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			photo Jason Nunes
	Adam Silver	samples and bio	Adam is the flash fiction editor at Mannequin Envy. flash@mannequinenvy.com
	Alexandre Nodopaka	samples and bio	Alex is the contributing visuals editor at Mannequin Envy. visuals@mannequinenvy.com
	Alison Eastley	two days later + Cairo	Alison lives and works in Tasmania, Australia. She likes short succinct sentences voiced by adorable men, in fact, one man in particular. Contemplation, reading and observing are her keen habits also appreciated in others. She prefers to write about decent human interaction, to povide some sort of hope or optimism, even escapism, all of which she finds with Larry.
	Bill Winter	after dinner	Bill Winter lives in Seattle, Washington.
	Cassandra Robison	omega	An educator for twenty years, Cassandra has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the State University of New York, Fredonia, and the University of Arizona. She is a professor of English at a small college where she teaches creative writing and American Literature and is faculty advisor for the award-winning college literary magazine. Founding editor of the online quarterly journal Artistry of Life, her poetry and prose have been featured in the Fig, the Piedmont Literary Review, and Imprints; her poetry will appear in the winter issues of Word Riot, Sunspinner, and Adagio Verse Quarterly. Currently at work on her first chapbook of poetry and on her doctorate in higher education, she now lives, works, and finds her muse in Florida.
	Charles P. Ries	poetry: Below the Floor, First Blood flash fiction: Bill the Mink	Charles P. Ries lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His narrative poems, short stories, interviews and poetry reviews have appeared in over one hundred and twenty print and electronic publications. He has received three Pushcart Prize nominations for his writing and most recently read his poetry on National Public Radio's Theme and Variations, a program that is broadcastover seventy NPR affiliates. He is the author of THE FATHERS WE FIND, a novel based on memory. Ries is also the author of five books of poetry - the most recent entitled, The Last Time which was released by The Moon Press in Tucson, Arizona. He is the poetry editor for Word Riot and on the board of the Woodland Pattern Bookstore in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Most recently he has been appointed to the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission. You may find additional samples of his work here. email:charlesr@execpc.com
	Corey Mesler	Character	Corey is the owner of Burke’s Book Store, in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the country’s oldest (1875) and best independent bookstores. 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. A short story of his was chosen for the 2002 edition of New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, published by Algonquin Books. 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, due out in 2005 from Livingston. His latest three poetry chapbooks are Chin-Chin in Eden (2003) and Dark on Purpose (2004) and Short Story and Other Short Stories (2006). He also claims to have written, "Your Auntie Grizelda." Most importantly, he is Toby and Chloe’s dad and Cheryl’s husband.
	Craig Kirchner	Hermitage	Craig lives and works as a consultant in the Mid-Atlantic. Works have appeared in journals including Slow Trains, Lily, Erosha, Thunder Sandwich, 3 AM MAGAZINE, Adagio, Triplopia, Laura Hird, Clean Sheets, Astropoetica, and Zygote in My Coffee. Has been twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
	D.B. Cox	rundown house + the sidewalks of canal st.	D.B. Cox is a blues musician/poet who just moved back to South Carolina, after spending twenty-eight years in and around Boston, MA. His writing has been published in Zygote In My Coffee, Remark, Underground Voices, Thunder Sandwich, Dublin Quarterly, Snow Monkey, Aesthetica, Bonfire, Gator Springs Gazette, Heat City Review, My Favorite Bullet and Open Wide Magazine. He has had three books published: “Passing For Blue” (published by Rank Stranger Press), “Lowdown” and “Ordinary Sorrows” (published by Pudding House Publications).
	David Gaffney	Doctor Logic ~Though the medium of modern dance~ The funny way I feel inside ~The heartless chain	David Gaffney was born in West Cumbria, studied in Birmingham and now lives in Manchester. He has worked as an English teacher, a film studies lecturer, a holiday camp entertainer, a medical records clerk, a pub pianist, a debt counsellor in Moss Side, a legal consultant in Liverpool, and now works for the arts council. His stories have been published in print in Ambit, the Illustrated Ape, Ephemera, Modart, and many other places, and his newnovel, Skip Trace, about a crooked debt counsellor and a conceptual artist with a taste for trepanning is available to publishers now. David Gaffney will be reading his sawn off tales live on Thursday 8th December at the bath house pub in Soho - 8.00pm
	Donna Dixon	poetry and visual arts
	Ellaraine Lockie	justification + honey	Ellaraine Lockie is widely published and awarded in the U.S., Canada, England and Australia. Her first collection entitled 'Midlife Muse,' won Poetry Forum's chapbook contest and was subsequently published in 2000. Two additional chapbooks have been released in 2003: 'Crossing the Center Line' by Sweet Annie Press, and 'Coloring Outside the Lines' by The Plowman Press (Canada).
	Helen Dowdell	Burnt Offerings	H.G. Dowdell is a former journalist and political speechwriter. Her articles have been featured in Essence and Self Magazines, the NY Amsterdam News, NY Newsday, and the City Sun News. Her flash fiction has been featured in Sister 2 Sister and Honey Magazines, and her short stories can also be found online at Hackwriters, The Copperfield Review, The Sidewalk's End, Skive Magazine, and are forthcoming at Ken* Again and Penwomanship . She's presently busy at work on her second novel. email: helendowdell@earthlink.net.
