by Tennille McElrath

She is published in Diverse Verse 2, and numerous places online. Currently, she's working on her first poetry chapbook, Between Essence and Nuance, which will be released in 2018.

Jeff Horner: Jeff calls dibs.

Jenna Jaffe Melissas:

Jenna's life has always included working in the arts. She began dancing at age 5 and piano lessons soon after. Singing, composing, and writing poetry followed. She started performing as a child. She has been a music and drama teacher for more than 25 years. The visual arts is something she has more recently been avidly pursuing. Language has always been one of her passions and, in the last year, she joined A-B Tech as an ELA/ESL instructor. She is currently working on a music album and a poetry book.

Grey Wolfe LaJoie:

Grey is an ant. At times he is gracious. At other times he is not.

Tennille McElrath:

Tennille is a full-time student going back to school after a long break and plans to major in mathematics. Her free time is split between writing, gaming, and attending concerts.

Eric Overbey:

Eric is a former clogging state champion.

Ellen J. Perry:

An instructor of Literature and Humanities at A-B Tech, Ellen J. Perry’s academic interests include 17th- and 18th-century British life and literature, Restoration drama, and Southern/ Appalachian

104 culture. Ellen enjoys teaching her amazing students, working on projects related to the E.R.A. and women’s rights activism, and playing with her stylish cat, Ms. Coco Chanel. For more information please visit ellenjperry.com.

Rita Dee Peters:

Rita is an A-B Tech graduate currently earning a four-year degree at UNCW. She enjoys painting, photography, and long, moonlit walks on the beach with Ella Mowad.

Mark Damon Puckett:

In 2015 Mark Damon Puckett received his MLitt in Poetry from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College, his fourth graduate degree in twenty-five years. He has taught poetic technique at SUNY-Purchase and is the author of three books of fiction. markdamonpuckett.com

Grace E. Quinlan:

Grace is a duel enrolled student at SILSA and A-B Tech. She enjoys painting with acrylics and watercolors.

Rob Michael Ridenour:

Rob is a writer who challenges himself every day to be better. He enjoys classic literature with such titles as Paradise Lost, Dante's Inferno, and Frankenstein at the top of his list. Thanks to the Creative Writing class at A-B Tech, he's also become very fond of poetry. He also has a deep love of film (especially monster movies) and hopes to one day write reviews for a newspaper or magazine. On the side, he writes articles for the blog site The Clive Barker Podcast. Favorite Quote: "I want humor. I need humor!" - A Man With No Name

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