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Scurvy Bastard is a writer/poet, published with the un-
usual suspects of undie-lit. He's also an actor in film
and TV. A veteran DJ, roadie and concert organizer.
Scurvy is a legend in his own lunchtime and currently
an expatriate of the planet Earth. He collects his mail in
London, but he occasionally wakes up in New York and
San Francisco. He is usually thirsty, hungry and horny
but always confused.

Scurvy Bastard

Gayle Bell has written 6 chapbooks of poetry, and has
been featured in numerous poetry anthologies. She can
be found at poetry readings in the Dallas, Texas area.

Sandy Benitez is the author of Ever Violet, a full-length
collection of poetry (published by D-N Publishing, 2007).
She has authored two chapbooks, as well: Beneath a
Black Pearl Sky (Flutter Press, 2009) and The Lollipop
Club (Victorian Violet Press, 2010). Sandy's work also
appears in two anthologies: Lilith and Postcards from
Eve, (both Fortunate Childe Publications). Her poetry
has appeared in many print and online poetry journals.

Sandy is also the founder and editor of Menagerie and
Flutter Press. She currently resides in Wyoming with
her husband, 2 children and 2 chocolate labs.

Travis Blair lives a mile down the road from University
of Texas in Arlington, where he earned a BA in English
Lit. For 30 years, he eked out a living in the movie and
theatre biz before turning to poetry writing. He is the
author of Train to Chihuahua (Old Seventy Creek Press)
a collection of poems about his adventures in Mexico.
His work has appeared in Red Fez, Yellow Mama, Red
River Review, the Texas Poetry Calendar, and elsewhere.
His life-long weaknesses are esalen massages and wild,
decadent women who speak with an accent. Travis likes
Mimosas in the morning and beaches all day long.

Travis Blair

Danielle Blasko is a Detroit native, currently enjoying life
on an east coast beach. She works as a freelance writer
and is a low-residency MFA student at the University of
New Orleans. Her poetry has appeared in AIM Magazine,
Qarrtsiluni and The Moose & Pussy Magazine. Danielle
presently writes a monthly fashion blog for Eidia Lush
shoe company.

Jennifer Hollie Bowles lives in a state of self-actualized
entropy. She is the editor of The Medulla Review, and
her writing has been published in Word Riot, Thieves
Jargon, Zygote in my Coffee, The New York Quarterly
and Echo Ink Review, among many others. Jennifer
prefers writing to sex, but due to her love of erotic
dancing, she is naked entirely too often.

Jennifer Hollie Bowles

Melanie Browne lives and writes in Texas. Her poems
can be seen at various places, including Mad Swirl,
Word Riot, Houston Literary Review and Outsider
Writers (the "Not Your Bitch" poetry series). She is
also a co-editor at Leaf Garden Press.

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Harry Calhoun is a widely published poet and a writer
of articles and essays, as well. Check out his online
chapbook, Dogwalking Poems, his trade paperback,
I knew Bukowski like you knew a rare leaf, the recent-
ly published book The Black Dog and the Road, and
his chapbook, Something Real. He’s had recent pub-
lications in Chiron Review, Abbey, The Orange Room
Review, The Centrifugal Eye, Bird’s Eye reView and
many others.

Harry is also the editor of Pig in a Poke magazine. For
more info, see http://harrycalhoun.net.

Harry Calhoun (and friend)

Wolfgang Carstens lives in Alberta, Canada with his
wife, five children and two cats. His poetry & prose
are printed on the backs of unpaid bills.

M. R. Carter was born in Olney, Maryland and currently
lives in a humble apartment in the Appalachian hills of
Hagerstown, Maryland. He has never pursued higher
education, career or full-time employment but is an
activist, a singer, a self-taught musician and a poet.
His writings have appeared online and in print, most
recently in Short, Fast and Deadly, Blink/Ink and The
Storyteller. Forthcoming publications include Splizz,
Short, Fast and Deadly and Little Pink Shack.

Feel free to get inside Carter's head at
http://mathewrichardcarter.wordpress.com.

Antonia Clark is a medical writer in Burlington, Vermont.
A former creative writing instructor, she co-administers
an online poetry forum, The Waters. Some of her recent
poems have appeared in The 2River View, Anderbo, The
Cortland Review, Soundzine and elsewhere. She loves
French food and wine, and plays French café music on
a sparkly purple accordion.

Antonia Clark

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Colin Dardis is a poet, songwriter and artist based in
Belfast, Northern Ireland. He edits the poetry journal
Speech Therapy, and helps run an open mic poetry
night called "Make Yourself Heard." He spends his
days watching wrestling videos while turning white
pages into black ones.

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Joseph Farley is a poet/writer from Philadelphia, PA.
He was the editor of Axe Factory Review for 24 years.
His books include Suckers and For The Birds.

