Author Description

"a Bad Influence" is a 2015 Scars Publications poetry and prose book with material from assorted writers and artists, as the March/Aoril 2015 issue release of the literary magazine "Down in the Dirt" (http://scars.tv/dirt). Since 2014 "Down in the Dirt" magazine is being released every other month as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1554-9623 and Internet ISSN# 1554-9666), but also an ISBN#. Because of ISBN# releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book as well as the cover design. Writers and artists included in this Scars Publications perfect-bound 6" x 9" ISBN# paperback book include (in order in the book) Lisa Gray, Norm Hudson, Donald Gaither, Doug Draime, G. A. Scheinoha, Eric Burbridge, M. A. Schaffner, Liam Spencer, Drew Marshall, Benjamin Sabin, William Masters, Kevin Cooley, Matthew Horstkotter, Alexander Patterson, David Sapp, Allan Onik, Anastasia Kalos, Zak Patrick, Frank De Canio, Kathryn Lipari, S. R. Mearns, Kelley Jean White MD, Stephen McQuiggan, Peter McMillan, R. H. Palmer, Marlon Jackson, Jon Brunette, David J. Tabak, Jack Foraker, Lexi Lovetere, Fritz Hamilton, David Hernandez, Deanna Morris, Anne Britting Oleson, Eleanor Leonne Bennett (with art), and Janet Kuypers (with a select few haiku poems).