Suzanne Vincent is the editor-in-chief of Flash Fiction Online. That’s what people think anyway. Actually, she’s really a pretty ordinary middle-aged woman packing a few extra pounds and a few more gray hairs than she’s comfortable with. As a writer, she leans toward the fantasy spectrum, though much of what she writes is difficult to classify. Slipstream? Isn’t that where we stick stories when we just can’t figure out where else they go? Suzanne’s first professional publication was right here at FFO, published before she joined the staff: “I Speak the Master’s Will,” — a story she’s still very proud of. While she doesn’t actually have time to blog anymore, she once did. You can still read her ancient posts on writing at The Slushpile Avalanche. Suzanne keeps a house full of kids (3), a husband (1), and pets (too many to number) in Utah, USA. Yes, she’s a Mormon. No, there isn’t another wife. Mormons haven’t actually practiced polygamy since the 1890s. Too bad. She’d love to have another woman around to wash dishes and do laundry.

Matt Mikalatos is the author of seven books, the most recent of which is Capeville: the Death of the Black Vulture, a YA superhero novel. Learn more at http://www.mikalatos.com/p/matts-books-3.html You can also follow him on Twitter (@mattmikalatos) or Facebook (facebook.com/mikalatosbooks).

Gary B. Phillips is a writer and software developer. He blogs irregularly for Apex Publications and is currently working on a YA Horror novel. He lives in Arizona with his wife, two daughters, three cats, and two chickens. His work has appeared in Interstellar Fiction, Lacuna: A Journal of Historical Fiction, and Daily Science Fiction, among others.

Izabella Grace grew up in London and now lives in rural Ireland with her partner and two very naughty cats. She doesn’t mind bugs but hopes she never has to live in a world where spiders grow big as kittens. When she’s not bothering leprechauns for their pots of gold, she helps run a cat shelter and writes fiction that has appeared in Cease, Cows, Every Day Fiction and Youth Imagination. Her seasonal story The Faerie and the Knight on Valentine’s Day appeared in the February 2014 issue of Flash Fiction Online.