Barton Paul Levenson has a degree in physics. Happily married to poet Elizabeth Penrose, he confuses everybody by being both a born-again Christian and a liberal Democrat. His work has appeared in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, ChiZine, Cricket, Cicada, the New York Review of Science Fiction and many small press markets. His novel "Max and Me" can be downloaded now from Lyrical Press or amazon.com. "Year of the Human" is available from Solstice Publishing or amazon. Barton was banned from entering the Confluence Short Story Contest again after winning first prize two years in a row.