<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Untitled Document</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#009933" vlink="#8deb72"> <table width="708" height="982" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="540" valign="top"><font size="+3" face="Optima, Gill Sans Light, Century Gothic, Verdana, sans-serif">editor bios </font></td> <td width="162" height="53" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"><div align="left"> <p><font size="2" face="Optima, Gill Sans Light, Century Gothic, Verdana, sans-serif">Ron Estrada: Editor in Chief</font></p> </div> <blockquote> <div align="left"><font size="2" face="Optima, Gill Sans Light, Century Gothic, Verdana, sans-serif">Ron Estrada has no problems with dogs. As a matter of fact, he has two of them, but they're currently vacationing in Florida. Long story. Cooking makes him happy. Eating whatever he cooks makes him happier still. Being a Cubs fan will likely result in his early death. On his desk is an exact replica of the leg lamp from 'A Christmas Story.' He&#8217;s a bit of a junkie for bootlegged music. George Harrison says his name at the end of 'My Sweet Lord.' He swears. He&#8217;s sure of it. Pretty sure of it. Oh yeah, he writes fiction.</font></div> </blockquote></td> <td height="179" align="left" valign="top"> <div align="left"><img src="photos/ronpic.jpg" width="100" height="193"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"><div align="left"> <p><font size="2" face="Optima, Gill Sans Light, Century Gothic, Verdana, sans-serif">Emily C. Skaftun: Managing Editor</font></p> </div> <blockquote> <div align="left"><font size="2" face="Optima, Gill Sans Light, Century Gothic, Verdana, sans-serif">Emily C. Skaftun (pronounced scoff-tonne (and she does)) is a migratory animal by nature. She comes to Chicago from Seattle by way of California, London, Santa Fe, and an eight-month &#8220;road trip&#8221; that visited thirty-five states. A solitary hunter and something of a hermit, she snarls and growls playfully at her partner in their one-bedroom habitat, leaving the safety of the cave only to bask in the warmth of sunny days. She lives primarily on words, with a diet of stories, novels, and the occasional poem. Do not feed the Emily.</font></div> </blockquote></td> <td height="227" align="left" valign="top"> <div align="left"><img src="photos/emilypic.jpg" width="150" height="118"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"><p><font size="2" face="Optima, Gill Sans Light, Century Gothic, Verdana, sans-serif">Jim McCarthy: Senior Editor</font></p> <blockquote> <p><font size="2" face="Optima, Gill Sans Light, Century Gothic, Verdana, sans-serif">Jim McCarthy thinks the world would be a lot better off if everyone just sat down and had a bowl of ice cream. He was on Icelandic television once, throwing a life preserver to a chef who had fallen into a pond near the Parliament Building in Reykjavik. He has already had his mid-life crisis, which is mildly unfortunate as he was in his mid-30’s at the time. He writes both fiction and nonfiction, and has no problem telling the difference. Every time he has had a root canal, he has had plenty of Novacaine. &nbsp;</font></p> </blockquote></td> <td height="227" align="left" valign="top"> <div align="left"><img src="photos/james.jpg" width="200" height="250"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"><p><font size="2" face="Optima, Gill Sans Light, Century Gothic, Verdana, sans-serif">Nicholas Tate: Editor</font></p> <blockquote> <p><font size="2" face="Optima, Gill Sans Light, Century Gothic, Verdana, sans-serif">Nicholas Tate is somewhat of a utility-man. He is a musician, writer, philosopher and whatever else one may attribute to a person in search of further inflation of his ego. Unlike his unfortunate co-workers, he is a White Sox fan born and raised on the south-side of Chicago. He is currently a senior attending Roosevelt University as a Creative Writing Major with a Minor in Philosophy. (P.S. You may feed the Nick. 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