Painter, illustrator, Lonnie Busch, has created artwork for corporations and institutions across the United States, including the 2002 "Greetings from America" stamps and the 2004 "Summer Olympics" stamp for the US Postal Service. Busch has completed two novels and is currently at work on a third. His short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in such publications as The Baltimore Review, Enigma, Nuthouse Magazine, The Iconoclast, Nomad, Devil Blossom's and Tickled by Thunder. Recently, his story, "The Fred Arbogaster," was chosen as one of ten finalists in "The World's Best Short Short Story Contest" and will appear in the fall edition of The Southeast Review. A native St. Louisan, Busch now resides in the mountains of western North Carolina with his friend, Nancy Reeder, storyteller and teacher.