Author Description

"The Cosmos is a Lonely Place" is a 2024 Scars Publications cc&d magazine (v341, the 1/24 issue) poetry and short story book by assorted writers and artists. "Children, Churches and Daddies" (AKA cc&d, subtitle "the UN-religious, NON-family oriented literary and art magazine) has been printed in many forms since its inception in 1993, but since 2014 cc&d has been released either monthly or every other month (with bonus issues) as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1068-5154, Internet ISSN# 1555-1555), but also an ISBN#. With ISBN numbers for issue/book releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book and the cover design. Writers and artists in this book include Alan Catlin, Alfredo Bravo de Rueda, Bill Johnston, Bill Tope, Bradford Middleton, Carl Parsons, Eric Burbridge, Gale Acuff, Gale Fraser, James Bates, James Scargill, Janet Kuypers, John Grey, John Zurn, Kenneth DiMaggio, Kevin Statham, Linda M. Crate, Miles Varana, Ronald Charles Epstein, Thomas Elson, Toney Dimos, Aaron Wilder, David J. Thompson, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Eric Bonholtzer, John Yotko, Kyle Hemmings, Lee Hammerschmidt, Rose E. Grier, Uzeyir Lokman Cayci, and Wes Heine.