ORS Authors and Contributors

So who writes all this stuff anyway?

Well, people like you and I… writers, readers, and anyone interested in the creative process. One Real Story’s list of authors continues to grow. Some are well published authors and others are aspiring to earn the right to officially call themselves “an author”.

We have contributors from all walks of life including American authors, Black authors, famous short story authors, international authors including South African short story authors and Canadian authors, those who consider themselves modern or contemporary short story authors, and don’t forget our short story reviewers, writing tip contributors, and flash fiction prompt creators.

One Real Story has over 40 contributors and counting… Get to know them by reading their author biographies here or get over to the submissions page and join the community!

Thank you to all who contributed to ORS. If you do not see your name and you have contributed to One Real Story in any way, please email your author bio to editorial@onerealstory.com.

Adam Moorad

Adam’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Soon Quarterly, decomP, Red Fez, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k) and Skive Magazine. He is also a contributor to the Nashville Scene and the Huffington Post. He lives in Brooklyn and works in publishing.

Adam P. Rothstein

Adam P. Rothstein is a 23 years old who recently moved to Los Angeles from New York. It has long been his dream to be a writer and he has received rave reviews from a number of online writing communities. He has won several contests for his work, including poetry and short story merit badge awards on writing.com and was ranked in the top 70 authors out of 500,000 members on the site.

Ann Douglas

Ann Douglas is a regular contributor to One Real Story. She has authored more than 100 short stories and currently teaches creative writing courses in her community. She has published in several literary journal and offers a unique voice and range of experiences in her work.

Bobby Hicks

Bobby Hicks has written and published several works for various literary magazines, including the Valencia “Exempli Gratia” literary magazine, in 2006. He presently reside in Brooklyn, NY and writes in his spare time, while pursuing a Creative Writing degree, through University of Central Florida. He recently finished writing his first novel entitled “A Field of Owls.”

Brenda Moguez

Brenda Moguez is a well published author. Following are some of Brenda’s credits:

Brooke Kenny

Brooke Kenny will receive her master’s degree in creative writing from The Johns Hopkins University in 2008. Her fiction, non-fiction, poetry and book reviews have been published in The Washington Post, Spoken Like a Queen, Opened Eyes Poetry and Prose, The Gazette and The Current, among other publications. She received a Maryland Delegate Scholarship for the 2007-2008 academic year for her creative writing studies. When she is not writing, she is coordinating the annual awards for the Washington, DC chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Want to read the submissions letter that accompanied her first story?

Bruce Betz

Bruce Betz is a marketing and travel writer living in Seattle, Washington. He grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and went to Kenyon College.

Burke Mudge

Burke Mudge currently works full-time in the Financial Services sector. As such Burke is an emerging writer who has written a number of short stories and two scripts, some of which are in early development stages.

Corey Crossfield

Corey Crossfield has been published on the site previously under LGBT literature. Since then, Crossfield has been contributing as a writer to Stereo Subversion, Short and Sweet NYC, The Deli LA, The People’s Chronicle, EDGE Los Angeles, Curve Magazine, LA 2 Day, TuneJar, Cherrygrrl, and LA Corner Fashion. Crossfield works as an editor for Sterling and Ross Publishers and in the music industry. Thequirkphenom.blogspot.com accurately depicts Crossfield’s life.

D.L. Wilson

D.L. Wilson (Dempsey L. Wilson) publishing credits include two poems; “Confused Existence” and “The End?” Also, my short story, “Through The Eyes Of A Killer,” is being published by Mind Wings Audio, as an audio book in early 2009.

Daniel Curzon

Daniel Curzon is a widely published author and has several papers collected in the Hormel Collection of San Francisco Public Library.

Durlabh Singh

Durlabh Singh is a published author based in London, England. Durlabh has published two short story collections.

Elford Alley

As a playwright, Elford Alley had plays produced and read in Texas, Oklahoma, Washington DC, and Alaska. Elford’s short stories have appeared in A Second Sailing and the New Plains Review. Elford discovered One Real Story a few weeks ago and has been so impressed with the atmosphere that offers chances for publication and professional critiques. Elford’s piece is a perfect fit for One Real Story and an enjoyable read.

Elizabeth Sowden

Elizabeth Sowden has had two stories, “Anywhere but Algiers” and “The Body Left Behind“, published online at Verbsap.com. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2006, where she studied Creative Writing. Elizabeth is currently working on a novel.

