Gina Boyd works for WDUQ public radio and is a student at Duquesne University. She lives with her husband and son in Edgewood.

Dwight A. Chambers is a graduate of Slippery Rock University.

Tom X. Chao has written, directed, and performed numerous original theatrical works in New York City, including the recent FringeNYC hit, Cats Can See The Devil. His satire has appeared in Modern Humorist. He is presently preparing a radio play and a music video. He holds an MA from NYU's Gallatin School.

Craig Heimbichner is an educational consultant and former writing student of T. Coraghessan Boyle. A serious pianist and martial artist, Craig lives in California with his wife and four children.

Pat Lewis would gladly live inside Monroeville Mall and fight off zombies like they did in Dawn of the Dead, but only if they bring Taco Bell back to the food court. Read his cartoons online at Lunchbreak Comics.

Devon W. Thompson welcomes any and all unsolicited questions, criticism, praise, threats, trivia, etc. He can be reached at troutcamera@hotmail.com, at any hour.

Jaime Vodvarka is both a graduate student studying to be a secondary science teacher and a social worker who works with really bad kids but gets to hear really good stories from them. When not working or studying, Jaime helps her parents make springs at their spring factory and fight political bureaucracy that threatens their small business.