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Joseph VanBuren

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in the Hudson Valley, NY

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Out of the darkness, risen from the ashes … Joseph VanBuren creates dark speculative tales showcasing the reality of resurrection and bringing a light against legion through poetry, fiction, music, and more.

JVB’s work has been published in several literary magazines and anthologies. He spent a year as the editor-in-chief of the literary journal Confluence and has edited over thirty books. He has written, recorded, and produced hundreds of songs, opened up for national touring acts, and even had one of his tracks played on The Colbert Report.

Originally from the Hudson Valley region of New York, JVB now lives in the Midwest. Find him on introverted media @JVBwriteon

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I have three birthdays this week. Allow me to explain.

September 20 is my biological birthday. On that day in 1977, my mother gave birth to me. I came into this world kicking and screaming (I presume—can’t say I remember the event), naked and crying, a clean slate for a life story yet to be written.

When I was four years old, I was in an accident that smashed my skull open and damaged my brain (at l

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