	J. Britton	jawbone	Jai Britton was born in a barn (or so her mother said) in Saskatchewan, Canada where she learned to spell long words at an early age. She amuses herself by telling Americans that she lives in an igloo, owns three Husky dogs and a racing sled and more often than not is believed. Currently, she sells other people's poetry for a living hoping she can learn by osmosis. She resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and owns no dogs. This is her first publication.
	James Lineberger	dancing with hart crane	James Lineberger is a professional playwright and screenwriter. He was Playwright in Residence at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis for three seasons. His rock opera, THE SURVIVAL OF SAINT JOAN, was developed at the Buffalo Studio Arena, and the production transferred to Broadway. His screen adaptation for Twentieth Century Fox film of the Devery Freeman novel FATHER SKY was filmed as TAPS. His poems have appeared in Berkely Poetry Review, The Centennial Review; Coal City Review; Djinni; Exquisite Corpse; Hanging Loose; Hayden's Ferry Review; Mediphors; The New Laurel Review; New York Quarterly; Ontario Review; Oxford Magazine; Pembroke Magazine; Prairie Schooner; Rag Mag; Snake Nation Review; Sonora Review; Verse; and a number of online publications.
	Jason Nunes	Art feature	Jason is an award winning New York based screenwriter, author, and playwright. (and an artist and designer on the side to pay the rent) His one act "Roulette Night" recently won the critic's choice award at the 2005 Samuel French One Act Competition, his one act "Love in the Time of Atkins" was a semi-finalist, and, last year, his one act "Telling the Leaves" was a finalist. His short story, "Accidental Antichrist" was a finalist of the Santa Fe Writers Project, and his screenplay, "Resurrection Men" was a winner of the AIVF Screenwriters Mentorship program.* Jason's work has been called "Deliciously funny and revolting..." In his non-existent free time, Jason publishes the lit and art webzine, TenThousandMonkeys.com.
	Jennifer VanBuren	samples and bio	Jennifer is the creating and managing editor of Mannequin Envy. She sometimes contributes photos to accompany poetry. If it does not have a credit it is probably Jennifer's. editor@mannequinenvy.com
	Julie Walczesky	Singularity (in a plural world)	The author lives in South Carolina with her family. She recently began writing poetry again after a 25 year hiatus. Some of her work can be found online at Red River Review, Clean Sheets, Dead Mule and thieves jargon.
	Kelley White	Art Rules	Kelley White is a pediatrician in inner-city Philadelphia.
	Kenneth Gurney	Misdirection	Kenneth lives a quiet life in Shorewood, WI (a suburb of Milwaukee). He edits Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry, writes poetry and fiction of his own, reads, studies the American Civil War, goes for long walks, stays warm & dry and eats good food. Kenneth works as a Library Clerk and sometimes, rarely anymore, does commision artwork. He has used up 7 or 8 out of his 9 lives in this grand adventure that goes
	Lisa Zaran	Just As I Am Leaving, I Notice, Journey	Lisa is a poet and essayist living in Arizona. She has authored two collections, the sometimes girl (InnerCircle Publishing) and You Have A Lovely Heart (Little Poem Press). Some current work can either be found or is upcoming in: 2River, Words Dance, Lily, Verse Libre Occasional, Wicked Alice, Gold Dust Magazine, Saucy Vox, 63 Channels, among others.
	Luis Berriozabal	Nightmare	Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, 38, was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos (Mexico), and has lived in Los Angeles County since age 7. He works in the mental health field. His poems in English and Spanish have appeared in The American Dissident, The Blue Collar Review, Pemmican Press, and Struggle Magazine. His first book of poems, Raw Materials, is from Pygmy Forest Press.
	Lynn Strongin	Chrystal, Sound Rises	An American poet, born NYC, I have made my home Canada for the past twenty-five years. Seven published books, two more chapbooks forthcoming next year, work in fifty-five journals (on-line and in print) in five countries. Some of these are Storie (Italy),Niedergasse, (Switzerland) Acton (summer feature, Scotland, 2006), The Argotist, Trace, Interpoetry (England, on-line) Descant, Prism International Raddle Moon, (Canada), Poetry, The American Voice, Shenandoah, Prairie Schooner, Southern Humanities Review, Chicago Sunday Tribune (the States.) I also have poems in thirty anthologies. Two PEN grants, one National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing grant. I worked for British-American poet, Denise Levertov, in Berkeley during the Sixties. Poet and Editor THE SORROW PSALMS: A Book of Twentieth Century Elegy Special Guest Editor, New Works Review Lynn's Homepage
	M. Frost	Laundry, Broken Mirror, The Milk Fever	M. Frost lives in Philadelphia. Her poems have appeared in Barrow Street, Philadelphia Poets, TMP-Irregular, Healing Muse, The Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts and other journals. For the gory details, click here (http://www.mfrostwords.com).
