Fiction Editor Allison Ritto
Poetry Editor P. J. Martín
Nonfiction Editors Penelope Ingram
Becky Herd
Art Editors Chuck Logan
Jill Mitchell
Recipe Coordinator Allison Ritto
Managing Editor Sarah Reck
Webmaster Ashley Crosby




       Becky Herd
Becky spent a year in Germany as an au pair, alternatively reading to a German baby in English and taking off to various corners of Europe. Back at home in Eastern Pennsylvania, she now pretends to understand all the German in WWII movies and looks often at maps of the world. She holds a BA in Creative Writing and spends much of her time suffering herself to write where it matters.

       Penelope Ingram
Penelope received her MA in Literature from Chapman University. When she is not teaching college writing, she divides her time equally between avoiding responsibility and imagining what it must be like to be Miley Cyrus' teeth. She lives in La Mirada, CA where she is "working" on a romance novel.

       Chuck Logan
Chuck acquired his formal training at Claremont Graduate University, earning him an MFA in the Visual Arts. Behind his reserved demeanor lies a part-time shower vocalist capable of holding a tune with the best two year olds in the country. Aside from his vocal prowess lies the desire to be like the last great American painter, Bob Ross. He has shown at the L.A. Artshow, Peggy Phelps Gallery in Claremont, and Claremont City Hall, and has had artwork published in decomP Magazine and Cezanne's Carrot.

       P.J. Martín
P.J. is a Filipino-American writer whose articles, fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have been published internationally in various on-line and print periodicals. His doppelgänger is the lead guitarist for the indie rock band Black Them Boots. Had he a front porch in his apartment in Costa Mesa, CA, he'd probably spend more time chewing straw, writing quirky, self-deprecating songs on his banjo.

       Jill Mitchell
Jill holds a BA in Studies Arts and Culture with an emphasis in Art History from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. Although she fancies herself an artist, she has no formal training in the visual arts and thus hopes she can claim childish naivete as her artistic style. Jill's own art work often resembles children's book illustration in search of a children's book. When she’s not dreaming of finding time portals, writing secret codes, or chasing her wiener dog around the backyard, she can be found working towards her lifelong ambition of knowing absolutely everything.

       Sarah Reck
Sarah holds an MA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing from Chapman University. Her work has been published in The Tributary and Elephant Tree. Currently, she lives in Pittsburgh, PA where she works as a children's bookseller and uses up what's left of her free time writing the next great YA bestseller. Sarah blogs at http://awriternowwrites.blogspot.com.

       Allison Ritto
Allison suffers from literary attention deficit disorder. Her short stories have appeared in Elephant Tree and she has read original essays, fiction, and poetry at several Sigma Tau Delta conferences. She made her playwriting debut in 2008 with the From The Ground Up theatre group. She also regularly contributes features to the Fullerton Observer Newspaper and Chapman Magazine. Allison currently lives fabulously in Orange, CA, proving that one can live in a suburban condo without being a soulless yuppie.

       Ashley Crosby
Ashley is a self-taught web and graphic designer. She spent a month last summer living in a snobby London neighborhood and frequently finds herself dreaming up schemes to return across the pond. Currently she calls Garden Grove, CA home while she attends Chapman University working on an MFA in Creative Writing. She is also still recovering from a five-year extended stay in Utah caused by her undergraduate education.



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