Wild Violet Contributors
Issue 3: Rising Sun

Amanda Cornwell
Wild Violet webmaster Amanda Cornwell is a highly suffanciacated multimedia artist and computer junkie--coexisting with her computer and art supplies somewhere in Maryland... for more exploration of her cranium visit www.geocities.com/suffanciacator.
Artwork: Flores

Jillian Crider
Jillian, a self-taught artist, calls herself 'A Jill of All Trades', because of her varied career history. A recent solo art exhibition having been entitled 'A Jill of All Shades'. New to book cover and illustration work, she is best known for her house portraiture in pen and ink, having done over 9,000! Second to that would be her rubber stamp designs which 'only' number in the hundreds. Two of her fine art works have won major art awards. Her website contains more examples of her work.
Artwork: Catching a Train at Victor Harbor

Tanya Evans
Tanya Evans grew up restless in rural Northeastern Pennsylvania. After graduating from Penn State with an English Degree, she dabbled in teaching English as a Foreign Language in Pusan, Korea, and English as a Second Language in Woodstock, Illinois, before finally enrolling at Northern Illinois University for her teaching certificate. Tanya now teaches Shakespeare, Homer, Cisneros, and Steinbeck to rowdy high school freshmen in a "challenged" Baltimore High School, where she also advises the staff of the school's literary magazine, WAWOYAKA. She started writing her vignette series to use as a model for a descriptive writing unit, but it became something she could not share in the classroom. She hopes someday she can.
Fiction: Four Vignettes

Jack Goodstein
Jack Goodstein was a Professor of English for over thirty years. After retiring he turned to acting and is currently seeking stardom, which is seemingly just beyond his grasp. He has written plays (e.g. productions at the Pulse Ensemble Theatre in New York and Northern Lights Theatre in Edmunton, Alberta), fiction ( e.g.The Maine Review, The Jewish Digest, Eclectica), and non-fiction (e.g. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, College English). He has also been reviewing books for The Compulsive Reader.
Fiction: A Monologue for Mandelbaum

Avram Leib ben Gordon
Avram enjoys several mental illnesses. He proudly proclaims himself to be a marijuana addict in need of treatment (of what sort he won't say). A.G. is the author of, among other things, the first nationally published review of Redfield's The Celestine Prophecy (New Frontier Magazine, 9/1993), a series of drug policy articles for underground newspapers in PA (1990-1997), and a peer-reviewed technical paper purporting marijuana to be an ancient mammalian defense adaptation against a class of illnesses caused by environmental pollutants (1996). Currently, A.G. is an electrical apprentice and nightclub bouncer in Athens, Georgia, and is working on his autobiographical science fiction thriller which details his past adolescent dabblings with time machines, UFOs, clairvoyance, er, um, psychedelics, and well, you get the picture.
Poetry: Electromagnetism

Marsha Jordan
Marsha Jordan, a grandma disabled by Lupus, lives with joint and muscle pain, fatigue, and poor vision. She helps sick children from her living room in northern Wisconsin, where she lives with her husband of 26 years and her toy poodle, King Louie (who rules their household with an iron paw). She enjoys entertaining (when she has the energy), decorating with antiques, and rubber stamping. Her HUGS AND HOPE CLUB has won several awards for exceptional achievement in helping children and Marsha was named "Angel of the month" by
HerPlanet.com.
Essay: Angel Hugs

R.S. Lindsay
Robert Suter Lindsay is a freelance writer in the Seattle area. A native of Kentucky, Mr. Lindsay attended Pennsylvania State University, where he somehow managed to survive both employment in the Audio-Visual Department and membership in the Monty Python Society. On weekends, he enjoys playing jai alai and vandalizing espresso bars.
Humor: Memoirs of a Visual Man

Erik Kestler
Erik Kestler is from New York City's Washington Heights and Naperville, Illinois, now living in Baltimore. He writes for a living. He says send mail: ekestler@concentric.net.
Poetry: The Lover No Longer Longed For, Where We Lived, Reststop.

Carol Parris Krauss
Carol Parris Krauss has been writing poetry all of her life but only recently publishing her woven words. She is a teacher who lives in the Ft. Lauderdale area with her daughter/muse, Kelly, and a bevy of animals.
Poetry: Honeysuckle, Flashback #98.

