Rodger Gerberding has published two books of poetry: THE TICKET TAKER AT BLUE LAKE (Inflatable Sheep Press) and COME NOW (Backwaters Press, forthcoming). His poems and other writing have appeared in POETRY, TEKELI-LI!, THE ROCKFORD REVIEW, TALES OF THE UNANTICIPATED, THE SCREAM FACTORY, LEONARD COHEN: YOU'RE OUR MAN, and elsewhere. As an artist, he has to his credit innumerable one-person and group show appearances throughout the U.S, and has garnered a variety of awards; his illustrative work has graced some sixty books and countless periodicals internationally.