Roxanne Dent first started writing poetry and won a nationwide poetry competition in high school for her poem, "The Devil's Disciple." Since then, Ms. Dent has sold eight novels and numerous shorts to horror anthologies. She has also co-written with her sister Karen plays, which were put on at the Firehouse Theater in Newburyport, Ma. One of her screenplays, "The Pied Piper," a thriller, won first prize in Fade-in Magazine. She also wrote and directed her own three minute movie, "Valentine's Day," which won the Audience Choice Awards in the Bare Bones International Film Festival. In addition,