Michelle Tandoc-Pichereau grew up in Manila, lived for a time in Los Angeles, and now resides in Bretagne, France. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in GUD Magazine, The Humanist, Eclectica, SmokeLong Quarterly, elimae, Word Riot, Brink Magazine, Raving Dove, flashquake, and other magazines. In addition, Michelle was a finalist for SmokeLong Quarterly’s 2008 […]

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Michael Leone’s work has been published or will be published in Green Mountains Review, the Jabberwock Review, The Ledge, North Atlantic Review, the Southern Review, and the Saranac Review. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and writes reviews for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Plain Dealer, and the Kansas City Star. […]

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J.M. Patrick lives in Connecticut where she works for an engineering company. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in NOÖ Journal, The Summerset Review, Pequin, Juked, Night Train, SmokeLong Quarterly, and other places. Visit her online at www.jmpatrick.org.
You’re a young lass. How long have you been writing with an aim toward publication?
I am a […]

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Lisa McMann is the author of Wake (Simon Pulse, 2008) and its forthcoming sequel Fade (Simon Pulse, 2009), paranormal young adult novels with a “splash of romance.” Wake is a NY Times Bestseller, a Borders “Original Voices” nominee for the month of May, and is eligible for the Original Voice of the Year award. It […]

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Gayle Brandeis is the author of Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write (HarperSanFrancisco, 2002), Dictionary Poems (Pudding House Publications, 2003), The Book of Dead Birds (HarperCollins, 2003), winner of the Bellwether Prize for Fiction, and Self Storage (Ballantine, 2007). […]

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Vanessa Gebbie is the author of the short story collection Words from a Glass Bubble, forthcoming from Salt Publishing on March 1, 2008. Having written as a freelance journalist for years, she started writing fiction seriously in 2003. Her work is widely published in print and on the web. Her competition successes include placings […]

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Barbara Jacksha is a co-founder and editor of the online literary journal Cezanne’s Carrot. Her fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have appeared widely, including the Flash Fiction Forward anthology, Per Contra, The Steel City Review, The Summerset Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, Mindprints, Vox, and the The Talking Stick. Her story “In the Neural Zone,” originally published […]

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Stefani Nellen co-edits the Steel City Review. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Inkwell, Mad Hatter’s Review, Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens, flashquake, Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest, FRiGG, SmokeLong Quarterly, and more. Her story “The Attraction of Asphalt,” originally published in issue 17 of SmokeLong Quarterly, was […]

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The 2007 Writer Profile Project was so fun and rewarding that I’ve decided to continue the project in 2008. There will be several changes, however. The first one is this:
The Writer Profile Project wants new voices! If you’d like to participate in the project, please send the following information to kelly@kellyspitzer.com:
–a 10-20 page writing sample. […]

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Curtis Smith is the author of The Species Crown, An Unadorned Life, and two short story collections published by March Street Press. His most recent novel, Sound and Noise, is forthcoming from Casperian Books in the fall of 2008. Curtis’ stories and essays have appeared in over fifty literary journals, including American Literary Review, Mid-American […]

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Wayne Lindberg is the author of Cary Malone and Other Stories—part of the Nothing Moments collaborative project in art, literature and design—and the co-founder of Poetry.LA. He lives in Santa Monica, California, where he works as an instructional designer.
The Nothing Moments collection, of which your book Cary Malone and Other Stories is […]

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Hilda Weiss is the co-founder of Poetry L.A., an online project featuring videos of poets reading at Southern California venues. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Ekphrasis, Nerve Cowboy, Pacific Coast Journal, Poem, Rattle, Salamander, and Tar Wolf Review, among others. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Hilda now lives in Santa […]

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J.W. Wang was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He currently lives in Tallahassee, Florida, where he attends Florida State University as a Ph.D. student in creative writing. His work has appeared in Backwards City Review, Poet Lore, Hobart, Pindeldyboz, Wandering Amy, and more, though most of it is unpublished and awaits revision, and some of it […]

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Matt Baker grew up in Kansas City. He now lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he is the Circulation Director at The Oxford American magazine. His fiction has appeared in FRiGG, Southern Hum, Defenestration, Foliate Oak, Permafrost, The Saint Ann’s Review, Iconoclast and is forthcoming in Mississippi Crow. His non-fiction has appeared in the […]

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Mark Budman’s works have appeared in such magazines as Mississippi Review, Virginia Quarterly, Exquisite Corpse, Iowa Review, McSweeney’s, Turnrow, Connecticut Review, Swink, WW Norton anthology “Flash Fiction Forward,” Chizine, Talebones and elsewhere. He is the publisher of the flash fiction magazine Vestal Review, the interview editor for Web Del Sol, and a book reviewer for […]

