Here are this issues writer's bios:

Christine Orchanian Adler has an MA in Creative Writing from Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY. Her poetry has been appeared at www.literarymama.com. Read her poetry here.

Heather Bryant grew up in Sauble Beach, Ontario, Canada, before moving to Boston and finally Providence, Rhode Island. She is currently working towards her Master’s in English and Creative Writing at Rhode Island College, and freelancing for multiple non-profit agencies in the state. Read her poetry here.

Jason Fraley works at an investment firm in West Virginia and is pursing his M.B.A. His wife and cat see him occasionally. He has been published in Redactions, Confluence, Words on Walls, Pebble Lake Review, Stirring, Eclectica, and elsewhere. Read his poetry here.

Colie Hoffman is a writer and editor in Durham, North Carolina, though you may just as easily find her in Burkina Faso, Boston, or Paris. She recently completed an M.A. in English at NC State University. Read her poetry here.

Michael Keshigian is a musician and educator, performing and teaching on the collegiate level in Boston. Most recently, his poems have appeared in Avocet, Fairfield Review, Red River Review, Pegasus Review, Zillah, Harp-Strings, and Ibbetson Street, among others. He has had three chapbooks published and was a 2003 Pushcart nominee. Read his poetry here.

Xander Lander is a student at the University of Florida. Read his poetry here.

Caitlin M. Lord is a restless Western Massachusetts native who resides in Amherst, MA with her devoted partner, a 1965 Columbia Torpedo bicycle she calls "Betsy." She attends college aimessly, but holds on to the hope that someday she'll know what she wants from herself. Read her poetry here.

Jessica Miele is a writing student at Emerson College in Boston. She is currently working on a collection of short stories. Read her fiction here.

J. A. Tyler J. A. Tyler's work has appeared in The Crucible, Slow Trains Literary Journal, and The Writers Post Journal. Read his fiction here.

Jessica L. Walsh Jessica Walsh is an English instructor at Harper college in suburban Chicago. Read her poetry here.