Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Presents Flush Fiction (36 page)

Michael Penkas
’s short stories have most recently been published in
Shock Totem
and
One Buck Horror
. He also has stories slated to be published
in
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet
and
Black Gate.
“Return of the Zombie” was published online at
Everyday Weirdness
in May 2009.

Cynthia Rogan
has seen three of her one-act plays produced and seven of her short works included in various anthologies and periodicals. Her novels
The Courier,
S
ymphony of Dreams,
and
Switch
are forthcoming.

Ginny Swart
is a South African writer, living in Cape Town. She’s had nearly 300 stories accepted by magazines around the world and four romance novels published by Ulverscroft UK. She’d love to write a serious, meaningful book one day, but every time she sits down to her keyboard, short stories come jumping out. “Coffee With Anna” appeared in
That’s Life
(2009).

In addition to writing TV animation on shows such as
Pinky and the Brain
and
Freakazoid!
,
John P. McCann
has penned short stories for various publications, including
Journal of Microliterature
and
Necrotic Tissu
e. He is working on his first novel and keeps a modest, cleanly run website at
writeenough.blogspot.com
. “Fresh Ideas” has been published online at
Every Day Fiction
in May 2010, and in the print anthology
The Best of Every Day Fiction Three
in May 2011.

David Steffen
has published short fiction in
Bull Spec, Pseudopod,
and
Brain Harvest,
among others.

David W. Goldman
paid off his loans from a well-known Boston trade school by moving to the Pacific Northwest, abandoning his trade, and becoming a software company. He now lives in Portland, Oregon. More of his stories can be found at
DavidWGoldman.com
. “Health Tips for Traveler” was originally published in
Nature
(Vol. 467 Sept. 2, 2010).

Barry Ergang
is the winner of a Derringer Award from the Short Mystery Fiction Society for the best flash-fiction story of 2006. He is a former managing editor of
Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine
and
first senior editor at
Mysterical-E
. His fiction, poetry, and nonfiction have appeared in numerous publications, print and electronic. Visit
writetrack.yolasite.com
. “The Loom of Doom Galls Mainly in the Tomb” was first published in
Crime and Suspense
(November 2006).

Sue Burke
was born in Wisconsin and lived briefly in Texas, y’all, before moving to Madrid, Spain. More information at
www.sue.burke.name
. “The Souvenir You Most Want” won second place in the 2002 PARSEC Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Contest and was published in a booklet of winners.

Elaine Isaak
is the author of
The Singer’s Crown
and sequels
The Eunuch’s Heir
and
The Bastard Queen
. A mother of two, Elaine also enjoys rock climbing, weaving, and taiko drumming. Visit
elaineisaak.com
to read sample chapters and find out why you do not want to be her hero.

Megan Todd Boone
is a writer and photographer who lives in Southern Oregon. She cheats at Monopoly.

Steve Koppman
has contributed to literary and regional magazines and stories and essays to anthologies. His short plays have been produced Off-Off-Broadway and in California, Chicago, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. His satire, commentary, and journalism have appeared in
The Nation, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune
, and
Village Voice
. He lives in Oakland, California. “My Wife” originally appeared in the Spring 1996 issue of
ZYZZYVA.

Tara Laskowski
is from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and now lives outside of Washington, D.C. Her short-story manuscript “Black Diamond City” won the Santa Fe Writers Project 2010 Literary Awards Series, and she has stories forthcoming in three anthologies. Visit
taralaskowski.com
. “The Hamster” was published in the online journal
SmokeLong Quarterly
in March 2009.

Jason Sanford
has published a number of stories in the science-fiction magazine
Interzone
, and has won their last three Readers’ Polls.
Interzone
recently released a special issue focused on his fiction. His other credits include
Year’s Best SF 14, Analog, Intergalactic Medicine Show, Tales of the Unanticipated, Mississippi Review, Pindeldyboz,
and
Diagram
. His short-story collection
Never Never Stories
has been published by a small press. He was a finalist for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novella.

John M. Solensten
has published four novels, two short story collections, and more than thirty short stories as well as poems and chapbooks. He’s a retired university literature teacher. He lives in Burnsville, Minnesota, with his wife, Brenda.

Andrea Brill
has spent the last four decades either reading about or thinking about humorous topics. Andrea is also an artist, a philatelist, and an avid photographer. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, son, and lemon beagle, Skip.

John Haggerty
is a writer living in San Mateo, California. His work has appeared in
Confrontation, High Desert Journal, Los Angeles Review, Opium Magazine, Santa Monica Review
, and
War, Literature & the Arts
. His short story “Ghost Lights” was a runner-up for the 2007 Bridport Prize, and his story collection was short-listed for the 2011 Scott Prize. “Outside the Box” was first published in
Opium.

Scott W. Baker
’s works have appeared in numerous publications, including
Writers of the Future, Volume 26
, and on the podcast Escape Pod. His flash fiction has also been featured in
Every Day Fiction
and
Daily Science Fiction
. A full list of publications is available at
scottwbaker.net
. A longer version of “Excuse Me” appeared in
The Rejected Quarterly
in 2009.

Joe Ponepinto
is the book-review editor for the
Los Angeles Review.
He is the winner of the 2011 Springfed Arts Writers Contest in fiction. His work has been published in a variety of journals. He lives in Michigan
with his wife, Dona, and Henry, the coffee-drinking dog.

Jamie Lackey
attended James Gunn’s Science Fiction Writers Workshop at the Center for the Study of Science Fiction in 2010. His work has appeared in
The Living Dead 2, Bards and Sages Quarterly,
and
The Drabblecat
. He works as an assistant editor on
The Triangulation Annual Anthology Series
and he reads slush for
Clarkesworld
.

Jay Werkheiser
lives in eastern Pennsylvania, where he is a mild-mannered chemistry teacher by day and an equally mild-mannered science-fiction writer by night. His stories have appeared in
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
and in
Daily Science Fiction
. “The Plum Pudding Paradox” was previously published by
Daily Science Fiction
(December 2010).

Lisbeth Mizula
has been chosen for the Rice University Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, placed in writing contests with The Write Ingredients (The Woodlands, Texas), performed standup in local comedy clubs, and published nonfiction articles in the
Humble Tribune
.

Richard Holinger
’s work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize three times. His fiction has appeared in
Witness, Iowa Review, WHR, Other Voices, ACM, Cream City Review, Flyway, Madison Review, Flashquake,
and
Downstate Story
. His creative nonfiction and book reviews have been accepted by
North American Review, Southern Review, Midwest Quarterly, Cimarron Review, Crazyhorse,
and
Northwest Review
. He has a Ph.D in English with a creative writing emphasis and was awarded an Illinois Arts Council Artists Grant for poetry.

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