Scott Snyder's first collection of stories, Voodoo Heart, is coming out in June from the Dial Press. His fiction has appeared in Zoetrope, Tin House, one-story, and Epoch. He teaches creative writing at Columbia University in NY. Before returning to NY, he worked at Disney World in Orlando as a janitor, a roller-skating janitor, and eventually a character - playing Pluto, Eyeore and Buzz Lightyear, among others. He is also a big Elvis fan (not in an ironic way).

Brett Berk's short stories have appeared in journals including Fiction, Tin House, The Mississippi Review, and Other Voices. He has received The Chicago Literary Award for Fiction, and residencies at The MacDowell Colony and The Breadloaf Writers' Conference. His first collection of stories Model House was short-listed for the Flannery O'Connor award. He has just completed his first novel, Safety Seat, and is working on a new collection of stories, tentatively titled Jews Who Drink, as well as a non-fiction book, The Gay Uncle's Guide to Parenting. He teaches in the Writing Program at The New School in New York City.

Part of a larger work, the "Flaxie Char" poems are one of Elizabeth Horner's first major publications. Living in a world where belief in the supernatural is often necessary for survival, she is currently working on a series of poems about a superman's wife. Armed with an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, Ms. Horner teaches and writes in Los Angeles.

Connie Corzilius has degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Writers Workshop of the University of Iowa, and her poetry and fiction have appeared in Calyx, Willow Review, Mississippi Review (online), and storyglossia. Her story, "The Interminable Yes" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize last year. She has worked as a bookseller, editor and writer for the college bookstore industry for more than twenty years, and currently lives in Augusta, Georgia, where she is working on a novel.

Garth Graeper lives in Queens, New York. His poems have appeared in La Petite Zine, horse less review, and zafusy. Garth has secreted little books of poetry into Central Park—keep an eye out when you are strolling. Just to be safe, you may also want to keep an eye out for the ever-shifty Ugly Duckling Presse (uglyducklingpresse.org).

Michelle Wildgen's first novel, You're Not You, will be published in June 2006 by Thomas Dunne/St. Martins Press. Michelle is senior editor of Tin House magazine and an editor at Tin House books; her work has appeared in various publications including Best New American Voices 2004, Best American Food Writing 2004, TriQuarterly, Story Quarterly, Gulf Coast, and Prairie Schooner, which awarded her the 2005 Virginia Faulkner prize.

Ron Burch lives in Los Angeles.

Janice Erlbaum is a longtime columnist for BUST magazine, and a volunteer at a shelter for homeless teens. She lives in her native New York City with her domestic partner, Bill Scurry, and their three cats. GIRLBOMB: A Halfway Homeless Memoir is her first book.

Kristen Roupenian is a writer based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her short story, "The Night Bus" appeared in the Winter edition of Slow Trains magazine. She can be reached at kroupenian@yahoo.com