Here are this issues writers' bios:

Andrew Demcak's new book of poetry, Catching Tigers in Red Weather, won the Three Candles Press Open Book Award. Its publication is forthcoming in November 2007 from Three Candles Press. Read his poetry here.

Charles Freeland teaches at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. Recent work appears in Jubilat, Margie, The Cincinnati Review, The Hollins Critic, 42opus and Cream City Review. He is the author of a chapbook, Where We Saw Them Last (Lily Press). His website is charlesfreelandpoetry.net. Read his poetry here.

Karin Kroetlinger was born in Vienna in 1983, where she is presently studying Print Graphics at the Vienna School of Arts. She is currently nominated for the Othmar Seidner-Prize for young authors, and her poems have appeared in Otoliths Magazine and The Flask Review. She writes mostly in German, but translates all her work herself. Read her poetry here.

Ellyn Lichvar will earn her MFA in Creative Writing in November 2007 from Spalding University in Louisville, KY. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Louisville Review, Poem, Blood Lotus, Louisville Eccentric Observer, Salt, and others. She currently resides in Louisville with her husband and two dogs. Read her poetry here.

Aleah Sato is a marketing manager and co-owner of Ricksticks Inc, a visual communications firm in Toronto. She is the author of the recently released book Badlands and the forthcoming Stillborn Wilderness (Pooka Press, 2007). Her work has appeared in Nth Position, Adirondack Review, juked, Just West of Athens, Blue Fifth Review and Eclectica, among others. She can be reached through her site: www.aleahsato.com. Read her poetry here.

Lawrence Sumulong is a writer currently enrolled at Grinnell College. His work has previously been published in The Grinnell Review and Farmhouse Magazine. Read his poetry here.

Zachary T. Vickers has been published in Stillwater, Headlightjournal.com and Halfway Down The Stairs. He lives in Upstate New York. Read his fiction here.