davida gypsy breier is obsessed with Robbie Coltrane, garlic, and fine paper. She works as an activist and has many bad dogs. She also does a few zines. PO Box 963, Havre de Grace, MD 21078; leekinginc@hotmail.com

bill cameron enjoys sunlight, animals, seventies horror films, and cold beer. He is currently planning a cross-country road trip, catching up on his reading, and considering the purchase of a sitar. He lives and works in Chicago. wgcam@yahoo.com

mary frances cappiello has appeared on the Montel Williams Show as a GenXer on Prozac. After temping for Martha Stewart and being horrified by her freakishly large head, MF decided to go back to grad school for film studies. She is an expert on mutant baby movies.

kristen delvalle once made lunch for Queen Noor of Jordan. She knits, collects bowling shirts and has seen Lyle Lovett in concert 7 times. She hopes to be a super-hero one day, mainly for the cool costume.

ayun halliday gave birth underwater to a healthy boy, Milo, on July 13th, 2000. Her adventures with her children are chronicled in her quarterly zine, The East Village Inky (www.hipmama.com/evinky.html). She is a contributor to Ms, HipMama, www.indieplanet.com, www.momsonline.com and many fine zines like this one! Sample issues of Inky: $2 to East Village Inky, 122 Dean St., Brooklyn, NY, 11201

pattrice le-muire jones cannot possibly describe herself. She loves Gaia, plants, animals, books, comics, zines, mail, and postage stamps, in roughly that order. She remembers the seventies and still mourns the loss of quaaludes. Right now, she makes her living as a freelance writer and editor while also coordinating the Eastern Shore Chicken Sanctuary. She hopes one day to de-stabalize the global economy. Eastern Shore Chicken Sanctuary, 13981 Reading Ferry Road, Princess Anne, MD 21853, http://chickencoop.terrashare.com

tricia mack has bad eating habits. She falls asleep during class. She’s a 17 year old perfect, smart, cute, insecure, racy, talented bundle, full of smiles and laughs and thoughts and joy.

sarah mason lives in Alexandria, Virginia and works in D.C. Likes: choral singing, cooking, strange websites, formal gardens. Dislikes: throwing bridal showers, attending bridal showers, weddings, and funerals.

esa nickle lives in New York City and tries to live a clean and healthy life – although she often fails. Esa thinks that her obsessiveness is unusual but accepts that it probably isn’t. She has some problems, fortunately, not serious ones.

barbara ann o’leary lives in a grove of trees on the edge of a small lake in Brown County, Indiana. As dreamer, energy healer, writer and fiber artist, she strives to deepen her understanding of nature, while sharing her exuberance for life with the world.

doug parsons resides in scenic Wheaton, Maryland, renowned for miles after miles of hideous brick houses. When he’s not writing for a video game website (www.gameshark.com), he is enjoying marital bliss. He assumes that his wife is too.

lori shiraishi is a rocket scientist. She and her girlfriend share two apartments in two different cities, three ancient cars with a total of 500,000 miles on them, two dogs, one car, and a horrifying amount of debt. Has a thing for obscure singin'/songwritin' chicks with guitars, and rock-climbing.