Bound Off Short Story Introductory Podcast
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Marian Allen (Issue 10) is a member of Southern Indiana Writers Group. She has always lived in Kentucky, Indiana, and the inside of her own head. Her website is MarianAllen.com.
Dawn Allison (Issue 36) is a student at ECU in North Carolina, where it never rains rocks, but sometimes cats and dogs. That's how she got her cat.
Nick Antosca (Issue 5, Issue 31) was born in New Orleans, went to college in Connecticut, and lives in New York. His first novel, Fires, was published by Impetus Press.
Jenny Arnold (Issue 27) lives in Green Bay, WI, where she works in a bookstore. She has stories forthcoming in Versal and The Sheepshead Review.
Brian Beise (Issue 39) was born in Jackson, Mississippi and attends UT at Chattanooga, where he lives with his wife and cat.
Matt Bell (Issue 11) lives in Saginaw, Michigan. His writing has appeared in many publications, including Hobart, Barrelhouse, Smokelong Quarterly, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. He can be found online at www.mdbell.com.
Karen Bernardo (Issue 26) is the director of the Coburn Free Library in Owego, NY, and the originator of the website www.storybites.com. She lives with her husband David in upstate New York.
Sarah Black (Issue 25, Issue 44) is a flash fiction writer and the publisher of Bannock Street Books, a micropress that publishes illustrated flash fiction and street art.
Mel Bosworth (Issue 40) lives and breathes in Massachusetts. In addition to writing, he enjoys quiet time with Henry the cat. More of his work can be found at eddiesocko.blogspot.com.
Laura Bottomley (Issue 44) was born in 1985. She studies at Kingston University, London, on the creative writing MFA course. She has published poetry and fiction in the US and UK and is currently putting the finishing touches to her first novel. She lives in London.
Gavin Broom (Issue 12, Issue 20, Issue 40) lives in the Scottish countryside with his wife and his cat. He dreams of the day his writing earns him enough to buy a house at the beach.
Brian Brown (Issue 22, Issue 32) lives in Los Angeles with his dog, Three Hole Punch.
Mark Budman (Issue 2, Issue 8) has been born and raised in the former Soviet Union, but now resides in New York State. His fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry have appeared or about to appear in Mississippi Review, Virginia Quarterly, Exquisite Corpse, Iowa Review, McSweeney's, Turnrow, Connecticut Review, The Bloomsbury Review, the anthology Flash Fiction Forward (WW Norton), and elsewhere. He is the publisher of a flash fiction magazine Vestal Review, and the recipient of the Broome Country Art Council grant. He is also the interview editor for Web Del Sol.
Robin Caine (Issue 9) lived in Manhattan for the past 6 years. This fall she began to pursue her MFA at USC. She is currently working on a novel titled Little City.
Carol Carpenter's (Issue 9) stories and poems have appeared in Margie, Cape Rock, Stickman Review, Yankee, America, The Pedestal Magazine, Barnwood, Indiana Review, Quarterly West, Carolina Quarterly and various anthologies. She received the Richard Eberhart Prize for Poetry.
Vincent Louis Carrella's (Issue 5, Issue 13, Issue 21, Issue 24, Issue 34) debut novel, Serpent Box, chronicles the short life of a young boy on a quest for God, meaning and the secret mysteries of faith. For more info visit www.serpentbox.com. Carrella lives in a state of perpetual wonder in the state of perpetual dreams - California.
Terry Collett ( Issue 18, Issue 30) is a 60-year-old poet who has been writing since 1972. He has had two slim volumes of poems published, in 1974 and 1978. Since that time he has had poems and short stories printed in anthologies, magazines and newspapers. He is married with eight children and eight grandchildren.
Tom Conoboy (Issue 15) has won competitions at JBWB and Seventh Quark. His work has appeared in about sixty ezines and journals, including Word Riot, Transmission, Reflection's Edge, Altar, Eclectica, and The Harrow. He writes with Alex Keegan's Boot Camp.
Dianne Cormier (Issue 1) is in the process of moving and is considering embracing Buddhism and selling all worldly possessions. She covets non-material things like cake batter ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery.
Dawn Corrigan (Issue 22) lives in Sandy, Utah with her husband and a small but growing menagerie. Her fiction has appeared online at Opium Magazine, The Big Jewel, Pindeldyboz, and elsewhere. Her nonfiction appears regularly at The Nervous Breakdown.
