Tom Hazuka has published the novels The Road to the Island, In the City of the Disappeared, and Last Chance for First, and edited the short story anthologies Flash Fiction; Flash Fiction Funny; Sudden Flash Youth; You Have Time for This; and A Celestial Omnibus. He teaches at Central Connecticut State University.

Kim Addonizio's most recent books are Lucifer at the Starlite and Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within. The Palace of Illusions, a collection of stories, is forthcoming. She teaches writing workshops in Oakland, California, and online.

Kirk Nesset is author of five books, including Saint X and Paradise Road. His work has appeared in the Paris Review, Southern Review, Kenyon Review, the Sun, and Witness. He teaches at Allegheny College, and serves summers as writer in residence at Black Forest Writing Seminars (Freiburg, Germany).

Frances Lefkowitz is the author of To Have Not, named one of five Best Memoirs of 2010 by SheKnows.com. Her fiction, flash fiction, and micro-memoir appear in Tin House, Glimmer Train, Fiction, The Sun, Rick Barthelme's New World Writing, Superstition Review, and Memoir Journal.