Lisa A. Koosis ("Atlantis Rising") recently placed second in the Hudson Valley Talespinners competition for 2006 and her winning story, "Identities," was featured in The Poughkeepsie Journal in October 2006. Her short story, "Waltz in E Minor" is scheduled to appear in an upcoming issue of Not One of Us. When she isn't visiting the Universe Next Door in search of story ideas, she resides in New York with her husband, Aron, and their three cats.