Michael Frias-May lives near a castle with his wife,
Juanita, and his dog, R.I.C.O. His writing has been
in Cherry Bleeds, Thieves Jargon and Laura Hird,
and is forthcoming in the print zine Tree Killer Ink.
He plays scales for therapy.

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Timothy Gager is the author of eight books of fiction
and poetry. Since 2008, he has been nominated for
eight Pushcart Awards. For more info on Mr. Gager,
see www.timothygager.com.

Joseph M. Gant has been widely published in both
underground and academic settings. He wouldn't
say any of that really means shit, but he is excited
to be releasing a full length poetry collection. Later
in 2010, Zero Division will be appearing through
Rebel Satori Press. In the meantime, Joseph edits
poetry for Sex and Murder Magazine and writes
reviews and such for Outsider Writers Collective.

Joseph M. Gant

Jamie Michelle Gersh is a fourth year student at
Sarah Lawrence College, concentrating on creative
writing and Japanese language. She was raised in
Hattiesburg, MS. She is currently studying abroad
at Tsuda College of Tokyo.

Mat Gould currently wants to be read in the tenth
volume of Gutter Eloquence Magazine. Other than
that, get a copy of his latest chapbook, It Will Be
The Lion (available from Lulu.com). He is slowly
working with Beasley Barrenton on The Fire is
Breathing On Me, a compilation of his own text
which includes numerous mentions of the word
'fire' or works that perhaps seek such definition.

Mat Gould

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David E. Haase is a disaffected Colorado trout farmer
who lost his government subsidy and is looking to get
rich writing poetry. He currently is or will be published.

Nicolas James Hampton is the 26-year-old Michigan
State University dropout that wouldn't stop showing
up to Diane Wakoski's office hours. Born and raised
in Kalamazoo, MI, he currently resides in Chicago, IL.
He's passed out a couple books and helped a zine or
two. His poems can be found in Short, Fast & Deadly
(#21) and DecomP (June 2010). Nicolas is currently
planning a cross-country trip by moped to get cheap
tickets to Hawaii. He has no idea why.

Nicolas James Hampton

Paul Hostovsky lives in Boston where he works as
an interpreter at the Massachusetts Commission
for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. His poetry has
appeared in Carolina Quarterly, Shenandoah, New
Delta Review, The Atlanta Review, Poetry East and
many other publications.

Paul's latest book of poems, titled Dear Truth, was
released by Main Street Rag in 2009. To read more
of his poetry, visit www.paulhostovsky.com.

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Zach King-Smith was born and raised in Southern New
England. He raised himself after being orphaned at the
age of 12. The rest is, well, history.

Lara Konesky is a thirty-year-old gypsy/mother from
Columbus, Ohio. She enjoys outlaws, exaggerations,
working with refugees, barbaric, rebellious children,
burdens, and opiates. After extensive philosophical
training, she decided the only real life was the life of
the poet.

Since money, options, and death make life oppressive,
Lara decided to free herself of such chains (holding on
for dear life to her makeup, vanilla perfume and stylish
clothing). To her, the only reality in life is a life of doing,
and poetry brings us closer to the 'doing.' Poetry is the
instruction manual. The dictator. Map. Everything. Lara
also enjoys chocolate, love, and magical coincidence.

Her book, Next to Guns, is now available from Grievous
Jones Press (www.grievousjonespress.com).

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Anthony Liccione lives in Texas with his two children.
His poems have appeared in several print and online
journals, and he has some forthcoming in The Stray
Branch, Foundling Review, Camroc Press Review
and Fantastic Horror. Anthony is the author of four
collections of poetry.

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Babs Martin was born in San Diego, CA, raised on
Route 66, and currently resides in Oklahoma. She
is a creative expressionist in both words and music.
Babs' writing has appeared in various anthologies,
online publications and magazines. Her Rock-n-
Word Trip recordings and CD singles have been
featured on radio programs in the US and Canada.

Darla McBryde’s spirit frequently travels out west
to the Transpecos, where her heart lives, but she
has that darn day job in Houston.

Her work has appeared in numerous publications,
including the AIPF Di-verse-city Anthologies, Sam-
urai Poets, Austin Writers' League Poetography,
Manana Magazine and Salado’s Tablerock Poets’
Cat Tales.

In addition to having hosted a few venues around
Austin, she has produced a series of readings by
performance poets for Austin Access TV, and has
been featured at readings in Austin, Houston and
San Antonio.

She lives in Conroe, Texas with her cat Bitty Bear,
and they write poetry together on a daily basis.

