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  Bryan Howie lives in the American Inland Northwest. He loves photography and motorcycle riding but has a hard time doing both simultaneously. His work has been included in the The Best of Carve Magazine volume 6, Solarcide Presents: Nova Parade, Flash Me! The Sinthology, and Aliens, Sex & Sociopaths. Links to more of his work can be found at bryanhowie.com.

  Tyler Jones started playing guitar at an early age and in 2002 was signed to an independent record label based out of Seattle. After recording their debut album, Tyler and his band toured the world for one year before breaking up. Since that time he has written five unpublished novels and numerous short stories. He is currently writing material for a new album as well as studying with the acclaimed novelist Tom Spanbauer. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

  Phil Jourdan is the author of Praise of Motherhood (Zero Books), What Precision, Such Restraint (Perfect Edge), and John Gardner: A Tiny Eulogy (Punctum Books). He fronts the award-winning rock band Paris and the Hiltons.

  Neil Krolicki is a writer, illustrator, and expert lover who writes darkly humorous fiction from his hometown of Denver, Colorado. His most recent creative endeavor has been writing and illustrating a crime-noir comic book set in a futuristic metropolis whose most lucrative local trade is erasing the identities of ruthless criminals through radical reconstructive surgeries (120 Doses). He is also churning away at several other writing projects. He lives with his beautiful and intelligent wife, Alyssa, who will most definitely be reading this bio.

  Richard Lemmer is a twentysomething English writer. He studied English literature and philosophy at the University of York. He was chosen by a Booker Prize judge to appear in the Oxbridge universities’ student anthology—even though he was not studying at either Cambridge or Oxford. Aside from the anthology, his writing has appeared in the Guardian and the London literary magazine Litro. He has had a variety of jobs, from working with people with learning difficulties to interviewing The Killers.

  Tony Liebhard has worked in the healthcare field for over a decade. He currently lives in the Midwest with his wife and is training to be a physician. In his spare time he likes to write and volunteer at the Humane Society. This is his first printed publication.

  Gus Moreno maintains a residence on the south side of Chicago. He is currently working on a novel, has stories published in online journalsThe Legendary and Bluestem Magazine, and grinds his teeth in his sleep.

  Chuck Palahniuk, editor, is the best-selling author of 15 novels, and his writing has appeared in Playboy, the Los Angeles Times, and VICE. The movie adaptation of Fight Club has become a cult classic, and his book tours draw large crowds.

  Brien Piechos lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he is currently working on a novel and a short story collection. He enjoys combat athletics, vintage British motorcycles, black T-shirts, thrift store hunting, Irish whiskey through the winter, and tequila all summer. His friends call

  him “Daego.”

  Adam Skorupskas was born on April 1, 1984, in Detroit, Michigan. The third of four children, Adam is often described as inescapably a writer. He can also be found working as a janitor, a taxi driver, and a carpenter.

  Richard Thomas, editor, is the author of three books—Transubstantiate, Herniated Roots, and Staring into the Abyss. He has published over 100 stories, including work in Shivers VI with Stephen King and Peter Straub, Cemetery Dance, PANK, Midwestern Gothic, Arcadia, Gargoyle, andWeird Fiction Review. In his spare time he is editor in chief at Dark House Press, a columnist at LitReactor, and a book critic at The Nervous Breakdown. His literary agent is Paula Munier.

  Brandon Tietz is the author of Out of Touch and Good Sex, Great Prayers. His short stories have been widely published, appearing in such anthologies as Warmed and Bound, Amsterdamned If You Do, and Spark (volume II). He also serves as a contributor for LitReactor.com. Visit him at www.brandontietz.com.

  Hailing from North Plains, Oregon, Gayle Towell is a writer, a drummer, a teacher of physics, and a mother.

  Fred Venturini grew up in Patoka, Illinois, where he survived being lit on fire by a bully, a neck-breaking car accident, and being chewed up by a pit bull. His first novel, The Heart Does Not Grow Back, is forthcoming from Picador in fall 2014. His short fiction has appeared inBooked. Anthology, Surreal South ’13, The Death Panel, Sick Things, and Noir at the Bar 2. He lives in southern

  Illinois with his wife, Krissy, and their daughter, Noelle.

  Dennis Widmyer, editor, is the webmaster and creator of ChuckPalahniuk.net and LitReactor.com. With partner Kevin Kolsch, he founded Parallactic Pictures, a banner for all of their independent film projects. To date, they have directed two features, a number of shorts, and have penned over a dozen screenplays.