Born in Brooklyn, NY, Ann Malaspina has an M.F.A. in Writing for Children
and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She's written many
fiction and nonfiction books for children and teens. Ann likes to run 5K races,
ride on bike trails, and write from personal experience. The red shed in this
story is real! Her next book, A Scarf for Keiko, will be published in 2019.
Kyle J. Mola is a writer from Stonington, CT. He likes Piña Coladas, and
getting caught in the rain. He's not much into health food, but he's into
champagne. He is now based in the Boston area.
Sylvia Claire Onorato is a junior English major at Cornell University
concentrating in American Literature and Creative Writing. Her poetry has
appeared in literary magazines such as Rainy Day and Marginalia, as well as
New York’s Best Emerging Poets: an Anthology.
Joy Overbrook crafts poetry and prose, with a particular love for the short
and poignant. She shares a home with her husband and son in Hatboro, PA.
Published or forthcoming works can be found in Train Flash Fiction, The FEAST,
Story & Grit, SickLit, and more. Follow on Twitter @joy_overbrook.
Karin Rathert I am a Colorado writer, previously published in
Drunkenboat.com, Exquisite Corpse, The Stranger, and Pacific Northwest
Magazine.
Wendell and Smoke are two of the main characters in my novel, "Invitation to
a Hanging," set in a historic boomtown at the turn of the last century.
Amy Roberts Usually I am writer of fiction; however, in “I Googled You,” I
turned my writing lens onto myself and told one part of my own story. This
particular story is full of curiosities, happenstance, and, I’m convinced, even a
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