*Gator Springs Gazette
a literary journal of the fictional persuasion
ABOUT THE GSG STAFF
While each staff member has a primary focus, all have a say in general policies and may act as readers, judges, copyeditors, proofreaders and talent scouts. Along with their creative bios are brief descriptions of individual talents and focus.
Bob Arter
Bob Arter writes mad fiction and verse in Southern California, where he has been known to take extreme measures to find respite from his countless female fans.

Bob has been the unofficial cub reporter for GSG since early days and is the Fiction Editor for longer works. His insight has been invaluable to the development of the Gazette.

Carrie Berry
(aka jefa)

 Carrie hocked her biological clock for a one way ticket to the edge. She occasionally sends postcards.

Carrie is the first point of contact for all submissions, public relations, sales and marketing in addition to her responsibilities as publisher, editor in chief and general dogsbody. How anyone ever managed to put up with her is the question of the century.

Randall Brown
 Our new poetry guide, still immersed in Vermont College's Master of Fine Arts in Fiction Writing program worked briefly as a guest editor at flash journal, SmokeLong Quarterly. Discovering a taste and talent for this new medium he struck out on his own with Matter Press. We wish him luck.
Gary Cadwallader

Horseman Gary Cadwallader suggested his own title: Flash Wrangler, and he's hit the nail on the shoe. His personal talent for flash has heightened his sense of what works under 1000 words. He has been handling flash submissions as well as recruiting new talent for longer and short fiction.

Gary is preparing for a major paradigm shift in which he will wow the world with his watercolour art.

Jai Clare
 Jai Clare, currently working on a PhD at the University of Gloucestershire, has recently joined the Fandango Virtual team as poetry editor for Bonfire and Gator Springs Gazette.

Jai's short stories have been published on both sides of the Atlantic in her own collection (The Cusp of Something) and in several anthologies. She is now working on her third novel.

G. W. Cox
 Late of the fourth estate, Jerry Cox now submits and is accepted or rejected—the story of his life, an ongoing fiction not to be missed or messed with.

While Jerry (aka Gyro) shares in slush pile duties and policy decisions, his specialist focus is online accessibility issues.

L McKenna Donovan
 McKenna lives near Puget Sound, Washington. A former software engineer, she says, I write from images and emotions, then ferret out the story and characters—kind of like bending chicken wire into strange shapes, then placing the right mix of materials to produce something pleasing to experience; something to remember; to ponder.

As book review editor, McKenna produces and sources reviews of non-fiction books relating to literature and writing.

Greg Gourley
 His mountains always rise above the clouds.

One of our super readers, Greg volunteered for the arduous task of North American distribution while we worked out logistics.

Anne Marie Jackson

Anne Marie likes writing short stories and flash fiction about Russians and Moldovans, though she has been known to find inspiration in ears, eggs and even potatoes.

In her role as public relations specialist, Anne Marie is spearheading publicity efforts for all Fandango Virtual projects, including Gator Springs Gazette. She has also provided valuable assistance as a slush reader, copy editor and proofreader.

Tonya Judy
Teejay is currently bending her craft to more closely hem absurdity as a concept and existentialism as fact.

In 2008 Teejay found a compatible partner with whom she continues to develop her unique family values with offspring of various species in beautiful North Carolina.

Gabriel Orgrease
 A descendent of Daniel Boone (who once cut the epic "I kilt a bar" in the bark of an oak), Gabriel Orgrease often leaves good writing in strange places for inquisitive readers to find. Carved on stones in riverbeds, scratched on the backs of matchbook covers, plastered on placards of trams, fingered in the dust of old windows, he maintains pride in a compulsive obscurity and the pursuit of an independent vision of the written arts. For Gabriel writing is not a way to prosperity or fame, but a way to the secrets of life. Look for his best work near you.

GO writes a recurring column (Orgrease Bait & Tackle), assists with marketing and public relations issues and manages distribution in North America. One suspects from his affinity to all roles that he is part Gator.

Jonathan Redhorse

Jonathan Redhorse is a university student. He recently acquired a new bookcase that's taller than he is. The bookcase is about six feet tall and has five shelves. Jonathan can be contacted at βøø☈@☈ǽ5.com. Please do not contact him. Thank you.

Jonathan's story The Atomic Tellermans, published in the Gator Springs Gazette issue SHIP OF FOOLS in April 2003, was shortlisted for storySouth's Million Writers Award. The link will take you to the story and Jonathan's comments in Laila Lalami's interview with the contenders. He closes with:

As I approach the start of my third decade, I hope that everyone will be privy to significant happy accidents, provided they are willing to put in the effort for others.

The interview was posted twenty years ago. Jonathan is now entering his fifth decade and living in the UK. He is still obsessed with bookcases.

Frank Saragosa
 Frank is retired from the USAF and from teaching ESL. He is currently living in Baja California with his beautiful wife and soulmate, Barbara, and works on his novel between acts of little theatre productions. Short stories, poetry, and non-fiction have appeared in various print and online publications.

As copy editor at the draft stage, Frank has taken on one of the hardest jobs in terms of time and effort. A former teacher, he was almost as happy to take up the red pencil as I was to give it to him.

Denis Taillefer

Denis, an IT professional, lives in Ontario, Canada. No stranger to developing computer applications, but he much prefers writing fiction and dreams of the day when he can do it full time.

Denis has an eye for detail and has been working as copy editor/proofreader in both print and online versions.

The information above was valid at the time this issue was published in 2005. All of us have moved on with our lives following various personal creative paths.

Sadly, Bob Arter died in March of 2009 at 62. A US Army veteran, he was a brilliant writer and contributed to many literary journals (Smokelong Quarterly, Literary Potpourri and Night Train) in addition to his work on Gator Springs Gazette from the beginning. Bob was well-loved and will be warmly remembered by all whose lives he has touched.

Jerry Cox passed away in 2018 at the age of 69. A graduate of Oklahoma University, his Vietnam War experience cost him the loss of his sight. He worked as an editor for the Albuquerque Tribune never letting his physical challenges keep him from developing his creative side. He had a talent for viewing life from a unique perspective weaving his characters from common stock highlighted with humor and points of pain. His short fiction is always memorable.

I've just learned that Frank Saragosa, also a veteran (USAF), left us in 2011 at the age of 74.

Much love and thanks to all.

~Jefa.

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