Cody L. Stanford lives in Overland Park, Kansas. He attended the University of Missouri at Kansas City and is fascinated by the arts, history, mythology, sexuality, and other elements that shape the forces and foibles of human nature. His stories and novels have been published by Toasted Cheese Literary Review, Midwest Literary Magazine, Gypsy Shadow Publishing, Storm Moon Press, Etopia Press, Collective Fallout, and The New Orphic Review. When not writing, he occasionally spends time working with tigers and other exotic cats at a nearby feline conservation park.