Melvin Litton's stories have appeared in Chiron Review, Mobius, Foliate Oak, Floyd County Moonshine, Pif, First Intensity, with poetry in Broadkill Review, The Gasconade Review, e Literary Hatchet, Stray Branch, and a chapbook From the Bone via Spartan Press. He has two published novels: GEMINGA, a man/raven fable concerning the Shining Path in Peru (III Publishing, 1993); and I, JOAQUIN, a ctional memoir of the Gold Rush bandit, Joaquin Murrieta, as told by his head encased in alcohol (Creative Arts Book Co., 2003) - both available in new editions from Crossroad Press. His third novel, CASPION & e White Buffalo, a saga of the American West, is forthcoming in 2018, again from Crossroad Press. He is a retired carpenter and lives in Lawrence, KS with his wife Debra and their black and tan shepherd Jack. He also writes and performs songs solo and with the Border Band: wwwborderband.com