Tara L. Masih has published fiction, poetry, and essays in numerous anthologies and literary magazines (such as Confrontation, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Natural Bridge, New Millennium Writings, Red River Review, and The Caribbean Writer), and her essays have been read on NPR. Two limited edition illustrated chapbooks featuring her flash fiction have been published by The Feral Press. Her flash fiction has won awards ("This Heat" placed second in Jane’s Stories Flash Fiction 2007 contest) and received a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Web nomination. She judges the intercultural essay prize for the annual Soul-Making Literary Contest, and is editor of The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction, due out from Rose Metal Press in 2009. www.taramasih.com