Fred Siegmund

Fred Siegmund is a former social science professor who spent years working on writing across the curriculum committees. He has published many narratives and monographs in a variety of academic and journalistic styles. Fred has not previously published a short story, although he has written many.

Gary Johnson

Genevieve Mann

Helen Chapman

Helen Chapman is a paralegal in the Mid-South, working in a busy divorce practice where there are more than enough weasels, pirates, and women who thought they were knights in armor.

Jackie T. Gabel

Jackie T. Gabel presently lives in Portland, Oregon. He has traveled extensively, throughout Europe, Africa and Asia and worked many summers as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. Jack Gabel has written numerous concert hall works for many different combinations of instruments and voices. He also creates mixed-media works using musique concrete and poetry, frequently his own, some of which has been published apart from its use in contemporary performance pieces and more traditional settings for singers. Today, Gabel’s work is infused with widely varied ethnic and ancient colors and motives, most notably those of the ancient, native cultures of North America.

Will de Meo

Will was brought in the English countryside and has been an actor since a very young age. He moved out to New York 3 years ago to study the Meisner technique and has been fortunate enough to learn under some of the greatest teachers the profession has to offer. He recently graduated from the William Esper Studio and was the first Englishman to complete their fulltime course. He has somewhat fallen into a career as a voiceover artist and has really enjoyed the work he has been lucky enough to recieve. He looks forward to whatever the future brings.

Jake Conway

Jake Conway is 18, living in Woodbridge, Virginia and has written creatively since his hands could hold a pen. He hasn’t been professionally published before.

Janet Trakin

Janet Trakin is a published journalist, ghostwriter, poetess and short story writer. Her work has appeared in the Advocate, Bare Back Magazine, and Freestylevision.com. She is an ex-New Yorker who moved to Los Angeles via South Florida.

John Thornton

John Thornton is offering his short story, “A Progress Report from Wellswaddle Academy”, for a critique at One Real Story. He wrote the first draft of this story while attending the MFA program at Antioch University, LA. He has since finished his MFA, moved to Brooklyn, NY, and published two short stories, one in the Santa Clara Review and one in Northeast Illinois University’s Apocalypse Magazine. He is currently working on a novel, as well as plenty of short stories like this one and would like to know what you think.

Jonathan Cutler

Jonathan Cutler is a marketing communications writer, published author and story teller living and working in the small town of Sonoma, in the wine country north of San Francisco.

Joseph Itiel

Joseph Itiel is a published writer of 11 books. They are all listed on his web site. The site also contains his biographical details.

Karen Wright

Karen Wright was One Real Story’s first contributor. Karen is a native of the high desert Comstock Historic District in northern Nevada. Karen’s education includes three years of horticulture and botany and two years of History at University of Nevada, Reno, with a number of courses in Creative Writing. She is well read and well traveled, spending a decade traveling the coasts of the U.S., Mexico, and the Virgin Islands on a number of traditionally-rigged ships. Her writing experience includes free-lance writer, columnist, author of “The Bloomin’ Desert”, a book of gardening in the high desert, and Winner of four Gold Hill Theater Troupe’s play writing contests.

Ken Keegan

Ken Keegan has published in the Vagrant Quarterly, on websites like Sane Society and in local weekly publications. He is in the process of finishing a baseball novel. Ken graduated from U.C.S.C. in 1985 and did master’s studies at Bard College.

L. E. Mintz

Lawrence E. Mintz is offering his short story, “Monday Morning” for a critique at One Real Story. Lawrence is a first time contributor to One Real Story, submitting a fictionalized account of a real moment in time. Lawrence would like to know what you think, so let’s help out.

Lisa D. Ellis

Lisa Ellis is a professional writer with two novels that are currently represented by the Helen Rees Agency in Boston. Lisa’s short fiction has appeared in numerous literary presses and small magazines.

Marco Kaufman

Marco Kaufman has published in several different fields, including literary criticism, medical writing, and Holocaust historicism and currently writes on The Big Book of Grievances, his weblog of short fiction, flash fiction, and works in progress.

