H. L. Dowless is a stateside and international academic instructor. He has been a writer for over thirty years. He has numerous publications under his belt, with publishing companies such as Algora Publishing and the Scarlet Leaf Publishing Company. He has also had poetry and short fiction published with a number of literary journals and magazines such as Leaves of Ink, The Fear of Monkeys, CC&D Magazine, Frontier Tales, Short Story Lovers, and more.