William Waltz is editor in chief of Conduit, “the only magazine that risks annihilation.”

His prize-winning poetry manuscript, Zoo Music will be out in 2004. Zoo Music was selected by Dean Young for Slope Editions 2003 prize winner. His work can be found in Rake Magazine, 3AM, Slope 9, Slope 15, and others. In the archives of A Surgery of Modern Warfare, a piece that Tryst Editor found particularly interesting, was "Premonition." Click on the title to read Waltz' compelling flash fictional poem.

More about William Waltz and his magazine can be accessed at www.conduit.org.