David Penn’s stories have been published in the magazines Midnight Street, Hellfire Crossroads, Whispers of Wickedness and Theaker’s Quarterly, and the Midnight Street Press anthology Strange Days (2020). Under his Buddhist name Dharmavadana he is poetry editor of the Buddhist arts magazine Urthona – www.urthona.com – and has published his own poetry in various magazines. He lives in London, UK, where he was born, and, having taken early retirement, is able to spend more time writing, as well as teaching meditation.