Jasper Smithey has a master of theology degree in Semitics with a secondary emphasis in creative writing. Originally from Louisiana, he finds his home in Dallas, Texas, with his wife Steph, although he has been fortunate enough to study and live abroad in northern France as well. He has devoted his life to the pursuit of literature and its impact on us all because we are one global people with a single human condition. The arts reflect our soul and retell the story of humanity--the visual and performing arts for our bodily senses, music for our hearts, and literature for our minds. "I hope to