Matty Byloos attended Santa Clara University (BA 1996) and the Art Center College of Design (MFA 2001). His first collection of short stories, Don't Smell the Floss, was published in 2009 by Write Bloody Books; Byloos is an accomplished painter with a history of exhibiting both nationally and internationally. He runs the environmental blog Easy Ways to Go Green. Byloos also contributes to the community lit and humor blog, We Who Are About to Die, and The Nervous Breakdown. Follow him on Twitter here: Matty Byloos. Or on his personal site here: Matty Byloos Official Site.

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Mickey Hess taught part-time for several universities in Kentucky and Indiana before moving to his current position as Associate Professor of English at Rider University. He wrote a book called Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory. He also wrote three books about hip hop and appeared on the A&E Biography Channel’s much-lauded Vanilla Ice episode. His stories and essays have been published in Ninth Letter, Hawaii Review, and some others. He writes a thing at TheRumpus.net called “I Will Blurb Any Book within 24 Hours!”

Marika Haskins lives, eats, breaths, and serves pizza in portland, Or. Also, rubbing her back makes her purr like a kitty cat.

Gabriel Blackwell is the author of Critique of Pure Reason (Noemi Press, 2012), and Neverland, a chapbook (Uncanny Valley Press). He is the reviews editor for The Collagist. His short fiction has appeared in Conjunctions, Puerto del Sol, DIAGRAM, and elsewhere. Find out more here.

As a sperm, I nearly lost out to what would have been a girl named Tabitha who would have bragged about her good grades, especially in math. But I gave it that extra oomph and made it to the egg by a hair's breath and here I am, Carlos. Eat it, Tabitha. As a baby, I would cry and cry and cry in the crib when my parents left me alone. My mom wanted to check on me but my dad said, "He has to learn." Finally, I stopped crying, not because I was tired, but because I was angry. I thought, in my way, "Screw them, I don't care anymore." Once I was quiet, my parents would come check on me. I would pretend I was asleep, but I was just pretending. They were too late. If they weren't interested in me, I wasn't going to be interested in them. This is a true story. I am not proud of my passive aggressive behavior and do my best to curb it as an adult. You can learn more about Carlos Kotkin at his website.

Born in Los Angeles, raised in Philadelphia, schooled in Massachusetts, living in New Orleans, and a product of his environment, Harry K. is most politely termed mercurial. A man who delights in his average taste and superhuman appetite, Harry has long been probing the shallow depths of popular culture, preparing for a chance such as this to show the world his findings. He is glad to be a contributor to this endeavor, even if it asks for him to sometimes write in third person.

Michael Roberts recently spent the day at LACMA and was blown away by the work of Robin Rhode. When warned by museum security about taking photos with his cell phone, he quickly placed it to his ear and said, "I understand Mr. President. I'm on it." He also laid his beard against the buttocks of a nude female sculpture and got away with it. He has a book available from Write Bloody Publishing titled NO MORE POEMS ABOUT THE MOON. It is full of similar behavior. For Smalldoggies, he is, Rose Petal Ear. Find out more about him at his site, The Hope Meat.

Matt Ferner holds an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television and before that he received his BA in Creative Writing from University of Colorado at Boulder where he focused on short-fiction and poetry. He has been a professional screenwriter for over a decade and written for many of the studios and mini-majors. He enjoys painting portraits of his cat, talking about outer space with his beautiful son and writing, writing, writing. Matt Ferner is Section Editor for Smalldoggies, and handles all correspondence for Smalldoggies Writer, Former CEO Max Wolfmaverick, who heads the Business Casual column and does not have time to post answers to your questions himself. Follow Max Wolfmaverick on Twitter @maxwolfmaverick

Josh Atlas was born in 1983 and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. He attended Carnegie Mellon University, where he focused on performance and video art. Since that time, he has focused on integrating comedy and art. Atlas has branched out into sculpture, drawing, and photography to explore the funnier side of desire. He has exhibited at Arte Portugal 10 (Lisbon), HiChristina (Brooklyn), MonkeyTown (Brooklyn), and NTBA Gallery (Los Angeles) and participated in benefit auctions for Equality California and the Red Cross. Josh Atlas lives and works in Los Angeles. Learn more about him at his official website.

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Former CEO Max Wolfmaverick offers straight-talk for today’s executives and tomorrow’s tycoons, today. Follow Max Wolfmaverick on Twitter @maxwolfmaverick. All hail Cthulhu.

Keion Moradi is a Los Angeles based journalist and fiction writer who grew up in the Pacific Northwest and received a state university education in English literature and composition. As the columnist of Something Sinister, she examines the function of evil in media, a topic of interest since her grad school days at Cal State Northridge.

Nate Collins was born and raised in Texas, which William Faulkner said is where you go and change your name when your schemes don't work out. He now lives in San Francisco and, in the words of his old friend, Matty Byloos, "turns his mind to the fights, and to whatever else he damn well pleases."

I am an enigma. You couldn't possibly understand me...

Chris Stout likes big tunes on small records.

