Del Staecker is an award-winning American writer of novels, novellas, short stories, and non-fiction in a number of genres, including suspense, crime, philosophical fiction, satire, and memoir.

Gary B. Zelinski decided to write professionally in 2020 when his father passed away due to complications from dementia. It’s not hereditary, but memories fade even for the best of us.

Gary retired from the USAF after twenty-two years. Gary is published in LGP’s anthology, Ripples.

Everyone has a website and blog – here’s his: https://bound-for-glory.com
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Tahna Desmond Fox is a formally trained artist who has studied illustration and graphic design for a major portion of her adult life. While typically a free-lance illustrator, My Daddy is a Sailor is her first self-authored and self-illustrated children’s book. However, Mrs. Fox has had the privilege of illustrating many children’s books for other amazing authors. 

Tahna currently resides wherever the U.S. Navy sees fit, with her sailor husband and two children. Her family is her inspiration, as she continues on her colorful path of illustration and graphic design, as well as writing.

Rustin K. Miller believes that 59-year-old neo-duffers without formal scientific schoolin’ ought not try to explain Dark Matter, or invent cosmologies…but he tried anyway. Nonetheless, if history, science, and several Giants in a few disciplines may [someday] forgive him, he might provide a chuckle or two– if not a usable concept or notion.

For the most part, he won’t disturb the standard model at all–squeezing his story between the Big Bang and condensation (or precipitation) of the Quark/gluon soup that filled the early universe. Rus resides in Colorado with his wife and a handful of doggies.

For the last nineteen years, BeLinda Bynum Green has been married to the man of her dreams. She is a home-schooling mother of three, living in South Florida. Writing has always been BeLinda’s passion, followed by fitness and herbalism. She loves the beach, travel, and exploring new adventures with her family. She majored in Journalism but found her first employment in law enforcement. A midlife crisis at the age of twenty-eight sent her to Paris where she recommitted herself to living life on her own terms, and there she started writing her first self-help book. She feels her strength and her weakness is that she’s often working on writing multiple books at the same time.

Ripples is her first submission to an anthology.

Colonel (Retired) Rex Forney Jr was born in Gadsden, Alabama where he attended public school.  He continued his education by attended Gadsden State Junior College and Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama.  In 1976, he began his Army career with a commission into the Military Police Corps from the Jacksonville State University Reserve Officer Training Corps program and retired in 2006. 

He is a 1987 graduate of the Army’s Command and General Staff College at Ft Leavenworth, Kansas, and a 2001 graduate of the United States Air Force Air War College, Montgomery, Alabama. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Jacksonville State University, a Master of Arts degree from Webster University, Missouri, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the Air War College.

Jesse Franklin was raised in the small, high-desert town of Green River, in southwest Wyoming. Growing up, he spent most of his free time exploring the beautiful expanses of his home state. Following high school, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California. 

After reaching the rank of sergeant, he was selected for an enlisted-to-officer program in which he studied at the University of Utah. He was commissioned, became an infantry officer, and was subsequently stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He met his wife, Lauren, during a deployment to Okinawa, Japan, where she was serving as a Navy nurse. 

Today, Jesse continues to serve as a Marine officer and he and Lauren have been blessed with three wonderful children. Jesse’s stories are inspired by his family, his experiences in the Marine Corps, and the wonderful people with whom he has served.

Val Lotz has lived in numerous places but considers Colorado her home. She started writing stories for her friends when her mom bought her a Brother typewriter at a yard sale when she was nine.

She published her first story, “We Danced in the Sun,” in The Maverick Press when she was a Junior in high school. 

Val always thought she would become the next Judy Blume or Robert Cormier, but life as an educator at the high school and college level is more demanding than she thought, but even more rewarding than she imagined.

She still writes and aspires to publish young adult novels, but she also loves to write lesbian romantic comedies in a similar vein to the works of Robin Alexander, without the Southern flare.

Ripples was her first submission to an anthology.

Khristian Kritz was born in Michigan. She moved to Tennessee as a small child, where she lived until returning to Michigan in 2014 with her husband of ten years, and six-year-old son.

Khristian was a stay-at-home mom for four years while attending Rasmussen College where she received an Associates of Science in Human Services with Honors. She is currently a case manager at Salvation Army, working closely with families in both the Pathways of Hope and Electricity Assistance Programs. 

When Khristian is not in the office or with clients, she enjoys cooking, volunteering, and spending time with her family. Her six-year-old son keeps life in perspective and Khristian busy with Cub Scouts and after-school sports.

Maree Cottam VanDerzee has a great love for life, now. She is grateful for the experiences and people who have brought her to this point in her life. She has a tender and beautiful relationship with her Father in Heaven.

She is a mother of three beautiful girls, one of those girls is in heaven as her guardian soul angel. Maree comes from a large family–seven brothers, four sisters, and a gazillion nieces and nephews and greats whom she loves and adores.

Maree and her hubby live in Utah. They love to travel sharing their passions and empowering others to find freedom in and from themselves.

Regina d’ Scriptura holds degrees in Writing, Sociology, and Graphic & Commercial Arts. She’s been featured on radio shows, invited to speak at schools, and has participated in conference panel discussions and presentations.

Regina lives in Wyoming with her wiener dog, Rodger. They camp, hike, and enjoy nature whenever they can. Life inspires Regina in both her writing and her art.

Regina’s short stories and articles have been published in many quarterly magazines. Ripples was her first submission to an anthology.

Clifford L. Carter is a US Navy submarine veteran and the founder of the nonprofit Inner Warrior Spirit.

Teaching meditation has been a big part of his trauma recovery plan. As he experienced beneficial mindfulness techniques, it became important for him to share the knowledge that saved his life.

Today, he teaches small groups and individuals interested in deepening their meditation practices, as well as beginning meditation. He currently lives in Colorado. Ripples was his first submission to an anthology.

J. Keith Jones is a native of Georgia who divides his time between the two Carolinas. He examines the human experience through both fiction and history in long and short form writing.

He is the author of several books and has had his work featured in Georgia Magazine, and Gettysburg Magazine among other journals.

You may learn more at his website: www.jkeithjones.com

Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/jkeithjoneswriting

Born in Brooklyn, New York, and now living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mark Fleisher’s most recent and fifth book, Knowing When, was a finalist for the 2023 Best New Mexico Book of Poetry.  His poetry and prose work have appeared in numerous print and online publications in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Kenya, Nigeria and India.

Ripples was his first submission to an LGP anthology.

Michael Dustin Youree is an American artist originally from Dallas, Texas. Following graduation from the University of Colorado in Boulder, he moved to New York City where he worked in film and music production, taught private music students, and maintained an extensive schedule of performance and philanthropy.

While traveling and touring extensively throughout the Americas, Europe, Oceania, and Asia, he produced a significant portfolio of travel films, short stories, photography, and songs.

Ballads and Bedtime Stories was his first book. Wanderwest, The Old World is his latest LGP offering.

You can find his other volumes of work, get to know him, and contact him at www.mdy.world.