Jan Leiby grew up downriver Detroit. She graduated from the University of Michigan, earned her MA from the Bread Loaf School of English/ Middlebury College, and her MFA from the University of Alabama. Her stories, many of them collected here, have appeared in Fiction, New Orleans Review, The Greensboro Review, and Indiana Review, among others. For ten years, she has lived in Orlando, Florida, teaching creative writing at the University of Central Florida and editing The Florida Review. In 2008, she will move to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as an associate professor of English at Louisiana State University and editor of The Southern Review

J. Christopher Silvia is a fiction writer who enjoys experimenting with style and subject matter. His goal is to capture the small moments in life that he calls 'significant subtleties.' He is currently pursuing an education in English at VCC and intends to continue on to a degree in Creative Writing. In addition to his studies, he is also currently seeking to publish a number of short fiction pieces.

JL Stewart is author of The Adventures of Avarom, which is a tale of sorcerers, witches, love, honor, death and war. This well written novel captures the imagination of the reader and transports them to a mystical time and place, Servitica during the reign of the Red Queen. Experience the Queen's relationships with her protector and bodyguard, Avarom, and her trusted chamber maid Anrika. Mystery surrounds Avarom  because little is known about his past, or his lineage.  He is thrust into mortal danger when the Red Queen disappears while under his care.  The Queen and her realm is threatened when war is opened against her. Would they be able to save their lands? What is behind the mysterious Eutrotals and their intentions? The Adventures of Avarom is delightful and whimsical while hiding dark secrets that few will suspect.

Jocelyn Bartkevicious teaches in the MFA program at UCF and serves as book review editor for the journal Fourth Genre. Her work has appeared in anthologies and such journals as The Hudson Review, Missouri Review, and Bellingham Review and has been named winner of The Missouri Review Prize in the Essay and The Annie Dillard Award. She is completing a memoir, The Emerald Room: An Erotic Education.

 

John Conolley,grew up in West Virginia the oldest of nine children and received a B.S. in math at Marshall University. He spent four years in the Southwest as a radar mechanic in the Air Force, and fourteen years in New York City. In New York, he was the editor of the quarterly New York Skeptic and of the semi-monthly Street News, which was sold by the homeless to give them a source of income, and which helped many of them get off the street. He has revised two books for readability, both of which made the Business Best Seller list. They were The Education of a Speculator, by Victor Niederhoffer, and Contrarian Investment Strategies: the Next Generation, by David Dreman. Since then, he hasn't done squat except write a little poetry.

Joseph Pasquale is the author of four novels, two short story books, five poetry chapbooks, two children's books and screenplays. His published novel, "Captured Mind" is a dystopian social science fiction story. In the tale, only one continent, one nation, one language and one religion remain. Two viruses are battling for control of humanity. Joseph hosted  the "Soft Exposure Night"  June-November 2007 which featured other authors and poets in the Orlando community. He believes in supporting all artists and each genre of spoken word, in effort to contribute creativity to the universe and inspire inner divinity in each person. To contact Joseph send a greeting to nudebandits@yahoo.com. For a copy of his books visit: www.nudebandit.com

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