David John Baer McNicholas is a wizard who lives in a spray-painted shuttle bus in Madrid, NM. He is the author of Lemons: In an Orchard, L.I.E.S., and Callously Wanton. The mice are always testing him, sometimes he tests them back. He prefers people have what they must to bring them joy, free of charge. "Embrace chance, be present, feel alive."  Awards include: IAIA Betty and Norman Lockwood Poetry Prize 2022.