Here’s an alphabetical list of all of the writers who have graced the pages of Air in the Paragraph Line. The issues in which they appear are [in brackets]. Note that some of the information given was correct at press time, but might not be anymore.

About the Contributors

Grant Bailie is the author of one published novel, one soon to be published novel and several other novels that are not scheduled for publication but hang around anyway, haunting him while he is trying to sleep. [12]

Laura Barcella is a 21-year-old college student in Amherst, Massachusetts. Originally from our nation’s lovely capital, she aspires to one day live in New York City and write for a living; preferably at one of those snooty, snotty, pretentious magazines. She loves The Smiths and Morrissey, sour gummi candy, and griping her days away in her house. She also enjoys procrastinating and not going to her classes. She works as the Women’s Issues editor at her school’s daily newspaper, where she writes evil articles about how to get called a bitch (speaking from experience, of course). Her work has been published in numerous print and online zines and lit mags. [9]

Keith Buckley haunts the ruins of 21st Century Wombat Studio, surrounded by hillocks of unpublishable pornoviolence, mountains of unreleased “music” by his band, The Walking Montage Brothers, and bales of golden retriever fur. While he occasionally produces coherent nonfiction concerning 19th century gravestone carving
and the periodic cicada, he claims the real reason he writes anything at all is “because it’s more fun than being dosed with thorazine.” Mr. Buckley, his stunning Amazon mate, and 21st Century Wombat Studio can all be found in the hinterlands of south central Indiana. [12,13]

Tony Byrer is a lifelong slacker and an underachiever. Currently between jobs, he spends his days shuffling between the computer and the television. One of these days he hopes to discover a hidden well of motivation within himself that will enable him to finish the goddamn novel he’s been working on for five years. Tony lives in southern Indiana with his sweet long-suffering wife, five cats, and a black lab mix with flappy lips and no balls. You can read more at http://ygrii-blop.livejournal.com. [11,12]

Chicago Basil has failed at marriage, failed as a teacher, failed at graduate school, failed in politics, and even failed at failing out of law school. Now he’s trying his hand at failing as a writer… [9]

Aaron Carnes published his first book, True Stories From A Wasteland Called Earth in 2008. In 2002 Joey Chestnut ate 50 of him in an eating competition. He can be found online at www.aaroncarnes.com. [13]

Joshua Citrak says: I edit and publish slouch magazine at www.slouchmag.com. I am an associate editor at Oyster Boy Review. I am a frequent contributor to Small Spiral Notebook and I write their book blog. I never comb my hair and hardly ever have anything interesting to say. [11,12,13]

Daniel Crocker is the author of Do Not Look Directly Into Me, The Cornstalk Man, and two collections of poetry. He currently lives in the deep south drinking beer and writing. In his youth, he was a renowned gambler and thief. His work has recently appeared in Full of Crow, Night Train, and Juked. [9,13]

Mike Daily is a freestyle fictionist, novelist and blogmaster who frequently performs his work in Portland, Oregon. He is currently vocalist for the indie / freestyle / experimental rock band, O’Grady. His second novel/first full-length CD, ALARM, will be released in 2007 (Archivalism). Mike Daily apparently uses Mick O’Grady to write about himself in the third person. And first. He can be found at mickogrady.blogspot.com. [11]

Kurt Eisenlohr is a writer and a painter. His first novel, Meat Won’t Pay My Light Bill, was published by Future Tense Press in 2000. He is currently writing a new one. “Roman Candle” is an excerpt from that as yet untitled work. Kurt has a blog called EASY TO USE (kurteisenlohr.blogspot.com) where he posts his art and writings. He lives in Portland, Oregon. [11,12, 13-cover art]

John W. Fail parses all of the parameters. Member of wind down. and trondle, occasional non- and extricated revenge fantasies. online shrine to personal chantreuse spring 98 (meander): http://www.clpgh.org/~fail/. postal is 2324 birtley ave. pittsburgh pa 15226-1538 and teleph askar: 003 +u 02 44 032:6 33. contact by any of these means and he will send you “bury my heart” greater than zero in it’s most recent state. [8,9]

Larry Falli likes doing nothing, and the more of it the better. He likes going nowhere, fast. His world view is a bit manic, but not pathologic. He’s either king of the world and unstoppable, or so apathetic, what’s the point in trying. He likes cheese. He really likes chicken, but he’s too lazy to eat aroung the bones. He likes dogs, the bigger the better, and also like cats, usually stir fried. He’s known to ride around Chicago in the dark of night on a stealthy all black Trek, or a terrifying Super Glide. He dreams of someday meeting Attilla the Hun, but it would probably be futile, because of the language differences. Everyone hates lawyers… until they need one, then they want the nastiest one they can find. If you can find him, he’s as nasty as they get. [8,9,10]

