Fist of the Spider Woman (23 page)

Suki Lee
is the author of the short story collection
Sapphic
Traffic
(Conundrum, 2003). Her fiction has been featured in such anthologies as
Hot & Bothered
3
and
4
(Arsenal Pulp Press, 2001 and 2003),
The Portable Conundrum
(Conundrum Press, 2006),
With a Rough Tongue: Femmes Write Porn
(Arsenal Pulp Press, 2005), and
Second Person Queer
(Arsenal Pulp Press, 2009). Originally from Montreal, Suki Lee lives in Toronto.
sukilee.com
Esther Mazakian
was born in Israel and shortly after moved to Toronto, where she has lived ever since. Her debut collection of poetry,
All the Lifters
, was published in 2007 by Signature Editions. Her poems have also appeared in several Canadian journals, including the
Malahat Review, PRISM international,
Event
, and
Fiddlehead
. Her poetry was an Editor's Choice in
Arc
's 2002 Arc Poem of the Year Contest and winner of
Prism
's 2004 Earle Birney Prize for Poetry.

Megan Milks
lives in Chicago. She has had fiction published in
DIAGRAM, Pocket Myths
, and
Wreckage of Reason: An
Anthology of Contemporary XXperimental Prose by Women
Writers
(Spuyten Duyvil, 2008). Check out her zine at
mildred-pierce.
wordpress.com.

Michelle Tea
is the author of four memoirs, a collection of poetry, and the novel
Rose of No Man's Land
(MacAdam Cage, 2006). She has edited collections, anthologies of personal narratives, working-class and queer-girl writings, and fashion essays. She owns and operates Radar Productions, which runs a monthly reading series and quarterly salon in San Francisco and the all-girl, spoken-word roadshow, Sister Spit: The Next Generation.

Courtney Trouble
is a photographer, pornographer, and musician from San Francisco. She is the creator of
NoFauxxx.com
, a queer underground porn site. She is currently teaching herself how to edit video. This is her first piece of published erotica.

Fiona Zedde
lives and writes in Atlanta, Georgia, with her partner. She is the author of the novels
Bliss
(2005),
A Taste
of Sin
(2006),
Every Dark Desire
(2007), and
Hungry For It
(2008)
,
all from Kensington, as well as the novellas, “Pure Pleasure,” “Going Wild,” and “Sweat,” which appear in the collections
Satisfy Me
(2007)
, Satisfy Me Again
(2008), and the soon-to-be-published
Satisfy Me One More Time,
all from Aphrodisia. Find out more at
fionazedde.com.

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Amber Dawn
is a writer, filmmaker, and performance artist based in Vancouver. She is the co-editor of
With a Rough
Tongue: Femmes Write Porn
(Arsenal Pulp Press, 2005). Her writing has been published in dozens of literary magazines and anthologies, from
Working Sex: Sex Workers Write About a
Changing Industry
(Seal Press, 2007) to
Best New Poets
2005
(University of Virginia Press). Currently, she is Director of Programming of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival.