by Sixfold
Contributor Notes
Rik Barberi has published stories in The Berkshire Review, The Country and Abroad, Hot Metal Press, The Macguffin, and has finished a novel. All of his writing is set in the fictional Taconic County, located in the Hudson Valley.
Terry Engel studied creative writing at the University of Southern Mississippi. He teaches Fiction and Creative Nonfiction writing, and American literature at Harding University in Arkansas. He blogs at Arkansasstoriesbyterryengel.wordpress.com.
Bill Harper is a graduate of the University of Southern California (English Lit/Cinema) and did a year of graduate work in the School of Journalism at the University of Oregon. For over 30 years, he has worked as an advertising writer and creative director, having written and produced hundreds of TV and radio spots. He is owner of The Silent Partners, a creative advertising boutique in Los Angeles.
Richard Herring grew up in the suburbs of Washington, DC. He explored a range of blue collar jobs in southern states before taking a different course to a 35-year career in education and a PhD from Texas A&M University. He now lives and writes full time on the Florida Gulf Coast.
Paul Luikart’s work has appeared in Barrelhouse, Chicago Quarterly Review, Curbside Splendor, Hobart, Pacifica Literary Review, Spartan, and WhiskeyPaper, among others. His MFA is from Seattle Pacific University. He and his family live in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Nicholas MacDonnell is a writer and a teacher living in Denver, Colorado. He has previously been featured in the Provo Canyon Review and Akashic Publishing’s “Mondays are Murder” series. He is currently finishing his first novel and collection of short stories, many of which are set in his native Colorado.
Shawn Miklaucic writes in Charlotte, North Carolina.
John Mort is the author of the novels Goat Boy of the Ozarks, The Illegal, and Soldier in Paradise, as well as Dont Mean Nothin: Vietnam War Stories. He reviews for Booklist and the Vietnam Veterans Association. In 2013 he won a Western Writers of America Spur for his short story, “The Hog Whisperer.” He’s working on a collection of stories to be called Down Along the Piney.
Paul Pedroza was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. He received his MFA in Fiction from the University of Illinois. Currently, he teaches in the English Department of New Mexico State University. His work has appeared in Rattle, MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine, Palabra, BorderSenses, Confluencia, Inquiring Mind Buddhist Magazine, and the anthologies Our Lost Border and New Border Voices. His book, The Dead Will Rise and Save Us, is forthcoming from Floricanto Press.
Rafal Redlinski is a writing tutor and graduate student living in St. Louis, Missouri. He will graduate with an MFA in fiction from the University of Missouri—St. Louis in 2015.
ML Roberts is a retired psychologist living in Milwaukee, WI. For the better part of two decades, she practiced psychotherapy in Boise, ID. Her creative writing has appeared in several journals and anthologies. She is currently an active member of the All Writers’ Workshop and Workplace, in Waukesha, WI.
Laura M. Rocha is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the University of Texas School of Law. Her writing has been published in Writer’s Digest, and she is currently working on a novel. In 2007, she took a hiatus from practicing law to write full-time and has yet to regret the decision. Laura lives in Houston with her supportive husband, her book-obsessed children, and the worst dachshund in the world.
Michelle Ross’s fiction has most recently appeared in The Nervous Breakdown and Blue Lake Review. She has won the Fiction Prize from Gulf Coast, as well as the fiction contest for the Main Street Rag anthology Slower Traffic Keep Right. She has an MFA from Indiana University. She lives with her husband and son in Tucson, Arizona.
Matthew Shoen lives in Lisbon, New York. He recently received a Bachelor’s Degree in English and History from St. Lawrence University and will be published later this year by Astrid Press. He enjoys horror video games and movies, Russian literature, and is addicted to watching professional wrestling and Buffalo Sabres hockey games. [email protected].
Jyotsna Sreenivasan’s novel, And Laughter Fell from the Sky, was published in 2012 by HarperCollins. Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous literary magazines and anthologies. She is also the author of novels for children and reference books for high school and college students. She has received grants from the Washington, DC, Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and currently lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Vincent Paul Vanneman I’m not one for writing about myself so I’ll just say that I’ve lived in Portland for the past fifteen or so years, drive a cab to pay the bills, and spend much of my free time writing about characters and struggles I’ve encountered over the years.
Jessica Walker has been writing fiction since 2011. She was a finalist in the Southwest Review’s 2013 Meyerson Contest and the 2014 Thomas Wolfe Award for Short Fiction. She was selected as a contributor for the 2014 Bread Loaf Writers Conference. This is her first published short story.
Kim Drew Wright has work in several journals, including The Pinch, Boston Literary Magazine, Milo Review, and an anthology. She graduated from UNC and had an advertising career. She has lived in seven states, but currently resides in Virginia with her three children, two Westies, and husband. A book of linked short stories and a poetry collection are in progress. She writes a newsletter for witty readers and writers: The Real Spiel.