Ken Abner

Camille Alexa

Camille Alexa's collection of fiction and poetry, Push of the Sky, earned a starred review in Publishers Weekly and was a finalist for the Endeavour Award. She loves cool sunny mornings and hot running water, and hates the thought nuclear winter would deprive her of both. More information at http://camillealexa.com.

Maria Alexander

Maria Alexander is a recovering blond who lives in Los Angeles with three ungrateful cats, a pervasive sense of doom, and a purse named Trog. By day, she writes for Disney. By night, she pursues an advanced degree in snarkiology. You can read more about her published work and other shenanigans at www.mariaalexander.net.

Mike Allen

Mike Allen is author of the Nebula Award-nominated short story "The Button Bin" and editor of the poetry journal Mythic Delirium and the anthology series Clockwork Phoenix. He maintains a blog at time-shark.livejournal.com.

Colleen Anderson

Colleen Anderson's fiction and poetry have appeared in over 100 publications such as On Spec, Black Quill winner Horror Library Vol. IV (an honourable mention in Year's Best Horror) and Evolve. She is a nominee in poetry for this year's Aurora awards. Recent and new work will be coming out in Polu Texni, Candle in the Attic, Witches & Pagans and Polluto. Meanderings can be found at www.colleenanderson.wordpress.com.

Arlene Ang

Arlene Ang is the author of four poetry collections, the most recent being a collaborative work with Valerie Fox, Bundles of Letters Including A, V and Epsilon (Texture Press, 2008). She lives in Spinea, Italy where she serves as staff editor for The Pedestal Magazine and Press 1. More of her work may be viewed at www.leafscape.org.

Joel Arnold

Joel Arnold's writing has appeared in dozens of publications, with work accepted by such venues as Weird Tales, Cemetery Dance and Gothic.net. Many of his short stories are available as free podcasts at Pseudopod.org, and his short story collections and novels are available for the Kindle and other ereaders. He recently received a 2010 Minnesota Artists Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, as well as a 2010 Gulliver Travel and Research Grant.

Rachel Ayers

Rachel Ayers lives and writes in Kansas, from whence she hopes to hitch a tornadic ride to adventure in another world. She has a Creative Writing degree from Pittsburg State University. Her story "Job Hunting" won First Prize in the 2010 HarperCollins Radiant Prose contest, and her novelette "Sister and Serpent" won Honorable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. Her blog is at richlayers.livejournal.com. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in: Isabelle Rose's Twisted Fairy Tale Anthology volumes 1 and 2 (Wicked East Press), Living With the Dead: Year One, and Enchanted Conversation.

Nancy Baker

Nancy Baker is the author of three novels (The Night Inside, Blood and Chrysanthemums, A Terrible Beauty) and a collection of short stories (Discovering Japan). She's working far too slowly on her fourth novel.

Claire Barbetti

Claire Barbetti teaches medieval literature, poetry, and composition at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her poems have appeared in How 2, The Cimmaron Review, and The Drunken Boat.