Tommy Cheis is a Chiricahua Apache writer and medicine leader. After traveling extensively through distant lands, meeting interesting people, and picking up a degree along the way, he now resides in southeastern Arizona with his horses. His short stories will appear in the Carpe Noctem anthology, Desert Exposure, Blue Mesa Review, The Rumen, and other publications. His first novel, RARE EARTH, is under submission. View his work at www.tommycheis.com