Featured Poet: Alex Galper

Poetry

Trevor Abes: Trevor Abes is one with his pen and paper. He believes in some sort of heaven out there. He is blue and grey, for his relationship with his now former girlfriend, Viviana, has ended after 10 months. Trevor suggests creating the right atmosphere to write, whatever suits you, let it be music, total silence, a TV show, well chosen company, etc. Just make it feel right to let out all that jene sais quoi all built up inside. Trevor has had 8 poems published in Sage of Consciousness.

Everett Bonds: Everett is an avid poetry writer.

Louie Crew: "I have edited special issues of College English and Margins. I have written four poetry volumes Sunspots (Lotus Press, Detroit, 1976) Midnight Lessons (Samisdat, 1987), Lutibelle's Pew (Dragon Disks, 1990), and Queers! for Christ's Sake! (Dragon Disks, 2004). The University of Michigan collects all my papers. Currently, editors have published 1,704 of my works."

Michelle Dabrowski: Michelle Dabrowski is a spoken word poetry and prose writer, dancer and student currently studying at Concordia University's Creative Writing program. After having lived in London, Uk in 2003/2004 Michelle has performed at several venues inluding the Poetry Cafe (Covent Garden), The Pharmacy (Notting Hill) and the Paddington Poetry Festival. You will find her regularly attending various open mics and slams in Montreal and Toronto. Michelle was recently published in Lip, Stationeary and London's X Magazine and has also recently completed a collection of eighty short travel poems for an online multi-media poetry puzzle project. She is currently recording her work as well as linking her words to contemporary dance movement. You can check out her new 'should be updated more often' blog at www.michelledabrowski.blogspot.com

Holly Day: Holly Day’s poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have most recently appeared in Canadian Woman Studies, Skyway News, and Ruah. She currently works as a reporter and a writing instructor in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and lives with her two children and husband.

Jesse Ferguson: Jesse Ferguson, a fourth year English Literature major at the University of Ottawa, was raised in Cornwall, Ontario, and has been writing poetry and songs for roughly five years. He is currently studying creative writing under the poet Seymour Mayne, and his work has appeared in the University of Ottawa’s magazines Nexus, Innuendo and Yawp (he is now on the editorial board of the latter). Some of his poems also appear in such Canadian, American and UK publications as: Yalla, Redfez.com, Ygdrasil, Stridemagazine, High Altitude Poetry, The Big Tex[t], Magazineshiver, Word Riot and are slated to appear in Carillon Magazine and the January edition of Saucyvox. Jesse also reviews for the Ottawa literary journal Bywords.

Hazel Smith Hutchinson: Born and raised in Maine, Hazel now enjoys the empty nest with her husband in the openess of Kansas. Poetry is her passion, although she also enjoys solitude, reading, gardening, and being a grandmother. She has had a number of poems published in various journals and online, including in The Mid-America Poetry Review, The Flint Hills Review, Intercultural@Platform, and PW Review.

Wesley Ivins: "I am a 45 year old male who has a passion for prose, poetry, short stories. and other genres of artistic expressions. I am an artist at heart and, in being an artist, I appreciate the shared gifts of other artists like myself. I currently reside in Savannah, GA., although I have had many travels."

Geoff Jackson: Born English. Two MAs. Have worked teaching English at university in seven countries (Europe and the Middle East). Naturalised Danish citizen. Pending publications (or published in) The Journal (UK), KajMahKah (US), Lily: A Monthly Online Literary Review (US), Swell E-zine (US), and Decanto (UK).

Donna Johnson: Donna Johnson works with the University of Arkansas libraries and enjoys gardening, editing, contributing to local newsletters and gathering patients' end-of-life stories from hospice staff and volunteers. She recently sold the poems to Poesia and Bleeding Quill and a flash piece to Flash Me Mag.

John Lavan: John is a businessman and father, aged 50, living in Yorkshire, England. His passion for poetry has recently re-awakened and he is reading and writing voraciously. Current passions are Yates, MacNeice, and Auden! He trains NLP in England and works directly with a Toltec teacher. He finds the best poetry an expression of the deeper Self and an exploration of the puzzle of man’s subjective place in, and connection to, a marvelous world.

