Sam W. Anderson was born a poor, black child. After leaving home to find his "special purpose," he found work at a service station, as a cat juggler and as a carnival barker while achieving his life-long dream of appearing in the phone book. Later, he invented the opti-grab, earning a fortune before losing it to a class-action law suit. Along the way, he tapped Bernadette Peters.

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Sam W. Anderson lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife, two children, two dogs and several skeletons taking up residence in his closet. His fiction has appeared in many venues: online, print magazines and anthologies. POSTCARDS FROM PURGATORY, a collection of his early short stories will be available from Sideshow Press in June 2010.