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Contributors
Zach Crowley is
an angst-ridden writer, recently and happily affianced, who can
generally be found writing a novel, penning poetry, or
cavorting down the romantic streets of Somerville. His
work has appeared in the Somerville News and he hopes to one
day appeal to an audience broader
than his mother, who is not very broad at
all.
Daniel Ehrlich - I am 25 years old,
graduated from Hampshire College in 2004 and currently live in
Jamaica Plain, Mass, just outside Boston, and am waiting tables
while occasionally looking for writing work. This is my
second published poem and I'm just pleased people are going to
read it. I have no published works online. I do have a
blog, but it would probably only be of interest to struggling
recent college grads who like to bitch...and even then only of
little interest. The blog is at blogspot.com and is named
"Dantrums."
Marla Golde, originally
from Long Island, NY, now lives in Somerville, MA. She holds
a BA in Psychology from UMass Amherst. Since that
doesn't mean much, she's currently working as an office temp
(where she has mastered the art of covering up her old camp
boyfriends' Myspace profiles with Word or Excel documents as
quickly as possible). More of Marla's writings can be
found at www.bostonlive.com and
www.farmhousemagazine.com. She is happy to be a part of this issue of apt
and sincerely hopes that you enjoy her work.
Tiana Debicki-Gorham lived most of her life in Boston and is
momentarily "being" in New
Jersey. She is also fairly uncomfortable
talking about herself in the third person so she is keeping
this very brief.
Matthew Grolnic - I live South of Boston, with my wife, 10 month old son
and 2 year-old daughter. I have previously published
works in Adoptive Families Magazine and on www.pbs.org. I was featured in the Appleton
Post-Crescent, and speak to many groups about Adoption Reunion.
I am in the midst of my first novel and am represented by
Roger Jellinek of Jellinek & Murray Literary Agency.
My wife and I are originally from Boston,
but have spent the last few years moving about the country as
commercial fishermen in Alaska and Washington, a job transfer
to Wisconsin, and now settled and raising a family back here in
Boston.
When not parenting, working or writing, I
am a bass player and multi-instrumentalist who does not play
nearly as much as I used to.
Ryan Gunzel - After
graduating from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ryan moved to Chicago to live the true poet lifestyle: sleeping
on his sisters couch and serving coffee in a bookstore cafe.
On a related note, he enjoys pumpkin pie, especially when
it's served thick and warm with a big spoonful of whipped cream
and a cup of coffee, and Ryan belives that if more people sat
down for pie and coffee the world would be a tastier place.
Links to his work include: http:
//www.indiana.edu/~fusion/spring2004/authors/gunzel1.html
Carissa Halston (Contributing Editor), 24, is one half of Aforementioned Productions. She is the writer/director of Cleavage. She's been published online, has been
promised real print work--eventually--and is currently at work
on a novel to which she should devote more time. She will
be the first of many (we hope) to read her work for the No
Shoes series from apt. Her work can be found at Unlikely
Stories v1.0 and the online
version of Open Wide Magazine among others. She hearts Randolph.
She hearts him so hard.
Bradley Mason Hamlin lives in Sacramento, California. His poetry, short
stories, and articles have appeared in several small press
books, magazines, and newspapers in print and on line. Brad
& his wife Nicky own Mystery Island Publications and
publish an ongoing in-print literary pop culture magazine
called: Mystery Island Magazine. Recent work includes the
editing and formatting of Tough Company by singer/songwriter
Tom Russell, featuring: Charles Bukowski. Brad is also the
creator of the metaphysical crime series: Monster Zipper,
featuring the Intoxicated Detective. For more
Ashok Nayak - Lives
in Delhi, India. A trained engineer, Ashok is currently
pursuing a life as a mixed-media artist. Ashok’s
work can be seen at www.ArtWanted.com/aashok.
Tomas O’Leary is the author of two volumes of poetry, ‘Fool at
the Funeral’ and ‘The Devil Take a Crooked
House,’ both from Lynx House Press. His next aspiring
volume is titled ‘A Prayer for Everyone.’ Volumes
four and five still require extensive collation. At present he
is peddling a fairy tale, which he has also illustrated, called
‘Once Upon a Realm Just Forming.’ His not yet
published novel is ‘Portrait of the Artist as a Black
Hole.’ He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his
wife and two sons.
Rodney J. Owen lives
in High Point, NC where he works as a manufacturer’s
representative and technical consultant. In his abundant spare
time, between 6:21 and 6:53am, he writes poetry, prose, and
very bad songs. His poetry has appeared in The Lyricist and
Main Street Rag. He has published non-fiction in The Ohio
Speech Journal and Engineered Systems. This piece received 1st
Place, Fiction, in the 2001 Larry E. Watson Memorial Writing
Contest. Ironically, the award for this story arrived in the
mail just as The United States was announcing its intention to
invade Afghanistan. His personal space in the ethersphere is at
http://www.geocities.com/rodneyjowen/. As far as pie goes, any Southern writer worth
his weight in words will always answer “Pecan”.
Katrina Pierson - lives in the harsh winter conditions of Minnesota with
her husband, parakeet, lizard, and beloved Siberian Cat,
Isabelle. She is studying Creative Writing at St. Cloud State
University and will, within a year, receive her B.A. in
English. Her mother is a talented writer and the editor of the
weekly newspaper in Aitkin, MN, where Katrina grew up. She
hopes to go on to graduate school in a warmer climate. In the
winter, she runs her house on space heaters because fuel is
much to expensive and wasteful. She has submitted work to
online magazines as well as her University's journal...and
she's STILL waiting to hear back from them. She worked at a
restaurant in Aitkin that served homemade pies fresh every day.
Blueberry, Apple, Cherry, Pumpkin, Lemon Meringue, Peach,
Coconut Cream, Rhubarb, Banana Cream, Sour Cream Raisin, and
Strawberry. She enjoyed the spray can whipped cream most of
all.
J.D. Prickett - I
have previously been published in the online zine www.thefirstline.com. This was a few years back. I am a
public elementary school principal in my spare time, my main
job being writing. My favorite kind of pie is Pumpkin,
and I eat it only on Thanksgiving. Enjoy.
Randolph Pfaff (Editor) is the founder of apt and the other half of Aforementioned Productions. He is very proud of what apt is now and what it will
become. Randolph lives in Boston, works in Cambridge and
will be married next year. He has a sick obsession with
pie. Mmm, pie. Randolph is far more sane than this
bio would indicate. Thank you once again to the
contributors, and a special thanks to Carissa, without whom
many things would not be possible.
Christopher Setterlund - I am 28 years old and live in South Dennis, MA.
