Robert E. Petras is a graduate of West Liberty University who has published poetry and short fiction in over 200 publications across the globe. Petras also has two previous collections of humor stories in the books River Rats and Release the Belgium. In addition to being an author and poet, Petras is a certified naturalist and pollinator steward who spends many hours in the forests and over water. He resides with his wife Debbie at the edge of a forest upon a hill overlooking the small river town Toronto, Ohio.