Erica W. Adams lives in Denver and is working on a novel, tentatively titled Hybrid Babes. Her work has appeared in 42opus, Hobart, and elsewhere.

Asya Graf received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard. She has previously published in Comparative Literature and Paroles gelees on Elizabeth Bishop, Osip Mandelstam and others.

Masha Rumer holds a Master's Degree in Comparative Literature and works as a journalist in New York. Her writing has been published in the U.S. and abroad.

Nick Salzmann is a senior studying English at Illinois Judson College, where nondenominational chapel attendance is mandatory. A while back, in a fit of get-me-the-hell-out-of-here-ism, he almost enlisted with a Marine recruiter, who to this day is still trying to close the deal.

Dessa Wander is a rapper signed to Doomtree Records in Minneapolis. She is the recipient of a SASE/Jerome grant for writers and a two-time MN Music Award nominee. She spends most of her time writing funny/sad songs and stories.

Didi Wood’s stories have appeared in Smokelong Quarterly, Night Train, Cezanne’s Carrot, Northwest Review, and other print and online publications.  She is an editor at flashquake, an online journal of flash literature.  She lives near Seattle.