About the Author: Matty Byloos

About the Book: Don’t Smell the Floss

There’s an extra copy of Courtney’s book around here somewhere. Email me at eddiesocko@gmail.com with the word UNKEMPT in the subject line and I’ll draw a winner from a hat. Contest ends at 3 pm EST. Good luck!

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Courtney Eldridge is the author of Unkempt, a collection of short stories, and The Generosity of Women, a novel. She has received fellowships from the Edward F. Albee Foundation and the Ucross Foundation. In 2006, she was awarded the Prix du Marais for Record à battre, the French translation of her novella, The Former World Record Holder Settles Down. Her work has appeared in numerous literary publications and magazines, including The Mississippi Review, McSweeney’s, Post Road, BOMB, and the New York Times Magazine. She lives in Los Angeles.

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xTx is a writer living in Southern California. She has been published online in places such as PANK, Monkeybicycle, Smokelong Quarterly, elimae and Dogzplot. Her free e-book entitled, “Nobody Trusts a Black Magician” is available at nonpress. She says nothing at www.notimetosayit.com

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Michelle Reale is an academic librarian working in a university in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Her work has appeared in Verbsap, Dogzplot, Word Riot, elimae, JMWW, Blood Orange Review, Monkeybicyle, Apt, Pequin, Freight Train, Dogmaticka, Laura Hird and others.

Greg Sherl’s manuscript, I HAVE TOUCHED YOU, won our chapbook contest. Here’s a video of Mel Bosworth reading from it. And my goodness it’s good.