Mike Hood, now retired, taught English and Great Books at Belmont Abbey College for thirty-one years. His stories have recently appeared in Indiana English, Third Wednesday, and Blank Fiction. A collection of his short stories, Bad Boys, Stories and Tales, is available at amazon.com and bn.com.
Liz Aragon grew up in the Bay Area and majored in Art at UC Berkeley. Her art is predominantly influenced by Japanese anime and pop surrealism. Themes she often use in her artwork include consciousness and thought, wandering in unfamiliar places in the world or within the mind, solitude, dreams, spirituality, the nature of reality, and the mystery of life. More of her artwork can be viewed at www.lizaragon.com.