Michael Lee Johnson

Michael Lee Johnson is a poet and freelance writer from Itasca, Illinois. He is the author of The Lost American: from Exile to Freedom. He has also published two chapbooks of poetry and is presently looking for a publisher for two more. He has been published in USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, Turkey, Fiji, Nigeria, Algeria, Africa, India, United Kingdom, Republic of Sierra Leone, Nepal, Thailand, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Finland, and Poland internet radio. Michael Lee Johnson has been published in more than 240 different publications worldwide. Audio MP3 of poems are available on request. He is also publisher and editor of four poetry flash fiction sites–all presently open for submission:

http://birdsbywindow.blogspot.com/
http://www.poetriclegacy.mysite.com/
http://atendertouch.blogspot.com/
http://wizardsofthewind.blogspot.com/

Author website: http://poetryman.mysite.com/

Special Note: Michael Lee Johnson, United States, and Phillip Ellis, an Australian poet, are looking for a chapbook publisher for a joint venture merging free verse with more traditional verse. Mr. Johnson has two chapbooks ready for publishing review. Manuscripts are available on request.

Mollie Israel

Randy Zuniga

Randy Zuniga is a screenwriter and has won several screenplay contests and is currently developing a screenplay with a Hollywood production company. Randy has also had work optioned and is currently in pre-production with a producer/director on a short script.

Rebecca Katherine Hirsch

Rebecca Katherine Hirsch has previously written pieces for The L Magazine, online literary journals Skive, Dark Sky and Farmhouse. She has been quoted in New York Magazine, worked and written for Jest Magazine and Loho Guide Online. She is currently employed as an Editorial Associate at Not For Tourists Guidebooks where she is also a contributing writer. Additionally, she does research for Seth Kugel’s Weekend in New York column in The New York Times. Rebecca graduated from NYU’s Gallatin School with a concentration in Creative Writing.

Sandra Bell

Sandra Bell has a story coming out in a book called The Red Anthology 2008. Sandra is now ready to fully devote her time and energy to writing. Sandra lives in Pasadena, Ca with her partner and a small white dog. When not writing or reading, she likes to hike or veg out on TV.

Skeeze Whitlow

Skeeze Whitlow was born in Buffalo, sailed in the Merchant Marrine and graduated from Marymount. He believes life to be a good deal. Skeeze’s list of publications include:

1979 – Just Buffalo; Bflo, N.Y. “The Erie Canal Used To Flow into Lake Erie”
1989 – Reiki; Washington State. “Pleasures and Pastimes”
1990 – Common Touch Magazine; St Mary’s PA. “Pig Iron Changes”
1994 – Cabal Asylum; Denver, CO. “Cat #2153”
1995 – Cabal Asylum; Denver, Co. “Estrella”
1995 – Cabal Asylum; Denver, CO. “Short Story”
1995 – Cabal Asylum; “Nefertiti’s Khabit”
1996 – Happy Magazine; NYC. “One In Ten”
1996 – Shepherd College Review; Shepardstown, WVa. “Debbie”
1999 - Washington State. “The Santa Fe”

Vincent Kovar

Vincent Kovar has been published in literary journals including The Blithe House Quarterly, Ellipsis Magazine, The Oregon Literary Review and Thuglit. He has contributed to two anthologies of non-fiction and the fiction anthology “Hot Gay Erotica.” Inclusions in two more fiction anthologies are pending. His staged scripts include Alice: Through the Looking Glass, Darkly and Throwing in the Towel. Other works have appeared in The Short & Sweet Festival (Sydney), That D.A.M.N. Halloween Show, The Comedy of Eros and several others. Over one-hundred of Vincent’s non-fiction articles have been sold to both online and print periodicals. He is an instructor of literature and film at the University of Phoenix and a contributing writer/editor to ‘mo magazine, a full-color LGBT monthly. Currently, Vincent is also editor-in-chief of “Gay City: Volume One,” an anthology of LGBT fiction, poetry, comic art and photography being published in February. He is a member of the Seattle Dramatists, The Artist Trust, Richard Hugo House, and Theater Puget Sound.

Ed

I’m Ed. I’m a smoker, a social drinker, and I can knock out a New York Times crossword Monday through Friday. I’m ambidextrous when it comes to brushing my teeth, and I can parallel park in a way that makes some people weep at the very beauty of it. I can tap a keg, catch a fly ball, change the oil, and cut a straight line every time. I can make you laugh when you’re feeling down, and I can tell when you’re lying. I’m old enough to care, and young enough to do something about it. I’ve seen the Burning Man burn. I’m urban, I’m old school, and I’m Midwestern. And I know when it’s time to shut up.

