Andrew Adams lives in New York, for the time being. He has published two stories and one novella with Running Wild Press. He is also an actor, most recently in the upcoming short, CHIMERA THERAPY. His previous performance was in CASUAL HEX: THE BEGUILING ORIGINS OF BUTCH. Andrew Adams’ Homepage: andrewdouglasadams.com Blog: andrewdouglasadams.wordpress.com Tone Milazzo’s Homepage: tonemilazzo.com Twitter: twitter.com/ToneMilazzo Facebook: www.facebook.com/tone.milazzo Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tone-Milazzo/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonemilazzo/

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Andrew Adams, Horatio & Free Money

John Rathbone Taylor lives in Sheffield, England and is convenor of a co-operative writers’ group called ‘Many a Tale’. He says he turned to the “serious mischief” of writing stories only after retiring from work in 2012. Composing fiction helped him “mentally shred” all the weighty plans and reports he had been obliged to write as a director in local government! Most of John’s writings explore the nonsensically comedic, yet philosophically deadly serious style known as the ‘absurd’. Some are 100-word micro stories that have fun with characters, language and logic. Others are short stories with bizarre narratives, featuring spirited but misguided individuals, amusingly at odds with their worlds. ‘Turnip Way’ is John’s first attempt at combining the absurd with other more familiar genres in the form of a novella (which he prefers to the novel), and he applauds Running Wild Press for featuring such adventurous work in their anthology. John Rathbone Taylor does also write non-absurdist fiction, and examples from all sides of his work have been published in paperbacks and on lit-sites. He is currently working on another mixed-genre novella, but all he will reveal is that it will combine aspects of memoire and paradox – amongst other things! Tone Milazzo’s Homepage: tonemilazzo.com Twitter: twitter.com/ToneMilazzo Facebook: www.facebook.com/tone.milazzo Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tone-Milazzo/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonemilazzo/

John Rathbone Taylor, Turnip Way

Too goody-two-shoes for the rebels and too rebellious for the good girls and boys, Christa Miller writes fiction which, like herself, doesn’t quite fit in. A professional writer for nearly 20 years, Christa has written in genres ranging from crime fiction to horror to children’s, but prefers to write — and read — blended-genre stories. Her affinity for the dark, psychological, and somewhat bizarre doesn’t stop her from volunteering at a local wildlife rescue, adventuring with her two sons in rivers, swamps, and marshes, or relaxing with a book and a beverage in her hammock (when she’s not running her freelance business, that is) Christa Miller’s Homepage: https://ChristaMMiller.com Twitter: twitter.com/christammiller Instagram: instagram.com/christammiller Facebook: facebook.com/authorchristamiller Story list: https://christammiller.com/previously-published-stories/ Living Wild Side By Side: https://livingwildsidebyside.com/ Tone Milazzo’s Homepage: tonemilazzo.com Twitter: twitter.com/ToneMilazzo Facebook: facebook.com/tone.milazzo Amazon: amazon.com/Tone-Milazzo/

Christa Miller, Sodom & Gomorrah on a Saturday Night, The Kings of Babylon & The Queen of Sheba

The author of a ‘poevella’ (half poem; half novella) The Cuban, the e-novel, The Kill Gene, a book length poem, Buddha Bastinado Blues, and a growing selection of poems published in online journals, Ben White has earned his spot on the day-shift with over 20 years of schooling. While he was earning his latest degree, an MFA from the University of Tampa, he was convinced he was a poet. But he has since found out he is not a poet at all; he is a witness. What he writes is testimony. Ben White’s Facebook: www.facebook.com/ben.white.357622 Tone Milazzo’s Homepage: tonemilazzo.com Twitter: twitter.com/ToneMilazzo Facebook: www.facebook.com/tone.milazzo

Ben White, The Cuban

Jason Zeitler is the author of the novella Like Flesh to the Scalpel. His short stories and narrative essays have appeared in Midwestern Gothic and in other print and online magazines. He lives in Tucson with his wife and son. Tone Milazzo’s Homepage: tonemilazzo.com Twitter: twitter.com/ToneMilazzo Facebook: www.facebook.com/tone.milazzo Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tone-Milazzo/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonemilazzo/

Jason Zeitler, Like Flesh to the Scalpel

Kevin Baggett is a displaced Southerner, librarian and writer teaching at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. He attended the 2017 Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference as a general contributor in fiction. Kevin Baggett’s Facebook: www.facebook.com/lucgyroo Twitter: twitter.com/lucgyroo Tone Milazzo’s Homepage: tonemilazzo.com Twitter: twitter.com/ToneMilazzo Facebook: www.facebook.com/tone.milazzo

Kevin Baggett, The Apologies

Mark Leahy’s story “Collected Works” has espionage elements, but is more espionage adjacent than spy novella. Hear how this was inspired by his relationship with his father, his career teaching technical writing, and his doctoral thesis on minstrel shows and pseudo-science. Mark Leahy’s Twitter: twitter.com/mxrk Instagram: www.instagram.com/_mx4k_/ Tone Milazzo’s Homepage: tonemilazzo.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/ToneMilazzo Facebook: www.facebook.com/tone.milazzo

Mark Leahy, Collected Works

C. E. Clayton was born and raised in the greater Los Angeles area, where she attended the University of Southern California (Fight On!) for both her Bachelors and Masters, and then worked in the advertising industry for several years on accounts ranging from fast food, to cars, and video games (her personal favorite). After going the traditional career route and becoming restless, she went back to her first love—writing—and hasn’t stopped. She is now the author of “The Monster of Selkirk” series and her horror short stories have appeared in anthologies across the country. When she’s not writing you can find her treating her fur-babies like humans, constantly drinking tea, and trying to convince her husband to go to more concerts. And reading. She does read quite a bit. More about C.E. Clayton, including her blog, book reviews, social media presence, and newsletter, can be found on her website. C.E. Clayton’s Homepage: https://www.ceclayton.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chelscey/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CEClayton/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B06XSTY6PL Tone Milazzo’s Homepage: https://tonemilazzo.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ToneMilazzo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tone.milazzo

C.E. Clayton, The Washerwoman

“Art is my everything… I was born in 1996, and, by 1999, my life was already upside down. I was sexually assaulted by my babysitter as a three-year-old, destroying all hope for a normal life almost immediately. I struggled in school, was bullied to the extent that I was assaulted again in 8th grade in front of an entire class of laughing children. I was ostracized to no end. Now, years later, I suffer from Bipolar 1 Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder. These control my life. Art is my everything. It is the one thing that keeps me outside of the walls I feel closing in.” -Jon Benham Jon Benham’s: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000799687767 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benhamsinstagram/ Bandcamp: https://fffoxtails.bandcamp.com/ Tone Milazzo’s Homepage: https://tonemilazzo.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ToneMilazzo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tone.milazzo

Jon Benham, Yesterday and Tomorrow

Ben Slotky’s first novel, Red Hot Dogs, White Gravy was published by Chiasmus in 2010 and was re-released by Widow & Orphan in 2017. His work has appeared in Numero Cinq, The Santa Monica Review, Golden Handcuffs Review, McSweeney’s, Hobart, Juked, Jellyfish Review, Barrelhouse, and many other publications. He lives in Bloomington, IL with his wife and six sons. Ben Slotky’s: Twitter: twitter.com/benslotky Amazon: smile.amazon.com/Red-Hot-Dogs-Whi…words=ben+slotky Tone Milazzo’s Homepage: tonemilazzo.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/ToneMilazzo Facebook: www.facebook.com/tone.milazzo

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