Dan Buczynski is a local shutterbug that operates under the alias "macwagen" in online circles. His daily fotolog can be viewed here, and his personal site can be found at Macwagen.com.

B. Clifford will write a book.

D. A. (David) Griffith is fiction editor of The New Yinzer.

Michael Leahy is curator of Grainbag.com, an online art, music, and literature gallery.

Jennifer Meccariello is director of The New Yinzer.

Mario R. Rossero is an elementary and middle school art teacher in the Shaler Area School District. He's glad to be back in Pittsburgh after completeing graduate school in Supervision and Administration in the Visual Arts at Bank Street College and Parson's School of Design in New York City. His favorite color is red.

Todd Shaffer has published cartoons and greeting cards on several continents, yet doesn't refer to himself in the third person. He is taller than ninety-six percent of the population. He bats right, throws right, and runs a 4.9 forty. Todd's eight-year-old can make fart noises both under his arm and behind his knees.

Matt Stroud's email address is words@deekmagazine.com

Clarence Watt was born and lives in Pittsburgh. His father worked at LTV Steel for thirty-three years, so Clarence worked there for a few summers in a feeble attempt to pay for his Penn State education. He has since graduated and now works at WBGN-TV in yet another feeble attempt to pay for his Penn State education.

Justin Wuycheck works at a coffee shop in the Strip District, lives in “Lawrencevegas,” and sings at church. He escaped Michigan two years ago and appreciates Pittsburgh's hills. His perfect day includes biking, Brian Eno, tomato sauce, and friends. He thinks it helps to be thankful for what you have.