Richard Badalamente writes fiction and non-fiction, sometimes confusing the two, especially when writing about politics. He completed a 120,000-word novel last year only to realize he’d have a better chance getting two 60,000-word novels published. He’s also written a novella, a novelette, numerous short stories, and many poems, some of which have actually been published. His piece, "The Knockoff," was recently published in the 2008 Flash Fiction Carnival. He contributes regularly to Pen Pricks.

Barry Basden lives in Texas. He is coauthor of Crack! and Thump: With a Combat Infantry Officer in World War II.

Adam Baxter is an intensive care nurse and frustrated writer. He lives in the English countryside with his long suffering wife and 4 kids. "Death" is his second entry in this esteemed publication and hopefully not the last.

Judy Cabito lives in Incline Village, Nevada with her husband. She grew up, steps from the Puget Sound, in several cities on the Coast of California, and calls herself a Westcoaster, if there is such a thing. Published in Flashquake, Every Day Fiction, Gator Spring's Gazette, Pen Pricks and many more, she has an analytical interest in micro-fiction.

James C. Clar is a teacher and writer living in upstate New York. He contributes regularly to MYSTERY NEWS. His short fiction has been published in print as well as on the internet. Most recently his work has appeared in EVERY DAY FICTION, THE TAJ MAHAL REVIEW, LONG STORY-SHORT, POWDER BURN FLASH, ORCHARD PRESS MYSTERIES, MYSTERYAUTHORS.COM, STATIC MOVEMENT and SHINE to name just a few venues.

Arthur Cronin lives in Cork, Ireland. He has written two novels, 'The Tree and the Horse' and 'Darcy and O'Mara'. More of his stories can be found at: veryslightstories.blogspot.com.

Sue Ellis is a member of the Internet Writers Workshop.

Alice Folkart writes short fiction and poetry in Hawaii. Her work has appeared in a number of e-zines and on-line literary journals.

Maria Grace immigrated to Sedona in 1997 with four suitcases and her daughter. She holds a M.A. in Cultural Anthropology from Munich, Germany, and has worked as anthropology teacher, real estate agent, timeshare sales agent, gallery director, management assistant, office manager, and deli girl. As a wedding planner she lives in the Sedona red rocks with her family and animals. Her poetry and other work appeared in Trillium Literary Journal, Big Pulp, Pen Pricks, and Main Channel Voices.

James Gray was born in Massachusetts on 9/11/40. He moved to California in 1962. He is always writing and enjoying it. He married Trisha on 12/31/88.

Tracy Grimaldi in Virginia Beach and is a member of Hampton Roads Writers.

Pam Hauck lives in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Her creative nonfiction, fiction and poetry have appeared in The Phoenix, flashquake, storySouth, The Southern Scribe, Blue Magnolia, The Tactile Mind Quarterly, The Hiss Quarterly, From the Heart 2: Stories of Love and Friendship, Women of the Web Anthology of Poems, The Dead Mule, The War Journal and various other venues.

Joe Hendrix lives in Northern California. Retired industrial electrician. Children's book writer, short fiction stories.

Michelle Hicks, wife and mother of three, teaches in Virginia. Balancing home, work and writing, she manages to find time to get it all done. Her first short story, "Dinner Plans," can be found on the ezine Shine. Read more about her writing journey at her blog: Chelle.was-here.org.

Frank Hubeny lives in northern Illinois and writes poetry and fiction.

Short fiction by Bryan Jones has appeared in The Danforth Review. He lives and works in Texas.

Heather Kuehl is a writer of fantasy, horror, and the occasional science fiction. Please visit her website at heatherkuehl.googlepages.com/malevolentdead.

Greg Laughlin is a father, husband, attorney, and avid fiction fan. In his copious spare time he tinkers with writing and hopes to someday complete the novel that is constantly gnawing at his brain. He and his wife are also active in animal rescue efforts in and around Houston, Texas.

Browning Lloyd is a writer in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He does not have a riding mower for his half acre lot. Nor does he play golf. He is, however, married. And happy.

Doug Mathewson writes very short fiction that occasionally changes of its own volition into poetry or essay forms. Most recently he has been published by The Boston Literary Magazine, Doorknobs & Body Paint, Pen Pricks, e-Muse-zine, riverbabble, Six Sentences, Creative Soup, and Tuesday Shorts. His current project, True Stories From Imaginary Lives, can be found at www.little2say.org.

