A retired special education teacher and recent octogenarian, Vern Fein has published over 250 poems/prose pieces on over 100 different sites, a few being Bindweed Magazine, Young Raven's Review, Rat's Ass Review, Poesis, Uppagus,Cactifur, Paper Crow. His first poetry book--I WAS YOUNG AND THOUGHT IT WOULD CHANGE--was released last year by Cyberwit Press.