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Fuat Andic, a native of Turkey, is the author of three Ottoman historical studies, two biographical studies, and one historical novel, all in Turkish. He now resides in Washington DC.

Tim is the author of three published novels. A native of Rockford, Illinois, he is now on the Executive Council of the New York Center for Independent Publishing and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

Fred Bubbers received his BA in English in 1982 from The State University of New York at Albany. His short stories, essays and poems have been published in journals such as Word Riot and the Oregon Literary Review. He currently lives in Maryland.

Paul Clayton was born in '48 and drafted in '68. After the army Clayton went to Temple University in Philadelphia where he earned a BA in English Literature. His first work of fiction was published in 1995. He currently lives and writes in California.

C.A. Cole lives in Fort Collins, Colorado and has had stories published on the web in the last year, and other writing published in print a long while ago.

Nicole M. Coonradt is a PhD candidate and Teaching Fellow at the University of Denver. She recently published an article on Shakespeare and Dissident Theory, which appeared in Religion and the Arts.

Dolores Cullen first encountered the works of Chaucer as a middle-aged college student. She received her BA in 1972 and her MA in 1978, both from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She lives and writes in Claremont, California.

Jill has been published New York Stories, Lilith, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, Nextbook, Thereby Hangs A Tale, Harrington Lesbian Literary Quarterly, The Portland Review and Constellation. Born and raised in Queens, she lives in Manhattan.

Marva's story collection, Tales of a Texas Boy, published in ebook by Cantarabooks, has recently been nominated for a Cybils Award. She currently lives in Oregon.

Adam lives in Edmond, Oklahoma, where he studies creative writing at the University of Central Oklahoma. His poetry has appeared in New Plains Review and is forthcoming in Aquapolis.

Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Paul Barnett - who edits under his real name and writes under the name John Grant - is a Hugo Award-winning author of novels and short stories, most notably The Far-Enough Window, Dragonhenge and The Dragons of Manhattan.

Frank Haberle’s short stories have appeared in The Adirondack Review, Hot Metal Press, Melic Review, Johnny America, the Broken Bridge Review, Smokelong Quarterly, the SN Review, the East Hampton Star, and 21 Stars Review.

Thomas Healy was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. His stories have appeared in such journals as The Cerebral Catalyst, The Flask Review, The Istanbul Literature Review, and Lily.

David's short fiction has appeared in many literary publications, including McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Ruminate Magazine, Air in the Paragraph Line, and Nanofiction. His novella, The Salvation of Billy Wayne Carter, is published by Cantarabooks.

Mercedes has published poetry in Rhino, Poetry, Nimrod, Poetry East, Seattle Review, and other publications. She holds awards from the Seattle Arts Commission, Hugo House, and Artist Trust.

BV Lawson is the author of mystery and mainstream short stories and novels. She also writes the mystery-genre blog, In Reference to Murder.

Adnan was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia, in 1974. His first book, [REFUGE]E, a collection of short stories and poetry, was published in May 2005 by Konstfack University College of Arts Crafts and Design. He currently lives in Sweden.

16 year-old Hannah is a student at The Barrie School in Silver Spring, Maryland. The Sublime is her first published work.

Memory Moments, Carl Palmer’s second book, is hot off the press. He spends his spare moments submitting flash fiction stories and poetry to magazines around the world.

Thalia is a physician currently in private practice in Santa Cruz CA while completing her MFA in Creative Writing at The Writer’s Workshop in Bennington College, Vermont. Her stories have been published in Nimrod, Glimmer Train, and Readers.

Joe Sainz is a full-time college teacher of business computer applications. He has written short stories, poetry, and completed two novels.

Amy L. Sargent currently lives just outside Pittsburgh PA, where she is completing her MFA at Chatham University. Her Her work is forthcoming or has recently appeared in several journals including The Dalhousie Review, The Alembic, and The Pinch.

Pacific Northest native Tamara Kaye Sellman is a publishing professional and writer living and working in Bainbridge Island, Washington.

Jacqueline Vick has had short stories published or set for future publication in Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, Mouth Full of Bullets, and Orchard Press Mysteries.

Gary is a Sundance-veteran filmmaker (Crashing, The Trouble with Dick, Beat, Notes from Underground) and TV director (Sledge Hammer!) as well as a fine poet. The three poems in Cantaraville are from his chapbook, Bad Sex.

Andrew and his wife, Ruth, are specialists in scholarly, out-of-print and rare books on the arts. "Essie Faigelies" is his first published story.

Born in Poland in 1945, Ita immigrated with her family to the US in the 50s. She holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Texas in Austin and now lives in Colorado. Her memoir, The Gift, was recently published by The Wessex Collective.