Crisia Miroiu roams a small hollow in southern Bucharest (Europe) with her husband, Andrei.

Maureen Murphy lives in Ventura, California, with her two sons. She has spent most of her career working in the publishing field, and is currently working on a fantasy novel. She believes in being happy and not over committing herself. Life is meant to be enjoyed! She can be reached at thundermagic@sbcglobal.net.

Angela Nishimoto is a teacher of botany who lives on the island of O'ahu in the Aloha State.

Michael Pelc lives on the west coast of Florida with his wife and a scaredy cat that few visitors have ever seen. His stories have been known to clutter up the web at sites such as Crimson Highway, Micro Horror, Flashshot and Kidvisions.

Jane Roop is a 64 year old Registered Investment Advisor, mother, grandmother, and wife living in Kennewick, WA. She has been writing off and on for many years. A challenge from one of the members of her prose group made her give this a try. She thinks it is fun to see how much can be said in 55 words.

Brian Rosenberger was last seen in the company of Sushi, a featured dancer at Innsmouth's infamous Thrills and Gills Gentleman's Club. Prior to that, his writings appeared or will be appearing in Read By Dawn V. 1 & 3, Blackest Death V. 3, Strange Stories of Sand and Sea and more. He also authored the chapbook Poems that Go SPLAT. Updates concerning his current whereabouts can be found at home.earthlink.net/~brosenberger.

John Scanlan lives in Chicago. In 2007, his poem Bleed captured two honors in Slate.com's first ever Bad Poetry Contest, qualifying him as one of "The Worst Poets in a Field of Very Bad Poets." www.slate.com/id/2172458/fr/flyout

His last short story, "Don Revie Is God," was published by CIE in Dublin, Ireland.

After teaching writing and literature in college for twenty-five years, Wayne Scheer retired to follow his own advice and write. He's been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and a Best of the Net. Wayne lives in Atlanta with his wife and can be contacted at wvscheer@aol.com.

David Schembri's writings have appeared in: The Horror Day Anthology, Ripples Magazine, The Writing Show, Flashspec Volume 2, Flashshot and AntipodeanSF. Find out more at: www.australianhorror.com/member_pages.php?page=25.

Harriette Spanabel is a race horse trainer who is now spending some of her time writing mostly for children. She has had one piece of work published and another is in the process of being published. She enjoys writing for children but have several stories in the works of the sci-fi, mystery, and terror type. She and her husband have 3 grown children, and reside in the south where they raise and train thoroughbred horses.

Lauran Strait is the managing columns editor at Moondance Magazine, a creative writing and commercial fiction instructor at a Virginia public institution of higher education, and is the president of the Board of Directors of the newly established Hampton Roads Writers, a registered 501c3 group. She facilitates three year round writers' workshops and also freelance edits commercial and literary fiction novels as well as nonfiction books.

Her print and online work appears in Dog-eared, The Gator Springs Gazette, Atomic Petals, Retrozine, The Copperfield Review, A Woman of a Certain Age, Moondance Magazine, Monkey Bicycle, Insolent Rudder, LongStoryShort, Edifice Wrecked, The Virginian Pilot, Whistling Shade Literary Review, Somewhat.org, The Green Tricycle, Reading Divas, The Angler, Salome Magazine, Quiction, Bewildering Stories, Tiny Lights—a flash in the pan, Down in the Cellar, Tuesday Shorts, Six Sentences, and HeavyGlow. More of her fiction is forthcoming in Les Bonnes Fees. Her writing was featured on NPR's literary show, Word By Word. She won NFG's 4th Great-69er contest in 2004. Some of her other fiction and creative non-fiction appears in anthologies such as Random House’s Knitlit the Third—We Spin More Yarns and Better Non Sequitur's See You Next Tuesday.

Visit her website at hamptonroadswriters.org/lauranstrait.php or email her at laurans@hotmail.com.

Steve Talbert is a frequent contributor to Pen Pricks. His biting bite-sized fiction has also appeared in MicroHorror, 55 Words, and 55Fiction.

Joanna M. Weston lives in Maryland with her family, including a large furry beast affectionately called Moose. She loves writing flash fiction due to her need for instant gratification.

Kevin M. White lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and three German Shepherds. He works in a doctor's office and enjoys writing as a way to silence the voices chattering in his head.

Louise Yeiser has been published in Modern Witches, Wizards and Magic (Kerlak) and Six Sentences Volume 1 (McEvily), and online at Six Sentences, Tuesday Shorts, and Flashquake.