Dumped and lost, Mark Anello flees to Rome, finding love and betrayal in Europe's art world. As passion, danger, and self-discovery collide, he learns to let go, embrace love on his own terms, and face the future with newfound clarity.
Glen Peters, also writing under the name of Glen Vecchione, is the author of science, math, and history books that have been translated into several languages and distributed throughout the world. His poetry and short stories appear in "Missouri Review", "ZYZZYVA," "Cincinnati Review," "Comstock Review," "Timberline Review," and "Main Street Rag." Glen won the Editor's Choice Award in "The Last Stanza Poetry " Journal and was the featured poet in Sequestrum's "Wonder" issue of January 2024. He was also nominated for the 2022 and 2023 Pushcart Prizes and named a Finalist in the 2022 Sewanee Review poetry competition. Glen wrote the music and lyrics to the Jazz Ballet "The Legend of Frankie and Johnny," produced by the Nat Horne Theatre on Broadway in 1980. His play-in-verse, "Cowboy BO" and the "Train Whistle" was produced at the Lyceum Theatre in San Diego in 2011." Where the Nights Smell Like Bread" is his first novel.