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EDITORS’ BIOS

TOM BALL, Cofounder & Senior Editor (tomball33@yahoo.com)

Globetrotting Pushcart Nominee Tom Ball has been chased out of more countries than he can remember visiting. A fugitive on the lam with an archaeology degree, he spends his days hiding under rocks writing fiction and other junk for his devoted readers here on Earth and also Mars! His real name is Tom Ball. He stills resides in the body he was born in. Tom has the final say on who gets published so you know what name to give the hit man if you don’t!! For a  complete listing of his books go to https://tomballbooks.com

CHARLES PINCH, Cofounder & Senior Editor (jcpthree@rogers.com)

You just know any dude whose name is a noun and a verb will end up being an editor at some literary hell hole. Writing before he was walking, editing before he was talking, Charles sees himself as an infant prodigy. Other people just see him as an infant. He holds in one of his three hands a double major in fine arts and philosophy  and has published all kinds of fiction and other crap  you better f***ing read if you want to get published here…

  SALVATORE DIFALCO, Honourary Editor  sammydifalco@gmail.com

Sal is the mirror we hold up to ourselves to inspire us to write better. A widely published Canadian writer with a global-sized talent Signor Difalco despises the recent venal MFA indoctrination of raw talent into—” a species of victim-narrative, humourless, self-absorbed, pseudo…” Is it any wonder we had to bring such an eminence d’or on board just to keep us in kick ass trim? A master technician whose powerfully wrought writing is graceful, sly, complex, fluent and sexy, Sal lives mostly in The Big Bad (Toronto) and frequently corresponds with Charles in Italian.

JOEY CRUSE,  Fiction Editor (jcruse13@gmail.com)

Joey Cruse writes, edits, and paints…poorly. Holding a Master’s Degree in English in composition and rhetoric from Lafayette University in Louisiana, he now wanders aimlessly through New Orleans looking for jobs that require words and/or provide words that need less words in them. He doesn’t like to exercise and is not fond of most people – apart from you, he may like you. Stay golden,  pony girls and boys – it’s a hot one inside…(!)

HEZEKIAH SCRETCH, Poetry Editor (editors@fleasonthedog.com)   

Poetry editor Hezekiah comes with a wealth of experience gained from panhandling. When he isn’t hexing ammeters, he’s writing blank verse, which, despite his efforts turns out to be pretty much blank. A devout misogynist who failed spectacularly at charm school, he despises formal education, the likes of which granted him a PhD in comparative lit. Is he Man or Myth? Mandrake or Mephistophles?

EZRA NEIGHBORS Drama Editor (ezra.dramaturg@gmail.com)

Ezra Neighbors is a reptilian Zoomer with a Millennial sensibility that was purportedly found under the same rock in the Sonoran Desert as Stevie Nicks (half a century late for gestation complications). A lover of the tough pills to swallow, challenging thoughts, and a healthy rejection of authority; he is honored to be championing the playwrights’ word here at Fleas On The Dog. 

JOHN SULLIVAN,  Features Drama Editor (tangomac90@gmail.com)

John ran out of fingers (and toes) counting the number of theatrical projects he’s either founded, curated or written. A five star playwright who lives in the lone star state, he brings with him a talent as big as Texas. So what’s a long on experience literary longhorn like this doing as Drama Editor on a Canuck zine? Improving it, that’s what! Who wouldn’t yippie caye having this radical straight shooter  in the saddle! 

          JOEY SCARFONE, Contributing Editor (jscar@shaw.ca)

 A self-proclaimed jaded dinosaur, Joey’s greatest fear is that a comet is going to crash down on Vancouver Island creating a massive cloud that wipes out all the other computer challenged dinosaurs ….it’s happened before. Writing is the cheapest form of therapy he can find. Not knowing how to punctuate properly he simply avoids it claiming….”you don’t need a newspaper when the writing’s on the wall”. He has a passion for art and music and is currently learning Christmas carols on the penny whistle. His triple X-Rated bio is due to be released as soon as two Supreme Court justices kick the bucket.

WADE SPRINGER, Titles Editor

Wade is an antisocial underground unwashed detoxed sucrose junkie who likes lurking in dark corners of deserted subway tunnels the same way normal people like tanning on the beach. When he comes up for air we snag him to design the titles on the junk we publish. He’s a grad of the Ontario College of Art and has an MA from U of T but you’d never know it from toking with him. He lives in The Big Bad aka Toronto where Charles and Nick North do their best to avoid him!

RICHARD WANG, Junior Editor (zenmaster3301@gmail.com)

Richard is a polymath who makes the rest of us feel inferior which explains why we’re all in therapy. He has authored graphic novels, directs films (his own and others) while trying to remember he’s also an engineer and speaks a couple languages none of us understand. At this moment he’s drafting his Nobel Prize acceptance speech on a napkin.  Oh yeah, he’s also a napkin designer.

WADE SPRINGER, Titles Editor

Wade is an antisocial underground unwashed detoxed sucrose junkie who likes lurking in dark corners of deserted subway tunnels the same way normal people like tanning on the beach. When he comes up for air we snag him to design the titles on the junk we publish. He’s a grad of the Ontario College of Art and has an MA from U of T but you’d never know it from toking with him. He lives in The Big Bad aka Toronto where Charles and Nick North do their best to avoid him!

RICHARD WANG, Junior Editor (zenmaster3301@gmail.com)

Richard is a polymath who makes the rest of us feel inferior which explains why we’re all in therapy. He has authored graphic novels, directs films (his own and others) while trying to remember he’s also an engineer and speaks a couple languages none of us understand. At this moment he’s drafting his Nobel Prize acceptance speech on a napkin.  Oh yeah, he’s also a napkin designer.

ROBERT QUEHL, Junior Editor (worddoctor911@gmail.com)

Rob is the voice of sanity which is why the rest of us have trouble comprehending him. Rob is the rock on the shore who steadfastly watches us drown after warning us we can’t swim. (Hey Rob! Help!) Rob is the light in the room after the bulb kicks out. Rob is the author of a couple of books and also provides professional editing/proofreading services for writers of fiction, nonfiction and academic works.

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