Bob Hodges is a native of Scottsboro, Alabama who now resides in Hampton Cove, Alabama. He graduated from the University of Alabama with bachelor of arts and law degrees and later studied creative writing under the noted novelist and short story writer, H.E. Francis, at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. Though he is a retired judge, having served over twenty-eight years collectively on both the state and federal bench, his passion has always been writing. He has previously self-published a collection of poetry and short fiction (Ravellings: A Collection of Poetry and Short Fiction) and