Mad Atoms

Matt Houghton lives in an igloo in Canada. All of his appeared writing is deciphered from urine-inscribed ice blocks. 

Worm has been trained since birth in the dangerous art of professional wordsmithery. He once snuggled a puppy. He is also the author of the international bestselling smash A Zombie's History of the United States. Fear him.

Tim Saccardo is an LA-based comedy writer, director, and improviser. His credits include the TBS sitcom 10 Items or Less, the Huffington Post's Wikipedia parody site Dickipedia.org, and MTV's upcoming animated sketch show Popzilla. He also frequently writes and performs at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and their website UCBcomedy.com

Becky likes to scuba dive, sky dive, make movies, drink fancy wine and travel. But all of those hobbies are pretty expensive, so she usually just sticks to writing. Words are cheap.

Rick Paulas has never written a serious thing in his life, some of which can be found at ESPN The Magazine, McSweeney's, Radar Magazine, Deadspin, and other nonsensically-named websites. In short: If you'll pay, he'll write.

Kristin Wong is a talented and good-looking writer who definitely did not write this in third person. Her guilty pleasures are 2 Live Crew and Lolcats. In addition to her writing endeavors, Kristin is also an enthusiastic and dedicated professional (wrestler).

Ben drove from Phoenix to LA in a 2006 puke-green Pontiac Vibe, and never looked back. Ben is a writer, improviser, and performer that can be seen weekly at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre LA. Ben also contributes to the Black Eyed Peas website "DipDive.com", and has a nose that is probably bigger than yours.

Michelle was raised in the South, where she was taught "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." So, instead, she writes.

Hillel enjoys playing racquetball, eating steak, and reading about the American civil war. You can follow him on the twitter, or find him on the facebook and tell him how funny he is.

Clem Rorsch aka Ryan Sandoval is a writer and comedian based in Los Angeles, with articles published in Hustler, Slap Skateboard Magazine, and Surf Shot Digital Magazine, for which he also acts as copy editor. He contributes regularly to Mad Atoms, and writes and directs videos for the online sketch collective weaknights.com