A Cincinnati resident, Mark Mills received his M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Cincinnati. He teaches English composition and literature at Northern Kentucky University, the University of Cincinnati, and Miami-Jacobs Career College. He has published work in Licking River Review, The Blue Writer, Clifton Magazine, Re:Visions, A Cincinnati Conspiracy and worked on and appeared in several low budget movies, including Evil Ambitions, Live Nude Shakespeare, Chickboxin’ Underground, Zombie Cult Massacre, No Second Chances, and April’s Fool.  From 1997 to 2002, he recorded the video documentation of the Performance and Time Arts Series. He currently has a large number of children, animals, and unpublished stories.