 Art by Marty D. Ison |
Tara Laskowski earned an MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University. She was the 2009 Kathy Fish Fellow at SmokeLong Quarterly. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in several places, most recently Barrelhouse, JMWW, Everyday Genius, and Necessary Fiction. Her short story "Like Everyone Else" was a storySouth Million Writers Award notable online story in 2009. Tara lives and works in a suburb of Washington, D.C., and is learning how to play the piano.
Beth Thomas lives and writes in Las Vegas, Nevada. The works as technical writer in the aerospace/defense industry. Her fiction has recently appeared in Corium Magazine, Los Angeles Review, Wigleaf, Pank Magazine, and other places. She received the 2007 Kathy Fish Fellowship at SmokeLong Quarterly.
Solicitations Editor
Meg Pokrass lives in San Francisco. Her stories and poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in the following: Pindeldyboz, Smokelong Quarterly’s Fifth Anniversary Issue,Wigleaf, Elimae, Frigg,Wordriot, DOGZPLOT, 971 Menu,The Rose and Thorn,Thieves Jargon, Eclectica, Insolent Rudder, Chanterelle’s Notebook, Toasted Cheese, 34th Parallel, Bent Pin Quarterly, The Orange Room, Dark Sky Magazine, Canopic Jar, Tuesday Shorts, Flutter, Ghoti, Blossombones, and Literary Mama. She has performed with theatre companies throughout the United States and considers writing a natural extension of sensory work developed as an actor. Her blog, and links with updates to new work, is http://www.megpokrass.com.
Editor
Davin Malasarn is a writer and research scientist in Paris, France. He received a PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellowship in 2008. He was a finalist in the 2008 Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Contest. Two of his stories, "A Boy In The Sky" and "I Am Waiting For My Dogs To Die" were nominated for Pushcart Prizes.
Cover Artist
A native of Ohio, M. D. Ison lives with his wife of twenty-five years transplanted in the sands of the Gulf of Mexico. He studied Fine Arts at St. Petersburg College. In addition to the visual arts, he writes poetry, short stories, and novels. His online gallery may be viewed at http://www.martyison.skyedragon.com.
Publisher
Dave Clapper lives in the Pacific Northwest and is a father of two. His fiction has appeared in over thirty journals, and is forthcoming in "Online Writing: Best of the First Ten Years." Except for production of the various pages of SmokeLong, he is largely retired from the staff, focusing more now on his work with Interrobang?! Improv.
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