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Heather Fowler (Guest Editor) is a Southern California native, recently relocated to Modesto. She received her M.A. in English and Creative Writing from Hollins University in 1997 and currently teaches at Modesto Junior College in Modesto, CA. Her fiction publications include Zoetrope All-Story Extra, in the October 1999 issue "Dead Mothers" and the December 1999 issue "The Talk Adults Talk". Also, published in December of 1999 was a story entitled "Not A Creature Was Stirring" by Mindkites. Her recent poetry publications include: "Of Deserted Brown Boxes" (forthcoming June, 2000) in The Coast Highway Review; "This Old Beach Town" and "The California Poem" in Driftwood Highway 1999 Anthology; "The Birthday Poem" in Joe´s Journal, Best of the Beach 1998; "Glass" and "Imaginary Mother" in the 1999 March and July editions of San Diego´s Art Mag The Publication; and two sestinas entitled "The Empress" and "The Deluge" from Volume 6 (1999) of the annual Cityworks Literary Anthology. She is pleased to select this beautiful, lilting story by Jai Clare for the April edition of All-Story Extra, and hopes you enjoy it. You may reach her at: fowlerhm@hotmail.com. K.Teryl Geenty, (Guest Editor) often known as Kris, is a Swamp Yankee from The Nutmeg State. A graduate of The George Washington University with a B.A. in International Affairs, K.Teryl has begun work on her Masters at Wesleyan University. She has also attended the Wesleyan Writer's Conference and others. Currently, the bulk of her work appears in Business and Real Estate trade journals and local newspapers. She also publishes two newsletters for the business community. Her flash fiction has been published in Doorknobs and Body Paint. She is still in the process of turning specialty pieces about the benefits of lend lease transactions and smart buildings into scintillating works of fiction. You can contact her at:lostinsp8ce@hotmail.com Jai Clare lives in Cornwall, UK, with husband, dog and cats. She teaches creative writing to children and adults. She has had fiction published in the UK, most recently in Odyssey, Roadworks, and accepted for Voyage, and in Australia in Redsine and Winedark Sea, and on the web in the Spring 2000 edition of Deeply Shallow. She also writes a bi-monthly column for Zene Magazine. Her novel, "The Storyhouse", is currently being considered by a UK publisher, so keep your fingers crossed. And she's about to begin work on her next novel, "The Lily Business". She owns up to being a keen gardener but would like to travel more. She can be reached at Jai@hexworthy.freeserve.co.uk Christopher Painter thanks you for visiting his bio, and apologizes for the smell. Apparently, something crawled underneath it and died. Previous work of his has appeared on-line at McSweeney's and Neverworlds. He has been paid to draw funny cows, create adventures for role-playing games, write for comic books such as "The Tick," and buy Sydney Pollack's after-shave. To unwind, he enjoys a delicious glass of Rubicon. He and his wife Alysia live in Los Angeles, in a mysterious old castle imported brick-by-brick from neighboring Reseda. Drop him a line at:E2ChrisP@aol.com |  |
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