Daniel Fortine is an artist and the editor of Perezvon Plays Dead (http://www.speakeasy.org/~perezvon). He spends every second of his free time at a Sony PlayStation. [9]

Timothy Gager is the author of eight books of poetry and fiction. Treating A Sick Animal: Flash and Micro Fictions was released in December 2009 by Cervena Barva Press. Timothy has been nominated for eight Pushcart Awards and has won zero. He lives at www.timothygager.com [10,13]

Michael Gilbert (Nile577) may be found in Suffolk, England or Dane County, Wisconsin. He works as a professional editor and pseuds as a post-graduate student. He is an aspiring playwright and librettist. He enjoys circulating leashed quadrupeds in feral environments and is mercifully blessed with no practical ability whatsoever. When asked about such things, he identifies himself as a Nietzscho-Heideggerian-transcendental-Vedic-pantheist, before blushing, looking down at the table and reflecting on his lack of college social life. You may reach him at nile577@hotmail.com [11]

Nathan Graziano lives in Manchester, New Hampshire with his wife and two children. A high school English teacher,
he recently completed his MFA at The University of New Hampshire. He is the author of Teaching Metaphors
(sunnyoutside, 2007), Not So Profound (Green Bean Press, 2004), Frostbite (GBP, 2002) and seven chapbooks of poetry and fiction. His work has appeared in Rattle, Night Train, Freight Stories, The Coe Review, The Owen Wister Review, and others. His third book of poetry, After the Honeymoon, was published in Fall 2009 by sunnyoutside press. For more information, visit his website: www.nathangraziano.com. [13]

Josh Hamilton is the editor of Beyond The Pale zine, which is dedicated to gun-barrel poetry, explosive vignettes, & any other type of heartrending & passionate writing. He spends his time playing with various writing projects & also reading the Greats. Favorite authors include Bukowski, Mayakovsky, Vallejo, Dazai, Dostoyevsky, Celine, Reznikoff, Rabelais, & Henry Miller. He also has a home studio & has wasted the last ten years composing & recording soundtracks for imaginary riots. He once told Ian Mackaye that hell was inevitable if he did not accept Jesus as his Lord & Savior. Josh apologized six years later. [10,11]

Fiona Helmsley is a thirty-three year old momshell, navel-gazer and recovering fun slut. Her various writings can be found online at cherrybleeds.com, wordriot.com and on her MySpace blog: blogs.myspace.com/fionahelmsley. She is releasing a book of true tales sometime next year. She can be contacted at fionahelmsley@yahoo.com [13]

Rebel Star Hobson was named and raised by hippies. She lives in the piney woods of east Texas with her co-conspirator, Fake Dada, their evil spawn, a half-tard dog named Melt, and a ninja/cat named Sophie. When Rebel is not playing with guns, talking to squirrels, or hoping she doesn’t get stabbed by crackheads at the pawn shop, she writes stories. She hopes that her book about the pawn shop, Your Last Day of Grace, will be finished before she dies. Interested parties should visit thoseotherones.blogspot.com to read more, and donate generously. [12,13]

M. David Hornbuckle is a writer and musician originally from Birmingham, AL. He now lives in New York City and leads the acoustipunk band the M-Word, as well as the M. David Hornbuckle Dixieland Space Orchestra. His ukulele performances have garnered him a modest amount of fame on YouTube in the past few months. Hornbuckle is in the process of writing a novel called Lyonness and a collection of short stories about sex, religion and weather. [11]

Robert Howington says: Hunter S. Thompson said, “Some people get rich and some people eat shit and die.” I know I’m in the latter category, except that I haven’t died yet from not eating enough shit but my plate is always full of it. Since I don’t write much anymore and have taken up photography as a hobby you can find my photos here: www.flickr.com/photos/whitetrashtexas/. [8,10,11,13]

Stephen Huffman is a beer swiller who mostly hides at ‘The Ranch’ in Aledo, TX. Between beers he dabbles in photography, music, scribbling words and showing up for work in nearby Fort Worth. He’s a frequent contributor to Anti-HeroArt.com, and is currently working up the nerve to finish writing a semi-fic novel about his experiences on a Nuclear Submarine in the 70’s. You can cuss him out at hip39@juno.com. [10,11,12]

