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 Transparent by C. Allen Reed. Allen has been writing since he was capable of manipulating his digits. (Well, almost.) His office is located in a 3' x 5' utility closet which he affectionately refers to as "his hole." He lives in Davison, Michigan with his wife, Sarah, and their daughter, Molly Jean. He hopes to someday open a used book store called "Reed It Again Books," pun intended. "Transparent" is his first published work.
Dana and I were pushing our carts of garbage to the hole in the wall when she introduced me to the bread man. He was arranging trays of bread on a tall metal rack as we passed by. (continued)
Half-Empty by Krista Lester. Krista works full-time in financial aid for a major university. Although her days are full of numbers, words are her passion. Darkness is a common theme in her work, much of which can be viewed on her personal website at DefiningSanity.com. Someday, she hopes to escape from the world of full-time employment so she can finally spend her days focused solely on her writing. Given the unlikelihood of that dream, darkness is likely to remain a common theme.
Even he didn't know why he said it. He was only partially aware that his voice kept repeating the same thing to her in a slow, drunken drawl: "You never do anything spontaneously." (continued)
Dale's Night by Ryan Potter. Ryan is a teacher in suburban Detroit. He spends his evenings writing fiction and is currently at work on his first novel.
Dale Marion never felt comfortable around other staff members. Seemed they all had spouses, kids, new homes, and lakefront cabins north of West Branch. Dale had none of that and never wanted it. He wanted something different, something to replace the boredom of it all. (continued)
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SPECIAL FEATURE:
THE KATHERINE SIEBENALER INTERVIEW
Author of Sarah Smokes Marlboros
Born Stouts by Jennifer Cox. After a stressful and lengthy stint as a newspaper reporter, Jennifer returned to her first love--fiction (and a day job as a theatre coat check attendant, which she admits is not glamorous but pays the bills.) She lives with her husband, one-year-old son and a collection of assorted fairy creatures. Having grown up in a small town in Oregon, she has used it as a setting for many of her stories, including this one. She thankfully reports her childhood was nothing like Fletcher's and Nevada's.
Fletcher and Nevada walked away from their hardscrabble house. It sprouted like a gray mushroom on Whiskey Creek's oldest corner. It had a sagging shingle roof, moss crept up its walls, and stunted trees scratched at the windowpanes with their bony fingers. (continued)
No Witnesses by Sean Baron. Sean lives in Central Illinois with his wife and three children, and owns a small computer consulting firm. He has been writing for many years, but has only just begun submitting for publication. He has written several short stories and one full length novel, Sticks and Stones. In January of 2005, Sean will be one of sixteen lucky participants in the Borderlands Writer's Conference where he will have the opportunity to study with F. Paul Wilson, David Morell, Richard Chizmar, and Thomas F. Monteleone.
Frank Marshall opened the door. Standing on his front porch were two crisp young men in their early twenties, each wearing nearly identical black suits, each wearing nearly identical expressions on their faces. (continued)
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