Stavros

Notorious Poet. Fool. Born in Washington DC. Stavros was a writer and editor for The Independent Underground Magazine. A performing poet, whose verse has been pub¬lished in several online and print publications, including Central Avenue, The Sword That Cuts Through Stone, Po¬ets Against The War, Concep¬tions Southwest, The Mynd, Imagine: Creative Arts Journal, and Bartleby, where he won a specialty award for his poem, Blackbird. In 1999, he won an Official Selection into the Writer’s on the Edge Festival for his play, The Redline. In 2001, he created the Poetry Television Project for public cable access in Albuquerque, NM. He helped to launch Unpublished Magazine and BioGamer Girl, sponsored the monthly poetry series, The Word Café, and produced a political com¬pilation called Poetic Democracy. In 2007, he released the award-winning documentary film, Committing Poetry in Times of War for Ubuntuworks. In 2010, he released his first novel, Blood Junky, to exceptional praise and review. He soon followed it with the release of Dead Girl: A Romantic Zombie Tale of Revenge and Blood Junky’s sequel, Love in Vein, and Vampire News. He is also a photographer, graphic designer, & musician.