G Kumar
G Kumar is a writer, astrologer and programmer who has 25 years research experience in the esoteric arts. He has a scientific and philosophic background and he set up an Astrology website in 1999 to provide astrological service to mankind. He has written more than 50 e-articles on New Age subjects and has compiled six e-books as well as software in Astro Science. He invites e-mail.
Essay: Vedic Astrology (Lessons 1-3)

Mary Matus
Mary is an aspiring Dave Barry/aspiring Stephen King (and will acknowledge the weirdness of that combination) who has lived all her life in rural PA (otherwise known as the Land of Cows and Corn.) When not writing, she works as a typesetter in the composing departments of three newspapers (leading to the occasional confusion.) She was once a reporter for Standard-Journal Newspapers and still occasionally writes for the Luminary, a weekly newspaper in Muncy, PA. She is a 1999 graduate of Susquehanna University, where she received a bachelor of arts in English literature and journalism and was active in The Crusader student newspaper. She has recently been published in the online magazine Wilmington Blues. In her free time, she is an avid bookworm, reading anything ranging from Toni Morrison to Dean Koontz.
Humor: Winter Wonderland?, Jury Duty
Review: "Middle Age: A Romance" by Joyce Carol Oates

Amit Raghunath Mehra
Born in north India, Amit Raghunath Mehra always wanted to be a filmmaker. He wrote his first film story at the age of 6, 'MYSTERY OF THE LAST DROP'. It was a murder mystery where a mad scientist kills people by serving them drinks where only the last drop is poisonous. He couldnt pursue this story, though, as even he couldn't solve the mystery. After graduation and film schooling in Mumbai (the Indian counterpart toHollywood), he joined the film industry as an assistant director. Today, 11 years hence, he has written and directed several television shows and a few advertising commercials. He is currently involved in writing three feature film screenplays and one book about the dark side of Indian spirituality. Though he started writing full length screenplays and stories only about 2-3 years back, writing always fascinated him as a medium to express himself and his inner thoughts. He realized he could be more honest in his writing then in real life, and yet writing is how he connects to the real world.
Essay: Ego, My Live-In Girlfriend

D. G. Opperwall
D. G. Opperwall is currently a freshman at Oberlin College, where he studies philosophy and dreams of one day filling the streets of Paris with the sounds of his scribbling and the smoke from his pipe. Fortunately, he already looks really good in a pair of half-eyes. He makes his permanent home in Detroit, Michigan, where he enjoys brewing beer and, of course, writing poetry.
Poetry: Hit the Road

Claudio Parentela
Claudio collaborates with many zines and magazines around the world, providing artwork and cartoons. Last year he was a guest of the BREAK 21 Festival in Ljubljana-Slovenia. Among his books of illustrations and of comics are: ''The Halved Nightmare," "The Slavering Rat" (BGA Comix, Innovation Studio, Italy); "Black Kisses and other Stories," "The Book of Secrets" (La Cafetiere Editions, Belgium); "Story," "Il Bombarolo" (Progetto Siderurgiko, Italy); "Jeanne Dark you got Balls" and "The Frogs Ballet" (self-produced). To view more of his work, visit his site.
Artwork: Untitled

C.C. Parker
C.C. Parker lives in Seattle with his wife and daughter. As for publishing, he's appeared in the following. Ezines: Deviant Minds, Alternate Realities, Planet Magazine, Suspect Thoughts, Apocalypse Fiction, October Moon, Dark Muse, Demensions, The Murder Hole, Fuzzclog, Tantalus Fire, No Boundaries, Fantastic Metropolis, Iniquity Nine, The Shadowshow, Tenthousandmonkeys, New Graffiti, and SHZine. Hardcopy journals (upcoming): Flesh and Blood. He's been writing for as along as he can remember, and he doesn't intend to stop.
Fiction: A Sweet Bird Called Home

Andrew Penland
Andrew Penland works in a warehouse, unloading trucks and sweeping floors. The work is drudgery. When he isn't doing that, he spends almost all of his time writing poems and drawing. You can see more of his artwork (and buy some) here and here.
Poetry: nutmeg-and-philosophy

Martha D. Peterson
Mostly a house frau until age 55, Martha then took two jaunts with the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone and Pakistan. She's taught Bible Wisdom in The Ukraine, made three trips to China to teach English, and lately returned from teaching English in India. She's an organist, pianist, student of languages, science and the spiritual path. In print: Inspiration, facetious essays, poetry, interviews and travel. She welcomes feedback.
Essay: Assignment in Pakistan

