Abby Mendelson, Ph.D., teaches writing and literature in the Chatham University MFA program. An award-winning author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, his most recent novel is The Oakland Quartet.
Seattle resident Vincent Rendoni has an MFA in Fiction from Chatham University. He released his chapbook, In the Methow Valley, in 2011, and has previously published in The Rind, Shady Side Review and Fiction Brigade. Their flash fiction has previously appeared in Fiction Southeast and Lime Hawk.