CONTRIBUTORS
Susan Charkes' poems have been published or are forthcoming in APIARY, Gargoyle,
Paper Nautilus, prick of the spindle, Schuylkill Valley Journal, Spoon
River Poetry Review, U.S. 1 Worksheets, and elsewhere. She lives in
southeastern Pennsylvania and is the author of several nonfiction books.
Ryan Garcia is a 27-year-old MFA Fiction Candidate currently attending Cal State San Bernardino. Originally from Los Angeles, he now lives in Wrightwood, CA where he writes, eats Sour Patch Kids, and writes some more.
Mikel K is a poet and memoirist living in Mableton, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, with his photographer-artist partner Just Joan, and their three dogs, two cats, two turtles, and bird. K was voting best Atlanta Poet, the last two years in a row, by readers of Creative Loafing, Atlanta's weekly newspaper. Poetry by Mikel K has appeared in: Subtle Tea, drown in my own fears, poetic diversity, Zygote In My Coffee, The Georgia Review, The Reeve Report, Lowlife Magazine, The Political Dogma, World Wide Hippies.com, Open Salon, and Beagle Bugle. You can buy a book by K at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/mikelkpoet
Nelson Kingfisher is a winner of the Columbus Literary Award for Fiction. His past work has been published in Big Pulp, Crime and Suspense, and a variety of university journals.
Jay Merill is a writer in London, UK, with twp short story collections published by Salt, which were nominated for the Frank O'Connor Award. He also won the Salt Short Story Prize for his story "As Birds Fly." "Bick," and "Hammond," which appear in this month's issue of BLR, are part of a developing collection, Trev's Friends.
Molly Montgomery, a native of Oakland, California is currently in her senior year at UCLA, studying English. Her short stories have been published in UCLA’s literary journal, Westwind, and she runs an online blog, LitBloom.com, that reviews literary journals. One of her favorite pastimes is people-watching, followed closely by reading, writing, and dancing.
Valli Poole lives and writes in Melbourne, Australia.
Claudia Serea is a Romanian-born poet who immigrated to the U.S. in 1995. Her poems and translations have appeared in New Letters, 5 a.m., Meridian, Word Riot, Apple Valley Review, and many others. A two-time Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, she is the author of Angels & Beasts (Phoenicia Publishing, Canada, 2012), The System (Cold Hub Press, New Zealand, 2012), and To Part Is to Die a Little (Cervena Barva Press, forthcoming). She co-translated The Vanishing Point That Whistles, an Anthology of Contemporary Romanian Poetry (Talisman Publishing, 2011) and translated from the Romanian Adina Dabija’s Beautybeast (Northshore Press, 2012). Read more at cserea.tumblr.com.
Keith Seher works out of the Cleveland area, and has been writing since he was 13. He belongs to a number of poetry groups, including the Butchershop, a private workshop which has been meeting for more than 45 years. He's had a few poems published in the last few years, by venues such as Yes, Poetry, Pure Francis, The Furnace Review, Burning Word Literary Journal and Miser Magazine.
Lois Greene Stone, writer and poet, has been syndicated worldwide. Poetry and personal essays have been included in hard & softcover book anthologies. Collections of her personal items/ photos/ memorabilia are in major museums including twelve different divisions of The Smithsonian.
Laura Stout lives in Manhattan Beach, California. She is a retired C.P.A. embarking on a new path of writing. Her work has appeared online at Fiction on the Web, Writers Type, and The Greensilk Journal.
Ryan Garcia is a 27-year-old MFA Fiction Candidate currently attending Cal State San Bernardino. Originally from Los Angeles, he now lives in Wrightwood, CA where he writes, eats Sour Patch Kids, and writes some more.
Mikel K is a poet and memoirist living in Mableton, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, with his photographer-artist partner Just Joan, and their three dogs, two cats, two turtles, and bird. K was voting best Atlanta Poet, the last two years in a row, by readers of Creative Loafing, Atlanta's weekly newspaper. Poetry by Mikel K has appeared in: Subtle Tea, drown in my own fears, poetic diversity, Zygote In My Coffee, The Georgia Review, The Reeve Report, Lowlife Magazine, The Political Dogma, World Wide Hippies.com, Open Salon, and Beagle Bugle. You can buy a book by K at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/mikelkpoet
Nelson Kingfisher is a winner of the Columbus Literary Award for Fiction. His past work has been published in Big Pulp, Crime and Suspense, and a variety of university journals.
Jay Merill is a writer in London, UK, with twp short story collections published by Salt, which were nominated for the Frank O'Connor Award. He also won the Salt Short Story Prize for his story "As Birds Fly." "Bick," and "Hammond," which appear in this month's issue of BLR, are part of a developing collection, Trev's Friends.
Molly Montgomery, a native of Oakland, California is currently in her senior year at UCLA, studying English. Her short stories have been published in UCLA’s literary journal, Westwind, and she runs an online blog, LitBloom.com, that reviews literary journals. One of her favorite pastimes is people-watching, followed closely by reading, writing, and dancing.
Valli Poole lives and writes in Melbourne, Australia.
Claudia Serea is a Romanian-born poet who immigrated to the U.S. in 1995. Her poems and translations have appeared in New Letters, 5 a.m., Meridian, Word Riot, Apple Valley Review, and many others. A two-time Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, she is the author of Angels & Beasts (Phoenicia Publishing, Canada, 2012), The System (Cold Hub Press, New Zealand, 2012), and To Part Is to Die a Little (Cervena Barva Press, forthcoming). She co-translated The Vanishing Point That Whistles, an Anthology of Contemporary Romanian Poetry (Talisman Publishing, 2011) and translated from the Romanian Adina Dabija’s Beautybeast (Northshore Press, 2012). Read more at cserea.tumblr.com.
Keith Seher works out of the Cleveland area, and has been writing since he was 13. He belongs to a number of poetry groups, including the Butchershop, a private workshop which has been meeting for more than 45 years. He's had a few poems published in the last few years, by venues such as Yes, Poetry, Pure Francis, The Furnace Review, Burning Word Literary Journal and Miser Magazine.
Lois Greene Stone, writer and poet, has been syndicated worldwide. Poetry and personal essays have been included in hard & softcover book anthologies. Collections of her personal items/ photos/ memorabilia are in major museums including twelve different divisions of The Smithsonian.
Laura Stout lives in Manhattan Beach, California. She is a retired C.P.A. embarking on a new path of writing. Her work has appeared online at Fiction on the Web, Writers Type, and The Greensilk Journal.