Welcome to the October 2005 issue of Ratsalad DeLuxe, featuring new work by Diane Lee, Fernanda Cohen, William Greiner, Prema Murthy and Jennifer Mulhearn. This issue has been a little longer in the making than usual, for a bunch of different reasons: a summer spent in rural New Hampshire, the breakup of the Rat's editorial team (Kristin Gorell having moved on to other pursuits), and the craziness associated with starting a new job. But here it is! Hope the Rat's faithful readers will enjoy what's here & remember to send in new writings and images of new work to editors(at)ratsaladeluxe.com, for the upcoming January and April issues.

Another note: if you might be interested in contributing to the Rat as an editor & generator of new ideas, please let me know your ideas & I'd be happy to listen.

Also, for any of you who are curious what I've been up to as an artist (not just a ratsaladeer), my new Volcano Series is online.

Julie Püttgen