Editor

Joseph Gibson Irvin is originally from Michigan; since leaving the Mitten, he has lived in London, New York, and now hangs his hat in Chicago. He earned his MFA in Fiction Writing from the New School in New York City and spends most of his time thinking about writing. He likes soup.

Contributors

Christopher Cocca is a graduate of Ursinus College, where he won the Creager Prize for Creative Writing, and Yale Divinity School. Now he writes fiction and MFAs at The New School, blogs at christophercocca.wordpress.com, and lives with his awesome wife and and son in Pennsylvania.  His work has appeared at Brevity, elimae, pindeldyboz, Geez Magazine and elsewhere.

Connor Coyne grew up in Flint, Michigan, and has lived in Chicago and New York City. He earned his BA from the University of Chicago and his MFA in Fiction from the New School. His work will be featured in the upcoming issue of the Santa Clara Review.  He and his wife keep an aquarium with wonderful fish and invertebrates.

Ellen Paige Gladish is the mother of many house plants and enjoys using parentheses. Originally from Indiana, she now resides in Chicago. After a variety of strategic career moves with illustrious titles including, but not limited to, “stage manager,” “receptionist,” “interior design show room assistant” and most notably “giver of crystal journeys” at a healing spa, she is excited to begin culinary school.

Dave Odegard grew up an Army brat and spent most of his life moving around, so much so that he now has a tattoo of the word “Nomad.”  He also received his MFA in Fiction from the New School (does anyone sense a connection?).  Dave currently lives in Brooklyn and writes for an advertising trade publication.  He keeps a somewhat up-to-date blog at wordyninja.wordpress.com.

Jessi Phillips recently received her MFA in fiction writing from Western Michigan University, where she helped edit Third Coast magazine and spent a lot of time walking in the woods with her dog Sylvia. She currently lives in Kalamazoo where she is a freelance writer and teaches writing at various academic establishments. She enjoys singing and playing her guitar in smoky bars, riding her horse, Clark Gable In the Stable, and drinking very spicy Bloody Marys. Her work is forthcoming in Glimmer Train magazine.