Robert Dana's (Issue 28) most recent books of poetry are The Morning of the Red Admirals (Anhinga Press, 2004) and Summer (Anhinga Press, 2000). He also edited A Community of Writers: Paul Engle and the Iowa Writers' Workshop (University of Iowa Press, 1999); and Against the Grain: Interviews With Maverick American Publishers (University of Iowa Press, 1986.) Dana graduated in 1954 from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop where he studied with Robert Lowell and John Berryman. He has served as Distinguished Visiting Writer at universities in the US and abroad; and after 40 years of teaching at Cornell College he retired in 1994 as Professor of English and Poet-in-Residence. His work was awarded National Endowment fellowships in 1985 and 1993, the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Poetry Award in 1989, and a Pushcart Prize in 1996. He is currently the Poet Laureate of Iowa.
The father of three sons, Merle Drown (Issue 32) lives with his wife Pat in Concord, NH, where he earns his living by hook, crook, pen and ink. "Mailman" is from his collection-in-progress, Shrunken Heads, miniature portraits of the famous among us, or Balzac in a nutshell. Pieces have appeared in Amoskeag, Meetinghouse, Night Train and 971 Menu.
Andrew Dugas's (Issue 27) writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Loafer's Magazine, edifice WRECKED, Unlikely Stories, Oysters & Chocolate, Bear Creek Haiku, Minotaur, Misnomer, and Poems Niederngasse, among others.
Elizabeth Ellen (Issue 2, Issue 31) is editor of Hobart's Short Flight/Long Drive mini-book division. Her writing has been published in Spork, Pindeldyboz, Maisonneuve, The Insomniac Reader (Manic D Press) and elsewhere. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Anthony Evans (Issue 13) is a British-born filmmaker and writer living in Denmark.
Zdravka Evtimova (Issue 38) was born in Bulgaria and lives in Belgium. Her short stories have appeared in 23 countries. Three of her short story collections have been published in English: Bitter Sky (SKREV Press, UK, 2003), Somebody Else (MAG Press, USA, 2005), and Miss Daniella (SKREV Press, UK 2007).
Joyce Finn (Issue 8) is a freelance writer who has lived in Australia, S. Africa, and Bermuda. Her short stories and travel articles have been published internationally and one play was staged in Bermuda.
Kathy Fish's (Issue 11) stories have appeared in Night Train, Quick Fiction, Smokelong Quarterly, FRiGG, Spork, Denver Quarterly and elsewhere. She loves her four children very much.
Clarice Flagel ( Issue 19) was a writer and public speaker who lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She died in 2004, but not before she published many of her writings.
Clifford Garstang (Issue 25) left the practice of international law to write fiction. His work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Shenandoah, The Ledge, Baltimore Review, GSU Review and elsewhere.
Amelia Gray (Issue 10, Issue 31), an Arizona native, currently resides in San Marcos, Texas. Her stories have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Spork, Swivel and Barbaric Yawp.
Lilly Gray (Issue 41) is a student at Hollins University. She believes radio dramas should be revived and hopes to find employment writing for comic books.
Steven Gullion's (Issue 2) other fiction has appeared in Night Train, In Posse, Smokelong Quarterly, The Adirondack Review, Opium Magazine, and others, and is forthcoming in The Barcelona Review and StoryGlossia.
Steve Howard (Issue 36) lives in Japan and teaches English. He has published short stories, poetry, and creative non-fiction. He is trying to publish his first novel and finish writing his second.
Charles Kaufmann (Issue 4) plays historic replica bassoons in various orchestras. His work has also appeared online in the Salt River Review.
Thomas Kearnes (Issue 11, Issue 35) is a 31-year-old author from East Texas. His work has appeared in Night Train, SmokeLong Quarterly, Pindeldyboz, Thieves Jargon, Blithe House Quarterly and other publications.
Kevin P. Keating ( Issue 18) has never prepared carrots nor has he attended culinary school but he does teach English at Baldwin-Wallace College near Cleveland, Ohio. His essays and fiction have been published in Fringe, Smokebox, Exquisite Corpse, Whiskey Island, Fiction Warehouse, Double Dare Press, The Oklahoma Review, The Spillway Review and many others.
