American Chordata: Magazine of New Writing Issue One, Spring 2015 | Page 11

C a l G r av e s is a US writer who currently lives in Texas, attempt- ing at a degree in English. He writes poetry and assorted prose. Currently he is working on a collection of short stories, poetry, and a possible novel. He posts poetry here: http://ignisorso.tumblr.com/. And other things here: http://theuvulartrill.blogspot.com/.Cal’s favorite part of the zoo is the reptile house. He owns no pets, but hopes to one day. J u st i n G u t h r i e , born in ‘93, child of the desert, growing man of the self. S a m H a b e r m a n is an artist and engineering student born and living in Adelaide, South Australia. University. She is completing a collection of short stories.  H e l e n Ko r pa k  is a photographer from Helsinki, Finland. She currently works on a project about globalization and will soon publish a book of smartphone photos. K ay l a K ru t is an MFA candidate in poetry at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Mo n L e vc h e n kova is a photographer based in London who is currently studying photojournalism and documentar y photography at UAL. Dav i d Lu r a s c h i is a French-American based in Paris, France. He is mostly interested in people and do it yourself mythology. BUTO RS C a r i a n n e Ki n g received an MFA in fiction from Columbia NTR I Southern Review and the Emrys Journal. “Field and Stream” is excerpted from the novel Pascal’s Vases. Her play, “Bird of Passage,” premieres at the Carriage House Theater in Ann Arbor in July 2015. ix • CO Co l by H a l lo r a n ’s short stories have been published in The