Randy Schenkel is a student at Penncrest High School in Media, Pennsylvania. One of his stories, "The Fast Kid," was chosen to represent his middle school in the 2002 Delaware County Young Authors' Contest. In 2003, Randy did even better; his story "The Accident" won first place in the same contest.   Randy's "Night of the Living Dead," which appeared in Issue #1 of The Squid, won second place in the readers' choice poll. Though rumors persist, he denies all accusations of tomb robbing.

Stories: "Night of the Living Dead", "Shipwrecked", "Chickens" and “Class Trip”

Cecilia Servatius, who claims to be a ball point pen living on Mars, is actually a sixteen-year-old living in New England. A home-schooled "foreign language geek", she writes plays, acts in them, and directs them, to the dismay of the theatre going public. Her art, including work in oils, pastels, and jewelry, is displayed prominently in the bathrooms of her relations. Cecilia also enjoys sending strange and wonderful emails at ungodly hours.

Credits: “I Drown my Sorrows in Caffeine” , “C.O.C.”

Patrick Hellman Shubert attends Embry-Riddle University. He has won numerous awards and distinctions, including first prize in the Mad Poet's Society Contest and first prize in the 1999 Delaware County Young Authors' Contest, and his poetry was published in the anthology SHELTER FROM THE STORM. During middle school, he worked as an editor for the literary magazine SPARTA'S LIBRARY and in high school served as a staff writer for Penncrest's LION'S ROAR.

Stories: "Will to Live"

Jessica Silverberg, the featured author from Issue #1 of The Squid, is an impressive writer with a gift for tales of the fantastic. Her writing and artwork have won numerous honors, including first prize in the 2001 Delaware County Young Authors' Contest and a place in the 2002 Pennsylvania State Art Exhibit. She currently attends Penncrest High School in Media, Pennsylvania.

Stories: "The Cat" "The Lump" and "The Rebirth"

Eleni Solomos likes cats, cheese, 1970's Cadillacs, books, and films. Greek jazz, too. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts, Eleni has received numerous awards, including the 2002 Keystone Short Story Award. She is currently a student at Temple University, where she's tackling a double major in English and art.

Artwork: From "Envy", "Pierre's Cotton Tale", "Fridays at Five" and “Confessions of a Teenage Murder”

Stories: "Old Bones" and "A Long and Fruitful Life"

Justin Stanchfield's eighth story for Boys' Life, "Looking for Charlie," was
in the February 2004 issue. "A Dragon for Lord Marquand" is in the July 2004
issue of Cricket. He also has upcoming stories in Cicada and the Usborne
Adventure Anthology. He was recently elected Treasurer of the Science
Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, and lives with his wife and two
children on a Montana cattle ranch.

Credits: Interview with Andy Miller

Kathryn Sutton attended Edina High School in Edina, Minnesota. Her favorite periodic element is Tungsten. Her favorite animal is the squirrel, although she is also quite fond of the bunny rabbit. She loves to read anything she can gets her hands upon, and has a wide range of taste, from Vladimir Nabokov to Toni Morrison, J.D. Salinger to CS Lewis. In her free time, she enjoys listening to her record collection, watching really good movies, and pretending that she can play the guitar well. When she grows up, she hopes to be a writer for a publication such as The Utne Reader or The New Yorker and later on pursue her life dream: becoming a florist.

Stories: “On Walker and Marquéz, but mostly on Maupassant”

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