Alan Wickes grew up in Northumberland. He studied History of Art and English Literature at Manchester and Open University. Before his retirement he worked for thirty years as a senior manager in Further Education Since then he has completed a Masters degree and now intends to travel more extensively and concentrate on further developing his writing. His work has been published widely in the UK, America and Australia including appearances in Aesthetica, Znine, Worm, Loch Raven Review, The Chimera, Envoi, Raintown Review, Shit Creek Review, Soundzine Angle and The Hypertexts. His sonnets have wo...