Rick Stepp-Bolling has been writing for over 45 years. He taught writing at Mt San Antonio Community College in Walnut, CA for 33 years. Currently retired, Rick has published a collection of short stories entitled, AUTOCIDE, a book of poetry entitled, SMOKE AND MIRRORS, a Science Fiction/Fantasy series PATCH MAN, PATCH MAN II and ICARIAN, and award winning short story, HARRY AND THE BETA READER. He was a featured poet at the Poetry Palooza event in LA county, won first place twice in the Aquarium of the Pacific Urban Poetry Contest, and was the Education Director for the Coffee House Writers Group. His short stories have been published in Nuvein, East Jasmine Review, and a variety of small presses and journals and appear in over ten anthologies. Visit him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RickSteppBolling/