Darla McBryde

Laura McCullough is a poet/writer who currently
lives in New Jersey. She has authored four collec-
tions of poems: PANIC (forthcoming in Jan. 2011
from Alice James Press), SPEECH ACTS (forth-
coming from Black Lawrence Press in Fall 2010),
WHAT MEN WANT, and THE DANCING BEAR.
Laura is also author of a chapbook, Women and
Other Hostages (forthcoming from Amsterdam
Press) and an online chapbook Elephant Anger
(at Mudlark). Her work has appeared recently or
is forthcoming in The American Poetry Review,
The Writer's Chronicle, Prairie Schooner, The
The Painted Bride Quarterly, Tusculum Review,
Guernica, Hanging Loose, Iron Horse Quarterly,
Tattoo Highway and others.

David McLean is Welsh but has lived in Sweden since
1987. He lives there on an island in a large lake called
Mälaren--very near to Stockholm--with a woman, cats,
kittens, and a couple of dogs. He has a BA in History
from Balliol, Oxford, and an MA in philosophy, earned
much later and much more seriously studied for, from
the University of Stockholm. Up-to-date details of many
zine publications and available books and chapbooks
(including three full length books, several print chap-
books, and a free electronic chapbook) are at David's
blog, at mourningabortion.blogspot.com.

His latest full length book, laughing at funerals, is avail-
able via Small Press Distribution.

Kenneth Mulvey hates bios. *

* Editor's note: Google, anyone?

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Scott Owens is the author of six collections of poetry
and over 600 poems published in various journals and
anthologies, editor of Wild Goose Poetry Review, and
Vice President of the Poetry Council of North Carolina.
He has received awards from the Pushcart Prize An-
thology, the Academy of American Poets, NC Writers'
Network, and the NC Poetry Society.

Owens holds an MFA degree from UNC Greensboro
and teaches at Catawba Valley Community College.

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Puma Perl is a NYC based writer and performance
artist. Her poetry and fiction have been published in
over 100 print and online journals and anthologies.

Her first chapbook, titled Belinda and Her Friends
(published in 2008), was awarded the Erbacce
Press 2009 Poetry Award in a field of over 1400
applicants, and a full length collection, knuckle
tattoos, was published in early 2010.

Puma performs her work in many venues, in and
out of New York City. She lives and writes poetry
on the Lower East Side and has facilitated writing
workshops for community-based agencies and at
Riker’s Island, a NYC prison.

Puma Perl

Rob Plath has no wife--just a cat. Someone asked
him the other day if he was educated at Pelican Bay.
His recent book A Bellyful of Anarchy (published by
Epic Rites Press) is shaking things up a bit.

Gillian Prew ditched philosophy in favour of poetry
even though the former still haunts her. She has
authored three collections of poems and now has
a chapbook in the pipeline. Her writing has been
published at various places online and in print.
Gillian currently lives in Argyll, Scotland with her
partner, two children and a cat.

Dan Provost's poetry has been published through-
out the small press. He lives in Worcester, MA.

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Paul Corman-Roberts is the author of 19th Street
Station and smokes and drinks way too much. If
you're interested, you can keep up with his hype
at www.paulcormanroberts.com.

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Mather Schneider lives and works in Tucson, AZ,
where he writes poetry and drives a cab (but not
necessarily at the same time).

Rebecca Schumejda is the author of Falling For-
ward, a full-length collection of poems (published
by Sunnyoutside, 2009); The Map of Our Garden
(Verve Bath Press, 2009); Dream Big Work Harder
(Sunnyoutside, 2006); The Tear Duct of the Storm
(Green Bean Press, 2001); and the poem "Logic"
on a postcard (Sunnyoutside Press).

Her work has been, or will be, published in the
following online and print journals: Chronogram,
Controlled Burn, Full of Crow, Thieves Jargon,
My Favorite Bullet, Mannequin Envy, New York
Quarterly, Night Train, Outsider Writers, Rusty
Truck, Home Planet News, Underground Voices,
Word Riot, Words Dance, Zygote in My Coffee
and many other publications.

Rebecca is currently working on a collection of
poems exploring pool hall subculture, inspired
by her short-lived experience as a co-owner of
a pool hall.

She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her
husband and daughter. She teaches at an al-
ternative high school program in Hudson, NY.
She received her MA in Poetics and Creative
Writing from San Francisco State University
and her BA in English and Creative Writing
from SUNY New Paltz.

Korliss Sewer enjoys writing about off-beat top-
ics while watching off-beat people do off-beat
things. Her publishing credits include: Subtle
Tea, BlazeVOX and Orange Room Review, a-
mongst others. You can find out more about
her at www.morechitlinsipresume.net.

Stephanie Smith, 32, is a poet and writer from
Scranton, PA. Her work has appeared or will
appear in such publications as Clockwise Cat,
Eviscerator Heaven, The Horror Zine, Zygote in
My Coffee and Paper Crow.

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Justin Wade Thompson lives in a trailer park in
Austin, Texas with his wife and cats.