Floridian Belea T. Keeney's (Issue 17) stories have appeared in Florida Horror: Dark Tales from the Sunshine State, WordKnot, Best Gay Romance, Men of Mystery, Clean Sheets and other venues.
Ross Kimble (Issue 23) lives in Saskatoon, Canada, with his beautiful wife and adorable 1-year old son. Though he gave up most toys years ago, he'll be playing with words forever.
Christine Boyka Kluge's (Issue 2) first book of poetry, Teaching Bones to Fly, was published by Bitter Oleander Press. In 2007, Bitter Oleander Press will release a second book, Stirring the Mirror, a collection of prose poetry and flash fiction. Her chapbook, Domestic Weather, won the 2003 Uccelli Press Chapbook Contest. She is also a visual artist.
Len Kruger's (Issue 24) fiction has appeared in Zoetrope All-Story, The Barcelona Review, CrossConnect, and elsewhere. He lives in Washington, DC.
Julia LaSalle's (Issue 16) work has appeared in The Mississippi Review and Storyglossia and is forthcoming in Drunken Boat.
As a kid, Matt Leibel (Issue 41) dreamed of a career in lion taming. He now considers writing fiction excitement enough. His recent work appears in Quarterly West, Opium, and DIAGRAM.
Tao Lin (Issue 3) is the author of YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT HAPPIER THAN I AM (October 2006, Action Books) and BED (Spring 2007, Melville House). His web site is Reader of Depressing Books.
PDR Lindsay (Issue 39) has been successfully publishing fiction and tutoring writers for years. It's her life, a great life. She just wishes writing fiction paid the bills.
Angela Lovell (Issue 38) is a writer/director in Brooklyn whose non-fiction has been published all over the world. She's currently hiding her shame behind the untrue. Read more of her at: TickingBoxes.com.
Beverly C. Lucey (Issue 9, Issue 31) has been widely published in anthologies, literary magazines in the US and the UK, and on the Web. Her website is tuliptreeroad.com -- a home for wayward words.
Tracie McBride (Issue 10) is a mother of three from New Zealand. Her work has appeared in various e-zines, including Alien Skin, Flash Me and Spoiled Ink.
Tyler McMahon's (Issue 26) work has appeared in Three Penny Review, Passages North, The Surfer's Journal, Barrelhouse, and elsewhere. His collection of surfing stories, Missing the Point, needs a publisher.
Tim O'Brien (Issue 1) is not that Tim O'Brien but rather this one. He is a writer living with his wife and two boys in the Chicago area. He one day hopes to ride in a sidecar.
Susan O'Neill (Issue 12) wrote Don't Mean Nothing (Ballantine; UMass Press), short stories set in Viet Nam combat hospitals. She's shopping a novel, and her blog essays are linked to http://susanoneill.us. Her story was recorded and edited by the brilliant Kramer O'Neill, who does such things for a living.
Stefani Nellen (Issue 14) is a German psychologist-turned-writer who lives in Pittsburgh and Groningen with her husband. Her short fiction has appeared in Lablit: The Culture of Science in Fiction and Fact and VerbSap.
Shayn Nicely (Issue 17) is young, hot, and mostly broke. She's published poetry and runs the web-comic Bitchface, hoping to live in someone's attic for no rent and achieve posthumous fame.
Matthew Petti (Issue 4) teaches Creative Writing and Literature at the University of the District of Columbia. Short stories of his have appeared in Puerto Del Sol, RE:AL, Salt Hill, Thema, Stray Dog, and other magazines.
Jeff Pierce (Issue 8) lives in Chicago. A friend once commented that he is a master of few words; that is yet to be determined, let alone understood. In addition to literary musings, Jeff is a systems integration consultant and a solo acoustic musician. He is allergic to cats and afraid of snakes. Zen is a way of life for Jeff, as well as import beer.
Matt Plass (Issue 29) lives in Brighton, England. He is a member of Alex Keegan's Boot Camp for writers.
Scott Rayow (Issue 9) (SAG, AFTRA) has made his career in commercial voiceovers, and loves selling excellent products and/or services to intelligent consumers... according to his agents at DBA.
Brian Reynolds (Issue 15), a retired elementary school teacher, lives and writes in southwestern Ontario. His stories have appeared in FRiGG, The Hiss Quarterly, The New Quarterly, LICHEN, Event, and other journals. One of his stories was nominated for The Journey Prize.