Marianne Lavelle-Vincent: Marianne LaValle-Vincent is a native of Syracuse, New York, and is a published poet, writer and humorist. She has won numerous literary contests and has achieved publication in such magazines as “Italiana Americana”, “The Birmingham Review”, “Poetry Motel” “Falling Star”, “3 Cup Morning” and other special publications through SUNY. Her credits and awards also infiltrate the Internet on such web sites as “Real Eight View”, “Ascent”, “Underground Window” “Dance With Words” and “Writers on Line”. Her first collection of poetry entitled “American Lie” is available in bookstores throughout the country. “Coverings” (a chapbook) is now available through Foothills Publishing. Marianne’s second full-length poetry collection “313’s Child” will be available in summer, 2005. Besides poetry, many of her short stories have been published—most recently “Understanding Dad” in Chicken Soup For the Soul—Fathers and Daughters edition. Marianne has been awarded a grant through Hill House Writers in Nashville, TN., and is invited frequently to lecture at local universities and libraries. She also acts as an assistant editor for The Rose & Thorn E-zine as well as assistant Copy Editor and feature writer for Moondance, an on-line literary magazine supporting creative women. A first generation Italian-American, Marianne is an administrative RN who focuses on marketing for a large medical imaging corporation. She still lives in Syracuse with her husband Tim, and 14 year-old daughter, Jess. Her greatest pleasure, after writing, is cooking and entertaining family and friends.

Corey Mesler: Corey Mesler is the owner of Burke’s Book Store, in Memphis, Tennessee. He has published poetry and fiction in numerous journals including Rattle, Pindeldyboz, Quick Fiction, Cranky, Thema, Mars Hill Review, Poet Lore and others. He has also been a book reviewer for The Memphis Commercial Appeal. Talk, his first novel, appeared in 2002. Nice blurbs from Lee Smith, John Grisham, Robert Olen Butler, Frederick Barthelme, and others. He has a new novel, We Are Billion-Year-Old Carbon, just out from Livingston. His latest four poetry chapbooks are Chin-Chin in Eden (2003) and Dark on Purpose (2004), Short Story and Other Short Stories (2006), and The Heart is Open (2006). He also claims to have written, “Ride, Captain, Ride.” Most importantly, he is Toby and Chloe’s dad and Cheryl’s husband.

Suchoon Mo: He is a former Korean Army Lieutenant and a Korean War veteran. Now he is a retired academic living in the semiarid part of Colorado, USA. His poems have appeared in East and West (India), Snakeskin (UK), the Surface (UK), Dissident Editions (UK), America Sings, Riverside Poetry, Religious Humanism, Bitter Oleander, Poetic Voices, Above Ground Testing (Canada), Adagio Verse Quarterly, Spillway Review, Thunder Sandwich, Voices, Persistent Mirage, Full Moon, Poetry Stop (Canada), Stylus Poetry Journal (Australia), 3 Cup Morning, Malleable Jangle (Australia) , Sage Of Consciousness, Farsight, Subtle Tea, Poetry Magazine, The Coffee Press Journal, Verse Libre Quarterly, Underground Window, Quill and Ink (India), and others. He received his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from University of Pennsylvania, and is the author of a number of research articles and theoretical monographs dealing with nature of time and time perception. He is a 4th Dan black belt in Taekwondo and an international referee. He has returned to his old passion for music and is practicing the art of orchestral composition

Mary C. O'Malley: Mary C. O'Malley has a MFA in Creative Writing from Spading University and lives in Cleveland, Ohio. She has worked as a Master's Level Social Worker for over twenty years. Some of work has been published in The Mid-America Poetry Review, Whiskey Island, and online at Words-Myth.

Allison Tobey: "I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, so I am well acquainted with all shades of grey and sulfur. I am now in my senior year as an undergraduate at Grinnell College located in the middle of the Iowan cornfields. I am still shocked that Spring does not always mean pollution run-off."

Richard Williams: Aside from being an entertaining spinner of family yarns, Richard is also an excellent cook. He writes poetry and spins yarns in his spare time. He lives in a small North Florida town.

C. F. York: C.F. is currently seeking a publisher for his first novel "The Fifth Tomorrow."

Featured Short Story Writer: John P. Dellova

Short Story

Michelle Dabrowski: Michelle Dabrowski is a spoken word poetry and prose writer, dancer and student currently studying at Concordia University's Creative Writing program. After having lived in London, Uk in 2003/2004 Michelle has performed at several venues inluding the Poetry Cafe (Covent Garden), The Pharmacy (Notting Hill) and the Paddington Poetry Festival. You will find her regularly attending various open mics and slams in Montreal and Toronto. Michelle was recently published in Lip, Stationeary and London's X Magazine and has also recently completed a collection of eighty short travel poems for an online multi-media poetry puzzle project. She is currently recording her work as well as linking her words to contemporary dance movement. You can check out her new 'should be updated more often' blog at www.michelledabrowski.blogspot.com

Shalav Rana: Nepalese by birth, Shalav is now living in London, UK for past three years. Shalav is a web designer by profession, and only recently started writing fiction. Already, he has had one story published and is attempting to get more published.

