Bio: Lecturer, former writing instructor and early rabble-rouser for gay rights and freedom of the press, VICTOR J. BANIS is the critically acclaimed author (??a master storyteller??Publishers Weekly) of more than 140 published novels and nonfiction works, and his verse and short pieces have appeared in numerous journals (Blithe House Quarterly, Fall 2006) and anthologies (Charmed Lives, Lethe Press, 2006).