John L. Campbell, a Wisconsin resident, was self-employed for 26 years as a manufacturers’ agent in the metal industry. Following his retirement in 1995, he began as a writer-photographer for technical and trade publications. After chasing bylines for ten years, he started practicing poetry and writing short stories. He currently facilitates a senior writer’s workshop in Milwaukee. His short stories have been published in Pearl, Rosebud, and the now defunct Timber Creek Review. His poetry has appeared in Verse-Wisconsin, Clark Street Review, Backstreet Quarterly, Chiron Review, Plainsongs, Goose River Anthology and on-line zines like Word Riot and Centrifugal Eye.

finally connected your writing to your face – hey, we’re there, aren’t we? good soft story for a feel good afternoon. what more can one ask for.