Nicholas Belardes’s work often combines elements of literary, horror, and science fiction. The New York Times Book Review said his first book, The Deading “perfectly balances social critique, lyricism and ghastliness. It’s a claustrophobic mosaic of a novel, and an outstanding debut.” Belardes’s follow up, Ten Sleep (2025), which has been praised in Booklist, Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, blends elements of gothic and eco-horror with Western fiction. While attending UCR Palm Desert’s MFA Program, Belardes received its Founder’s Award. When not writing, he’s either birdwatching or teaching essay writing at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Ethnic Studies Program.

<:{Paul Cruz Saenz}:> Singer Guitarist, Composer, Producer, Studio Musician, Entertainer. Of Smooth Jazz, R&B, Latin Jazz, Country Rock, & Pop. Was born in La Union, New Mexico. To Mother Apolonia Cruz. An Apache  Native American, A High School Teacher. And Father Joseph H Saenz. Of Russian, German, Ancestry. "Paul"  has Perform music most of his Life. With Artists such as, Little Ray Jimenez, The Midniters, Etta James, Lydia Pence & Cold Blood, The Champs, Rick James, Teena Marie Lady T, Malo, Jimmy Smith, Freddy Fender.   

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