H. Lee Barnes lives in Las Vegas, Nevada where he teaches at the College of Southern Nevada. He has published some forty short stories and essays and four books. His short fiction has been awarded the Willamette Fiction Award and the Arizona Authors Association Fiction Award. Prior to entering the field of higher education, he worked a deputy sheriff, a narcotics agent, a private investigator, a construction laborer and a casino employee. He served in Vietnam as a member of Special Forces. He is a hiker and motorcycle enthusiast who regularly tours highways of the Southwest and occasionally rambles down the inviting back road.