included in Bright Hills Press, Kind of A Hurricane, and Poppy Road Anthologies. She
has been nominated three times for Best of the Net. Poet and Geek recognized her work as their best poem of 2013. Four of Joan’s books have been published by fine small literary presses and she has three e-book titles.
J. R. Miller was born and raised in the blue-collar suburbs of Detroit. After several years of working in advertising and joined by his wife and children, he moved to Florida where he teaches creative writing. His debut story collection, Nobody’s Looking, was published in 2015 by ELJ Publications. His work can also be found in Midwestern Gothic, Prime Number, Prick of the Spindle, Stymie, Alligator Juniper, Tigertail: A South Florida Annual and is forthcoming in Portland Review and Mojave River Review. He is the managing editor of (ĕm): A Review of Text and Image and production editor for Sweet Publications. You can visit his website at www.miller580.com.
Joshua Osto is a vocational writer and the editor of The Red Line (www.overtheredline.com). His work can be found in Birkensnake, Prole, The Canary Press, and Glassfire magazines, as well as performed online by Liar’s League. Before a fifteen-year career working in financial institutions, Josh obtained a Masters in English Literary research from Lancaster University. He has spent periods working in Seoul, Beijing, Rio, Boston, and Zurich, but now lives in London, where he at least has a vague idea what’s going on.
Richard King Perkins II is a state-sponsored advocate for residents in long-term care facilities. He has a wife, Vickie, and a daughter, Sage. He is a three-time Pushcart nominee and a Best of the Net nominee whose work has appeared in hundreds of publications including Poetry Salzburg Review, Bluestem, Emrys Journal, Sierra Nevada Review, Two Thirds North, The Red Cedar Review and December Magazine. He has poems forthcoming in Broad River Review, The William and Mary Review, and The Louisiana Review.
Rudy Ravindra’s prose has appeared in Saturday Evening Post online, Waccamaw, The Prague Revue, Bewildering Stories, and others. He lives in Wilmington, NC. More at: rudyravindra.wix.com/rudy.
Diana Rosen is a journalist, nonfiction book author, poet, and flash fiction writer who teaches creative writing at several senior arts locations. “New Path to the Waterfall” was written in homage to Raymond Carver and Tess Gallagher. Diana lives and works in Los Angeles. Comments are welcomed at [email protected].