CONTRIBUTORS
Margaret Adams Birth's poetry has previously been published in such journals as Riverrun, Ship of Fools, The New Voices (Trinidad and Tobago), Aldebaran, Atlantic Pacific Press, The Poetry Peddler, Purple Patch (England), White Wall Review (Canada), Green’s Magazine (Canada), Shawnee Silhouette, Mobius, Black River Review, Potpourri, and The Wild Goose Poetry Review; her past work has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is also published in short fiction and nonfiction.
J.C. Dickey-Chasin's work has been published in 100 Words, 580 Split, Apalachee Review, Compass Rose, Controlled Burn, The Dirty Goat, Emrys, Grinnell Review, Gulf Stream, Left Curve, Lullwater Review, Lumina, The MacGuffin, North Atlantic Review, The Owen Wister Review, Portland Review, Red Cedar Review, and Taproot. In Taproot Literary Review’s annual fiction contest, he won an award for my story, “The Deity.” J.C. has studied with Thomas Averill and Wayne Johnson at the Iowa Summer Writer’s Workshop and at the Cumberland Valley Writer’s Workshop with Lee K. Abbott. He is currently working on a novel and a collection of stories. He received his bachelor’s in English from Grinnell College and has also written extensively in nonfiction (science and energy). In his free time he enjoys building furniture and renovating old houses. www.dickeychasins.com
Susan Taylor Chehak is a graduate of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the author of five novels, including Smithereens, The Story Of Annie D., and Rampage. Her short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Adirondack Review, Amarillo Bay, The Chariton Review, Coe Review, Folio, Folly, Grey Sparrow, Guernica Magazine, Juked, L.A. Under The Influence, Monday Night, Necessary Fiction, Oxford Magazine, Permafrost, Verdad Magazine, Word Riot, as well as Seedpod Press and Sisters in Crime 5 anthologies. Her short story, “Just So,” won first place in Folio’s 2012 prose contest.She has taught fiction writing at Antioch University Los Angeles, the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, the University of Southern California, and the Iowa Summer Writing Festival at the University of Iowa.
Verless Doran, a native of East Tennessee, now lives and writes in New York City, with his wife and three children. He has been published in The Smoking Poet, The New York Review, Dogzplot Literary Journal, Lit Up Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, Suisun Valley Review, Thunder Sandwich Magazine and others. His works have also appeared in the anthologies Heroin Love Songs and The Better Bombshell. He is the author of the novel, The Small Hours and the poetry collections, Where Eagles Dare to Walk and Truckstop Soliloquies and Honky Tonk Hymns.
Robert Earle's short fiction has appeared in over forty literary journals across the U.S. and Canada.
Brian Fanelli's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Popshot, Poetry Quarterly, Portland Review, Harpur Palate, Boston Literary Magazine, Foliate Oak, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, and elsewhere. He is the author of one chapbook, Front Man (Big Table Publishing), and his first full-length collection will be out later this year through Unbound Content. A resident of Pennsylvania, Brian teaches creative writing at Keystone College. He has an M.F.A. from Wilkes University and is completing his Ph.D. at Binghamton University.
Mike Finley is a Pushcart winner, and author over 200 books of various kinds, and 100 provocative videos. Today he writes web copy for law firms for a living. His latest work is the book Suffering Cats, available for download on http://issuu.com/mike_finley. In recognition of this work, Mike was awarded the 2010 KPV Kerouac Award, a lifetime achievement honor. In his spare time Mike edits LIEF Magazine.
Jack King is a reader for Carve magazine, and his short prose has appeared in the Oklahoma Review, Epiphany, Forge, Gemini Magazine, and the anthology Home of the Brave from Press 53. His articles have appeared in various IT journals.He placed first in the 2005 Maryland Writer’s Association Novel Contest in the thriller category, and won the “gold” in their 2012 short story contest.
Sy Roth -- He comes riding in and then canters out. Oftentimes, the head is bowed by reality; other times, he is proud to have said something noteworthy. Retired after forty-two years as teacher/school administrator, he now resides in Mount Sinai, far from Moses and the tablets. This has led him to find words for solace. He spends his time writing and playing his guitar. He has published in many online publications such as BlogNostics, Every Day Poets, brief, The Weekenders, The Squawk Back, Bareback Magazine, Dead Snakes, Bitchin’ Kitsch, Peripheral Surveys, Scapegoat Review, The Artistic Muse, Inclement, Napalm and Novocain, Euphemism, Humanimalz Literary Journal, Ascent Aspirations, Fowl Feathered Review, Vayavya, Wilderness House Journal, Aberration Labyrinth, Mindless(Muse), Em Dash, Subliminal Interiors, South Townsville Micropoetry Journal, The Penwood Review, The Rampallian, Vox Poetica, Clutching at Straws, Downer Magazine, Full of Crow, Abisinth Literary Review, Every Day Poems, Avalon Literary Review, Napalm and Novocaine, Wilderness House Literary Review, St. Elsewhere Journal, Carcinogenic Poetry, The Neglected Ratio, Windmills Magazine and Kerouac’s Dog. One of his poems, Forsaken Man, was selected for Best of 2012 poems in Storm Cycle. Also selected Poet of the Month in Poetry Super Highway, September 2012. His work was also read at Palimpsest Poetry Festival in December 2012. He was named Poet of the Month for the month of February in BlogNostics.
