EDITORS BIO’S

TOM BALL, Senior Editor (tomball33@yahoo.com)

Globetrotting Tom Ball has been chased out of more countries than he can remember visiting. A fugitive on the lam with an archeology degree, he spends his days hiding under rocks writing fiction and other junk for his devoted readers here on Earth and also Mars. His real name is Tom Ball. He stills resides in the body he was born in. Tom has the final say on who gets published so you know what name to give the hit man if you don’t.

CHARLES PINCH, Senior Editor (fransj@bell.net)

You just know any dude whose name is a noun and a verb will end up being an editor at some literary hell hole. Writing before he was walking, editing before he was talking, Charles sees himself as an infant prodigy. Other people just see him as an infant. He holds in one of his three hands a double major in fine arts and philosophy  and has published all kinds of fiction and other crap  you better f***ing read if you want to get published here.

RICHARD WANG, Junior Editor (zenmaster3301@gmail.com

Richard is a polymath who makes the rest of us feel inferior which explains why we’re all in therapy. He has authored graphic novels, directs films (his own and others) while trying to remember he’s also an engineer and speaks a couple of languages none of us understand. At this moment he’s drafting his Nobel acceptance speech on a napkin. Oh yeah, he’s also a napkin designer.

ROBERT QUEHL, Junior Editor (yoponyo@gmail.com)

Rob is the voice of sanity which is why the rest of us have trouble comprehending him. Rob is the rock on the shore who steadfastly watches us drown after warning us we can’t swim. (Hey Rob! Help!) Rob is the light in the room after the bulb kicks out. Rob is the author of a couple of books and has a perverse love for working full time as an editor. 

STEVE HANDS, Junior Editor (steevh@hotmail.com)

Hands down, Steve is the most cosmopolitan of our dude-quintet. He has traveled extensively while avoiding the law and is the former publisher of Lizard magazine (Thailand).  As you can see, Steve’s love of reptiles has strongly influenced his writing. He does most of his composing in a well-stocked terrarium, cavorting with the other cold-bloods. He currently lives in Britain which is why it’s Great!

  Issue 3 July 1, 2019

Sure size isn’t everything but we still like it when people think we have a BIG…um…Issue. And a BIG issue it is! Welcome to Fleas on the Dog. We’re a no frills, brown bag online lit rag. (We like to think we’re underground with our heads sticking out.) We don’t care about pretty pictures or fancy layouts. We’re interested in one thing and one thing only: GOOD WRITING! Our lone mandate is quality which means if your mother likes your writing we probably won’t.

A special feature we are introducing with Issue 3 is HOTS--‘hands off the submissions!’ As you peruse the stories and articles you will notice that each has a different look. That’s because we upload our accepted submissions exactly as received. We like this approach because it creates a sense of visual diversity and emphasizes the writer as an individual in a way a uniform format does not. Similarly, while we occasionally soft edit, in some stories we don’t correct typos or grammar glitches in the interest of voice authenticity. 

We’re proud to announce that four writers are making their publishing debut in Issue 3. Congratulations to Rachel Adams, Lou Morrison, Dave Thomas and Tom Smith! 

And among our roster of distinguished veteran writers we are honoured to feature the 2017 Mona Schreiber Prize Winner for Humorous Fiction and Nonfiction (Debbie Miller), Poetry in the Arts First Place Award and Dorfman Prize winner (Gerard Sarnat), First Prize winner Autumn House Press Fiction Award (Ashley Cowger), the 2017 Lorien Prize winner (Howie Good), the 2 times winner of the Excellent Awards from Ohio Arts Council (Ivars Balkits) and 2 Pushcart Prize nominees (W. Tyler Paterson and Dennis Pahl).

 It’s a big fresh lineup with lots of diversity and talent that rocks. We hope you enjoy it. Until we meet again in Issue 4, spread the love and remember, READ is the best four letter word in the world.

Tom, Charles, Richard, Robert and Steve