Mark Spitzer is the author of thirty-plus books, including Crypto-Arkansas (Spuyten Duyvil, 2013) and GLURK! (Anaphora, 2016), which document cryptic creatures in our midst through the postmodern mode of investigative poetry. Known for researching and catching "monster fish," Spitzer has been a professor of Creative Writing at Truman State University and the University of Central Arkansas with a specialty in poetry and creative nonfiction. He was last seen tracking the Arkansas Anaconda on the outskirts of Mugwump, MO. For more info visit sptzr.net.