Contributors

Isabelle Santiago

With three years of experience directing musical theater under Isabelle’s belt, the world has invariably become her stage. It’s a strange, twisted little place, though it never lacks interesting characters. Granted, not everyone lives the Tony award winning musical that’s in her head. In an alternate life, Isabelle may have been an Art History major, or perhaps even a museum curator. For now, she serves coffee at a local Barnes and Noble (the only way to feed her reading habit).

Living on the New England Coastline, her favorite time of day is midnight, with a Vanilla Creme in her hands and the glowing light of the computer screen shining in the darkness. That’s when the world is quiet, except for the occasional sound of rain falling on the skylight of her loft apartment.

Aurelio Rico Lopez III

Aurelio Rico Lopez III is a self-diagnosed scribble junkie from Iloilo City, Philippines. His poems have appeared in various venues such as Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Sybil’s Garage, Black Petals, Steel Moon Publishing, Tales of the Talisman, Kaleidotrope, Electric Velocipede, Wanderings, and The Shantytown Anomaly. He is also the author of the chapbooks Jolts</a>, Shocks, and Oddities from Sam’s Dot Publishing. You can reach him at thirdylopez2001 @ yahoo.com.

Cecelia Chapman
and Jeff Croush

Cecelia Chapman is a graphic artist who makes short videos. Jeff Crouch is an artist and the art editor of The Houston Literary Review. Sideshow is their first collaboration.

Cindy Lynn Speer

Cindy Lynn Speer loves books and the written word, and has spent much of her life involved in them in some way, from working as a librarian to freelancing as an editor. She’s also written several book reviews and articles. Her first book, Blue Moon, is out from Zumaya Publications. If you want to find out more about her, please visit her website.

Cristy Shauck

Cristy Shauck’s poetry has appeared in High Grade, Whosoever, Platypus, and Elevated Living. She has published articles in magazines and newspapers in California and Colorado. Her book The Healthy Lunchbox, co-authored with Marie McClendon, was published by Small Steps Press, an imprint of the American Diabetes Association, in 2005. She resides at the base of Mt. Galbraith in Golden, CO and is finishing up her first mystery novel. Intuitively Speaking is based on an interview with a medical intuit.

Eden Hail

Eden Hail is a tea-addicted Dr Who fan, who lives outside of Manchester in England. She is a member of Writer’s Retreat and the Abico Club. More of her work can be seen on her blog.