In this issue, we interview GB Hajim and Shelley Doty - the masterminds behind the revolutionary new sci-fi film, Strange Frame. We have some excellent stories and poems, including Melissa' Reddish's "Barley" which we're nominating for the Pushcart Prize. This issue also inlcudes our "Holiday Shopping Survival Guide," including dozens of reviews of new DVDs, books, and video games to help you survive the mayhem this holiday season.
Shane R. Collins graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a BA in English and a concentration in Creative Writing. He has been featured or is forthcoming in OG's Speculative Fiction, Aoife's Kiss, Foliate Oak, Residential Aliens, Golden Visions, The Copperfield Review, Sex and Murder, Down in the Dirt, Haggard and Halloo,Jabberwocky and The Blackstick Review. His short fiction will also appear in three upcoming anthologies: Caught by Darkness by Static Movement and two by Pill Hill Press: 2013: The Aftermath and Wretched Moments. He was nominated to appear in the Dzanc Books' 2010 Best of the Web anthology. He is applying to MFA programs across the country and seeking an agent for his science fiction novel, Battle Group Epsilon. He is also finalizing a literary roadtrip novel and writing the first drafy of an epic medieval fantasy. Most recently, Shane has become an editor for Static Movement. Speculative Long Fiction is now available and other are forthcoming...