Dave Robinson (Issue 1, Issue 7) is taking a sabbatical from teaching high school to be a stay-at-home dad. He is from Bradford, Massachusetts.
Ethel Rohan (Issue 42), Ethel Rohan writes. She used to sound more Irish. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming from elimae; PANK; Ghoti; DecomP; DOGZPLOT; Storyglossia; mud luscious; Word Riot, and more.
Rolli (Issue 42), Rolli writes - for adults (Quarterly West, CBC Radio) and children (Spider, Ladybug). Visit his blog - http://www.rolliwrites.blogspot.com
James A.W. Shaw (Issue 35) has published stories in the North Atlantic Review, on McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Pindeldyboz, flashquake and elsewhere.
Tomi Shaw (Issue 8, Issue 31) lives in Kentucky, amid the clutter of her writing, family and mutt dog. Her work has appeared in over fifty publications, including Identity Theory, storySouth, Pindeldyboz, Mad Hatter's Review, the Harrow and Southern Gothic. Her website is www.tomishaw.com.
Claudia Smith's (Issue 21) work has been anthologized in Norton's The New Sudden Fiction: Short-Shorts From America and Beyond and So New Media's Consumed: Women on Excess. Her collection The Sky Is A Well And Other Shorts is available from Rose Metal Press.
John Stadler (Issue 29) currently teaches a fiction workshop at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He likes orbs, hates his cat, and is writing a collection of short stories.
Matthew Summers-Sparks (Issue 6) lives in Washington, DC. His stories have appeared in The New York Times, The Mississippi Review, and McSweeney's.
Craig Terlson's (Issue 5, Issue 12, Issue 23, Issue 31) fiction has appeared in Carve, Hobart, Smokelong Quarterly and other literary journals. He shouts about fiction at his website woofreakinhoo.squarespace.com. He is currently working on a novel.
Bob Thurber's (Issue 14) short stories have appeared in several journals and received numerous awards, most recently the 2007 Barry Hannah Fiction Prize and the 2006 Meridian Editor's Prize.
Nathan Versaw(Issue 6) was born, raised, and cultivated in the Mormon mecca of the world, Salt Lake City, Utah. He is not Mormon. His stories and poems have appeared in BIGnews, Outsider Ink, Thunder Sandwich, InkPot, and Unlikely Stories.
Kendall Walker (Issue 21) lives in self-imposed exile in Berlin, Germany and upstate New York.
Christopher Wallace (Issue 3) is a writer, designer, and student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently he is writing a bio for Bound Off.
Jeremy Wexler (Issue 20) is a Montreal writer. His writing is collected at www.jeremywexler.com. Jeremy edits the CD-format magazine NO DAMN GOOD Art, Music and Tomfoolery from NDG.
Jensen Whelan's (Issue 13) work has appeared online and in print in Hobart, Bullfight Review, Quick Fiction, elimae, Opium and many others. He is also one of the web editors at Hobart. He lives in Stockholm with his wife and son where he is at work on a collection of stories. His website: jensenw.blogspot.com/.
Maureen Wilkinson (Issue 16, Issue 30) lives in the United Kingdom. She has been told she has a warped sense of humour. It is when walking her German shepherd her mind travels its own strange paths.
Brenda C. Wilson (Issue 3, Issue 31) is an unpublished novelist. Her short stories have appeared in The Maryland Review, Pride Magazine, and Chicken Bones On-line Literary Journal. She has been a finalist in both Ebony Magazine's Gertrude Johnson Williams Literary Contest and the Reynolds Price Short Fiction Contest.
Vicki L. Wilson(Issue 6) is a fiction writer, poet, and playwright whose work has appeared in journals including The Oregon Literary Review and Salvage. She lives in upstate New York.
Susi Wyss's (Issue 11) fiction is forthcoming in The Connecticut Review and Writers in the Attic. She holds an MA in Fiction Writing from Johns Hopkins University and is working on a novel.
Todd Zuniga (Issue 4) is the founding editor of Opium Magazine (.com and .print). A 2005 Pushcart Prize nominee, his work has appeared in Sweet Fancy Moses, Small Spiral Notebook, online at McSweeney's and elimae, and is forthcoming in Monkeybicycle. Contact him at todd@opiummagazine.com .
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