Steve Johnson is a nomad, experimenting with various amateur radio projects outside the Nevada Test Site. Once a religious studies major, he took acid every day for a year and left the field of religion to try to prove his own theory on time travel. He lives in his car, a 1985 Pontiac Bonneville, along with his electronics equipment, where he tracks the new Aurora spy plane and hunts for shrooms. Letters to Steve can be sent via the editor of this zine. [8]

mj klein is the creator of Metrofiction.com and Metrolingua.com Read the awesome blog at blog.metrolingua.com [11]

Jon Konrath has written and published about six books, including Summer Rain and Rumored to Exist. He is the editor of this piece of shit (ParagraphLine.com), and written for many other zines and publications. He lives in Oakland, and has bought 40 acres of land in the mountains, where he plans to build a heavily-armed compound. He can be found online atrumored.com. [1-13]

R. Lee publishes the zines Underworld Crawl and Barrelhouse from a lousy neighborhood that suits him just fine. He worships cats and is obsessed with Traditional Jazz and bitter, bitter ales. Contact him at RLEEMAIL@gmail.com. [12]

Dege Legg (Pronounced: “deej”) is a writer/musician, born & raised in the swamplands of Louisiana. He has spent the last 20 years exploring & documenting weirdness in the Deep South. Author of 2 books and 5 records as well as founder of the bands, Santeria & Black Bayou Construktion. [11,12]

Sarah Katherine Lewis is the author of “Indecent: How I Make It and Fake It as a Girl For Hire” (Seal Press, Oct. 2006). She lives in Seattle, Washington and spends her time writing, cooking, and shakin’ her ass for The Man. [11]

Ben Mack is the author of a variety of books from a bestselling business book to the best selling book on fire eating ever published. As a writer, Ben is best known for his cult classic, Poker Without Cards. As a kid, Ben spent three days interviewing R. Buckminster Fuller for the recently re-released book Fuller’s Earth: A Day With Bucky And The Kids. Currently, Ben and his fiancé Audrey Kerwood teach eCommerce business owners to play eStoreOpoly from their home in Harleysville, PA. [13]

Ray Miller is the editor of Metal Curse zine and runs Cursed Productions, where he sells and produces Satanic, nun-raping, goat-fucking, evil and vomitous death metal. He’s also in the band Adversary. He resides in Elkhart, Indiana and spends his free time screaming at his computer, downloading pornography, watching Godzilla movies, and not answering his mail. Send it anyway to POB 302 / Elkhart, IN / 46515, via email at cursed@michianatoday.com or check out his web page http://www.michianatoday.com/cursed. [8,9]

Greggory Moore recently got M.A. English from CSU Fullerton (a school he does not recommend, incidentally); favorite authors are Nabokov, Sterne, Stoppard, Dostoyevsky, Borges; works as a waiter; has written both a novel and a novella and has no fucking idea what to do with either of them; yet to be published in a non English-speaking country but has had work printed in England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and probably over half of the United States; recently sold stories to Lynx Eye, Happy, Roswell Literary Review, As-Is Fiction, and Total Obscurity Magazine; and other work can be found on over a dozen websites. [9]

Erin O’Brien is a freelance writer and columnist in Cleveland, Ohio. She has one novel, Harvey & Eck. She also maintains a blog of dubious repute, “The Erin O’Brien Owner’s Manual for Human Beings” at erin-obrien.blogspot.com. Send bitter complaints and lavish praise to her at eobnow@yahoo.com. [12]

Jillian Olenik wrote her first story about her grandfather in the Pennsylvania coal mines. That was back when she was honorably discharged from preschool for watching soap operas during naptime. She came to Wilmington, North Carolina to pursue a Masters degree, but instead acquired six cats and a bad habit of drunken ebaying. Though currently working on a collection of connected stories titled Scattlebird, her ultimate goal is to sell her eggs and move to Barcelona, where she’ll embrace the seedy side of life and write poetry about her failed relationships. [13]

Matthew Pazzol is an aspiring trickster archetype/ perspiring hipster ass-wipe. After dropping out of a highly esteemed graduate program for fine arts, he has toured with metal bands, programmed robots, worked in Toronto as a pornographer, street-performed as Butmono the Clown and read everything within his reach. He currently lives in what the British Society for Psychical Research has deemed the 13th most haunted place on earth. Find him and his puppets at myspace.com/stupidtool. [art: 8,9]

Vijay Prozak lives in a dumpster buried underneath the I-10 freeway which spans the states of the American South. He has since age 8 been a dissident who believes modern society leads only to the slowest form of doom, and has dedicated his life to resurrecting romantic heroism in the slumbering brain of his species. Viewed by many as a kind of Nietzschean Hindu Unabomber, Prozak believes the best defense is thorough offensiveness and wants all of you to know your cocks are in reality quite tiny.

