Sue Clancy, A Good Bean

Sue Clancy is a professional fine artist and illustrator. Her fine art has been exhibited around the world and is in numerous public and private collections – many of the public collections include children’s hospitals and other healthcare organizations. Sue’s artwork has also been in the backgrounds of television shows like “Portlandia”. She is represented by agents and art galleries in Oregon and Oklahoma. Sue’s whimsical animal illustrations have been published by Lark Books, Ten Speed Press and Allyn and Bacon. She is currently living happily ever after in the Pacific Northwest where she regularly uses public library cards in two adjoining states. More of her work can be seen at www.sueclancy.com

Walter Savage: Vahagn; They Came

W. Jack Savage is a retired broadcaster and newsman in Los Angeles. He has written five books: three novels and two short story collections (wjacksavage.com) and is also a veteran stage actor and Associate Professor in Telecommunications and Film at California State University, Los Angeles. He and his wife Kathy live in Monrovia, California.

Bill Wolak, Unattainable Nakedness

Bill Wolak is a poet, photographer, and collage artist. His collages have been published in The Annual, Peculiar Mormyrid, Danse Macabre, Dirty Chai, Hermeneutic Chaos Literary Journal, Lost Coast Review, Yellow Chair Review, Otis Nebula, and Horror Sleaze Trash. He has just published his twelfth book of poetry entitled Love Opens the Hands with Nirala Press. Recently, he was a featured poet at The Mihai Eminescu International Poetry Festival in Craiova, Romania. Mr. Wolak teaches Creative Writing at William Paterson University in New Jersey. 

Ernest Williamson III: Eyes to the Sky; Mirage of the Old Woman; The Beauty of Indecisions; Nude in Abstract

Dr. Ernest Williamson III has published poetry and visual art in over 600 national and international online and print journals. Professor Williamson has published poetry in journals such as The Oklahoma Review, Review Americana: A Creative Writing Journal, and The Copperfield Review. Some of his visual artwork has appeared in journals such as The Columbia Review, The GW Review, and Fiction Fix. Many of his works have been published in journals representing over 75 colleges and universities around the world. Dr. Williamson is an Assistant Professor of English at Allen University, self-taught pianist, editor, poet, singer, composer, social scientist, private tutor, and a self-taught painter. His poetry has been nominated three times for the Best of the Net Anthology. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English/Creative Writing/Literature from the University of Memphis and a PhD in Higher Education Leadership from Seton Hall University.

Sherrie Theriault, Not Mute

I do not believe that I became an autodidact because I was raised by wolves, but surely it was a contributing factor. The years I spent in the waters of the Outer Banks, afforded me a mainline infusion of chaos and tranquility. The simultaneous discovery of my ability to create and the secret meaning of desire brings fire to things I hadn’t expected to burn down. I embrace contradiction and try to illuminate the dark without losing the shadows. I work daily to give voice to diversity, for isn’t that the gift beyond measure?

Janne Karlsson, yes to you

Janne Karlsson is an insanely productive artist from Sweden, whose latest book, Embracing the Flames, is available on Leaf Garden Press. Janne´s website is here: www.svenskapache.se