Issue Three – Author Biographies
Knut Mork Skagen
"...exists simultaneously in two parallel dimensions as
an American from Trondheim, Norway and a Norwegian from Nashville,
Tennessee. Tired of constantly choosing the wrong language for the
occasion, he’s decided to write in both. An installation artist for the
past 10 years, this leaf is his first print publication."
Adam Keker
"...is a writer and filmmaker. He lives in San
Francisco with his wife and daughter. St. Ersi is
taken from his current work-in-progress, a collection of
local history pamphlets about a fictitious town."
Juliette Shapiro
"...is a writer and publisher. She has written two Jane Austen
related works and has collaborated with Tanith Lee (Fatal Women - a
collection of abstract lesbian fiction with both writers billed
pseudonymously as Esther Garber and Yolande Sorores.) Her work can also be
found in The Book of Voices, Verbatim, The Language Quarterly. She is
currently working on an anthology of contemporary short stories. She lives
by the sea with her partner and three of her four children."
Malaya Macdonald
"I have an
advanced degree in journalism from Northwestern university. I tutor in
english and social studies online. I've been published in Long
Islander/Walt's Corner, Seeker Magazine."
Vanessa Gebbie
"...is a journalist living and working in East Sussex. Her
short fiction has been published in over fifty literary
magazines over the last year or so, and she has had some success in competitions.
She teaches Creatve Writing at a drugs rehab."
Abi Hirschmann
"Abi Hirschmann has had work published in the poetry
anthology 'Of Wider Things' (1998), exhibited
'
Travelling Without Packing'
a multimedia work (2000), written and performed for perfomance
poetry duo Abi Hirshmann + Steve Skinner (2001-2). She is a community
artist and sexual health educator. She is currently designing kites."
C Allen Rearick
"...resides in Cleveland, Ohio where he works as a
secretary for a pest control company. He refuses to buy a
cell phone and doesn't have cable television. He has work
in or upcoming in such e-zines and print mags as: remark,
circle, poesy, mouseion, open wide, opium, get underground,
dream virus, my favorite bullet and many more. Look for his
dual broadside, which includes Chris Kornacki, due out in
2005 from Hemispherical press."
Thomas Reynolds
"I received an MFA in creative writing from Wichita State
University, currently teach at Johnson County Community
College in Overland Park, Kansas, and have published poems
in various print and online journals, including New
Delta Review, Alabama Literary Review,
Aethlon-The Journal of Sport Literature, The MacGuffin,
Flint Hills Review, The Pedestal Magazine, American Western
Magazine, Combat, Strange Horizons, 3rd Muse Poetry Journal,
and Prairie Poetry."
Kellie Fitzpatrick
"...lives in Kirkwood, Missouri in the US and is a writer,
full-time acquisitions editor in medical publishing, and mother to four.
Most of all, she has an amazing husband. Life is busy, but that just leaves
more stories to tell."
Ryan Bird
"...finds solace in the fact that he is slowly rotting.
He believes is magic, William Carlos Williams and owning as many pets
as the law allows. Each time his poems appear in grassroots publications
like Poetic Hours, Another Toronto Quarterly, and Opium Magazine, his wife
Jillian gives him a kiss."
Jennifer Mueller
"...actually prefers camel meat to goat, but it does in a
pinch. She lived for 2 years in Kenya and is married to the
fiancé in the
story. She has been writing for more than a decade, but only tried to be
published in the last few and 2005 has been a record year. 9 of her
stories are available for purchase or accepted since the beginning of the
year. Visit www.jennifermuellerbooks.com
for all the details."
James Paul Wallis (editor)
Taken from an email, attempting to explain myself:
"...fascinated by fragments, glimpses. As inspiration
I would quote If On a Winter's Night a Traveller by
Italo Calvino, or more recently the Untitled Movie Stills
photographs by Cindy Sherman. For me there is a magic in a
scene, a moment standing alone without context. It forces a
different way of reading the text; suddenly the part becomes
the whole. It's like looking at a photograph compared to
watching a film; the details are sharper, the narrative
becomes a mystery, a puzzle, the moment gains a life of its
own."
By day I work for an international bank. I live in Bristol, England.
Rab Fulton
"Rab's work has appeared in numerous publications including
Chapman, Cyphers, The Herald, The Guardian, Poetry Ireland
Review, Rebel Inc, The Shop, West Coast Magazine, as well as
featuring on TV and radio. The Arts Office of NUI, Galway
recently commissioned a website to collect all his work into
one freely accesible place. The web address is
http://frink.nuigalway.ie/~rab. Rab can be contacted at:
dubh@hotmail.com"
Ramesh Avadhani
"...Ramesh Avadhani lives in Bangalore, India, and has a
background in journalism, public relations and advertising.
He has published over 50 stories and articles in Indian
periodicals. The short story, Requital, from which this
excerpt is published in this issue, is yet unpublished. His
recent writings have been accepted by magazines in Australia
(Living Now, Westerly). Spain (Reptilia), USA (Gastronomica,
Dragonfire, Gobshite), and UK (The Reader). He is in the
final throes of completing his first novel. He can be
contacted at
ramesh_avadhani@yahoo.com."
