A native of Rolla, Missouri, Michael Lund is the author of numerous scholarly publications on the Victorian novel, two collections of short stories--How to Not Tell a War Story (2012) and Eating With Veterans (2015)--and a number of novels inspired by The Mother Road, including Route 66 to Vietnam: A Draftee's Story (2004), Growing up on Route 66 (1999), and Route 66 Looking-Glass (2014). Professor Emeritus of English at Longwood University in Virginia, he teaches part-time and conducts writing workshops with Home and Abroad, a free writing instruction program for veterans, active-duty military, and families hosted by Longwood University's Department of English and Modern Languages.Michael Lund's short story, "Old Soldier," is included the anthology, On the Back of a Motorbike, just published by Literary Concepts, available in paperback and in Kindle at https://www.amazon.com/Back-Motorbike-Stories-Poems-Southeast/dp/0996717978/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1477833161&sr=1-1&keywords=on+the+back+of+a+motorbikeMichael Lund's short story "Left-hearted" was awarded second finalist in the COL. DARRON L. WRIGHT AWARD sponsored by Line of Advance, a curated platform for the best in writing and other visual arts from American military veterans. You can read it here: http://www.lineofadvance.org/left-hearted/#.V4UybFfHsdc