Rob Rosen: Rob Rosen lives, loves, and works in San Francisco. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novel, "Sparkle", and short story collection, "Culture Pop". His short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, magazines, journals, and literary sites. Please visit him at his website
www.therobrosen.com or email him at robrosen@therobrosen.com

Andrea Rudy: Andrea Rudy has an MA in creative writing, and works for the Writing and Publishing Program at Simon Fraser University. Her short stories have appeared in various journals and anthologies, and she is currently working on a novel.

Laurie-Anne Vazquez: Laurie Vazquez is a Manhattan-based writer who is currently dreaming away in the Blue Ridge mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania. She writes because she loves to, and would like to make a serious career of it someday. For now, she enjoys each day as it comes.

Scott Virtes: Scott is a member of SFWA, SFPA he is a writer of fiction, poetry, software, games, and puzzles. These can be found at http://tales.scvs.com Future underworlds: http://unfuture.blogspot.com/ Look for SCV works in ANALOG (Jan 97), PLANET, CAFE IRREAL, SPACE & TIME, STAR*LINE, and more

Essays/Creative Non-Fiction and Articles

Laura N. Hogg: Laura N. Hogg lives in Colorado and is a musician and a writer. She writes flash fiction to full-length historical novels. She has stories published in the e-zines Sage of Consciousness and The Coffee Press Journal. She is due to have her first historical romance novel published by Wings e-Press Inc. in December 2007.

K. D. Mertz: K.D. Mertz is a stay-at-home wife and mother of two girls, residing in Chambersburg, PA. She is currently a junior at Wilson College, majoring in English/Writing Concentration and pursuing minors in History, Political Science, and Mass Communications. A native of Florida, she often works the memories of her youth into her writing. She is currently working on her first novel, and a number of other short stories and essays. Her essay, The Ex, appeared in the summer issue of Sage of Consciousness. In her spare time, she indulges in her hobbies and writes for her personal blog, Kimber's Little Piece of Heaven. http://spaces.msn.com/members/kimber29

Dylan Wiles: Dylan is a writer who lives in Texas.

Art and Photography

Brian Ferguson: B L. Ferguson is heavily involved in retirement at this time, having a lifetime of experience to devote to photography he has chosen to devote his sensitivity and vision to this art. Much of his joy comes when the printer spits out an 8 x 10 and he yells “WOW, that’s a great picture,” or when the cat actually pays attention to him. His email is bfery@suscom.net.

Dorothee Lang: Dorothee Lang is a German writer and net artist. She is author of Masala Moments, a travel novel about India, and editor of the BluePrintReview, an online journal of unintended prose and poetry. Her work has recently appeared in The Mississippi Review, Pindeldyboz, Hobart and eclectica, among others. To see some of her latest pieces, visit her virtual gallery at blueprint21.de.

Jewel Martin: Jewel is a poet, and a painter. Her life is lived in the state of Florida where the wind dances and plays in her hair. Many refer to Jewel as an unexplainable enigma; embracing this, she enigmatically makes herself her own. Jewel has published in several literary magazines under various pen names. http://www.spoliedink.com/JewelMartin

Brian McNely: Brian J. McNely is a graduate student in English and American literature at the University of Texas, El Paso. He has published poetry and presented extensively on various aspects of literary criticism, most recently at the College English Association and American Comparative Literature Association national conferences. He is currently working on two academic presentations that incorporate his own photography, "The Virgin of El Paso," and "Strip Mall Spirituality."

Lottie Williams: Lottie is a native Floridian, and a lover of anthropology. She frequently visits St. Lucia and takes photographs on all her trips. She is currently seeking her MBA and will graduate in May of 2006.

Michelle Williams: Michelle is currently seeking her BA in English from the University of Florida and is married to the love of her life, Paul. Michelle writes poetry, short stories, paints, sketches, and takes photographs when she can. She has been published in four literary magazines to date and hopes to continue publishing her work in the future. Her design work and editing work have won top honors in the State of Florida Competition of Community College Publications.

Ivan D. Young: Ivan is an assistant instructor for fourth block at the Dave School, a digital animation and visual effects institution in Orlando Florida, assisting William “Proton” Vaughn. He has assisted on several animation projects through the school that can be seen at http://www.daveschool.com, and has studied the arts for many years.

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