documentary “Buffalo Soldiers 2014.” Reid’s work can be viewed at thechireporter.com. Jessica M. Scott is an MFA candidate in Fiction Writing at Columbia College Chicago. Before that she lived in New York City, and she’s not used to making small talk in elevators. She has forthcoming work that can be seen in Emerge Literary Journal and is currently at writing a young adult novel. Mikaela Shea is an MFA candidate at Columbia College Chicago. To pay her overpriced rent, she is a blogger and a nanny. She has published stories in Foliate Oak Literary Journal and Hypertext Magazine, as well as a children’s book at the State Historical Society of Iowa. Mikaela is currently writing a novel and sending out various short stories for publication. David Sim Wei Lun is Chinese Singaporean who loves all things Japanese. If not found freezing along the streets of Chicago, he is usually typing away on his Mac. He lives off of a steady diet of classical and video game music, diabetes-inducing confections, and fantasy stories. Currently enjoying: a plethora of graphic novels. Colorado writer Malissa Stark is a Fiction Writing major at Columbia College Chicago. She is getting her minor in Environmental Sciences, often pairing it with her writing. This is her first publication credit. Jasmine Walker, who writes as J.S. Walker, was born in Chicago. She studies Fiction Writing at Columbia College Chicago. She particularly likes urban fantasy and paranormal romance, which are the genres she typically writes in. Her favorite things are reading, writing, and spending time with her daughter. M.B. Wells graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2008 and is an MFA candidate at Columbia College Chicago. She is currently the assistant editor of Fictionary. A former musician and dancer, she now spends her free time writing, painting, listening to records, and watching classic movies.
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