Gerald L. Coleman is a Philosopher, Theologian, Poet, and Author residing in Atlanta. Born in Lexington, he did his undergraduate work in Philosophy and English at the University of Kentucky. He followed that by completing a degree in Religious Studies followed by a Master’s degree in Theology at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville. His most recent work appears in, Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture, Drawn To Marvel: Poems From The Comic Books, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Vol. 18, Black Bone Anthology, About Place Journal’s South Issue, and Diode Poetry Journal 10th Anniversary Issue. He is a speculative fiction author with short stories published in the Science Fiction, Cyberfunk, Anthology: The City, the Rococoa Anthology by Roaring Lion, and the forthcoming additions to the Dark Universe Anthologies, who has served as a Guest Author or Panelist at World Horror Con, DragonCon, SOBSFCon, Atlanta Science Fiction and Fantasy Expo, The Outer Dark Symposium, and JordanCon. He is the author of the Epic Fantasy novel When Night Falls: Book One of The Three Gifts. He is a co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets and has recently released two collections of poetry entitled the ‘road is long’ and ‘falling to earth’. You can find him at geraldlcoleman.co