SANDRA ALLAND had a 34-year love affair with Toronto and his little sister Scarborough. But then she met Edinburgh and things got complicated. Read
about it online.

Photographer BYRON BARRETT so hates saying goodbye that he usually leaves without telling anyone and without saying anything at all.

ARI BERGER is slowly recovering from an unexpected goodbye.

RENÉ BIBERSTEIN is a snobby, urban planning sort. He enjoys long bike rides on the beach (or rather, on a well-paved road nearby).

BECKY BLAKE guesses she’s the only person in Toronto who is taking both accordion and Dutch lessons.

GEOFFREY BROWN is the author of Notice (Gutter Press) and Self-Titled (Coach House). Email him at geoffrey.brown@gmail.com.

CARL BRUSH has been writing since he could write, which is quite a long time now. His work has appeared in numerous magazines. Carl lives with his wife in Oakland, California, where he enjoys the blessings of nearby children and grandchildren.

K. CRAB is a transplanted Canadian presently residing in sunny Temecula, California. She and the Lefties are working on a collaborative art/writing/music project in hopes of sparking the imagination and creativity of this cowboy Christian town she calls home.

AMELIA EHRHARDT is upside-down.

JAIME FORSYTHE is a small fish hailing from a small pond. She edited Transits: Stories From In-Between (Invisible Publishing, 2007).

STACEY MAY FOWLES has never been very good at goodbyes. Her first novel, Be Good, will be released with Tightrope Books in October 2007.

MIKE FREEMAN writes poetry, short fiction, and screenplays. His first full-length book of poems, Cigarette Salad,was published by Bibliopunk Press in the fall of 2006. He currently hosts a weekly poetry reading podcast on iTunes.

EUGENE GARRISON was born in Bronx, New York. He teaches English at a Milwaukee middle school. He enjoys banging on the guitar, and after twenty years of hard work and practice he still can’t play the solo to Black Magic Woman.

BEN HART wants to shave all the hair from his body to see what he really looks like.

JESSE HIRSH currently plays to a 10 handicap and is the leader of a revolutionary cell based in Toronto’s west end.

PAUL HONG often waves hello (Emma and Maddy) and goodbye (Emily).

LOUISA HOWEROW’s work has appeared in dANDelion, Carousel, Sojourn (University of Texas) and most recently in The Nashwaak Review. In 2005, one of her poems was nominated for the National Magazine Award.

NESTOR KURTZ-RHYS is wearing a panama hat.

HELENA KVARNSTROM lives in Toronto. She is the author of Violence, a novella.

MARK LALIBERTE makes art and artist multiples, curates exhibitions, and designs books, books, more books... See marklaliberte.com + popnoir.ca + carouselmagazine.ca.

EMMA LAWSON is a graduate student in linguistics at the University of Toronto. She enjoys reading, writing, climbing, crocheting, and editing Kiss Machine.

STEF LENK makes illustrated books, reads, drinks tea, weeps with little effort about any number of things, and has no pets.

MADELAINE LYONS is sometimes afraid of e-mail.

JENNIFER MANLEY often writes on the sly at work and gets pissed when interrupted by her “real�? job. She likes complaints, brown squirrels, and always wishes she were somewhere else.

SALLY MCKAY hates goodbyes, but she respects and admires all Kiss Machine editors, past and present. Goodbye, Emily! Hello, Emma and Madelaine!

AMANDA NUNES is a writer and illustrator that sometimes teaches art to small children and enjoys the company of baked goods.

THOMAS O’CONNELL is a librarian living in the mountains of Virginia with his wife and a couple of swell daughters. His stories and poems have appeared in a number of print and online journals.

When you need a meerkat with a good head on its shoulders, JULIA POHL-MIRANDA is your woman.

EMILY POHL-WEARY is determined to fill all the time she’s not working on Kiss Machine with exciting projects.

MARLAINA READ is an emerging artist living and practicing in Australia. She is currently undertaking her Masters of Fine Arts.

JOSEPH SCHNEIDER lives in Madison, Wisconsin despite his obsession with the sea. He wants to say goodbye to the land of beer and cheese (but not to beer and cheese themselves) and set sail for a coastal city. Any advice on how to dump Wisconsin may be sent to him at jpschneider@mac.com.

JAMES LAFOND SUTTER is an editor for Planet Stories, Dungeon, and Pathfinder. His writing, music, and more can be found online.

MARIKO TAMAKI is a writer and grad student at the University of Toronto. Mariko’s upcoming releases include a comic with cousin Jillian Tamaki, Skim, and a comic with Vancouver artist Steve Rolston, Emiko Superstar, to be released as part of DC Comic’s Minx.

SCOTT WATERS’ creative output embraces a variety of media and genres, including cocktail recipes.

HEATHER J.WOOD can never remember if she lives in Montreal, Vancouver or Toronto. She likes to befriend feral cats and hopes that her Googleability will improve now that she’s using a middle initial.

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