Carrie Seitzinger is the Smalldoggies Magazine Poetry editor; as a poet, she has been featured at poetry venues across the country. She graduated UC Irvine (BA: English, Poetry Emphasis). Her first book of poetry, The Dots Don't Connect, was self-published in 2004. Her poems have appeared in Poor Claudia, Mosaic, Cobalt Poets, Smalldoggies Magazine and The Portland Review; they have have also been recorded for podcasts. She currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon. Learn more about her at her official site.

Stephen Tully Dierks is a writer living in Chicago. He is the editor of the limited-edition art/literature print magazine, Pop Serial. The second issue will feature writing by Tao Lin, Noah Cicero, Kendra Grant Malone, Matthew Savoca, Heather Christle, Daniel Bailey, Brandi Wells, Brandon Scott Gorrell, Ben Brooks, and Audun Mortensen, amongst others, and artwork from around the world. Find out more about Stephen Tully Dierks at his website.

Christopher Newgent lives in Indianapolis, where he is a contributing editor to isReads and runs Vouched Books to promote small press literature in his city and the world. More information about Vouched can be found on their website.

Tyler Gobble is a student at Ball State University, where he is President of the Writers Community. He is an intern with The Collagist and lead poetry editor of The Broken Plate in addition to his contributions at Vouched Online. His work has appeared recently with Everyday Genius, Mad Swirl, and Metazen, among other places. He blogs at xforwardprogressx.blogspot.com and apologizes for the poor, high school-created url.

Sweet Mickey, Male Nurse offers sound advice on all things love, sex and relationships. Each week, Sweet Mickey opens up a new chapter in his illustrious past, rife with criminal and near-criminal behavior, and carefully administers metaphor and analogy in the service of helping out his loyal if not love-troubled readership.

Matthew Simmons is the author of the novella A Jello Horse(Publishing Genius Press 2009). A chapbook called The Moon Tonight Feels My Revenge and a story collection called Happy Rock will be published by Keyhole Press in 2010 and 2011 respectively. He currently lives and writes in Seattle, WA; find out more about him here: The Man Who Couldn't Blog.

Tom DeBeauchamp lives in Seattle, where he often collaborates with Pilot Books. You can read his fiction at Hobart, here at Smalldoggies, and forthcoming in Burrow Press's collection of fiction, Fragmentation and other stories.

Melissa used to think she wanted to be a fashion designer, and spent a good number of years studying merchandising and design. She ended up finishing her BA in Journalism, but was left with the conviction that she is a barometer of style. When she's not criticizing culture, she writes for The Rumpus, tweets voraciously, and narrowly escapes motorcycle accidents on the way to used bookstores and hotdog stands all across San Francisco.

Rob Noble is a writer, editor and video guru whose past clients include Showtime (Weeds), AMC (Mad Men) Marvel, BeautyTV, Tivo, Disney, FOX and NBC-Universal. He lives and works in Portland, OR and is a contributing writer to popstrike. You may also Facebook him, if that's more your speed.

RILEY MICHAEL PARKER runs HOUSEFIRE PUBLISHING and makes book trailers for a living. In his free time he eats sweet cakes and plays with his cat. Recently he's taken up smoking, and if the weather's nice he goes for walks.

Lavinia Ludlow was born and raised in the heart of the Silicon Valley. A percussionist since childhood, she has played with different ensembles in California and Hawaii and immerses herself in music when not writing. Her debut novel alt.punk is available through Casperian Books, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. She is a contributor at Small Press Reviews and Plumb.

Rick Klaras is a crass and socially awkward fat kid from rural Arizona, except he is 31. He learned most of his better words from all (yes, all) of the Hardy Boys mystery novels at the public library, his verbose mother, the bums that he used to bribe to buy him booze, and the works of Aldous Huxley and (of course) Kurt Vonnegut. He is also a former high school teacher, pizza delivery boy, horse racing camera man and briefly, a micro-cosmic rock star. He is an abuser of hyphens and commas who will shamelessly scold others for misusing quotation marks and apostrophes. He lives, works, and makes pretentious music in Portland, OR.

Nathan Holic has lived in Orlando, Florida, for the past twelve years, and currently teaches writing courses at the University of Central Florida. Since 2006, he has served as the Graphic Narrative Editor at The Florida Review, and he also works with Orlando-based Burrow Press as editor of the “15 Views of Orlando” project, a sequential portrait of the city featuring short fiction from fifteen Orlando authors young and old, local and far-removed, established and aspiring. His fiction has appeared in The Portland Review and Limestone, and his comics and mixed-media (or "text-image hybrid") stories have appeared in The Saranac Review, Rip-Rap, Atticus Review.

Gregor Holtz is a cartoonist based out of Portland, OR. He is a total comics/comedy nerd. He likes whiskey, bikes, D&D, early- to mid-90s video games, and cynicism. Find more of Gregor at GHOLTZ COMIX or follow him on twitter: @GHOLTZcomix

Evan J. Peterson lives, writes, and teaches in Seattle. He publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction and reviews books for TheRumpus.net. His zines include Secular Exorcisms, The Ecstatic Tarot, and Hello Kitty Chainsaw. Recent and forthcoming writing may be found in Weird Tales, Court Green, Assaracus, and Aim For The Head: An Anthology Of Zombie Poetry. For more, check out EvanJPeterson.com