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Steven McDermott is the founder and editor of STORYGLOSSIA, the journal recently named best online publication by Million Writers Award. He received an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University, and a BA in English and Philosophy from Western Washington University. His work has been published in such journals as Aethlon: The Journal of Sports […]

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Shellie Zacharia lives with her husband and two dogs in Gainesville, Florida. In print, her work has appeared in Swivel, Hobart, Backwards City Review, Georgetown Review, Washington Square, Emrys, Opium, Tusculum Review, Zone 3, and elsewhere. Online, you can find her in such publications as Juked, flashquake, Rumble, The Summerset Review, Vestal Review, Insolent Rudder, […]

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Randall Brown teaches writing at Saint Joseph’s University. He is a Pushcart nominee and holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from Vermont College and a BA from Tufts University. His stories, poems, and essays have been published widely, with recent work appearing or forthcoming in Dalhousie Review, American Drivel Review, Clackamas Literary Review, Vestal Review, […]

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Andrew Tibbetts is a counselor, professor, web developer, musician, writer, and a gay father of three. His work has been published in the Canadian magazines This Magazine, The New Quarterly, The Fiddehead, and Descant. In the U.S. his work can be found online at SmokeLong Quarterly, The Mini Mag, and Defenestration. Andrew is also an […]

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Alla Michelle was born and raised in Odessa, Ukraine. She now lives near St. Louis, Missouri with her husband and sons. She is an associate editor with the multi-media online publication Mad Hatter’s Review. Her work can be read in Skive, Salome, Long Story Short and other magazines.
I’m curious about your name—Alla Michelle. I know […]

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T. J. Forrester’s fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Harpur Palate, The MacGuffin, The Mississippi Review, and Night Train, among others. He is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, and one of his stories was shortlisted for Storyglossia Fiction Contest 2007.
First, tell us about this picture. Where is this place? What does it mean to […]

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Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz is a fiction writer and poet. Her most recent work can be found at Amazon Shorts, SKiVE, Yellow Mama, Long Story Short, Static Movement, Ghoti, Poor Mojo’s Almanac, Lunarosity, and in the anthology In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself, among numerous other places. Her chapbook, Mother Love, is forthcoming […]

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Bill Cook lives in the southern California high desert where he operates a home remodeling and building company. You can read his fiction in such publications as Tin Parachute Postcard Review, Thieves Jargon, Juked, and Verbsap, among other places.
You’re currently working on two short stories, “Girl Alone,” and “The Smell of Duane.” In both pieces, […]

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Xujun Eberlein grew up in Chongqing, China. She moved to the U.S. in 1988 after marrying her American husband, attended MIT, and now lives in the Boston area with her family. Xujun’s essays have appeared in Walrus, Post Road, New American Media, Prism International, Divide, and DragonFire, among other publications. Her fiction can be read […]

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Michelle Garren Flye is the fiction and poetry editor of edifice WRECKED. Her work has appeared in GUD, Opium, Blue Almonds, Salome, SmokeLong Quarterly, Moondance, The Glut, The Shore Magazine, flashquake, In Posse Review, and numerous other publications. You can also find her stories in Horror Library Vol. 1 (2006) and Our Shadows Speak: A […]

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Beth Thomas is originally from New Mexico. She currently makes her living as a technical writer in California, where she lives with her husband and daughter. Her work has appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly, Juked, Word Riot, UR Paranormal, Insolent Rudder, Cezanne’s Carrot, and Pindeldyboz, among other publications.
Tell us about the screenplay you’re writing. Is this […]

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Pushcart Prize nominated Kay Sexton has had more than a hundred and fifty short stories published. Recent credits include the anthologies “Mexico, a Love Story,” “Tell Tales III,” and “Tales of the Decongested;” Two Tall Tales and One Short Novel, in which she is one of three authors; and the journals Ambit, flashquake, MiPoesis, Lichen, […]

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Elaine Chiew is originally from Malaysia, but now lives in London with her husband and children. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Hiss Quarterly, Cezanne’s Carrot, Alimentum, Juked, The Summerset Review, In Posse Review, and Verbsap. Her story “Burning Bush,” published in In Posse Review, was a top ten finalist in […]

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Debbie Ann Eis lives in Connecticut with her husband, two sons, and an English Bulldog. Her work has appeared in 3:AM Magazine, flashquake, Word Riot, elimae, Salome, SmokeLong Quarterly, Opium, Quality Women’s Fiction, Pindeldyboz, Wild Strawberries, and Ghoti, among other places. Debbie also writes a column for Madhatter’s Review.
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Joseph lives in Baltimore, where he writes and edits. His fiction and poetry have appeared in such magazines as SmokeLong Quarterly, elimae, Mississippi Review, FRiGG, Exquisite Corpse, Alice Blue, and elsewhere. Visit his micro-fiction blog, very small dogs , and Baltimore Interview, the art blog he co-edits.
Okay, before we get started, can I just say […]

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