Natalie Zina Walschots' first book, Thumbscrews (Montreal: Snare Books, 2007*),*won the Robert Kroetsch award for Innovative Poetry. Natalie recently completed her MA in Creative Writing at the University of Calgary. She is the current Managing Editor of filling Station and former Editor of dANDelion. She is also the co-organizer of the flywheel reading series. Her work has appeared in The Capilano Review, FOURSQUARE, and Matrix. Natalie now writes about comic books, villains, video games and molecular gastronomy. She lives in Calgary with her husband, who is a Systems Consultant and a very good sport.