Patrick Riley
Patrick has spent the last 17 years writing nonfiction and marketing materials for high technology companies. They have been published widely in trade magazines, internal company materials, and on the Internet. He has sold his short fiction to FUTURES and Virginia Adversaria, both literary periodicals, twice to CityTalk, a local Chicago newspaper with circulation of 180,000 and twice to Liguorian, a Catholic Magazine with circulation of 350,000. In March of 2002, his latest project became a finalist in the FUTURES magazine contest for in-progress Mystery novels. "The Toll Collector" was previously published in the February 2001 issue of FUTURES.
Fiction: The Toll Collector

Jonathan Santos
Jonathan Santos is an internet software engineer schooled in the field of high energy physics. With more than 24 launched websites and numerous graphical interfaces (custom kiosk designs for Mercedes, Nike, Paramount), his interests lie in the crafting ofintuitive connections to people and machines. Jonathan proudly accepts the label of "Untrained designer wannabe" and pursues passions of all of the art mediums from pen & ink to digital production.
Artwork: St. Francis

Stephanie Scarborough
Stephanie Scarborough is a confused English major who doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up. Her last name is pronounced scarborough, she is a vegetarian, a pisces, and wants to rule the world, or at least a corner of her bathroom. She also has her own excuse for a website.
Poetry: Song

Wayne Scheer
Wayne Scheer recently decided to follow his own advice and write after teaching writing and literature in college for the past twenty-five years. He writes a monthly humor feature in NovelAdvice and some of his stories have appeared in Kafenio, LoveWords, Dead Mule, Sugar Mule (no relation), ProseAx, Flashquake and Wee Ones Magazine. He lives in a small room in Atlanta with his computer. His wife comes home every evening and reminds him he's free to move about. He likes email: wvscheer@aol.com
Fiction: An Old Lady in a Faded Dress

Chuck Shandry
Chuck Shandry, former Navy Photographer and rabid anime fan, fondly remembers the days of Speed Racer and Kimba, the White Lion. Currently, he attends and helps out at Katsucon, since '96, and Otakon since '95, two anime conventions held on the East Coast of the U.S. (in Baltimore, Maryland). He lives in York, Pennsylvania, and tries to blend reality (a job) and fantasy (anime) as much as possible. Getting too old to admit his true age, he nonetheless tries to spread the word of Japanese animation at every opportoon-ity.
Interview: Tristan MacAvery

Jules St.John
Jules St.John grew up with a hippie-biker dad and a horse-crazy mom who never cussed. Currently living in DeKalb, Illinois, St.John has spent 2 years on the road, living in a van, on the streets, traveling hobo-Kerouack-style from town to town writing poetry all across the country. Swapping poems for spare change, a bite to eat, a place to sleep, named The Poet of Santa Cruz, honorary poet laureate of Pasadena, California, and owning, editing and operating "The Liberal", a poetry mag, has all made for gleanings on writings and expression. Favourite colour: blue.
Cutting: Had a Dream

Sam Vaknin
Sam Vaknin is the author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" and "After the Rain - How the West Lost the East". He is a columnist in "Central Europe Review", United Press International (UPI) and ebookweb.org and the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory, Suite101 and searcheurope.com. Until recently, he served as the Economic Advisor to the Government of Macedonia. His web site: http://samvak.tripod.com
Critical Essay: The Matrix

Alyce Wilson
The editor of Wild Violet, Alyce Wilson, no longer takes the bus or the train to work. She now works from home, writing business briefs, exercising to her kick-boxing and Pilates tapes, and working on WV. Her dog is very happy. To check out another of her projects, visit Otaku Research and share your thoughts about Japanese anime fandom.
Poetry: The 113, Bus Signs, Sometimes Even a Recording Gets Tired, ManGod on Train, Recurrent Child
Reviews: "Triopia" by Bryan Richards, "For the Sake of Peace" by Daisaku Ikeda

D. Harlan Wilson
D. Harlan Wilson’s fiction has appeared in a number of magazines, most recently in Doorknobs & BodyPaint, Redsine, Diagram, The Café Irreal, Driver’s Side Airbag, The Dream Zone, Fables, Locus Novus, Thunder Sandwich and 3 A.M. Magazine. A chapbook of his stories was published in 2000, and his first full-length book, a collection of forty-four stories called The Kafka Effekt, was published in 2001. Wilson holds two M.A. degrees, one in English Literature (University of Massachusetts-Boston), the other in Science Fiction Studies (University of Liverpool). Currently he is working on his Ph.D. in Twentieth Century American Literature and Theory at Michigan State University.
Cutting: Cops and Bodybuilders