Perry Thompson was born in Columbus, Georgia in 1950. He graduated from high school in 1966. He holds no college degrees. Perry is currently a shopkeeper in Atlanta. (The whole story is a lot more intersting, but I don't want to embarrass him...)

Suzanne Fortin is a 22-year-old history major at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada. She is the featured poet in CybeRhyme, Zone451's review of poetry (from Montreal). She will also be appearing in the July issue of Snakeskin.

Dancing Bear grew up and continues to live in the San Francisco Bay area. He enjoys stone carving, jewelry making and watercolor painting. Recent print publications include: Ebbing Tide, Laughing Boy Review and Neon Quarterly. For a complete list of Web publications, try the Dancing Bear's Lair, http://www.hooked.net/users/bear/index.html.

Spark is the nom de plume of Mark Sparkman, who has published often both on paper and pixels, is 40 years old and lives in Ogden, Utah.

Ray Heinrich published his first chapbook by secretly placing copies in local bookstores and libraries. His poems have appeared in RealPoetik, CrossConnect, 33 Review, Agnieszka's Dowry, Electronic Soapbox, Katanaville, Enterzone, Morpo Review, 256 Shades of Gray, TransMog, Sparks, So It Goes..., Sand River Journal, BiSexual Journal, Cherry Street, The Wicked, Surreal Voices, billetdoux, Droplet Journal, No Trace, Sub-UrbanTerrain, Biopsy, his own "Word Biscuit E-letter" and elsewhere. An electronic edition of his chapbook: "years of water" (Word Biscuit Press) is available free via email. Send requests to: ray@vais.net