Peter Rolls
"1930: born 7 May. Thus briefly a
contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle (died 17 July), although
no meeting is recorded …
1942: Slough Grammar School. English report: ‘weak’. Discouraged; collected train numbers …
1990: retired. Joined Creative Writing class in
Camberley. Some success in competitions, magazines,
anthologies and internet (eg. www.eastoftheweb.com). Monologues and plays performed …
2005: cholesterol 5.1. With Felicity Howard’s Adult
Education group in Farnham. Others write novels; I just try
to catch up on my homework."
Annaliza Davies
"Annaliza Davis (31) finally moved to France in 2004 having
spent twenty years dreaming about it. French life has
enabled true priorities of family time and writing time to
become everyday reality. Output divided pragmatically
between journalism (that pays) and creative outpourings
(that rarely pay but are fulfilling nonetheless).
Currently enjoying a challenge of breaking all the rules
drummed into us by a good education, and see what writing
emerges afterwards."
Grant Perry
"...began writing stories when his promising
career as a virtuoso Jew's harpist was curtailed by
chronic gingivitis. Though yet to achieve the acclaim
he garnered for his re-workings of classic 70s TV
themes for the Jew's harp, his literary endeavours
have met with limited success; appearing or upcoming
in Eyeshot, Pindeldyboz,
Thunder Sandwich, Megaera, FRiGG, Uber,
Thieves Jargon and Snow Monkey, amongst
others.
'Reflections of a Swordsman' is an excerpt
from his difficult first novel. He lives in South
London."
Andrew Pack
"...knows how to make Absinthe ice-cream. When
he is not writing to Jerry and Ben in Vermont, he writes stupid but
diverting fiction at abctales.com
and it remains his life-long ambition to direct a gangster
movie starring Tommy Steele in the lead."
Martin Brick
"...vividly remembers the oily/earthy smell of the painting
studio at St. Norbert College where he majored in art.
Presently he is pursuing a Ph.D. in British Literature,
requiring him to spend way too much time in the archives,
reading facsimiles of James Joyce's manuscripts (no
olfactory association as of yet). You can find his fiction
in places like Sou'Wester, RE:AL, The Beloit Fiction Review,
The Shore, The Journal of Modern Post, and other places
which smell like either paper or dusty static, depending
upon whether they are print or online. "
Tara Isabella Burton
"Novelist Tara Isabella Burton, a descendant of renowned Italian
playwright Luigi Pirandello, creates works that explore such themes as
the boundaries between life and art, truth and fiction, masks and
faces, and madness and sanity. Inspired by a wide range of writers,
including Wilde, Nin, Proust and Nabokov, Burton's literate and
lyrical novels include the magical realism of Father Luigi's
Chameleon, the coming-of-age drama of The Night I was Kerouac, and the
labyrinthine book-within-a-book of People Who Dine at Angélina's.
Burton has also gained national acclaim for her stories and
poems, which won a record-breaking five Gold and two Silver Scholastic
Writing Awards in 2004 and 2005, and two of five New York American
Voices Award nominations in 2004. Her stories have appeared in The
Copperfield Review and The Best Teen Writing of 2004.
Burton currently resides between Rome, Italy and New York City.
More about Burton can be found at
www.taraburton.com"
Louisa Howerow
"...writes fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. Her
work has appeared in literary journals and small press
magazines in Canada, England and the United States."
Alan David Pritchard
"...Born in Cape Town, Alan studied English at Rhodes
University and went on to teach at primary and
secondary schools in both South Africa and the UK. He
is presently Head of Product development for a leading
accelerated learning company, producing books,
courses, and resources. He has written three plays for
secondary schools (published by New Theatre
Publications) and productions thereof have won
festivals in South Africa and Wales. Many of his poems
have appeared in magazines and poetry journals
worldwide. He now lives and works full time on the
Isle of Wight.
His poetry has thus far been accepted by these
publications:
- The Persistent Mirage Online Poetry Journal,
- Adagio Verse Quarterly,
- Birmingham Words Online Poetry Magazine,
- The Inclement Poetry Magazine,
- Decanto Poetry Journal,
- The Coffee House Poetry Magazine,
- Monkey Kettle Magazine,
- Sein und Werden Magazine,
- The Poet's Letter Online Poetry Magazine (featured poet June 05),
- The Poet's Letter Anthology of New Voices."
Nora Nadjarian
"...is a Cypriot poet and short story writer. She has
published
three collections of poetry: The Voice at the Top of the
Stairs (2001),
Cleft in Twain (2003) and 25 Ways to Kiss a Man
(2004). Nora's work has
been commended in various international competitions,
including the Scottish International Open Poetry
Competition, the Envoi International Poetry Competition and
the Commonwealth Short Story Competition. Her book
Cleft in Twain was one of the books from Cyprus
recommended in an article in The Guardian on the literature
of the new member states of the European Union."
