Charles Freeland lives in Dayton, Ohio, where he teaches at Sinclair Community College. A two-time recipient of the Individual Excellence Award in Poetry from the Ohio Arts Council, he is the author of the book-length poem Eros & (Fill in the Blank) (BlazeVOX), the collection Through the Funeral Mountains on a Burro (Otoliths), and several chapbooks and e-chapbooks including Deviled Ham and a Picture of Jesus (Finishing Line Press), Chilean Sea Bass is Really Just Patagonian Toothfish (Differentia Press), Eulalie & Squid (Chippens Press), Furiant, Not Polka (Moria), The Case of the Danish King Halfdene (Mudlark), and Where We Saw Them Last (Lily Press). His website is The Fossil Record.