Marian Carcache grew up in Jernigan, a small community in rural Russell County, Alabama. She lives in Auburn, Alabama and has been teaching English at the university level for over twenty years. Marian's short stories have appeared in Shenandoah, Chattahoochee Review, and other journals. Her work has been anthologized in Due South, Belles' Letters, Crossroads: Stories of the Southern Literary Fantastic, Climbing Mt. Cheaha: Emerging Alabama Writers, and Chinaberries and Crows. Her first book, The Moon and the Stars: New and Collected Stories, was published in 2013 by Solomon & George Publishers. Under the Arbor, an opera made from her short story and libretto, appeared on PBS stations nationwide, was nominated for a regional Emmy, and was a finalist in the New York Festivals. She has a weekly column in The Citizen of East Alabama. Sarah Scott is originally from New Zealand and has been living in the United States for several years. She has painted primarily with watercolors for the past seven years, and is in love with the transparency of the medium. Scott most enjoys painting people and the human form. Some of her favorite artists include Andrew Wyeth, Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. To find out information on upcoming shows or art events that she may be involved with, or to commission a painting, please contact her at: http: //www.sarahscottpainting.com You may also visit her Facebook page at: https: //www.facebook.com/sarahscottpaintings