Jerome Berglund graduated from the cinema-television production program at the University of Southern California, has since worked in a variety of capacities, from professional photographer to paralegal. He has previously published haiku and senryu in Closed Eye Open, Equinox, Lychee Rind, Moonstone Press, Mycelium, a Quillkeepers anthology, Raw Art Review, Snapdragon, Tofu Ink Arts, Vermilion, and the Write Launch. His favorite apostle is Lebbaeus.