Jeremy Trimble

Jeremy Trimble is a graduate student at Sacramento State University in California. He is a writer working on his first novel.

John Kawa

John Kawa is an 18 years old high school graduate. His interest for writing started to develop early and throughout his education he organized his schedule so that he could write as much as possible. John helped with the school’s production of The Music Man and co-hosts a weekly college radio show, Sunday nights from 10pm-1am (central time). He plans to write as much as possible so his voice will be heard.

Katie Cummings

Katie Cummings has been writing and editing for several years. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Southern Oregon University in 2005 with an emphasis in creative writing. She has worked as editor of the West Wind Review and actively runs a creative writing group online.

Leena Saleh

Leena Saleh is an Undergraduate student at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is going into journalism/writing.

Peter Simon

Born in El Paso, Texas in 1970, Peter Simon moved with his family first to Michigan before settling in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1976. He spent his formative years there and attended the University of Minnesota, where he majored in International Relations. After college, Peter traveled extensively and knocked around from job to job before returning to school in 2000 to study video production. In 2003, he married his long-time girlfriend, Kalpana Devaraj. The couple moved to New York in 2004. Peter works as a freelance video and film professional while Kalpana is a pathology resident at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. They live on the Upper West Side with their two cats. Peter has been writing since 2005. He has also produced a documentary film about the revolution and invasion of Grenada.

Robert Lewis

Robert Lewis graduated from California State University - Sacramento in May 2007, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English Composition and composed sports features pieces for the college newspaper publication. He currently writes for Associated Content in his idle time.

Margaret Mendel

Margaret Mendel has an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She has won several awards for her fiction and has recently published a short story in a mystery anthology, “Murder New York Style.”

Steven Mendel

Steven Mendel is a practicing psychologist in New York City who has published numerous fiction and non fiction pieces.

Judith Goudsmit

Judith Goudsmit, a playwright from Holland, has a BFA from NYU and will be starting her masters in playwriting at the New School in September.

Tabitha Turner

Tabitha Turner is a senior in high school. She has two brothers and a twin sister. Tabitha is from a small town in Arkansas. After graduating she plans to attend a community college where she’ll major in English Literature.

David Roman

David Roman is a full time English student at UNF. David has been writing for years and has written many short stories as well as a 100,000 novel. He is currently in the market for an agent to represent him.

William G Chandler Jr.

William G Chandler Jr. has published works in the Associated Content which include Dwarf, Dwarf Village, Dwarf III: The Children of D and Pumpkin Meat. He is currently a graduate of Temple University and is attending Philadelphia University for a Masters in Digital Design Technology. William spent most of his life improving his writing while doing photography as well. He is originally a resident of Philadelphia, PA born on July 20, 1977. William has always had an interest in bringing interesting ideas to life; through visualization this also includes in film. William has also taken a turn by getting both writing experience and developed the photography skills with the Philadelphia Tribune.

Matt Kolbet

Matt Kolbet’s writing has appeared in The American Drivel Review and online at Defenestration. Matt teaches writing near Portland, Oregon.

Indigo Ocean

Indigo Ocean is the author of “Being Bliss: A Guidebook for Wholeness, Health and Joy,” the former host of the top rated national talk radio show “Together in Spirit,” and the founder of the Phone Buddies online social community at www.Phone-Buddies.com.

Randall Sokoloff

Randall Sokoloff as a high school English and Creative Writing Teacher with aspirations of becoming more than just a published writer. Randall dreams of a day when he will own a cabin in the middle of no place in particular and be able to spend his days writing without a concern about what time he has to be at work. Randall maintains two daily blogs:

Absurdistry’s Weblog
http://rhinojournal.wordpress.com

Randall has published some of his shorter stories and shown his paintings in various local venues. Randall is seeking a way to not only inspire the world but also inspire himself.

Shayne Holzman

Shayne is a psychological fiction writer and a published poet. Long before now, Shayne wished to publish short stories. Shayne Holzman started writing at age 16 religiously and under very strenuous pressure. Shayne writes with passion and love for life. As Shayne feels an emotion he will write it down as past presents. Shayne Holzman is a lover of emotions, as artists should be.