POE BALLANTINE’s latest book is 501 Minutes to Christ (Hawthorne Books). He lives in Chadron, Nebraska, where he is a school custodian. He says, “It feels good to be back in education.” 

egyptian jewel grasshoppers

by Poe Ballantine, January 2001 (Issue 301)

Advice To William Somebody

by Poe Ballantine, June 2000 (Issue 294)

La Calidad De La Vida

by Poe Ballantine, January 2000 (Issue 289)

Dreams Of The Old Green Man

by Poe Ballantine, December 1999 (Issue 288)

A Piano Player Enters The Room

by Poe Ballantine, April 1999 (Issue 280)

The Mayfly Glimmer Before Last Call

by Poe Ballantine, November 1998 (Issue 275)

Conspiracy And Apocalypse At The McDonald's In Goodland, Kansas

by Poe Ballantine, September 1998 (Issue 273)

The Hunt And The Kill

by Poe Ballantine, June 1998 (Issue 270)

The Blue Devils Of Blue River Avenue

by Poe Ballantine, August 1997 (Issue 260)

How I Lost My Mind, And Other Adventures

by Poe Ballantine, April 1997 (Issue 256)

Man Standing Under A Rocket Taking Off For The Moon

by Poe Ballantine, April 1997 (Issue 256)

Green-Eyed Dog

by Poe Ballantine, February 1997 (Issue 254)

Last Day At Lemon Acres

by Poe Ballantine, December 1996 (Issue 252)

Never And Nowhere

by Poe Ballantine, July 1996 (Issue 247)

The Empty House Of My Brokenhearted Father

by Poe Ballantine, February 1996 (Issue 242)

Decline Of The Lawrence Welk Empire

by Poe Ballantine, January 1996 (Issue 241)

The Color Of Their Souls

by Poe Ballantine, August 1995 (Issue 236)