Stanley Lee is a fantasy and science fiction writer living in New York City. In 2011, this Stanley Lee received his M.A. from New York University and graduated Orson Scott Card’s Literary Bootcamp. Often known to be “out of his damn mind,” Stan has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, hiked Machu Picchu, and competed in Ironman triathlons.

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.

Matthew F. Amati was born in Chicago but left soon after. He has published about 50 short stories in various magazines and anthologies, including Flash Fiction Online, Daily Science Fiction, Across The Universe: Tales of Alternative Beatles, and others. His diffidently-updated website may be found at www.mattamati.com.

Stefan Milićević is a writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has been published in venues such as Flash Fiction Online, Mirror Dance and Golden Visions. He is fluent in five languages and has traveled through most of Europe (much to the dismay of all Europeans). In 2011 he attended Cat Rambo’s editing classes and in 2012 he graduated from the University of Banja Luka.

When he is not reading or writing, he is playing Go or Magic the Gathering.

Carol Otte lives in misty Seattle and loves its bright summers and wet winters. She has a special fondness for overlooked and forgotten sources of magic. “Small Wishes” is her first piece of flash fiction.

John Guzlowski’s work appears in Rattle, Ontario Review, North American Review, and other journals here and abroad. His poems and personal essays about his parents’ experiences as slave laborers in Nazi Germany appear in his award-winning memoir Echoes of Tattered Tongues. He is also the author of the Hank and Marvin mystery novels and a columnist for the Dziennik Zwiazkowy, the oldest Polish newspaper in America. His most recent books of poems are Mad Monk Ikkyu and True Confessions.