Contributors: Issue 03

Robert Auld is a sophomore at Salem State University. Reviews and other work have appeared on The Nervous Breakdown, The Drum, and elsewhere. He tweets @robbyauld.

Christopher Bakka studied English Literature and Theatre at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. He lives and writes in Austin, Texas.

Elizabeth Calhoun writes and lives in a swamp called New Orleans. She is new to the trying-to-get-published game and spends a lot of time on her couch trying to figure out what's worth what, but maybe you'll see her work elsewhere if she gets lucky.

Vanessa Couto Johnson's chapbook Life of Francis was the winner of Gambling the Aisle's 2014 Chapbook Contest. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Blackbird, Qwerty, The Destroyer, BORT Quarterly, and elsewhere. She currently teaches at Texas State University, where she earned her MFA.

Alisha Dukelow is leisurely tying up her Writing undergraduate degree at the University of Victoria where she focuses on poetry and fiction. She is an editor at The Warren Undergraduate Review and This Side of West. Her work can be found in PRISM international and Xanadu.

Sam Eldridge is an artist from Victoria, BC with a passion for painting, cats, and painting cats.

Jessie Janeshek's first book of poems is Invisible Mink (Iris Press, 2010). An Assistant Professor of English and the Director of Writing at Bethany College, she holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and an M.F.A. from Emerson College. She co-edited the literary anthology Outscape: Writings on Fences and Frontiers (KWG Press, 2008).

Nathaniel G. Moore is the author of several books including Savage 1986-2011 (Anvil Press), winner of the 2014 ReLit Award for best novel. His next book is The Chelsea Papers, forthcoming. Visit him online at savageanovel.tumblr.com

Kate Peterson earned her MFA in Poetry from Eastern Washington University in Spokane, WA where she lives and works as an adjunct professor. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in many literary journals such as Barnstorm, Medical Literary Messenger, The Examined Life Journal, The Naugatuck River Review and The Sierra Nevada Review. Links to her work can be found on her feeble attempt at a website, katelaurenpeterson.tumblr.com.

Gilmore Tamny lives in Somerville, MA, where she spends much of her time writing, drawing and playing guitar. She's had essays, artwork, interviews and short stories published in Chickfactor, Petrichor Review, Turk's Head Review, 3Elements, Pithead Chapel, and Meat for Tea. In 2002, she received an MFA from Emerson College. One of her novels, My Days with Millicent, is being serialized online at Ohioedit. She was Somerville's November 2014 Artist of the Month.

Dr. Ernest Williamson III has published creative work in over 550 journals. Professor Williamson has published poetry in journals such as The Oklahoma Review, Review Americana, and The Copperfield Review. His poetry has been nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology three times. Some of his visual artwork has appeared in journals such as The Columbia Review, and The Tulane Review. Dr. Williamson is an Assistant Professor of English at Allen University.