her work can be viewed here.
Born and raised in Chicago, Michele Whitney received her BS in marketing from Northern Illinois University and her MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. She is now a PhD candidate for public service leadership at Capella University with a dissertation topic on the human-animal bond. Her writing has been published in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Diverse Voices Quarterly, r.kv.ry Quarterly Literary Journal, the Chicago Sun-Times and other venues.
Dennis Braden holds a Master’s Degree in Literature from the Colorado University at Boulder. A first chapbook collection of poems, In Things Completed, has been published by Konglomerati Press. His work has appeared in anthologies as well as the Bellingham Review, Dacotah Territory, Caveat Lector, Confrontation, Star*Line, The Chattahoochee Review, Forum, and others. He has been awarded a writing residency by the Edward F. Albee Foundation. He has worked as a playwright, and is presently completing a novel and another collection of poems.
Randall Brown teaches at Rosemont College’s MFA Program. He’s the author of the award-winning collection Mad to Live, and his work appears in The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Flash Fiction and Norton Anthology of Hint Fiction. He blogs regularly at FlashFiction.Net and is the founder of Matter Press.
Alexander Carver is a produced playwright and published writer, recently in 'Zyzzyva'.
The character Stephanie Worthington is a metaphor, a person with the desire of escape, a representative of the Stateway Gardens Projects which were constructed on the southeast side of Chicago in early 1955 and demolished toward the end of 2007, clearing the path for “urban renewal.” Jasmon Drain would like to dedicate this story to the people who lived there.
Ryan Frisinger is a singer-songwriter, whose music has been featured in such television shows as America’s Next Top Model and The Real World. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Writing from Lindenwood University. He lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with his more-talented wife and couldn’t-care-less cat.
Dave Gregg resides in the state of Missouri, is well over 50 and keeps house with a dog who reads Simic, Bukowski and on occasion, depending on the mood, Neruda.
Matt Hlinak is the author of 'DoG' (Rooster Republic 2012) and several works of short fiction. He is a teacher and administrator at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. He holds an MFA from Northwestern University, as well as a JD from the University of Illinois. He is currently writing a fantasy novel.
Andrew Hogan received his doctorate in development studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before retirement, he was a faculty member at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, where he taught medical ethics, health policy and the social organization of medicine in the College of Human Medicine. Dr. Hogan published more than five-dozen professional articles on health services research and health policy. He has published twenty-three works of fiction in the OASIS Journal, Hobo Pancakes, Twisted Dreams, Thick Jam, Grim Corps, Long Story Short, Defenestration, The Blue Guitar Magazine, Fabula Argentea, The Lorelei Signal, SANDSCRIPT, and the Copperfield Review.
Adam Hughes is the author of Petrichor (NYQ Books, 2010) and Uttering the Holy (NYQ Books, 2012). He was born in 1982 in Lancaster, Ohio. He still resides there with his wife and daughter, working as a pastor.
Kaye Linden has an MFA in fiction writing, is past editor and short fiction editor of the Bacopa Literary Review, current assistant editor for Soundings Review and short fiction teacher at Santa Fe College in Gainesville. Her forty tale magic realism collection about Australia, "Tales from Ma's Watering Hole," is for sale on all store fronts.
Kaye was nominated in 2011 for a Pushcart prize. Her many stories have been published in multiple journals including, but not limited to, The Raven Chronicles, Six Minute Stories, The Linnets Wings, Soundings Review, Bacopa Literary Review, the spring 2012 editions of the Feathered Flounder, Shangri-La Shack and Drunk Monkeys anthology #2. Currently, Kaye is studying the difficult art of haiku and writing her second story collection. Visit her website.
G. D. McFetridge writes from his wilderness home in Montana's Sapphire Mountains. His fiction and essays are published across America, in Canada, Ireland and the U.K. -- The Lampeter Review at the Univ. of Wales, and last June my story "Ruby Lake" was published by Confrontation at the Univ. of Long Island, NY. And in March 2014 my story "Little Man" comes out in The Long Story, in Massachusetts.
A middle school language arts teacher, Benjamin Ludwig live in Barrington, New Hampshire. His published work includes many pieces of short fiction published in small literary magazines, and a spelling text for students. Also, a collection of his short stories was a semifinalist for the 2012 Iowa Short Fiction Award. That same collection has since been requested by University of Alaska Press.
Richard Ong's painted artwork, stories, poetry and photos have appeared in several issues of bewilderingstories.com, yesterdaysmagazette.com and The Blotter Magazine. One of these stories has been republished in print as part of an anthology titled, “Toys Remembered.” (compiled and edited by Madonna Dries Christensen). He is also an executive producer of a promotional movie short, “A.R.C. Angel: Kalina,” nominated for Best Guerilla Film Short at the 2013 Action on Film Festival at Monrovia, California.
Louis Phillips' work has appeared in many publications –including Rialto, English Journal, Paterson Literary Review, Northwest Review, etc. For Random House, he edited The Random House Treasury Of Light Verse and Best Loved Poems Of The American People. His books include: Krazy Kat Rag (Light Imprints), R.I.P. (Livingston Press), Bulkington (Hollow Spring Press), The Time,The Hour, The Solitariness Of The Place (Livingston Press), and many others.
Mike Pinches was born and raised in New Jersey. A graduate of Emerson College, Mike now works for an agency that provides services to disabled children and adults. His previous short works have been published in The Rusty Nail Literary Magazine.
Ian Sands lives in northern California where he works in special education. He used to be a journalist at the Boston Phoenix, but now he only writes in his spare time when his wife is away. So, for him, writing is a little like a mistress, you could say. As a lover, though, his wife is far superior.
Wayne Scheer, a past contributor to Foliate Oak, has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes and a Best of the Net. He's published numerous stories, poems and essays in print and online, including Revealing Moments, a collection of flash stories, available here. A short film has also been produced based on his short story, "Zen and the Art of House Painting." Wayne lives in Atlanta with his wife.
Manik Sharma is not really an photographer. He prefers to thread words and has appeared in The Bitter Oleander,Splash of Red,The Camel Saloon, and South by Southeast. However, he does like to hold the lens once in a while.
Mary Ellen Shaughan is a native Iowan who now calls Western Massachusetts home. She admits that she often views life through a kaleidoscope, which results in unusual observations. Her poetry has appeared in Foliate Oak, Long Story Short, Still Crazy, and other journals.
Jake Sheff is a captain in the USAF currently training as a pediatrics physician. He's married with a baby daughter and several rescue pets. His poems have been published widely online and in print, including at Pirene's Fountain and Danse Macabre. His first chapbook, Looting Versailles, was recently released by Alabaster Leaves Publishing.
Lita Sorensen is photographer and writer who has spent the last ten years living in the high desert region of Northern Arizona. Sorensen's photographic images have been purchased by collectors and business in both the Phoenix and Sedona, Arizona areas. More of her work can be viewed here.
Born and raised in Chicago, Michele Whitney received her BS in marketing from Northern Illinois University and her MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. She is now a PhD candidate for public service leadership at Capella University with a dissertation topic on the human-animal bond. Her writing has been published in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Diverse Voices Quarterly, r.kv.ry Quarterly Literary Journal, the Chicago Sun-Times and other venues.
