Patrick Loafman has a BS degree in wildlife biology and since 1988 has worked as a field biologist, specializing in herpetology. His short fiction, nonfiction and poetry has been published in over twenty literary journals and he has two chapbooks of poetry. His short story collection, A Freckle Shaped like California is forthcoming, and he edits The Dandelion Farm Review. When he's not in the Olympic Mountains chasing after rare salamanders, owls or liverworts, Patrick can be found strumming his homemade gourd banjo at The Dandelion Farm with his wife, chickens, bunnies and a curious blue cat....