	Michael Levy	untitled	Michael's poetry and essays now grace many website, Journals and Magazines throughout the world. He is a renowned guest speaker on Finance, Wellness and Inspiration. He has appeared on TV in the USA and UK and hundreds of radio stations throughout the world. His two new books are ... Essays & Poetry "The Joys of Live Alchemy." June 05 and the new poetry book "Worry Causes Wrinkles" OCT 05 http://www.pointoflife.com/
	Nanette Rayman Rivera	My Husband	Nanette Rayman Riverais a writer and actor living in New York City. She has been published for poetry and fiction in The Berkeley Fiction Review, The Worcester Review, Three Candles, Pedestal, Stirring, Concrete Wolf, Small Spiral Notebook, Red River Review, 5 Trope, Snow Monkey, Remark, Tyro's Pen, Verse Libre Quarterly, Inkburns, Millennium Papers, Disquieting Muses, Dakota House Journal, Comrades, Pinball, Xanadu —The Long Island Poetry Collective, The Rogue Scholar, Ululation, Octavo, Words and Pictures Magazine, Square Lake, Carve, The American Muse, Conversely, UNO Anthology. Runner-up for nomination for PUSHCART PRIZE 2003 Red River Review. Honorable Mention in 2000 Writer's Digest Fiction Contest.
	Patrick Carrington	samples and bio	Patrick Carrington is the tireless poetry editor for Mannequin Envy. poetry@mannequinenvy.com
	Patricia Wellingham-Jones	Mantra + Making a Myth	Former psychology researcher, writer, editor, lecturer Patricia Wellingham-Jones has recently been published in Edgz, Ibbetson Street Press, HazMat Review. She is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Her newest books are Belt of Transit (PWJ Publishing) and Hormone Stew (Snark Publishing); also published is Don't Turn Away: Poems about Breast Cancer. Her website is www.wellinghamjones.com .
	Peter Schwartz	while hunting the perfect verb	Peter Schwartz is a poet, author, painter and playwright. He's recently published poems with 'Sein und Werden', 'Lily', and 'Freefall'. He has fiction with 'Pindeldyboz' and 'Dispatch' and paintings with 'HiNgE' and 'SubtleTea'. See a sample of his controversial journal at: www.watchtheeye.com. He now has over 100 poems published or pending. He now believes in magic.
	Scott K. Odom	Featured Artist Winter 06	Scott K. Odom is a detective for a Sheriff's Department on the Central Coast of California. He uses photographs, found imagery, and digital manipulation in his collage work. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Gulf Coast, The New York Quarterly, Pleiades, The Yalobusha Review, and others. He thinks the best thing about being a cop is being an artist. He lives in Cambria with his stunningly gorgeous artist wife and his stunningly teenaged daughter. Scott's blog: Dishwasher's Tears
	Stephen Mead	Normal Moments	Stephen Mead is a writer and artist living in northeastern NY. Links to his resume and some of his merchandise can be found via the following: new age dimensions publishing, cafe press, lulu equisito store, photoshow, absolute arts
	Taylor Graham	Secret Lives, Lost, The Snows of Havana and Telephoinic	Taylor is a volunteer search-and-rescue dog handler in the Sierra Nevada, and also helps her husband (a retired wildlife biologist) with his field projects. Her poems have appeared in The Iowa Review, The New York Quarterly, Poetry International, and elsewhere, and I’m included in the new anthology, California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present (Santa Clara University, 2004).
	Terri Light	Little Girl Dares	Terri Light is a graphic designer amid the glorious ruins of Detroit. Transplanted to the frontier of the new urban greenbelt from Virginia, she works and teaches at the private school portrayed in The Virgin Suicides and spends time encouraging native plants to prosper in abandoned lots. Her poetry appears in current or forthcoming editions of Ducts.org, ec;eclecta.org, Horseless Review, Hiss Quarterly, and nth position.
	Wes Lee	poetry: God in the Mines + Abstraction flash fiction: Exotica	BIO: Originally from the UK, Wes currently lives in New Zealand in a little bolt-hole at the beach. She directed her black comedy, ‘Woman with a Weapon’ at the Maidment theatre in Auckland. Her writing has appeared in various online and print publications: Stamp, Trout, PopMatters, Snorkel, Pleasures and Dangers: Artists of the 90’s. In 2002, she was an award winner in the New Zealand Society of Authors National Short Story Award. She has work forthcoming in The Ugly Tree. My story "Painting Julia" is now live at Thieves Jargon My story "Those Days" is now live at Turbine.
	Willie Smith	Growing up White	Danny Houseman, writing in The Stranger (Seattle tabloid with a 100,000 circulation), blustered, “I wouldn’t mind cutting off Willie Smith’s oxygen supply. (Willie Smith) is a giant asshole.” W. P. Swindon writes on the message board at the splendid online magazine Zygote In My Coffee, “I really don’t kike (sic) Willy’s (sic) work.” To see why these opinions are so well founded, the giant asshole himself invites the reader to peruse his bedtime tale “Spider Fuck” in issue #9 of Exquisite Corpse at www.corpse.org Guys like this are lucky to be alive. williesmith49@hotmail.com

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