Danny Earl Simmons is an Oregonian and a proud graduate of Corvallis High School. He is a friend of the Linn-Benton Community College Poetry Club and an active member of Albany Civic Theater. A prior contributor to BLR, his work has also appeared or is forthcoming in various journals such as Naugatuck River Review, Avatar Review, Burningword, Pirene’s Fountain, and Verse Wisconsin.
J.C. Dickey-Chasin's work has been published in 100 Words, 580 Split, Apalachee Review, Compass Rose, Controlled Burn, The Dirty Goat, Emrys, Grinnell Review, Gulf Stream, Left Curve, Lullwater Review, Lumina, The MacGuffin, North Atlantic Review, The Owen Wister Review, Portland Review, Red Cedar Review, and Taproot. In Taproot Literary Review’s annual fiction contest, he won an award for my story, “The Deity.” J.C. has studied with Thomas Averill and Wayne Johnson at the Iowa Summer Writer’s Workshop and at the Cumberland Valley Writer’s Workshop with Lee K. Abbott. He is currently working on a novel and a collection of stories. He received his bachelor’s in English from Grinnell College and has also written extensively in nonfiction (science and energy). In his free time he enjoys building furniture and renovating old houses. www.dickeychasins.com
Susan Taylor Chehak is a graduate of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the author of five novels, including Smithereens, The Story Of Annie D., and Rampage. Her short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Adirondack Review, Amarillo Bay, The Chariton Review, Coe Review, Folio, Folly, Grey Sparrow, Guernica Magazine, Juked, L.A. Under The Influence, Monday Night, Necessary Fiction, Oxford Magazine, Permafrost, Verdad Magazine, Word Riot, as well as Seedpod Press and Sisters in Crime 5 anthologies. Her short story, “Just So,” won first place in Folio’s 2012 prose contest.She has taught fiction writing at Antioch University Los Angeles, the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, the University of Southern California, and the Iowa Summer Writing Festival at the University of Iowa.
Verless Doran, a native of East Tennessee, now lives and writes in New York City, with his wife and three children. He has been published in The Smoking Poet, The New York Review, Dogzplot Literary Journal, Lit Up Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, Suisun Valley Review, Thunder Sandwich Magazine and others. His works have also appeared in the anthologies Heroin Love Songs and The Better Bombshell. He is the author of the novel, The Small Hours and the poetry collections, Where Eagles Dare to Walk and Truckstop Soliloquies and Honky Tonk Hymns.
Robert Earle's short fiction has appeared in over forty literary journals across the U.S. and Canada.
Brian Fanelli's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Popshot, Poetry Quarterly, Portland Review, Harpur Palate, Boston Literary Magazine, Foliate Oak, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, and elsewhere. He is the author of one chapbook, Front Man (Big Table Publishing), and his first full-length collection will be out later this year through Unbound Content. A resident of Pennsylvania, Brian teaches creative writing at Keystone College. He has an M.F.A. from Wilkes University and is completing his Ph.D. at Binghamton University.
Mike Finley is a Pushcart winner, and author over 200 books of various kinds, and 100 provocative videos. Today he writes web copy for law firms for a living. His latest work is the book Suffering Cats, available for download on http://issuu.com/mike_finley. In recognition of this work, Mike was awarded the 2010 KPV Kerouac Award, a lifetime achievement honor. In his spare time Mike edits LIEF Magazine.
Jack King is a reader for Carve magazine, and his short prose has appeared in the Oklahoma Review, Epiphany, Forge, Gemini Magazine, and the anthology Home of the Brave from Press 53. His articles have appeared in various IT journals.He placed first in the 2005 Maryland Writer’s Association Novel Contest in the thriller category, and won the “gold” in their 2012 short story contest.
Sy Roth -- He comes riding in and then canters out. Oftentimes, the head is bowed by reality; other times, he is proud to have said something noteworthy. Retired after forty-two years as teacher/school administrator, he now resides in Mount Sinai, far from Moses and the tablets. This has led him to find words for solace. He spends his time writing and playing his guitar. He has published in many online publications such as BlogNostics, Every Day Poets, brief, The Weekenders, The Squawk Back, Bareback Magazine, Dead Snakes, Bitchin’ Kitsch, Peripheral Surveys, Scapegoat Review, The Artistic Muse, Inclement, Napalm and Novocain, Euphemism, Humanimalz Literary Journal, Ascent Aspirations, Fowl Feathered Review, Vayavya, Wilderness House Journal, Aberration Labyrinth, Mindless(Muse), Em Dash, Subliminal Interiors, South Townsville Micropoetry Journal, The Penwood Review, The Rampallian, Vox Poetica, Clutching at Straws, Downer Magazine, Full of Crow, Abisinth Literary Review, Every Day Poems, Avalon Literary Review, Napalm and Novocaine, Wilderness House Literary Review, St. Elsewhere Journal, Carcinogenic Poetry, The Neglected Ratio, Windmills Magazine and Kerouac’s Dog. One of his poems, Forsaken Man, was selected for Best of 2012 poems in Storm Cycle. Also selected Poet of the Month in Poetry Super Highway, September 2012. His work was also read at Palimpsest Poetry Festival in December 2012. He was named Poet of the Month for the month of February in BlogNostics.
Danny Earl Simmons is an Oregonian and a proud graduate of Corvallis High School. He is a friend of the Linn-Benton Community College Poetry Club and an active member of Albany Civic Theater. A prior contributor to BLR, his work has also appeared or is forthcoming in various journals such as Naugatuck River Review, Avatar Review, Burningword, Pirene’s Fountain, and Verse Wisconsin.
