Paul G. Bens, Jr.
Born and raised in a small Kentucky town, Paul G. Bens, Jr. is currently
working on the newest incarnation of himself... fiction writer. Previously
he has been an altar boy, file clerk, bartender, shoe salesman, theatre
ticket-taker, how-to writer ("Next! An Actor's Guide to Auditioning"),
film and televison casting director (IMDB has a list if anyone's interested),
and film producer. His fiction has appeared in the UK magazine, The
Egg Box, and he currently lives in Los Angeles with his longtime companion
-- a 15 year old tabby cat who thinks he's a dog. Oh, and some may know
Paul as "Matt's Bitch".
Read First Kiss
Email Paul Bens: thumbless@earthlink.net
Karl Birmelin
Read The March of the Quixotic Meat Machines
Email Karl Birmelin: KE_Birmelin@yahoo.com
Jason Gurley
Jason Gurley, 23, is the author of Close
Program: Stories. His short stories have appeared in numerous
literary journals and magazines, including The Paumanok Review,
The Mississippi Review, The Rio Grande Review and Palimpsest.
Jason lives and writes in Nevada and is presently drafting his fourth
novel. Visit his web site, www.deeplyshallow.com,
for more about him and his work.
Read Only the Necessary Damage
Visit his website: Deeply
Shallow
Email Jason Gurley: jason@deeplyshallow.com
Regina Lafay
My childhood in Southern California was somewhat forgettable up
until around age 12. Just after my parents divorced, my father started
molesting me. It continued until he remarried, a year or so later. At
15 my father kicked me around one night because I had missed dinner,
so I moved in with my mother in Henderson, NV. I was obsessed with Duran
Duran and Vogue magazine, and I drew in my pastime. At 17 I began a
short-lived modeling career, but I became so interested in the photography
that I had my mother, a photographer and graphic artist, teach me photography.
I took photos of my model friends for their books. Eventually I began
painting directly onto my prints for a Pop Art effect. Then I discovered
Adobe Photoshop. Recently I started using a digital camera and foregoing
the hand painting completely.
I currently live in Las Vegas with my husband and dogs. I have Fibromyalgia,
Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Art is a great release and a
powerful tool in my healing.
View her Artwork.
Visit his website: http://www.lafay.com
Email Regina Lafay: reg@lafay.com
Cindy Nagel
For the last 10 years, Cindy has been a "spoken word artist"
preferring to recite her poetry in dark, smoky rooms and libraries instead
of publishing in written form. She has been a featured performer at
Maxwell's (Hoboken), Yakkity Yak (Chelsea), the Support Our Sisters
House Concert Series presented by North Jersey NOW and CBGB's Gallery
to name a few. She's also featured and assisted in several art festivals
including Regurgitation Show (Jersey City), Gray Matter Poetry Series
(Montclair) and Jersey City Artist Tour. Cindy is currently a member
of the Shee Collective, a group of inspired and artful female musicians
and poets. The Shee Collective released a self-titled compilation CD
this past year and Cindy did her first out of state "tour"
in Columbus, Ohio with fellow Collective members Catherine Moon and
Jan Corliss. Cindy has also released her first CD of poetry entitled
'Jersey Devil'.
Read her Poetry
Email Cindy Nagel: frellmoya@hotmail.com
Maryanne Stahl
Maryanne Stahl lives on a lake with her husband, son, dog, cats, ducks and other wild creatures. She is an assistant editor at Web del Sol's In Posse Review. Her most recent work can be seen in Aileron, Critique, Pig Iron Malt, Ophelia's Muse, storySouth, Exquisite Corpse and upcoming in Outsider Ink and New Works Review. Her first novel, Forgive the Moon, will be published by New American Library (Penguin Putnam) in June 2002.
Read All the Way Home
Email Maryanne Stahl:
maryannestahl@hotmail.com
Andrew Wallace
I was born in New York City, raised in the suburbs, and then went to college in New England. I moved to Brooklyn four years ago, and started dabbling in short-story writing shortly after that. I am an attorney and currently work for the State of New York. 'Lowlifes' is my first published story, and I am happy and honored that is appearing in Outsider Ink.
Read Lowlifes
Email Andrew Wallace: ajwall1@attglobal.net
Sean Meriwether - Editor
Sean's erotica has appeared in Of
the Flesh, Best
Gay Erotica 2002 and
Best Gay Erotica 2001. His short fiction has also appeared in print
in Excess Compassion and online in Suspect
Thoughts. He is currently working on several projects including
his first screenplay, and a website for dangerous queer fiction, Velvet
Mafia. He can also be found working with his partner, photographer
Jack Slomovits,
on Blowsquish.com,
an internet design company.
Visit his gallery at: seanmeriwether.com
email Sean Meriwether
