Darin Bradley holds degrees in English literature and theory and has taught collegiate writing and literary surveys at several universities. He now works as the full-time video game writer for id Software. Darin lives in Texas with his wife, where he dreams of empty places. Rima Abunasser holds a PhD in English Literature and Theory, specializing in 18th-century British Literature, Postcolonial Literature, and Women's Studies. She teaches courses on contemporary Arabic literature, British literature, and global women's writing at Texas Christian University, where she conducts research into Arab women's literary & feminist redefinitions of nationalist discourse. Issue 1 Contributors Lauren Beukes, fiction. South Africa Hal Duncan, nonfiction. Scotland Diana Abu-Jaber, memoir. U.S./Jordan Nisi Shawl, fiction. U.S. Alex Dally Macfarlane, poetry. U.K. Srdjan Smajic, drama. Serbia/U.S. Angela Meyer, fiction. Australia Rose Lemberg, memoir. Ukraine/U.S. Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, fiction. Philippines/Netherlands Wayne Macauley, fiction (reprint). Australia Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, fiction. Spain/U.S. Miral Maghoub, nonfiction. Egypt/U.S. Tade Thompson, fiction. Nigeria/U.K.