Keri Bas is a writer and artist in Houston, TX. She creates custom portraits in multiple media for private clients, as well as an array of science fiction, fantasy and fan art. Her short fiction has been published in Alien Skin Magazine and Ideomancer. She leads the Houston Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Meetup, a social organization for local writers of all levels and ambitions, which is not unlike herding very creative cats. See her art at paintedhippo.com or buy prints (and stuff) at society6.com/paintedhippo.