Lisbeth Rieshoj Pedersen is a great Dane who suffers from a severe case of verbal diarrhea and is extremely addicted to coffee. She completed her M.A. in English Language & Literature in 2005 and has since then faced a cruel world of unemployment. Lisbeth wastes her time at the following [virtual] addresses www.myspace.com/lillyslounge and lillyslounge.blogspot.com. [11]

D. Raugh is guilty of editing the (print) zine/journal WINE WITH THIEVES available by sending a a buck or two to: 1018 Bellview Ave. Pottstown PA 19464 or, for real cheap pricks: email; DRaugh1036@Aol.com and he might send ya a copy for free. [9]

Hassan Riaz is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where he earned degrees in creative writing, medicine, and finance. His work has appeared in Slice Magazine and nominated for inclusion in 2010 Best New American Voices. He is a pseudo-retired DJ and practicing physician. He lives in Los Angeles. He writes daily microfiction at twitter.com/hassaninla. [13]

Bradley Sands is the editor of Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens (www.absurdistjournal.com). His first novel will be published by Afterbirth Books in the fall. [10]

John Sheppard is the author of Small Town Punk (Ig Publishing, 2007) and Tales of the Peacetime Army (Paragraph Line Books, 2008). A career civil servant, he lives in Illinois with his wife Helen. [10,11,12,13]

SiD (http://www.bewley.net/~sid/) is a punk gone computer geek yuppie now living in Kansas City, MO. SiD got his BS in Computer Science from Texas A&M University and is currently working as a Corporate Analyst for a multi-national energy holding company. Most days he is run by his record label, URININE Records, and his zine of the same name. [9]

Ed Stastny is currently undergoing a complete mongomorphosis in Omaha, Nebraska. He runs an online art thing called SITO (www.sito.org) and is very keen on trading tapes, zines and toys. Send him a little something, won’t you? PO Box 241113 / Omaha, NE 68124-5113 / USA email: ed@sito.org www: http://www.sito.org/~ed [art: 8,9]

Joseph Suglia earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Literary Studies from Northwestern University. He is the author ofWatch Out, the greatest novel of the past thirty years. [12]

Todd Taylor (a.k.a Motel Todd, Yuppie Rockwell) was born January, 1967 in Texarkana, TX. He moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in 1971 and has lived in various locals in the area ever since. He currently has a blog entitled: cyberzencommunique.blogspot.com full of his writings, weird music, and art work. [10,11,12,13]

Daniel Trask was born in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1982. He is the self-published author of two novels, DMR and My Dog The Meat Eater, and he is almost done with a third book that he hopes to publish in 2010. Daniel has given readings at the Boston, New Haven, Raleigh, Mobile, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Indianapolis,
Albuquerque, Helena, Bismarck, and Lansing public libraries. He currently resides in Boston where he attends graduate school in biology. He can be found online at www.otppub.com. [13]

Jennifer Wagner is a secretary living in Eugene OR. She spends her days making copies and writing reports, and her nights flaunting her tattoos in dingy bars. She has a pile of ugly paintings hidden under her coffee table, and a here-to-for unseen collection of incredibly vivid, disturbing and colorful dreams. For a good time e mail bootness@hotmail.com [9]

Richard K. Weems (www.weemsnet.net) is the author of a short story collection, Anything He Wants, from Spire Press, available at your smarter bookstores. He directs the creative writing program for the NJ Governor’s School of the Arts. His wife in one tall drink of water. [12]

Julie Wiskirchen resides in Los Angeles, works at Google, and is the co-editor of Ape Culture (apeculture.com), a pop culture humor webzine. She writes about baseball on her Cardinal Girl blog (cardinalgirl.com). She co-authored St. Lou Haiku, published by Timberline Press in 2004 (stlouhaiku.com). The story in this zine comes from her as-yet-unpublished novel Earth City, a black comedy about temping and tribute bands. Let the bidding war start now! [10,11]

Melpomene Whitehead (aka Marie Mundaca) collects Hello Kitty paraphrenalia and dresses inappropriately for her age. Her cat has a very popular blog. Marie has written for Harpers, Brill’s Content, Time, the New York Daily News, New York Press, and The Modern Word. She takes the A train almost every day.

Sergeant Zeno is a writer and publisher in Washington DC. He publishes Raped Ape Magazine and runs Sotry House Publications. No longer paid to smuggle weapons and kill non-white foreigners, you will find him lurking in the darker bowers of the internet compiling counterintelligence on the subhumanity that skulks in the vestige of civilization. Write him at sgt.zeno@gmail.com. [10,11]