Sam McLoud is a teacher of English and student of life, a scholar and a gentleman, avid reader and writer, a father and son, a brother and friend, a novelist and poet-warrior, and a proud native of Virginia. He has studied kungfu in the immortal Wu-Tang Mountains and once only barely lost to Stephen Curry in a game of beirut. Lover of Nature, dreamer, Romantic, mystic, hiker of peaks, parter of clouds, the thread-killer, Man-Butterfly, wordsmith, world traveler, aspiring alchemist, and perpetually underestimated on the basketball court: Sam believes there is no nobler pursuit in life than seeking to uncover the highest mysteries of our universe. He believes we as humans are defined more by the very existence of love, compassion, and our potential towards the Good than the perceived lack of it we see in the world around us. Love and Light, y'all! Peace!