Mark Magoon

Mark Magoon is a student at Roosevelt University and a member of RU's Creative Writing MFA Program.  Magoon writes poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.  When he is free from work as a semi-professional dog janitor he pets his own dogs, rereads Raymond Chandler novels, enjoys his own brand, and hides out in the Porcupine Mountains where he is likely planning his next robbery.

N'Kyenge Ayanna Brown

I am N’Kyenge Ayanna Brown, 

Definition: Brilliant First Born Brown, I was given a West African tribal name, a legacy. A graduate of Columbia College Chicago (CCC): honors B.A. in Poetry. I also served on the editorial board of: CCC Poetry Review. I passionately explore expression through writing. My creative flows are immersed in absolute realistic everyday occurrences, feelings and emotions. I write everywhere about everything for everybody. My intent:  to captivate and intrigue my audience in a manner they have yet to experience; to allow you to hear my voice even in silence. My work is published in the book Word Curves by Poetry in the Round. My writing style is an explosion of lyricism, musicality and creative layers. It is eccentric as I am unpredictable. I have recently completed my first manuscript: “AfroSoul Volume I: a collaboration of Poetry and Poem stories” and am in the process of publication. I am now working on a collection of short stories as well as a children’s book.

Heather Cox

Heather Cox was born in the flatlands of northeast Texas and raised in a small town in southwest Arkansas where cattle outnumber citizens exponentially. She received her B.A. in Writing from the University of Central Arkansas, where she was the recipient of The Margot Trietel Award for Excellence in Creative Writing.

Heather is the founding editor-in-chief of Ghost Ocean Magazine, a literary magazine that publishes poetry and flash fiction online and, beginning fall 2011, print chapbooks. 

Heather's poems have appeared in literary journals such as Pyrta, Psychic Meatloaf, Dark Sky Magazine, and Pear Noir!, among others. Her favorite writers are Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Matthew Rohrer, Joshua Poteat, and Blake Butler.If she's not consuming or creating poetry, Heather is likely getting copper stains from pinching pennies.

Arielle Nelson

Arielle is not a mermaid, nor does she play one on T.V. She went to Saint Mary’s College for her undergraduate degree in Mass Communications and English Writing. Her favorite writers at the moment are Laurie Sheck, Jonathon Safran Foer, Audrey Niffenegger, Susan Stewart, and James Galvin.
Arielle is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Roosevelt’s own Oyez Review. Her most recent work can be found in Ghost Ocean Magazine (November 2010) and Pyrta (December 2010). She enjoys brains, rats, murder mysteries, and all things creepy.