Eric Chandler has written for Flying Magazine, Silent Sports Magazine, Northern Wilds, Minnesota Flyer, and Lake Country Journal, to name a few. Literary journals like The Talking Stick and Sleetmagazine.com have published his fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. He's a member of Lake Superior Writers, an Active Member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America, and an Associate Member of the Military Writers Guild.

He's also an Air Force veteran with twenty years of experience flying the F-16. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He enjoys cross country ski racing and marathon running. He lives with his wife and two children in Duluth, Minnesota.

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"Books are proof humans are capable of working magic.” - Carl Sagan

"Come explore my unique worlds, and maybe you can find a little magic, too." - Brian Braden.

Brian Braden is an award-winning author. His articles have been features in The Military Times, Oxford University Press and Townhall.com. His fiction novels include THE GOLDEN PRINCESS, BLACK SEA GODS, and TEARS OF THE DEAD. He is a contributor to "Our Best War Stories: Prize-winning Poetry & Prose from the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards." Visit his Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BrianLBraden

Freelance writer and citizen-soldier by day, and secret (writing as "Charlie Sherpa") blogger by night, Randy Brown was preparing in 2010 to deploy as the sole "knowledge manager" for an Iowa National Guard unit of 3,000 soldiers. ("Historian, librarian, lessons-learned reporter—it was sexier to say my job was "Brigade Staff Jester,'" he jokes.) After a paperwork SNAFU dropped him off the list, he retired with 20 years of military service and a previous deployment.

He then went to Afghanistan anyway, embedding with his former colleagues as a civilian journalist. He continues to write about military topics at his blog, Red Bull Rising; about 21st century war poetry at the FOB Haiku blog; and about "military writing" techniques and markets at The Aiming Circle blog.

Brown is a three-time poetry finalist in the Col. Darron L. Wright memorial writing awards administered by the literary journal Line of Advance. He was the 2015 winner of the inaugural Madigan Award for humorous military-themed writing, presented by Negative Capability Press, Mobile, Ala. He was the 2012 winner of the Military Reporters and Editors’ (M.R.E.) independent-blogging category, and was a finalist in the Milblogging.com awards’ veteran (2011) and reporter (2012) categories.

He is the current poetry editor at the literary journal As You Were, published twice a year by the non-profit Military Experience & the Arts. He is also a member of Military Reporters & Editors, the Military Writers Guild, and the Military Writers Society of America.

Lisa Stice is a poet/mother/military spouse, the author of three full-length poetry collections, Forces (Middle West Press, 2021), Permanent Change of Station (Middle West Press, 2018), and Uniform (Aldrich Press, 2016), and a chapbook, Desert (Prolific Press, 2018). She is a Pushcart Prize nominee who volunteers as a mentor with the Veterans Writing Project, as Poetry Editor for The Military Spouse Book Review, as Poetry Editor for Inklette Magazine, and as a writer for the Military Spouse Fine Artists Network (Milspo-FAN). She received a BA in English literature from Mesa State College (now Colorado Mesa University) and an MFA in creative writing and literary arts from the University of Alaska Anchorage. While it is difficult to say where home is, she currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, daughter and dog. You can learn more about her publications at https://lisastice.wordpress.com/ and facebook.com/LisaSticePoet and on Twitter @LisaSticePoet.

Travis Klempan is the author of Have Snakes, Need Birds. He was born and raised in Colorado, joining the U.S. Navy to see the world. After realizing most of it is water, Travis returned to the Mile High state, collecting tattoos and degrees along the way. His short fiction and poetry have appeared in such literary venues as Proximity, Windmill, and Bombay Gin. He helped launch a short-lived guerrilla 'zine, and his work has received recognition from Line of Advance, Flyway Journal, and the Veterans Writing Project. He is a member of the Military Writers Society of America and remains in Colorado with his wife, cats, and dogs.

Meredith Wadley, a fifth-generation Texan, grew up in a military family. She's lived in Texas, Arizona, North Carolina, Ohio, Taiwan, Colorado, Oregon, Minnesota, Switzerland, and France. She currently lives and works in a medieval microtown on the Swiss side of the Rhine River. Her creative focus is on the short story, both longform and flash.

F.S. Blake is a Bronze Star decorated U.S. Army Veteran and Pushcart Prize nominated poet. He is a published photographer, traveler, advanced SCUBA diver, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and proud husband and father. He has poems published or forthcoming in O-Dark-Thirty, As you Were: The Military Review, The Wrath-Bearing Tree, and Line of Advance. His poetry career began during his sister’s wedding. For more please visit www.fsblake.com

Brian Kerg is a writer and Afghanistan war veteran currently stationed in Norfolk, Virginia. He also serves as a non-resident fellow at Marine Corps University’s Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Creativity, and as a Military Mentor for the College of William & Mary's Project on International Peace and Security.

His literary short fiction has appeared in such venues as The Deadly Writers Patrol, Line of Advance, and the Veterans Writing Project’s literary journal O-Dark-Thirty. His fiction intelligence is featured in United States Naval Institute's Proceedings. He was a finalist for the Iowa Review's 2020 Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award for Veterans, and placed 2nd in the 2019 Colonel Darron L. Wright Memorial Award for Prose.

His professional writing has appeared in such venues as War on the Rocks, Proceedings, The Marine Corps Gazette, and The Strategy Bridge.

Follow or contact him at: https://twitter.com/BrianKerg

David Dixon has been writing both fiction and non-fiction for over twenty years. A husband, father of two, and Army veteran whose combat days in Iraq are long behind him; he lives in Northern Virginia where he does his damndest not to waste your tax dollars at work.

Some days are more successful than others.

Right now he’s probably reading or drinking whiskey—or both.