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Fiction Editor: Richard Moseley Richard Moseley

Richard Moseley is professor emeritus in English at West Texas A&M University who taught literary courses in modern short fiction, film and literature, Southwestern literature, and the contemporary American novel. His degrees are from the University of Texas at Austin (B.A.) and the University of Cincinnati (M.A. and Ph.D.).

After Giselle
   by Alice K. Boatwright Alice K. Boatwright

Alice K. Boatwright is author of three award-winning novellas about the Vietnam War, collected inCollateral Damage (Standing Stone Books, 2012), and of the Ellie Kent mysteries, which debuted with Under an English Heaven (Cozy Cat Press, 2014). She has also written dozens of stories, published in journals such as Amarillo Bay, America West, Beloit Fiction Journal, Mississippi Review, Penumbra, Stone Canoe, and Storyglossia

Hazel Eyes
   by Mitchel Montagna Mitchel Montagna

Mitchel Montagna is a corporate communications writer for a large professional services firm. He has also worked as a radio reporter and a special education teacher. His poetry has appeared in Across the Long Bridge, Poetry Life and Times, and Peeks and Valleys. His fiction has been cited in contests by Writer's Digest and ByLine magazine. He lives in New Jersey.

Incandescence
   by Jeff Burt Jeff Burt

Jeff Burt’s work has appeared in Storm Cellar, The Nervous Breakdown, Agave, Wayfarer, Clerestory, and Graze, with subjects as various as homelessness, the High Plains, and edible grains. He won a 2011 SuRaa short fiction award. He lives with his wife in Santa Cruz County, California.

Tattoos and Rubber Gloves
   by Anne Goodwin Anne Goodwin

Anne Goodwin writes fiction, short and long, and blogs about reading and writing, with a peppering of psychology. Her stories “Silver Bangles,” “In the Interim,” and “The Good News” have been published by Amarillo Bay. Her debut novel, Sugar and Snails, was published in July 2015 by Inspired Quill. Catch up on her website: annethology or on Twitter @Annecdotist.

Creative Nonfiction Editor: Gretchen Johnson Gretchen Johnson

Gretchen Johnson lives in Beaumont, Texas, and works as an Assistant Professor of English at Lamar University. Her short stories and poems have appeared in The Blue Bear Review, The Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, Poetry Harbor, Spout Press, The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, and others. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Southwest Minnesota State University and her MFA in Creative Writing from Texas State University. Her first book, The Joy of Deception, was published by Lamar University Literary Press in 2012, and her second book; A Trip Through Downer, Minnesota, was published by Lamar University Literary Press in 2014.

Connecting Flight
   by Grace Megnet Grace Megnet

Grace Megnet holds an MFA and is associate professor of Art at Lamar State College–Port Arthur. For fun she took creative writing classes at Lamar University. A Swiss native, she feels truly American only when she writes because writing enables her to hide her accent. In 2012 she was the March winner of the year-long short story contest of The Telegraph, UK with her story, “Bad Company.” She also won the TACWT student contest in creative non-fiction in 2012, 2013, and 2015. She lives in Beaumont with her husband who keeps teaching her English.

Poetry Editor: Katherine Hoerth Katherine Hoerth

Katherine Hoerth is the author of a poetry collection, The Garden Uprooted (Slough Press, 2012). Her work has been included in journals such as Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, BorderSenses, and Front Porch. She teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Texas Pan American and serves as Assistant Poetry Editor of Fifth Wednesday Journal.

The Fastidious Bartender
   by Glen Sorestad Glen Sorestad

Glen Sorestad is a poet from Saskatoon on the Canadian prairies. He is the author of many books of poetry, his latest, Hazards of Eden: Poems from the Southwest (Lamar U. Literary Press, 2015).

Milano
   by Jota Boombaba Jota Boombaba

Jota Boombaba, when not on the road, writes in and around San Francisco, where he lives and kicks back with his son. Catch him most days at jotaboombaba.com.

Plums
   by Anne Britting Oleson Anne Britting Oleson

Anne Britting Oleson has been published widely on four continents. She earned her MFA at the Stonecoast program of USM. She has published two chapbooks, The Church of St. Materiana (2007) and The Beauty of It (2010). A third chapbook, Planes and Trains and Automobiles, is forthcoming from Portent Press (UK), and a novel, The Book of the Mandolin Player, is forthcoming from B Ink Publishing—both in the fall of 2015.

Red-Tailed Hawk
   by Michael Baldwin Michael Baldwin

Michael Baldwin holds a Master’s degrees in Political Science and Library Science. He was a library administrator and professor of American Government until retiring in 2014 to become a full-time writer and creativity consultant. His poetry book, Scapes, won the Eakin Book Award, 2011, and his poetry chapbook won the Morris Memorial Award in 2012. He has also published a mystery-thriller novel, Murder Music, and Passing Strange, a collection of Science-Fiction short stories. Mr. Baldwin resides in Benbrook, Texas.

Renters
   by Robin Wright Robin Wright

Robin Wright has had poems published in a virtual gallery at the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana and in several literary journals. Most recently, two of her poems were selected for publication in the University of Southern Indiana’s 50th anniversary anthology, Time Present, Time Past. She has also co-written two novels with Maryanne Burkhard under the name B. W. Wrighthard, Ghost Orchid and A Needle and a Haystack.

A Tall Sip of Water
   by Harnidh Kaur Harnidh Kaur

Harnidh Kaur is currently pursuing her Masters in Public Policy. Her first book, The Inability of Words, is slated for a 2016 release. Her work can be found on various international online platforms, and on her personal blog, foreverawkwardandlearning.wordpress.com. She is the senior poetry editor of Inklette Magazine.