A native of Connecticut, Jimmy J. Pack Jr., has been publishing fiction and creative nonfiction for over 30 years. His work has appeared in the anthology Lost on Route 66, as well as Route 66 Magazine, Route Magazine, American Road Magazine, Rosebud,The Evansville Review, Bull, Bluestem, The Rockford Review, Pinion Journal, Vermont Literary Review, The Alembic, Catapult, Taproot, The Berkeley Fiction Review, Willard & Maple, The Helix, Concho River Review, Harpur Palate, Flint Hills Review, and The MacGuffin among many others. He has been teaching creative writing, creative nonfiction writing, and Cold War era fiction at Penn State Abington for over 22 years. He is currently working on a book covering 25 years on Route 66. He received his BA from Central Connecticut State University, and his MA & MFA in Creative Writing from Temple. He lives in Philadelphia, PA.

Tom Hazuka has published the novels The Road to the Island, In the City of the Disappeared and Last Chance for First, as well asseventy short stories, two books of nonfiction (both co-written with C.J. Jones), and a memoir, If You Turn to Look Back. He has edited or co-edited nine anthologies, including Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction Funny, Flash Nonfiction Funny, Sudden Flash Youth, A Celestial Omnibus, You Have Time for This and Flash Nonfiction Food. Tom is also a singer-songwriter; links to his writing and original songs can be found at tomhazuka.com. He taught fiction writing at Central Connecticut State University for many years.