Tony Burnett is the founder and Managing Editor at Kallisto Gaia Press, a 501(c)3 literary nonprofit that publishes The Ocotillo Review and the Texas Poetry Calendar as well as single author works of contemporary literature. He is the former Board President of the Writer's League of Texas and an award winning poet and songwriter. His short fiction and poetry have appeared in national literary journals including, most recently, Tidal Basin Review, Fringe, Fiction 365, Red Dirt Review, The Vein, Toucan Magazine and Connotation Press. He lives in the middle of Rural central Texas with his trophy wife. His hobbies include having philosophical conversations with melons, poking wasp nests with a short stick and wandering aimlessly about.